Hi my name is Dharam Deol. I am a 15 year old middle distance runner from Melbourne's Eastern suburbs.
I was very happy when Runner's Tribe reached out to me asking me to share a little about my training sessions with it's readers. I feel privileged to have been asked,...
Runner's Tribe Q&A with Ken Green
(Runner's Tribe) What were some of the highlights for you with the Sydney Running Academies performances at the Australian Athletics Championships?
(Ken Green) The squad had a mixed Australian championships. Highlights included Nipper winning his 3rd steeplechase championship in what was one of his more...
A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
What is it about the Letzigrund stadium and the Weltklasse meeting. For the second year in a row, Zurich’s beloved boutique venue produced a memorable distance race in which the winner triumphed almost purely on their will to win.
A year ago, it...
If you know a bit about Australian marathon history, you will recall that Lisa Ondieki is our only Olympic marathon medallist. Her silver medal in Seoul in 1988 behind the great Rosa Mota is the only medal attained by an Australian at the Olympics. Robert de Castella and Steve...
MATT FITZGERALD – Runner’s Tribe
Matt Fitzgerald is an acclaimed endurance sports coach, nutritionist, and author. His many books include The Endurance Diet, 80/20 Running, and How Bad Do You Want It?
What is the job of a coach? At the most basic level, it is to help athletes achieve their goals. Sounds reasonable,...
(Q) Hello Zoe, thank you for joining us for a chat. It would be great to hear about your current situation: where you are and how things are going?
(A): I'm in Melbourne, putting in some good base training. The competition season for me will not start until February. I've...
It was a West Australian affair at the 18th Leonora Golden Gift. Sinead Noonan and Ben Chamberlain, took honours in the blue ribbon elite mile events, in West Australia's Goldfields. Covid-19 restrcitions, saw local WA showdowns on the Main Street of Leonora, a small outback town nestled amongst some of the biggest mines in the world.
Lining up for he 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbría, Spain on 20 March 2011 should be a relatively familiar experience for distance runner Anna Thompson. Since first competing in 'World Cross' in 2002, she only missed 2009 when she was living in Singapore and not...
A column by Len Johnson
No doubt about it: ask any athlete what is the biggest thing in an Olympic year – even an Olympic year which wasn’t going to be an Olympic year until the Covid-postponement made it one, and they will almost certainly reply: “the Olympic Games”. For...
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By Sam Burke, Veterinarian, BVMS.
Lonely on those long runs? Want a training partner who doesn’t speak? Sounds awesome right! A well-trained dog might be just what you are after. But buyers beware, not many dogs can handle long runs over hilly terrain, on...
