#2016
The ultimate goal of every athlete is the Olympics, especially in the sport of athletics. It is a sport which can offer an abundance of self satisfaction - but the “income” and “fame” that most other sports see are outcomes which elude most Australians - therefore, basically rendering the...
A COLUMN BY LEN JOHNSON
The theory of running rounds is that the best eight, 12 or 15 runners make the final.
The cream rises to the top, so they say. But are there too many clots being pulled up with the cream.
Two thoughts occurred to me about the track events...
When Ross asked me to write a blog for runners tribe I was more than happy to say the least as I've been a fan of the site for a few years now and am a frequent reader of the runners tribe journals. For those of you who don't...
1. Reflection on 2015; the positives and the negatives?
Positive: I made it to the end of the season healthy. Negative: I didn't make the World Champs final.
2. What lessons did you learn?
I learnt that I'm not far away from being where I want to be.
3. NY Mile, the lead...
Some readers may be familiar with The Goon Show, an inspired BBC radio comedy program of the day based on the vivid imaginings of Spike Milligan – the grandfather of modern British comedy - as interpreted by Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers.
One episode concerns a mysterious epidemic of...
RT Journal by Clara Smith: World Youth Champs Cali
I gathered with twenty talented athletes at the airport – a familiar scene...– to commence this journey representing Australia at the World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia.
I was overwhelmed and fulfilled to be dressed in the yellow and green uniform that...
Where are you at in your travels?
I am currently sitting onboard a flight from Canberra to Brisbane. Having returned from American to Australia in early July, I have spent my time training at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra and Griffith University on the Gold Coast.
Although the...
At the moment it’s that time of the year where I miss the feeling of competitions, and traveling to track classics. At the same time I do appreciate the off-season period of Athletics. Shortly after my return from Europe I had the chance to rest and recover from what...
