At the Athletics Australia's Tokyo Qualifying Marathon in Sydney on Sunday, April 25 Michael Roeger took 40 seconds off his PB and set a fourth consecutive marathon world record in the T46 (arm amputee) class, with a time of 2:18.52. Alongside Roeger, Jaryd Clifford annihilated the world record set...
Many of those making up Australia’s fastest marathoners are versatile, capable of performing well at road, track and cross-country, and over a range of distances at all three.Shaun Creighton certainly sits at the most versatile end of the spectrum. Of his nine companions in the all-time top 10 men, only Pat Carroll goes close to him in that regard. Even there, however, it is Creighton first, daylight second.
If you had to choose one favourite session that you believe really worked for you and got you fit, what would it be?
Whether training for the steeplechase, 5k, 10k or marathon; running four hard repetitions of a mile with a 2-minute rest between reps (on or off the track – usually off the track but on the same course for benchmarking purposes) got me fit and was a good benchmark. When training for the marathon I’d sometimes do five instead of four reps.
Originally an elite cyclist training out of the AIS, Sinead Noonan is now setting her sites on representing Australia in a different sport, running. Already 2 x WA 5km champion, Sinead is well on her way to achieving her elite running goals. With the help of Front Runner's head...
Hailing from the Central Coast of NSW, middle distance star, Charlie Hunter, left Australian shores in 2018 to take up a scholarship for the famed Oregon Ducks. It was a decision that changed his life. He is now the proud owner of Australian indoor records over one mile (3:53.49)...
We recently reviewed earSHOTS and honestly fell in love with them due to their overall feel, sound and most importantly the fact that they do not move while working out thanks to their innovative magnetic technology. We wanted to find out more about what could be called the best...
Lisa Weightman is a three-time Olympic marathon runner, with her eyes firmly set on a fourth Olympic Games. In recent years, she has combined her commitments as a professional athlete with work as a consultant at IBM and mother to a young family. Lisa has just been announced as an ambassador for NAB RunWest and plans to use the event as part of her preparations on the road to Tokyo. We caught up with the Olympic hopeful to check in on her preparations…
In February, Rodger Kwemoi shocked a very strong field to win the Kenyan Cross country title, booking himself a slot to the African Cross Country Championships.
But for close observers of the sport, Kwemoi wasn’t a new name. He is a 10,000m specialist, he has a Commonwealth bronze medal at the distance. He is a former U20 world champion and in 2019 he finished fourth at the world championships.
The 24 year old finished second in 5000m at the Athletics Kenya’s first track and field meet and told Enda that although the race was very competitive and tough, he was pleased with the outcome. We had a chat with him about the race and more:
In this extensive Runner’s Tribe series the world’s best ultra and trail runners share their training. Every few days we will be posting a new athletes’ weekly program during a peak training period. Next up we have undoubtedly one of the very best ultra runners in the world, Utah's...
In this extensive Runner’s Tribe series the world’s best ultra and trail runners share their training. Every few days we will be posting a new athletes’ weekly program during a peak training period. Next up we have Hillary Allen. Hillary has raced all over the world, racking up wins...
