The below interview is thanks to Neil MacDonald, who caught up with Craig Mottram in June, 2001. With Neil's permission the interview has been restored so that today's generation can appreciate and learn from the one and only 'Buster' Mottram.
“BUSTER” UNPLUGGED.
By Neil MacDonald
June 2001
Craig “Buster” Mottram is one of...
Strategies for managing pain in distance running
Part 2 of 2 - Read part 1 (here)
Written by Daniel Quin – Runner’s Tribe
Managing injury pain is really only one part of pain management in distance running. The pain of fatigue, heat, dehydration, and muscle micro-tears is a bigger daily challenge. Because...
By Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
I read an interesting blog this week which suggested the narrative around women’s sports was in need of urgent change.
Sally Bergesen, founder of the Seattle, USA-based apparel company Oiselle, wrote: “when you look at the dominant narratives for female athletes, it becomes clear that...
Written by Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe
Brad Scott achieved a wealth of international success. The Western Australian graced three Paralympic Games, amassing a hat-trick of medals before the age of 25. The sports fanatic well and truly achieved his childhood dream of donning the green and gold.
But when Scott...
Australia and the Men’s 800m - 4 part series
Part 1 - Australia's Standing in the 800m
Part 2 - Why have we underachieved?
Part 3 - How we can become better
Part 4 - Coe as a Junior
Part 1. Australia’s Standing in the Men’s 800m
Something is Rotten in...
Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei has broken the world 10km record at the Birell Prague Grand Prix on Saturday (9). The 23-year-old Kenyan clocked 29:43 to smash through the 30-minute barrier and break her own previous record of 30:04, also set in the Czech capital, at the Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon...
By Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
Watching one of the post-world championship Diamond Leagues, something jarred in the commentary.
Specifically, it was the introduction to the sprint fields. At one meeting – the Birmingham IDL, I think it was – the announcer kept referring to the competitors as “gold medallists”. Seeing...
Training. Wikipedia defines the term ‘Training’ as: “teaching, or developing in oneself or others, any skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. Training has specific goals of improving one's capability, capacity, productivity and performance.”
Obviously, there is no one size fits all when it comes to training....
By Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
A few days into the world championships in London a friend commented: “Four days, full stadium every session, great competition. So how come all I’m hearing about athletics is negative.”
He was right to wonder. Those few days had brought some wonderful competition, all of...
Australia and the Men’s 800m – 4 part series
Part 1 – Australia’s Standing in the 800m
Part 2 – Why have we underachieved?
Part 3 – How we can become better
Part 4 – Coe as a Junior
Part 4. Cracking the Coed
An Analysis of Seb Coe’s Junior Performances...
