Olympian Brett Robinson will go down in history as the fastest Australian man over 42.2km, after breaking Rob de Castella’s 36-year-old Australian marathon record at the Fukuoka International Marathon this afternoon.
Some of us have seen those unique new shoes, the ones with the strange pod-like midsoles. Fad or legit? We smashed the ON Cloudflows (the shoe that broke the Ironman world record) through 800km of road and trails. Below is how they stacked up.
Specs
Type: Neutral lightweight trainer. Ideal for tempo...
A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
There were two gongs for athletics at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame dinner in Melbourne this week. Raelene Boyle was elevated to Legend of Australian Sport status and Steve Hooker was admitted to the Hall of Fame.
They don’t admit mugs to...
High heat and oppressive humidity have hung around Melbourne through January like the last, unwanted guest at a New Year’s Eve party.
By Jaryd Clifford - Runner's Tribe
One week after Melbourne's historic Olympic Park bore witness to its final Zatopek 10,000m in 2010, a motley crew of nineteen runners and two pacemakers filed onto Geelong's Landy Field to toe the line in a comparatively modest race of the same distance. With...
Although we didn't see all our top junior athletes competing in Melbourne, the Australian All Schools Championships still managed to supply an endless amount of highlights. We take a look at some of the athletes that we could certainly see wearing the green and gold at either a senior World...
The below interview is thanks to Neil MacDonald, who caught up with Dick Telford in January 2003. With Neil’s permission, the interview has been restored so that today’s generation can appreciate and learn from one of Australia’s greatest ever coaches.
Neil MacDonald managed the Geelong Region Cross Country team from 2000-2007.
DICK...
By Brett Davies
Australia has had a surprisingly successful history at the World Indoors, especially since there are no standard IAAF 200m indoor facilities anywhere in the country. Also, they are invariably held in the northern hemisphere, generally around the time of our national championships and other big events. Australians...
The great coach Renato Canova has a unique approach to marathon training. For Canova, training for the marathon is all about race pace training, not mileage. Race pace sessions are by far the most important element to preparing for the marathon, every other aspect of training is geared towards this goal.
Canova argues that fast long runs, is the reason why the world has seen such a reduction in world record times. Ron Clarke led the way, he was well known for smashing his long runs at close to 3 minutes per km.
Canova’s approach to marathon training is unique to the traditional line of thinking. Below are the key elements to Canova’s philosophy:
With many of Australia's top distance runners competing in the B&E Burnie10 this weekend, RT caught up with one of the races elite competitors, Dejen Gebreselassie for some pre-race training talk.
What workout did you complete yesterday?
Yesterday I did one of my favourite sessions :
-900m Gravel Loop 5 laps 4.5km...
