Patrick Tiernan represents Villanova University and is from Queensland, Australia. He is a gifted runner and is on his way to qualifying for the Rio Olympics if all goes to plan. Interview by RTRoss for RunnersTribe.com
The long and winding road the leads to . . . nowhere
A Column By Len Johnson
Monday, 23 November, was Labour and Thanksgiving Day in Japan. The annual public holiday for commemorating labour and production and giving thanks was also the day on which the Chiba International Ekiden Relay would...
Running is such a funny sport, one minute you can be flying and running really well, the next you can be struck down with an injury. After a solid 2014/2015 track season I was looking forward to getting into the winter grind of training. Unfortunately for me I was...
Facioni was nominated for the athlete of the month after his tremendous performances at the NSW All Schools Championships. Facioni smashed two Championship records in both the 1500m (3.52.92) and the 3000m (8.34.44) – records previously held by recent 2015 World Championship representatives in James Nipperess and Ryan Gregson...
By Chris Lotsbom, @chris lotsbom and David Monti, @d9monti
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LOUISVILLE, KY (21-Nov) -- The fairy tale season for the Orange of Syracuse University came to a spectacular close here today when Coach Chris Fox's squad edged defending champion Colorado by just nine points...
Men's 10k
Pl
Name
Time
Pts
1
Edward CheserekJR - Oregon
28:45.8
1
2
Patrick TiernanJR - Villanova
29:11.1
3
Pierce MurphySR - Colorado
29:37.0
2
4
Justyn KnightSO - Syracuse
29:46.1
3
5
Jonathan GreenSO - Georgetown
29:49.5
4
6
Jim RosaSR - Stanford
29:52.7
5
7
Sean McGortyJR - Stanford
29:53.4
6
8
Colin BennieSO - Syracuse
29:55.9
7
9
Martin HehirSR - Syracuse
29:59.5
8
10
Marc ScottSO - Tulsa
30:02.6
9
Mens Team Scores
Pl
Name
Points
1
SyracusePts: 3, 7, 8, 29, 35, (51), (99)
82
2
ColoradoPts: 2, 20, 21, 23, 25, (32), (160)
91
3
StanfordPts: 5,...
Ask a runner to run a heat and they’ll run a (graded) mile.
That’s the conclusion to be drawn, anyway, from two Victorian meetings in the past two weeks.
First, the Victorian Milers Club staged its opening meeting of the season on 10 November. Almost 250 ran, no fewer than 151...
You’re currently in some solid form. Can you tell us where you’re at with your training and your racing schedule?
I’m still in very heavy training at the moment. I am currently competing in some low key local and interstate races before the New Year to further refine my race plan....
Note: Times have been update by RT to reflect the current world records.
By: Chris Gorski, Senior Editor
(Inside Science) -- The current world records for the marathon 2:02:57, set by Dennis Kimetto of Kenya on September 28, 2014 and 2:15:25 for women, set in 2003 by Paula Radcliffe, from the U.K.
These...
The 5 Hard Truths about Athletic Performance
By: Mark Blomeley
Achieving and optimising your athletic potential is a difficult process filled with many obstacles. There are a lot of things that lead to sub-optimal performance either short term or long term, so what I wanted to give you today is 5...
