In the Atlanta 1996 Olympics, Burundi's Venuste Niyongabo won gold. During his race, the country's civil war that would eventually claim between 200,000 and 300,000 mostly civilian lives and left more than half a million people displaced, stopped so that soldiers on both sides could follow on the radio....
Bizarre pacing incidents of our time | A Column By Len Johnson When a vehicle pulls up alongside late in a marathon, you might be expecting someone to suggest it’s time to get inside. You wouldn’t expect a pacemaker to emerge. Yet that’s exactly what happened in the Toronto Waterfront Marathon...
Work/life balance: RT Journal by Ellen Schaef Every employer will ask you in an interview, “So, how do you manage your stress?” My response is always; well, I run. Everyone smiles and nods and ticks that question off but realistically, running makes me more stressed than anything else in my life....
By Mark Tucker “I had broken 2:09. I forgot my exhaustion. Within a couple (of) hours, the agony of a world record run would manifest itself. The elation would be replaced by fear. I would be urinating quantities of blood and vomiting black mucous. The race left me so totally...
Interview by Grace Kalac: RT Exclusive video interview with Heidi See Runner’s Tribe caught up with Heidi See (formerly Gregson) to hear all about her experiences at Iona College in New York, pro-running in America, her Boho Kitty accessories brand, and everything in between. See, who has been living in Greenville,...
'Ravelo' - one of two of a kind A Column By Len Johnson Published 15-10-2016 Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa, who died on 27 September, was one of only two of a kind. He was the first man to win the Stawell Gift off scratch, a feat that has been emulated since by Josh...
The hands of time keep ticking at their backs: A Column By Len Johnson Among a slew of recent interviews with Usain Bolt one revelatory comment leapt out. Paraphrasing here, but Bolt acknowledged there had been a moment in training this year when he wondered why he was still doing it,...
Runner's Tribe caught up with joint 800m Australian Record Holder (1:44.40), Alex Rowe for a chat. The 24-year old, Rowe is one of Australia's greatest running talents with boundless potential yet to be truly tapped. Rowe's outlook on success and life has evolved through coming to terms with the...
NCAA Cross Country Nationals 2016: 'I'll be giving it a good crack,'- Interview with Olympian and Villanova standout, Australia's Patrick Tiernan (RT) Thoughts on your performance and Rio experience now with some hindsight? (Patrick Tiernan) Rio was a great experience for me. It was my first real taste of international competition,...
Alcohol and the athlete: A Column By Daniel Wallis for Runner's Tribe “I just want to drink beer and train like an animal” --Rod Dixon. Introduction There are substantial distinctions between the varying degrees of alcohol consumption, yet a reductionist method is consistently used to describe all use, particularly for athletes. This has been...
