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RT’s Run School featuring Mark Blomeley. Mark is a strength and conditioning coach with over 10 years experience in the sports and fitness industry. Currently in Brisbane, he is a specialist strength and conditioning coach for runners from international standard elites to the every day runner. Stop thinking so short...
DSUF Podcast with Craig Burns and John Steffensen There is something really special about a young person achieving a remarkable goal, or performing at a high level, or becoming really successful about something they are passionate about. It is this ‘something really special’ that has sparked my interest in high...
Hall's Amazing Rise to International Stardom It's hard not to get a little carried away with the success of Linden Hall over the last 4 weeks. Her latest performance at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene (4.01.78) had to be seen to be believed. Not only did she run a controlled...
Easy as 1, 2, 3 – not!  A, B, C It’s easy as 1, 2, 3 As simple as Do-Re-Mi . . . One, two, three: that may be how easy love can be, as the Jackson 5 sang long ago. Selection? Now that’s another thing altogether. Two recent controversies – one in Ireland,...
Going to college in the USA and transferring schools part 1 of 2 I made the decision to accept a scholarship to run and study at college in America at the beginning of year 12. I had been representing South Australia at nationals for cross country every year since I...
Richard Colman is a Paralympic and World Champion Wheelchair track athlete, Coach, Motivational Speaker, Ambassador, Blogger and World Traveler. RT Journal by Richard Colman | The Dream Roll As athlete’s careers develop they learn what it takes to achieve their goals in sport and life. After the huge build up in...
Genevieve LaCaze (Vic) boasts an impressive new personal best in the 3000m steeplechase this morning, after the Rio 2016 selected 26-year-old stopped the clock at 9:32.67 to place 4th at the IAAF Diamond League in Rabat (MAR). Bettering her previous quickest ever time by more than a second, the performance...
Grand week of 1500 | A Column By Len Johnson Olympic 1500 metres qualifiers for Jenny Blundell, Ryan Gregson and Luke Mathews – it hardly needs saying that it has been a great week for Australian middle-distance running. In fact, taking into consideration Mathews’s earlier qualifying performance at 800 metres, Melissa...
Hi guys, I hope y'all good. Well, I have been given the opportunity to write my first blog by RT. Not sure where to start but I'll talk about the goals I had in 2015 summer track to begin. In 2015 I started training well, doing lots of speed work, short...
The London 2012 Olympic finalist Steven Solomon (NSW) will return to the track early next month, with the Australian Institute of Sport based sprinter competing in the men’s 400m at the North Queensland All-Comers. The national champion in the one-lap race, Solomon can ensure his nomination for Olympic selection with...