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Linden Hall is chasing down our very best middle distance runners, moving into the top-10 on the ‘Australian All-Round Distance Stars’ ranking list – combining the 1500m, 3000m and 5000m. This came off the back of a tremendous performance at the recent Hunter Track Classic in Newcastle, where she smashed...
Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe Mary Keitany has yet to put her two best marathon halves together into a whole. When she does, as my old coach used to say, she could be dangerous. In London last year, Keitany ran a 66:54 first half of the marathon as she set out...
I love running, and I hate shin splints. After years of dealing with injuries, I was determined not to let shin splints beat me. Here is how I conquered shin splints!
Finding Zen Feet: Running as Meditation By Dan Chabert I’ve gone through all the stages of a relationship with running: the initial crush and lust, the honeymoon phase, the seven-year itch, the near-divorce, and the final, healthy relationship." It took me a long time to get there, though, and for the longest...
It’s that time of the year where you reflect on your season. Upon returning from a European competition stint in October last year I sat down with my coach and training group to set out the 2015/16 goals, this is where I decided to ditch the hurdles for a season...
A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe I’m not really a road trip sort of bloke. Unlike Willy Nelson, I can wait to get on the road again. The then almost-obligatory campervan trek around Europe 40 years ago excepted, I’ve rarely travelled, by road, more than one day at a...
There’s three days of Commonwealth Games athletics to go as I write this, but already I think I have my favourite moment. Forget the boringly tedious argument about whether it’s track and field or field and track - it’s just athletics, people – because my top moment of Birmingham 2022...
MATT FITZGERALD – Runner’s Tribe Matt Fitzgerald is an acclaimed endurance sports coach, nutritionist, and author. His many books include The Endurance Diet, 80/20 Running, and How Bad Do You Want It?  Running is a hobby for the vast majority of runners. Only for a tiny fraction of the runner population is the sport...
A column by Michael Beisty Disclaimer: Content herein does not constitute specific advice to the reader’s circumstance.  It is only an opinion based on my perspective that others may learn from.   Anyone of any age who engages in running should be in tune with their body and seek medical advice before...
A Column By Matt Fitzgerald On October 12, 2021, two days after she finished third in the Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:27:19, American professional runner Sara Hall posted the following message on Twitter: “Committed 100% to the goal. Suffered through my best training I’ve ever done. Showed up healthy, excited, confident. Executed...
                     

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