My 2010/2011 season did not go off with a bang, nor did it end with one.
Well I guess in a sense it did start with bang. I went up to Noosa to run the 5k bolt after a fairly solid block of training and feeling quite confident I would...
If Courtney Dauwalter could bend the laws of time, her chosen expedition wouldn't be to an exotic epoch, but a rigorous venture back to the pioneering days of the American continent—a wagon train traverse reminiscent of the Oregon Trail. Her aim? To test her resilience in the face of adversity, to explore the untamed wilderness and see what resilience might flourish within her.
Why Zatopek remains relevant: A Column By Len Johnson
Ron Clarke hailed Emil Zatopek as the greatest distance runner who ever lived, not only for his performances, but also for his personality.
Four Olympic gold medals – the 10,000 metres in London in 1948 and the unprecedented, and unequalled, distance treble...
A team of scientists from Norway have cast doubt on the results of Peter Bol's recent doping case, claiming that the testing for EPO by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is subjective and can lead to misinterpretation of results.
Reflection on 2015?
2015 had a bit of everything for me, due to injury I wasn't running for most of January and February, so by the time March came around I was getting back into it and looking to be ready for Penn Relays in April. Preparation for my last...
WORLD’S LEADING AUTHORITY IN RUNNING-RELATED INJURIES TO HOLD AUSTRALIA’S FIRST MASTER CLASS
Dr Bryan Heiderscheit, one of the world’s foremost clinical researchers in the diagnosis and treatment of running-related injuries, is to bring his ground-breaking master class to Australia.
“Examination and Treatment of Running Injuries” is a two day master class...
I’m happy to say I’ve been up and running for a few months now and I’m feeling great! However, my return to training has been quite challenging, not realising taking a month off training would take such a big toll on my conditioning. As a result, it was important...
Zatopek week 2019 was highlighted by two significant events. First was the death of Peter Snell just a few days before the race; second, the win in national record time of Stewart McSweyn in the fifty-ninth running of the men’s 10,000 metres.
It would be drawing too long a bow...
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.
Wayde van Niekerk broke Michael Johnson’s world record 43.18 to win the 400m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in a stunning time of 43.03.
The South African, running in lane eight, went out hard, knowing that the past two Olympic champions – Kirani James and LaShawn Merritt – were...
