Interviews

RT Interview with Russ Dessaix-Chin: Back on the road again Last Sunday Russ won the Run Australia, Wollongong 12km race. After being seriously injured in February this year, what does it mean to be back out racing and more so running? Well, if I go back eight months to where I...
Awesome original content from Run Culture – Posted with permission by Runner’s Tribe – www.runculture.org – Dane Verwey Ridders, thanks for agreeing to be on the ‘griller’ the third interview of the Run Culture Blog, a segment where we strip back and get a bit interesting with inspiring members of the running...
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...
For those who don't know, Nick Symmonds is an elite 800M Runner, World silver medalist, 6 x USA Champion and a 2 x Olympian. He is the man. What is the toughest workout you do on a regular basis? I’d say a tempo generally. I do one on a regular basis, almost every other...
What has been your most memorable racing performance this year? Winning the Auckland Marathon and picking up my first NZ Marathon title in early November would be my racing highlight of the year. I lined up for a marathon in 2013 but DNF so it’s been a bit of a...
Interview with Georgia Griffith - By Runner's Tribe At only 20 years old, Georgia Griffith has a huge future ahead of her in athletics. Griffith is the fastest Australian woman over the 800m this year and it appears we have only seen the beginnings of what could easily be a...
Samuel Tanner enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2022. The former University of Washington student, who now runs professionally for Puma, narrowly missed the world 1500m final in Oregon and finished sixth in the Commonwealth Games 1500m final in Birmingham, clocking a huge personal best of 3:31.34. In the below Q&A, he...
Matthew Ramsden is the best miler to emerge from Western Australia since the great Herb Elliott. The 6th fastest Australian of all-time over one-mile, Ramsden narrowly missed out on Olympic selection for the 2021 Games.  But fresh off a silver (1500m) and a gold (5000m) at the Australian Champs,...
A column by Jaryd Clifford – Runner’s Tribe On the start line, Brad Mathas stands motionless. Around him, other runners restlessly meander. Inside his head are a thousand thoughts and one – there is no option to fail. In the quiet that precedes the splitting cry of the gun, he can...
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The Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, Ethiopia’s defending champion Kenenisa Bekele and the former world record holder Wilson Kipsang from Kenya are ready for a world record chase in the 44th edition of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday. The three strongest marathon runners in the world want to...