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.
In December, 1952, a young man stood on the starting line for a mile race at Melbourne’s Olympic Park, unsure whether the rumbling in his stomach was pre-race nerves or emanated from the couple of meat pies and chocolate sundae he had wolfed down fewer than two hours earlier.
The season so far has been great, every time I get on the track I have been improving. Not just with times but with how I am racing, tactics and change of pace.
After World Youths I had a few weeks off, after that I began base work with lots...
A column by Len Johnson – Runner’s Tribe
Here’s a multiple-choice question: It’s 3am; the next-door neighbour’s party is in full swing, the music boring its way into your brain.
Do you: (a) bury your head deeper into the pillows; (b) ask him to turn the music off; or, (c) ask...
By Bryan Green
Chris Solinsky made the most memorable leap of 2010. In the world of distance running, every year is a leap year. For a few people at least.
One way we can define a year is by who made "the leap." For example, if you ask me about 2007,...
What is the best performance by an Australian team in a world distance running championship?
Close, but no cigar, if you said the bronze medals won by Australian women’s teams in the short race at the 2006 world cross-country championships and at the 2008 world cross-country championship (by which stage,...
RT's Run School | The Politics of Performance by Mark Blomeley
Generally my posts on Runner’s Tribe are about physical performance, and in particular those choices we make in our training that affect our performance. Today, I want to talk more about the mental side of performance, in particular how...
Whether to go to college or stay in Australia is a toss-up that many young runners in Australia face. There are pros and cons to both options, and there have been successful runners that have come from either path. These days, it seems that heading overseas is the norm...
RT Column By Grace Kalac
At the conclusion of the 2006 Australian Cross Country Championships, an awestruck eleven-year-old Luke Mathews approached sixteen-year-old Ryan Gregson at Hobart Airport, hoping that Gregson would trade state team singlets with him. Mathews, who had won the Under 12s race the day before, had watched Gregson finish...
