The below interview is thanks to Neil MacDonald, who caught up with Chris Wardlaw in January 2002. With Neil's permission, the interview has been restored so that today's generation can appreciate and learn from one of Australia's greatest ever coaches.
Neil MacDonald managed the Geelong Region Cross Country team from 2000-2007.
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It’s early in an Olympic year. An unknown young man breaks through at 800, running 1:45.77. A scarcely better-known young woman breaks the national record in the 100 metres, speeding down the straightaway in 11.10 seconds.
A column by Len Johnson
Few runners kept up with Emil Zatopek during his brilliant career. Even fewer got past the Czechoslovakian champion. And of those who did, hardly any stayed ahead of ‘Zato’ all the way to the line.
If it was hard enough catching up with Zatopek through his...
Runners Tribe: 4 key workouts - Josh Harris
Event: Marathon - PB 2:17:08 Otsu (JPN) 05.03.2017
When building up to a Marathon I like to complete a significant amount of time at around Marathon pace, as I've struggled when I've primarily stuck to doing short, higher quality workouts. I include short, quality...
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....
Natural sleep patterns can greatly impact athletic success.
Originally published: Jan 29 2015 - 1:30pm
By: Chris Gorski, Senior Editor
(Inside Science) – When game time rolls around, athletes must produce the best possible performance no matter when the competition starts or when they prefer to rise and shine. But according to...
Caitlin Murdock - Runner's Tribe
Results from the third youth Olympic Games held in Buenos Aires, Argentina
13 of Australia’s most talented 16 and 17 year-olds recently competed at the third Youth Olympic Games hosted in Buenos Aires, Argentina held between 11 and 16 October 2018.
Our young Aussies brought home five...
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In the evening session in Rio, the men’s long jump final thrilled spectators with two Australians in the mix - the Gary Bourne coached Queenslander Henry Frayne and world championships silver medallist, Fabrice Lapierre(NSW).
Frayne, who...
In the past 5 years, I had never considered the mental side of sport. For me, I had only considered that if you taper, you’ll be fresh and if you’re fresh, you’ll run well. This seemed to work for my 3 years as an undergraduate at university, where I...
This week, the IAAF will ratify changes to the Diamond League. These changes have the goal of creating a more spectator-friendly format that can allow fans to better engage with and support the sport.
That’s a worthy goal. I am fortunate to have attended many of the Diamond League meets, experiencing them both in person and on TV. The reality is Diamond League meets are long and slow, often held in half-filled stadiums that lack consistent energy. That’s why it’s particularly sad that the Bauhaus Galan meet in Stockholm lost its Diamond League status. My family felt it was far and away the most enjoyable in-person Diamond League meet we’ve been to.
