Tune in to Runner's Tribe's facebook page tonight at 7pm WA time (9pm A.E.S.T), to see Matthew 'Rambo' Ramsden and a bunch of other West Aussies tackle a fast 5000m...... We will go live from 6:55pm WA time, thanks to Markus Deakin Athletics WA and Athletics Australia. Also thanks to...
Lisa Ondieki ran her first marathon in December, 1983 at the Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville, Alabama, and it would be fair to say that her career took off like a rocket.
Within 12 months, Ondieki, then Lisa Martin, was an Olympic seventh placegetter, the Australian record holder with first, a 2:29:03 at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, and then, a 2:27:40 in Chicago and embarked on a career which saw her become Australia’s only Olympic marathon medallist, a dual Commonwealth Games champion and, for a long time, holder of the ‘world record’ for a women’s race on an out-and-back or loop course.
Working towards a 10,000m race and wish to know what your training ‘race pace’ should be, or what time you think you are capable of? Read on…
Athletics can be one of the most democratic of sports, accessible to both the fastest, highest and strongest and the slowest, lowest and puniest.
Such is true of most sports, of course. Tennis is played both at the sublime Federer-Nadal-Williams level and as hit-and-giggle social doubles. Golf is Tiger Woods,...
Throughout the year I train in many different locations. Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Logan, Forster, Falls Creek, Hoyos del Espino, Mount Laguna, Nijmegen, and London. This is partly because as an Australian we have to spend a considerable amount of time overseas for competitions, which means we also...
You don’t have to dive deep into Australian world cross-country history to find yourself immersed in a stream of Steve Moneghetti statistics. From his first appearance in 1985 to his last in 2004, Moneghetti was the dominant force in our men’s teams.
Had the story of Australian participation been written...
The 2004 world cross country (WXC) in Brussels was certainly the highlight of my career. It was my 4th world cross country (my first time in the 8km race) and without a doubt, going into it, I was in my best shape of my career to date.
I had always...
Minnesota Distance Elite's head coach Chris Lundstrom is a multifaceted man, both educationally and as a runner, he has excelled exceptionally. As an athlete, he won top races on the track all the way to ultra. Educationally he has a B.A., Humanities from Stanford University, an M.Ed., of Applied...
A strange thing happened when Track & Field News published its annual rankings for 1990. The number one in the men’s 1500 metres had never ranked in the top-10 before. Even more strongly, neither had number two; nor, for that matter, had number three.
Performance governs the rankings: Noureddine Morceli,...
Philo Saunders is one of the most well-credentialed coaches on the planet. Adding to that he is a gifted runner who is still chasing fast times and masters world records into his 40's. He has run sub 3:50mins for the 1500m 127 times!
Enjoy this Q&A where we talk to...
