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The season so far has been great, every time I get on the track I have been improving. Not just with times but with how I am racing, tactics and change of pace. After World Youths I had a few weeks off, after that I began base work with lots...
By Sonia O'Sullivan. Australian World Cross Country team has final preparations in Bushy Park, London On a clear , crisp, sunny, spring morning the Australian team made there presence felt in the leafy quite suburban Bushy park. Located on the outskirts of London close to Hampton Court Palace, former residence of...
So Far this Track Season has gone well. My First race of the season was at the New Zealand Secondary Track and Field Champs Held on December 12th /13th. I ended up winning the senior boys 3000m in 8mins 19.54 and narrowly missed the New Zealand schools record of 8.18.53....
Ben Offereins is currently in career best form and was recently been tipped by Australian High Performance Manager, Eric Hollingsworth, as an athlete to watch leading up to the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi later in 2010. After running a Commonwealth Games A-Qualifying time and Personal Best of 45.53 in...
Hi Runnerstribe, I opened my season with a bang! A PB and a Commonwealth Games 'B' qualifier of 52.81 in the 400m. At this point I was very excited about how I was running and was looking forward to a successful season. However for the next few races I struggled to find my...
I’m not sure exactly how to start this so I guess I will just start with what has happened to me over the last couple of years and how that has changed the current training plan. My last couple of years, well really actually my last 5 years, since mid...
Lisa Flint burst onto the Australian running scene last October, running 2:34.08 to win the Melbourne Marathon and secure a Commonwealth Games "A" Qualifier. This was a more than 13 minute personal best for the 24-year old who credits watching Kerryn McCann win the Commonwealth Games Marathon in 2006...
By Bryan Green Vick probably wishes it was 1999 again...Even if this isn't officially the end of a decade, it feels like it, and that's good enough for me. The funny thing about switching to a new decade, however, is that it's hard to remember what life was really like...
RT: How are the legs feeling going into the Mile this weekend? Ben:The legs are starting to feel a little weary and knocked around to be honest, it's getting to the end of quite a long season now - so I'm just hoping that there's enough left in them for...