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RT INTERVIEW WITH TAYLOR JOHN: RECORDS MADE  At CAS (Associated Schools of New South Wales, Australia), this year you set a new record in the open 800m with a super fast 1:51.96. Were you expecting to come up with such a big performance and break the previous record set by...
‘And all that I knew was the hole in my shoe which Was letting in water’, (Traffic, 1967) I blamed Carl Lewis. There I was, on the steps of the old Parliament House in Canberra, squinting into the sun and trying to explain to a national television audience on the Today show...
At the moment it’s that time of the year where I miss the feeling of competitions, and traveling to track classics. At the same time I do appreciate the off-season period of Athletics. Shortly after my return from Europe I had the chance to rest and recover from what...
The Stawell Gift may have had 138 previous runnings, but like most other major sporting events, it couldn’t put one foot in front of the other during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. The 120-meter handicap sprint, run on a manicured grass track at Stawell’s Central Park, has launched a million stories...
By Amity Delaney with Runner's Tribe Balancing an elite-level training program with a job that enables athletes to support themselves and their running career is a difficult task. Most regular full-time workers who aren’t even athletes find it difficult to fit in an exercise regime, let alone elite athletes who...
RT EXCLUSIVE: Jordan Gusman Why Malta? Written by Jaryd Clifford (c) Runner's Tribe The rumours are true: Australian 5000m champion Jordan Gusman is no longer eligible to represent Australia. A few days ago, he received notice of his successful transfer to Malta, relinquishing his automatic qualifying spot on the Australian team...
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Now for members only - Milly Clark is one of Australia's fastest woman ever over the marathon distance. RT caught up with Milly in 2016 to cover her process. Music by The Passion Hifi. Note: Used with permission
One of Australia's most accomplished middle-distance and marathon runners. Specializing in the 3000m steeplechase, she holds the Australian record of 9:14.28 and has competed in four Olympic Games: London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, and Paris 2024. Gregson first made her mark as a teenager, winning the Australian U18 3000m title in 2006 before earning an athletics scholarship to the University of Florida. Her Olympic debut came in London, and she reached her peak in 2016, setting multiple personal bests and reaching the finals in both the 3000m steeplechase and 5000m at the Rio Olympics.
At just 15 years old, New Zealand's Sam Ruthe has etched his name into the annals of middle-distance running history, becoming the youngest athlete to shatter the four-minute mile barrier with a remarkable 3:58.35 performance at Mount Smart Stadium. Ruthe's periodized training regimen, meticulously crafted by renowned coach Craig Kirkwood,...
Not much interrupts the runner’s lifestyle at Falls Creek. It is pretty much run, rest, eat, repeat from day one of stay to departure. Nirvana for aspiring distance champions – and aren’t or weren’t we all, aspiring that is – boring as bat s**t for anyone else. There are...