Alexandra Roberts is a junior Javelin Thrower from Queensland, one of Australia’s best juniors and a World Junior representative. She blogged for Australian Athlete magazine edition 2. Below are some excerpts:
By Alexandra Roberts
DOB: 9 April 2001
Hometown: Forestdale, Queensland
Coach: Brett Green
Events and PB’s:
Javelin Throw 500g 53.01m Australian Junior...
Being injured or carrying a bit of pain without any clear path forward can feel incredibly isolating, especially when it’s experienced amidst genuine physical isolation. I’m sure there are people out there pushing themselves pretty hard, but I’m using this as a time to work on some weaknesses that have had me running with my foot slightly on the clutch, rather than full throttle.
I’ve often found that running is the easy part, with strength work the first thing to be let go when I’m tired, but now I see this as my chance to get back on top of things. My physio [Brad Beer] is based on the Gold Coast (about 1,100km away) but the online consults and app with all my exercises have given me some much-needed structure and accountability.
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RT Column By Grace Kalac
At the conclusion of the 2006 Australian Cross Country Championships, an awestruck eleven-year-old Luke Mathews approached sixteen-year-old Ryan Gregson at Hobart Airport, hoping that Gregson would trade state team singlets with him. Mathews, who had won the Under 12s race the day before, had watched Gregson finish...
RT captured the process of an elite runner and that runner is Jeremy Roff.
For many years, Jeremy Roff has been one of the top Australian middle distance runners. His 3:34 PB for 1,500m places him amongst the fastest all-time Aussies over the distance.
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, he...
The hands of time keep ticking at their backs: A Column By Len Johnson
Among a slew of recent interviews with Usain Bolt one revelatory comment leapt out.
Paraphrasing here, but Bolt acknowledged there had been a moment in training this year when he wondered why he was still doing it,...
Jessica Hull broke the Australian record for 1500 metres in Berlin on Sunday (13 February), taking it down to 4:00.42 in finishing third behind Britain’s pair of Lauras, Muir and Weightman.
By Ross Johnson - Runner's Tribe. This article originally appeared in Australian Athlete bookazine. December 2018
Ever since I saw Keith Bateman back in the 2009 City2Surf effortlessly stride along with the eloquent grace of a silver haired gazelle; The man, the myth, the legend - has intrigued me. Bateman...
Firstly, massive thanks to Runnerstribe for this opportunity! I currently compete in the 5000m, 10000m & cross country (and occasionally dabble in 1500m and 3000m) for the University of Sydney. I’m also studying a Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise Physiology).
I enjoyed some success over the winter season, particularly on...
A column by Len Johnson – Runner’s Tribe
One of the great features of the build-up to the Zatopek 10,000 used to be seeing the main contenders showing their form with a race, maybe even two races, over 5000 metres.
Let’s commemorate two great distance runners by calling it the Pre-Zatopek...
