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"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." Read Mark Tucker's latest gem on RT's members section here: https://www.runnerstribe.com/members-only-features/turning-40-written-by-australian-50km-record-holder-mark-tucker/ https://www.runnerstribe.com/members-only-features/turning-40-written-by-australian-50km-record-holder-mark-tucker/
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?  Rob Krar competes in—and often wins—100-mile ultramarathons. When training for these events, he never runs farther than 35 miles. From a purely...
Its been a year of tough lessons, great experiences and a whole lot of firsts, and I don’t mean first place finishes, since I last blogged for RT. I raced my first national cross this time last year, I made the pilgrimage to falls creek for the first time...
It’s a moment that Peter Bol (WA) has been thinking about since arriving home from the Tokyo Games. Fourth place, coupled with the support of a nation left him wanting more.
A column by Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe When mentioning Roger Bannister most people immediately think of the mile. When mentioning the mile most people immediately think of the almost mythical four-minute barrier and Roger Bannister being the first man to break it. However, there was a lot more to...
The women’s race had barely sunk in – a sub-30 from Ethiopia’s world cross-country silver medallist Tsigie Gebreselama, 30:35.66 from Lauren Ryan in third place, breaking Benita Willis’s Australian record set way back in the 2003 world championships – when eight men came in under 27 minutes in the men’s with another five, including Jack Rayner in another AR 27:09.57, between 27:07 and 27:10.
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Stopping the clock at 23.00 (w: +1.5), the fastest time by an Australian this year, the performance puts her in the box seat for green and gold selection if she can win the national crown at the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships later this month. http://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/ella-nelson-qualifies-london-2017-michelle-jenneke-misses-smallest-margins/ Women’s 200m (Nelson), the women’s 100m...
Written by Jaryd Clifford – Runner’s Tribe On Saturday, thousands of you will pack out Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne to witness the most anticipated Australian athletics meet of the year. With only seven years until Brisbane 2032, many of you will be treated to your first looks at some of...
Hey Runner's Tribe, my name is Georgia Winkcup and I’m a 3000m steeplechase and middle distance runner. My journey in Athletics started when I was just 8 years old as a little athlete running for Cherrybrook Athletics Club. My family has a history in athletics as my grandmother was...
Written by Ben Traynor, for Runner’s Tribe The Megablast sits at the sharp end of ASICS’ Blast lineage—the Novablast that lit the fuse, the Superblast that pushed stack height and versatility, and now this: a max-stack, non-plated trainer wrapped around a new slab of FlyteFoam Turbo². ASICS’s ATPU blend is...