By Jaryd Clifford - Runner's Tribe
To be a champion miler is to conquer the quintessential distance. Demanding explosive speed, gritty endurance, and a clever mind, it truly tests all facets of a runner. With glory and heartbreak separated by the most agonising of margins, those that take part brave...
It’s been a mixed week for records. First, on the Friday night before the Pre Classic – the pre-Pre Classic? – Francine Niyonsaba won the women’s two-mile event in 8:59.08, missing the world record by just half-a-second.
At Graham Crouch’s memorial some weeks ago, thoughts naturally turned to some of ‘Gruffy’s’ greatest runs.
The memorial was conducted at Hagenauer Reserve, home to Box Hill Athletic Club. As a committed Box Hill member, Crouch ran some of his best races at the track, including a 3:56.7 mile there...
Late last year Catriona Bisset wrote this gem of a piece for Australian Athlete Magazine. We'd like to share it with you now on Runner's Tribe.
Be Vulnerable, Run Faster | A column by Catriona Bisset
“How did you improve so much?”
I heard this question many times over the course of...
This season has been the most exciting and enjoyable, both on and off the track. It has also been a time where I have endured the most change in what has been a very “cruisy” life to date. I have learned many lessons in compromise and discipline and although...
RT turns it's focus from those pursuing these current Olympics to a possible Olympian of the future. Earlier this year Adam Pyke caught the attention of the Australian running scene when he finished 3rd at the Australian Athletics Championships 1500m behind Jordan Gusman and Rio bound, Ryan Gregson. We caught...
Jepkosgei becomes the first woman ever to break 65 minutes for the Half-Marathon
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By David Monti, @d9monti
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PRAGUE (01-Apr) -- Running through the cobblestone streets here with her top rival just a few meters behind, Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei not only ran a pending world record for the half-marathon of 1:04:52 --becoming the first woman ever to...
By Josh Papanikolaou
Ben St Lawrence, thank you for having a chat with Runner’s Tribe after your win in the 10,000m at the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford.
The race was paced to give everyone at shot at the A-qualifier for the World Championships and you were well under that and...
Sir Isaac Newton is reputed to have developed his theory of gravity after an apple fell from a tree under which he was sitting and landed on his head. Stunning insight, you might say.
But it is Newton’s three laws of motion which are of interest here, specifically the last.
For...
Running is running and when you’re fit you’re fit | A column by Matt Fitzgerald
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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?
On May 5, 2019, Stephanie Bruce won the USATF Half Marathon Championship by 21 seconds with a time of 1:10:43. The following...