Interview thanks to David Tarbotton
Since arriving in Sydney’s inner west five years ago, former Tasmanian Milly Clark, 26, has made tremendous progression in athletics, including a national steeplechase title in 2012. But few could have predicted her stunning 2:29.07 marathon performance last weekend.
On the same day Adelaide’s Commonwealth Games bronze...
RT Interview with Russ Dessaix-Chin: Back on the road again
Last Sunday Russ won the Run Australia, Wollongong 12km race.
After being seriously injured in February this year, what does it mean to be back out racing and more so running?
Well, if I go back eight months to where I...
By Thomas Do Canto, from Walker Street Podiatry
So, we’ve had the ‘barefoot running’ hype that bred the minimalist running shoe boom. This boom lasted several years - from 2010 to 2013 there was a vast increase in the availability and market share of this segment of the running shoe...
World Mountain Running 2015
Well what an experience!
I am glad Ross Johnson invited me to write an article on the World Mountain Running Championship as it will help ensure I do not forget how life is just one big adventure. I knew it would be an amazing experience participating in...
Help us stop athletics in Australia from going backwards as the Queensland Government is considering plans to remove an athletics track from one of Australia’s most sought after athletics facilities.
The Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre (QSAC) is home for many athletes based in Brisbane and South East Queensland. Originally...
Milly Clark produced a marathon debut that could just go down as the best ever by an Australian.
Clark clocked in at 2:29.07 finishing 3rd in the Amsterdam Marathon yesterday. Thus achieving the qualifier for Rio in outstanding fashion.
We’re looking forward to Milly’s next RT Journal, but for now it’s time...
Last Sunday the 18th of October 2015, Josh placed 7th at the Australian Half Marathon Champs in Melbourne with a time of 1:07:06. He is only 16.
RT Interview with Joshua Torley
Was Sundays result in Melbourne a surprise at all in regards to target times?
It was a little quicker than expected but that’s...
2015 has been a pretty interesting year for me so far! As is usually the case with running, nothing quite went to plan, however I have had some really good learning experiences that I can take into 2016.
The year started down at Falls Creek in Victoria. After taking some...
What is a blog? Q&A Written by RTRoss
Triumph, Pain, Resolution, Go again.
Sometimes we share and it changes something.
What is a blog?
blog blɒɡ/ noun 1. a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style.
verb...
Jim Dunaway, who passed away earlier this year, was one of the giants of track and field journalism.
Or perhaps he was a dinosaur, as in ‘we won’t see the likes of him again’, a creature from a past age, rather than in the literal sense.
Mostly, he was just Jim....
