After Joshua Cheptegei won the world cross-country title in Aarhus earlier this year he said that his aim was to succeed Mo Farah as the world’s pre-eminent track distance runner. OK, that meant winning at least a title in Doha (Mo started with one in Daegu, remember), or maybe even...
By Len Johnson (reporting from Doha) - Runner's Tribe Hassan completes 1500/10,000m double; Obiri bounces back; Rojas ‘scares’ triple WR In another night of superlatives at the world championships, the men’s shot put reached a standard never before approached, much less seen, at a worlds or Olympics, while Sifan Hassan and...
Now for members only - Runner's Tribe captured the race day process of elite runner, Jordan Gusman, as he attempts to run his second sub 4-minute mile, at the Albie Thomas Mile, NSW, Australia. Date: December 10th 2016.
By Len Johnson (reporting from Doha) - Runner's Tribe A good journo mate used to describe a story so obvious that even a mug like me couldn’t miss it as “a walk-up start.” Heaven knows where the expression came from, but its implication is that this is the main story,...
All the talk had been Shaunae Miller-Uibo. Couldn’t do the 200 due to the timetable. Would have won. Ran two lovely, languid races in her heat and semi-final of the 400 leaving us to wonder how fast she might go if pushed in the final.
A column by Len Johnson (reporting from Doha) - Runner's Tribe There is no rest day in the world championships program. Hasn’t been for a while now. For long periods, however, day six seemed intent on being as restful as possible. Oh, there were sparks – a couple of quite physical...
By Len Johnson (reporting from Doha) - Runner's Tribe For eight of her nine throws in Doha, Kelsey-Lee Barber was struggling. All the throwers were. No-one was finding it easy to produce good throws in the heavy atmosphere inside Khalifa International Stadium. “Trust the feel, trust the rhythm,” coach and husband...
Now for members only - In early 2016 Runner's Tribe travelled to Katoomba, Blue Mountains, NSW Australia to film Olympian and Australian 10km record holder, Ben St Lawrence, for a chat and to cover his 4x2km Tuesday session. Enjoy RT's Workout Any Day. Filming weekly workouts around Australia and...
A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe There were five gold medals awarded on the fourth day of the world championships and each of them was special in its own way. There was the emotion of Daniel Stahl’s gold medal in the discus after several years of world-leading throws coupled...
RT Filmmaker Louie Hadfield covered the Queensland Academy of Sport Sprints and Jumps' process to professionally create the next episode of RT’s Workout Any Day series. Enjoy! https://www.instagram.com/p/B23SEV7ATOJ/
