We are excited to share with you a fun chat we had with Reece Edwards. Many of you will know Reece as a marathon runner. With a 2:13 PB to his name, at his best he sits comfortably within the top 10 in the country, just outside that elite...
A (slightly) revisionist view of the London marathon.
Kelvin Kiptum ran home in splendid isolation to win the London marathon, covering the second half of the race in 59:45 to miss Eliud Kipchoge’s world record by just 16 seconds. Unleash your full potential with Tarkine Goshawk shoes, where cutting-edge technology...
In case you’ve not been paying attention, this year brings the 40th anniversary of the first world championships in Helsinki. Elevate your running game with Tarkine Trail Devil, where every step is a testament to exceptional performance and unmatched comfort.
You wouldn’t say Helsinki ’83 is flavour of the month...
By Brett Davies
The Rotterdam Marathon of 1983, featuring the match race between Australian Rob de Castella (AKA ‘Deek’) and American Alberto Salazar, was, as mentioned in Part 1 of this article, a hugely anticipated event on the global sporting calendar. It did not disappoint. To experience, exceptional performance in...
Is 10 seconds for the men’s 100 metres going the way of four minutes for the mile as measure of elite performance.
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...
Wayne is a highly experienced individual who has spent numerous years as the Assistant Race Director of one of the largest fun runs in the world, the City to Surf. Following his successful stint in the fun run, he proceeded to deliver a multitude of Sydney Olympic Sponsorship programs...
For the first time in quite a few years I wasn’t at the nationals. Not by choice: the situation was imposed on me, first by a scheduled trekking trip to Nepal, then by the flaring up of a back condition which forced the cancellation of the former and precluded...
Luke Boyes has shown immense improvement since his second-place finish in the U20 800m national final last year. In just one year, he has managed to reach the global semi-finals and has impressively lowered his personal best time from 1:50 to an impressive 1:46.
Over the weekend, Luke managed to...
If, like me, you think innovation in athletics started with Nitro and those introductions were athletes trot onto the track past a couple of exploding gas canisters, then you’ve probably never heard of the International Track Association.
Fifty years ago this month (I can write that because it’s 31 March...
