An Olympic year is special in so many ways, something that only comes around once every four years - and to many athletes is the pinnacle of their sport. Athletics is no exception, and for so many of our track and field stars the preparation in the lead up...
A Federation of Her Own | A Column By Len Johnson The 1992 film, A League of Their Own, tells a fictionalised account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, formed during World War II when the men’s major leagues were facing temporary closure. A League of Their Own? Decima...
For an introduction into Clare's running journey, have a read of her first RT Journal here. Throughout the RT Journals | The Workout Series, top athletes from Australia and abroad will share with us their current top 3 favourite and most beneficial workout sessions. This is a gift to runners of...
Endurance sports’ physical demands explain why certain events favor different body shapes.
Runnerstribe Admin - Endurance sports' physical demands explain why certain events favor different body shapes. By: Chris Gorski (ISNS) -- Olympians competing in the many endurance sporting events have such different body shapes because the physics and physiology of moving fast -- and efficiently -- require it. A sport's physical demands dictate the dimensions of...
Throughout the RT Journals | The Workout Series, top athletes from Australia and abroad will share with us their current top 3 favourite and most beneficial workout sessions. This is a gift to runners of all levels. We hope you can benefit from the words and practices of these...
Anaemic to sub 30 | RT Journal By Nick Earl Anaemia I’m standing on the start line of the AV Shield Final 5km at Lakeside Stadium 12th April 2014 thinking, “Is sub 16:30 possible?” With a season's best standing at 16:22 from 3 months earlier it was certainly possible but with...
Ticking over into olympic year | A Column By Len Johnson New Year’s Eve signals the end of one year and, if you’ve got the stamina, the arrival of the next. For athletics fans, though, there’s something special about New Year’s Eve in a pre-Olympic year. The year 2016 will not...
Happy New Year and The Steigen Spectacular A COLUMN BY MARK TUCKER “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely...
Athletics: Sooner we say the eulogy the sooner it can be resurrected A Column By Joshua Kristos Papanikolaou Track and field is dead. In terms of a professional spectacle it matters to very few people in the world and that won’t change until everyone who loves the sport accepts that fact. So many...
Make it rain | RT Workout Any Day Session 1 HD 4 X 1km with 4min, 6min & 8min recovery Splits for Mason Cohen per KM - 2:48, 2:45, 2:40, 2:37 Thanks to Ben Liddy and squads. RT WAD Sessions | Workout Any Day