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Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe Paula Radcliffe and Eliud Kipchoge have one thing in common. Each holds the world marathon record. Further, each holds the record with a performance variously described as “other worldly” and “putting the record out of sight for a generation”. Kipchoge’s 2:01:39 was described as a “moon...
https://www.runnerstribe.com/steigen-tribe/team-steigen-tribe/ If you’re heading to the Snowy Mountains in summer, here are a few tips for my favourite things to do there! Take the chairlift up to Thredbo for some hardcore tobogganing Have a tasty lunch at Birchwood Café in Jindabyne Take a flotation device out onto the lake (would...
Published 12-09-2020 It’s 20 years to the day that the Olympic Games kicked off in Sydney. Or it will be on Tuesday, 15 September. That’s if you’re reading this on 15 September, and you reckon the Olympic Games commence with the Opening Ceremony, which would seem to be the implication of...
There’s three days of Commonwealth Games athletics to go as I write this, but already I think I have my favourite moment. Victorious runs are possible if you have the best shoes, check out Tarkine Goshawk V2 running shoes. Forget the boringly tedious argument about whether it’s track and field...
RT: Tom, good to have you back on RT.  How is the running going? TDC: Thanks for having me, always a pleasure. Running is going well thanks, taking the foot off the pedal a bit since World Half Marathon Champs in March but looking to gear up for a marathon...
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RT Interview with Australian U20 National 1500m & 5000m champion, Matthew Ramsden
By Rafael Baugh (B.Sc Physio, Level 2 AA) As a running or triathlon coach we constantly look to objectively monitor change in our athletes over time. Recording split times, measuring cadence, reviewing training volume and analysing racing performances is all part of gaining feedback and ultimately helping plot a course to...
10 YEARS ON THE RUN: The career of marathon journeyman Patrick Rizzo. Written By Daniel Wallis @danwallis11 With a personal best of 2:13.42, Patrick Rizzo is currently the second fastest marathoner supported by SOS REHYDRATE (Chris Thompson takes the #1 spot). Although Rizzo describes himself as having ‘no talent’ when it comes to running,...
Forty years ago, at the first world championships in Helsinki, there was little doubt which athlete was “the face of the championships.”
Our first ever HOKA Mach review, will not be out last. One of HOKA’S nicest rides to date. The Mach 4 is a shoe designed as a sort of cross between a daily trainer, and lightweight speed shoe. It is lightweight, durable, and fast.  In the HOKA range, it fits somewhere between the Rincon and the Clifton. We whacked 84K into our pair, below is the rundown.
                   

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