Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
Whichever marathon host first had the idea of boosting entries by offering shorter distance options certainly did Australian races a great service.
Take this year’s Gold Coast marathon. Four of Australia’s world championship marathoners are running. But Jess Trengove, Milly Clark, Jeff Hunt and Josh Harris...
Does Track & Field have an entitlement problem?
Written By Daniel Wallis
Does Track & Field have an entitlement problem?
Track & Field is increasingly becoming the Republican Party of sport; its member’s love it yet hate half of everyone who governs or has anything to do with it. More importantly,...
By Sonia O'Sullivan.
Australian World Cross Country team has final preparations in Bushy Park, London
On a clear , crisp, sunny, spring morning the Australian team made there presence felt in the leafy quite suburban Bushy park. Located on the outskirts of London close to Hampton Court Palace, former residence of...
I had another great 2014/15 summer track season and by the end, had taken 23s off my 10k, 14s off my 5k and 16s off my 3k PB. Although my times are getting down there, I knew I needed another big winter if I wanted to be mixing it...
A shout out to the team at Hyperice for sending us the latest Normatic 2.0 Pro for testing. After three weeks of daily use, we are not disapointed. This latest version has been created with the greatest performance and customisation to date. Built to help runners of all ability...
When Abbey Caldwell became the second-fastest Australian woman over 800 metres in Sydney on 11 March, she renewed an age-old debate among those of who follow the middle distances. To wit: is it better to be coming down to the 800 from the 1500 metres end of the spectrum, or moving up from the 400 metres end.
Runner's Tribe
In an attempt to assess the ideal age for 800m runners, Runner’s Tribe took a look at the 30 fastest male 800m runners in Australian history. Their respective ages were compared.
Facts
Average Age: 23 (note this is the same as our international comparison – (Click Here)
Median Age: 23...
A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
In 1985, aided by nothing other than his own ambition, Steve Jones ran away from a field of the world’s top marathoners to win the Chicago marathon in 2:07:13.
Jones was white, Welsh and 30 years old. He had never done long stints...
In mid to late 2016 Sean Guiney and I rather jokingly set ourselves two season goals:
get a photo showing us keeping up with an Olympian at training; and
be asked to write an article for RunnersTribe.
The first was achieved in a matter of weeks, largely thanks...
The next big campaign is about to begin.
Take a look back at what some of the #TeamNB athletes got up to during their high-altitude training over the summer in preparation for 2016.
Photos by Runner's Tribe
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