As the lead pack in the senior women’s race battled its way around the second half of the tough Aarhus course in the recent world cross-country championships, it wasn’t easy to pick the likely winner.
The next runner to drop off, now that was another matter altogether. Hellen Obiri always...
asmanian, Stewart McSweyn, has smashed Craig Mottram's 3000m Australian record, set in Athens in 2006, by a whopping 4 seconds. Competing at the Rome Diamond League, McSweyn ran aggressively, confidently and with purpose from the gun.
But an Australian record is just the start. McSweyn is now the 17th fastest 3000m runner in the history of world athletics. If he was an Australian swimmer, he would be a household name.
McSweyn's time; 7:28.02, to Mottram's previous record of 7:32.19. The run was also a 6.77 second personal best for McSweyn.
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?
Running is a hobby for the vast majority of runners. Only for a tiny fraction of the runner population is the sport...
Happy New Year to everyone!! This is a time when a lot of Australian’s find themselves eating and drinking a little too much over this festive period while a large group of runner’s from all over Australia make their way up to the mountains and other training camps around...
There they all were – 10,000 metres champion and defending 5000 metres champion Gudaf Tsegay, the woman who runs every event, and medals in most, Sifan Hassan, Kenyan teammates Beatrice Chebet, this year’s world cross-country champion, and Margaret Kipkemboi – lined up to thwart Faith Kipyegon’s hopes of completing an unprecedented 1500 and 5000 metres double.
We caught up with Australia’s high performance manager, Eric Hollingsworth, to discuss Australia’s performance in Daegu as well as his thoughts moving forward towards London 2012.
RT: Eric, thanks for your time. Before the World Champs commenced you stated that you wanted 5 medals from the Australian team. The team...
Stephanie Howe Violett recently took the overall win, beating all men and women at Bandera 2017 a.k.a the USA 100km Trail Championships after coming back from a tough injury stretch throughout 2016. Feeling like herself again, being back on the trails and roads, Stephanie will now work her way...
This year was one of transition and frustration for me. After 8 years of living in Fayetteville, Arkansas in the United States, my husband (Mark) and I decided it was time to move home. We love being back. Although we had a great time living in the US, I...
Runners Tribe
On Saturday the 25th of August I finished 2nd at the Australian Cross Country Championships on the torturous hills of Maleny Golf Course. This is an achievement that I’m extremely proud of and some great reward for a breakthrough 12 months.
My running journey started in my hometown of...
My name is Jaylah Hancock-Cameron, I’m 16 years of age and am currently a 800 and 1500m runner for Bankstown Sports Club. I live in Broulee, a small village down the far south coast of NSW and I’m currently a year 11 student at Moruya High School.
Originally my sporting...
