My name is Louis McAfee and I am currently training with Gold Coast Run Co, a running group of all shapes and sizes led by Jacko Elliott and Andrew Stalling. After a brief stint in the US, I’ve had the pleasure of being involved with Gold Coast Run Co...
Last week was a good week for remembering that sayings become clichés because there is more than an element of truth to them.
First as we – we Victorians, especially – endure a winter without cross-country, suddenly, in the last week of July, cross-country was coming at us from all...
Runner's Tribe - The Workout Series
Written by Mitchell Thompson - Wolf Pack TC
I have the pleasure of being a part of Wolf Pack TC (Instagram: @wolfpack_tc ) based out Melbourne under the guidance of renowned distance coach, Bruce Scriven, a name you may have heard from the likes of...
Eleanor Patterson took the silver medal in the high jump and Ash Moloney the bronze in the heptathlon. Must have been mixed feelings for Patterson – her first time over two metres, a medal, but pipped at the last by Yaroslava Mahuchik’s first-time clearance at 2.02.
When Alice went down the rabbit hole, she had eaten some “magic cakes” before spending time with a smoking caterpillar, chatting with a talking cat, and drinking heavily with some guy in a massive hat surrounded by flamingos. Most of us can only get this kind of experience in...
By Brett Davies
The Rotterdam Marathon of 1983, featuring the match race between Australian Rob de Castella (AKA ‘Deek’) and American Alberto Salazar, was, as mentioned in Part 1 of this article, a hugely anticipated event on the global sporting calendar. It did not disappoint. To experience, exceptional performance in...
RT Journals The Workout Series | Maudie Skyring
I train in Wollongong with my coach Paul Micale. We have a fairly big squad of boys and girls who all push each other hard. I love turning up to training and being able to socialise with all the squad, and...
That was pretty quick, wasn’t it? One minute the Olympic Games are full steam ahead, the next they’re punted off into 2021, maybe 2020, sometime in the future anyway.
Quick – and painless, we’re assured. Just as the doctor assures Pink, in Pink Floyd’s The Wall, as he is about...
By Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe
“It ain’t over ‘till it’s over”. “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch”. Nearly everyone has heard these words before. However, putting them into practice when it counts is the hard part. Just ask the runners who have celebrated victory, or a major medal,...
We are back with the one of the most successful daily trainers of all-time, the Nike Pegasus. Nike’s Peg 37 comes with some significant changes from the 36. Namely, the use of React Foam throughout, instead of Nike’s Cushlon foam used in the 36. There is also an extra 2mm of cushioning, and changes made to the outsole.
We took our pair through 160km of road and trails.
