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...
RT has asked top Aussie distance runner and Osteopath, Stephen Dinneen to answer some of the most common questions runners have along their journey. Click the link bellow to read more about Steve and the Doncaster Osteopathic Clinic & Wellness Centre.
Here is the first question for Steve-
Steve I've got...
Barely a minute after the start of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games women’s 400 metres, Cathy Freeman was sitting in a crumpled heap on the track.
This was scarcely the pose you would expect of a gold medallist, but it was all Freeman had left after defying one of the...
MAUDIE SKYRING: My Story, from the beginning
When asked to write my first blog, about anything in my running life, I was a little stuck. Where would I begin? So I thought, why not start as the beginning, especially since it wasn’t too long ago.
I began training almost 3 years...
