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Is breaking 2:30 for a marathon a goal of yours?  I’m not big on labels, but I consider myself very much an ultrarunner and I’ve lived with the motto which is also something I say to my athletes ‘you can be competitive at all disciplines and distances, but make sure...
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?  Rob Krar competes in—and often wins—100-mile ultramarathons. When training for these events, he never runs farther than 35 miles. From a purely...
The Takayna Ultra is a 65km (and 22km) ultra-marathon event set-up top help save the Tarkine from logging, mining and off-road vehicle damage. This event will raise money to support the campaign to have takayna / Tarkine protected as a World Heritage listed National Park, and returned to Aboriginal ownership.
Brett Robinson has broken the Australian half marathon record at the Marugame Half Marathon clocking 59:57. ⁣The record has stood since 1968, when Darren Wilson clocked 1:00.02 in Tokyo, Japan.  The performance pushes Michael Shelley, the two time Commonwealth Games Marathon champion out of the top-10, he now sits in 11th.
By Matt Fitzgerald - Runner's Tribe At the 2016 World Half Marathon Championships, held in Cardiff, Wales, young Geoffrey Kamworor gave the running community an object lesson in keeping calm during a crisis. The Kenyan upstart came into the race having talked a lot of smack about one fellow competitor,...
Inevitable as it was, the decision by World Athletics to postpone the world indoor championships by 12 months from March, 2020 to March, 2021, has created a logistical problem for the world cross-country championships in Bathurst in 2021. The outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, and its potential spread, was an...
After a prolonged wait, World Athletics won’t be banning Nike's controversial carbon-infused Vaporfly Next% road racing shoes.  Instead, the governing body will look to temporarily tighten regulations regarding footwear in the lead up to Tokyo 2020.
In 1998, a young runner from New South Wales lay shattered on the Olympic Park track in Melbourne. His name was Martin Dent, and moments earlier he had come to a grinding halt, his panic-stricken face awash with realisation. It was the Australian junior steeplechase final, and while leading the race, he had forgotten to hurdle the all-important water jump. His race was over, and there was nothing he could do. It was his fault, and he knew it. Rising slightly from the track, he began to pummel his fist into the ground, his frustration released in a brief, yet unforgettable tirade. It was this fierce passion that would one day take him to the Olympic Games, and make him one of the toughest runners in Australian history.
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The latest episode of our Workout Any Day ?️ series features Olympic 4x400m Finalist Caitlin Sargent. Produced for Runner’s Tribe by professional filmmaker Louie Hadfield of Rolling. Production Co https://www.facebook.com/rollingproductionco/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B7dU9xRATZP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link  
Brendan Davies is the best-known ultra-runner in the southern hemisphere. For years, Davies has been banking incredible mileage and winning some of the world’s toughest races. Brendan never just goes through the motions. He is a meticulous planner and has mastered the art of ultra-running, both physically and mentally....
                   

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