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'Running With The Rage (against the machine)' A Column By Mark Tucker “It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime what better place than here, what better time than now?” (Rage Against The Machine) These are the type of song lyrics I loved listening to in the days leading up to...
What has been your most memorable racing performance this year? Winning the Auckland Marathon and picking up my first NZ Marathon title in early November would be my racing highlight of the year. I lined up for a marathon in 2013 but DNF so it’s been a bit of a...
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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 (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved 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....