James ‘Jim’ Bailey: 21 July, 1929-31 March, 2020
Jim Bailey, who died in America on 31 March, was a runner of undoubted talent. Yet, despite making an Olympic and a Commonwealth Games team and winning two national titles over 880 yards, Bailey is, and will continue to be, remembered for...
Is it just me or is Cam Myers channelling Herb Elliott
RT Journal by Craig Burns | Pressure Cooker of Competition
It’s that time of year again. The next 2 months are fuller than a butcher's dog. It seems like every weekend there is a competition to go to and in a way that is a blessing. I still need to...
Part 1 – The Buildup:
By Brett Davies
This month is the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest match races in marathon history when Australia’s Rob de Castella – AKA ‘Deek” - took on American Alberto Salazar and a select group of international distance runners in the Dutch port city...
Written by Jaryd Clifford
Located off the beaten track in outback Western Australia, over 800km north-east of Perth, the town of Leonora exists in relative isolation. Most Australian’s will never set foot there, and many may go their entire life without ever hearing its name.
Even Australia’s most accomplished marathon...
Can it really be sixty years since 1965. Six decades on from a year which shook up distance running like few others. Three men from three continents, running largely the same events, often against each other, all ranked in the world’s top 10 athletes of that year.
Australia’s Ron Clarke,...
FATIGUE: A HOLISTIC APPROACH.
A closer look at the role of nutrition
Written By Camilla Whishaw – Runner’s Tribe
This article follows on from the introductory piece published in Runner’s Tribe titled Fatigue: A Holistic Approach. This article explores in further depth nutritional considerations which may play a role in fatigue. In coming...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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BOSTON (05-Apr) -- On April 17, Meb Keflezighi will race from Hopkinton to Boston for the final time as an elite athlete, closing a tremendous Boston Marathon career than has spanned more than a decade. Keflezighi, 41, has won...
Philip Sesemann, a British long-distance runner, has made a remarkable shift from medicine to marathon training. Originally balancing a medical career with his athletic pursuits, Sesemann gave up his medical license in 2023 to fully dedicate himself to his Olympic dream. His decision paid off early this year when he achieved a qualifying time of 2:08:04 at the Seville Marathon, which secured his spot for the 2024 Olympics. His journey to this milestone has been marked by grit and resilience, particularly as he trained up to 174 km a week, often with his dogs, Haile and Kipchoge, who he fondly refers to as his "mileage mutts".
When Alice went down the rabbit hole, she had eaten some “magic cakes” before spending time with a smoking caterpillar, chatting with a talking cat, and drinking heavily with some guy in a massive hat surrounded by flamingos. Most of us can only get this kind of experience in...
