Bring back the mile – has it ever gone away? A Column By Len Johnson
In outlining his vision to make athletics more appealing to a younger audience, Sebastian Coe recently observed: “The average age of those watching track and field is 55 years old. This is not sustainable.”
How does...
The Long Run: What’s the Point? Written by Mark Blomeley
The long run or long runs are a staple of any good running program for anyone running over 800m. However the reality is for many runners, due to injuries or long term issues not enough long run volume can be achieved...
The Sub 4 Minute Miler
Well if Track & Field News can create a list why can't Runnerstribe! After some research, we have created a listing in chronological order of all our male sub 4-minute milers in Australia. The list contains the who's who of Australian middle distance running, which...
RT Journals The Workout Series | Rowan Walker
My three favourite sessions are a mix of what I’ve done for years. I keep things pretty simple and would often do the first two sessions literally week after week, as I built up to a goal race.
The Mona Fartlek
Basics of the...
My name is Christine Wearne. I am a 100m sprinter.
I work full time as an Office Clerk while keeping up with my training program. Even though I work full time, sprinting is one of my top priorities in life. My job is very simple but I have my whole...
Thanks Coach | A Column By Len Johnson
There’s probably almost as many different athlete-coach relationships in athletics as there are athletes and coaches.
Some athletes have a coach from the time they start out in the sport as a junior. Usually, that’s a club coach. Others never have one, though...
1km repeats
In the winter I do 8 x 1k with a 1min jog between, running on dirt or grass and aiming for around 10k race pace. In the summer I do 6 x 1k on the track with 1min walk between, aiming for 5k race pace.
3 sets of 5min...
The strength training argument
by Mark Blomeley for RT's RUN SCHOOL
Strength training for runners continues to be a hotly debated topic. There are plenty of different philosophies around and most work to a degree. Increasingly though, there is very little disagreement that you should actually be doing strength training as...
Session 1: Mona Fartlek
Basics of the session: The workout named after Steve Moneghetti is 20 minutes of fartlek with fast recovery, done as follows:-2x90 seconds hard (tempo to 10K pace) with 90 seconds recovery steady, not jogging.
-4x60 seconds hard, 60 seconds steady.
-4x30 seconds hard, 30 seconds steady.
-4x15 seconds hard,...
