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Welcome back! I’m sure we are all inspired by watching the Commonwealth Games especially with a Gold Medal performance by Michael Shelley and a Bronze Medal from my Team Tempo Team mate Jessica Trengove in the Marathon! And of course all the other great performance in Athletics! As you know...
There is something hard to define that I miss about competitive distance running. A small part of it is the training – feeling super fit and training towards a race (or races), but mostly it is the races themselves that I miss. The build up towards a race, the...
Just letting everyone know I’m still alive. I spent 2 full months on crutches with no weight-baring at all. From there I was allowed to walk around for a ryan gregsonmonth to strengthen my ankle joint and calf and increase my range of the joint that was reduced due...
By Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe As the clock ticks remorselessly down towards midnight on 23 July, the qualification deadline for the world championships, there are still many athletes chasing the magical entry standards. Not just scrubbers either. Circumstances, and the narrower qualifying window (1 October, 2016, for most events), can...
Dane, you just finished 8th in the World Championships. What did this amazing performance mean to you? Finishing 8th in Beijing was an awesome way to top off a great year. I started the season slowly with illness forcing me to withdraw from the national titles, but throughout the year...
I had another great 2014/15 summer track season and by the end, had taken 23s off my 10k, 14s off my 5k and 16s off my 3k PB. Although my times are getting down there, I knew I needed another big winter if I wanted to be mixing it...
What are your major running goals for 2015? One goal really - Olympic qualifying time for the marathon. I'm focussing solely on that - I toyed with trying to qualify for World Champs but I think if I'm going to step up a level and run 3 minutes faster for...
You recently finished a rock solid 7th at the Zatopek:10 in a time of 29.09. Were you happy with this performance? I was actually pretty disappointed with my run at Zatopek. I was really hoping to smash through that 29 minute mark or run a PB at least. Looking back...
Q:How's the Aussie domestic season going for you so far? A: Its been great so far. The athletics season commenced with The Hunter Track Classic on the 18th of January. I placed 5th in the Open Women’s 1500m, with a World Junior qualifying time of 4:19.55. At the NSW Junior...
By Matt Fox 1) Positives about college in the USA (training in a team, coaches, funding, free college, etc.) Well obviously, for starters, the major advantage of being on a sports scholarship in the US is that you are able to get a free education while pursuing some form of career...
                   

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