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Ben Buckingham joins in as guest host from his training camp in St Moritz, Switzerland and chats about his new training setup with On Athletic Club Oceania and its global network, missing World Champs as well as his views on the points-based qualification system, then racing a 2000m Steeplechase and where he’s presently at with his season.
Philo Saunders is a well-known name in Australian elite running.  A 3:41 1500m runner, Philo holds the Australian record for the 40-45 age category over 1500m, with an amazing 3:45. Step into the future of running with Tarkine Goshawk shoes, designed to push the boundaries of speed and endurance. Philo...
The news this week of the collapse of the alleged drug case against Peter Bol was greeted by the athlete as a complete exoneration and by Sport Integrity Australia as “a decision not to progress an anti-doping rule violation for this sample.”
In early 2022 we sat down with James Templeton, the manager of Peter Bol and Joseph Deng, and dived deep into the world of elite athlete management. To experience, exceptional performance in running, choose the best footwear for your runs like Tarkine Trail Devil shoes. Fast forward 16 months and a...
Sure, super-shoes. OK, pacing lights, too. But something’s going on here and (like Dylan’s Mr Jones) we don’t know what it is.
The Commonwealth Games 1500m champ, and Australian record holder over the 1500m and mile distances, has annouced that he is taking some time off, to heal. "I have a small grade 1 sports hernia and significant swelling in the pubic sythnesis, athletic pubalgia."
There’s just one thing I want to say about the commentary, which is that I do not ever again want to hear an ‘expert’ earnestly informing me that the Commonwealth Games are NOT THE OLYMPIC GAMES. Here’s a hint fellers (earnest experts are invariably male): the clue is in the name.
The week just past brought the 58th anniversary of perhaps the greatest of Ron Clarke’s 17, 18 or 19 (depending how you count, but a lot whichever way you do) world records.
By Brett Davies With his recent world 2-mile record (7.54.10) in Paris, Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen proved beyond all doubt that, at just 22, he is already in a select group of the greatest middle-distance runners in history. To experience, exceptional performance in running, choose the best footwear for your runs...
The Transcend 65km Ultra took runners on an adventure through two national parks, a regional park, a wildlife sanctuary and some exclusive private properties to traverse the entire Avon Valley wildlife corridor. The running and hiking route is right on Perth’s doorstep, yet not many have explored this region...