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This weeks episode of Inside Running Podcast is proudly brought to you by CD Joinery Bluff 2 Boat Ramp Fun Run. Enter today - www.bluff2boatramp.com Brad gets some answers about what’s going on with his calf. Julian gets caught out on a sunny, hilly long run. Brady gets set for his return...
In 1937, MGM released A Day at the Races, the seventh movie starring The Marx Brothers. Like most of the previous six, the film attracted favourable reviews and made good box office. One of those reviews was penned by none other than Graham Greene, the English author and journalist regarded...
Besides being at some time the world’s pre-eminent track distance runner, what does Joshua Cheptegei have in common with the likes of Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Paul Tergat and Mo Farah? A transition to the marathon that is a little less than overwhelming, that’s what. Cheptegei ran his third marathon...
I still get out sometimes. Only a couple of days ago I was out celebrating the 45th anniversary of event, publications and retail company Sole Motive which, in another lifetime it seems now, started out as Australian Runner magazine and through the hard work and resilience of founders Terry...
This weeks episode is sponsored by The Running Warehouse Ballarat Marathon The Running Warehouse Ballarat Marathon is back in April next year with flat and fast courses … an amazing atmosphere and heaps of fun. Sign up today at ballaratmarathon.com.au before this very popular event sells out. Brad manages his calf by prioritising cross...
CAPE TOWN — The race that wanted to become Africa’s first World Marathon Major didn’t get to start. On Sunday morning, organizers of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon canceled the marathon due to high winds that toppled structures at the start and finish areas, ending months of preparation and...
AMSTERDAM — In a city that has quietly become one of road running’s fastest laboratories, the TCS Amsterdam Marathon delivered another proof point on Sunday as Kenya’s Geoffrey Toroitich Kipchumba won in 2 hours 03 minutes 30 seconds, taking nine seconds off the course record. Ethiopia’s Aynalem Desta captured...
This week's episode is sponsored by The Running Warehouse Ballarat Marathon The Running Warehouse Ballarat Marathon is back in April next year with flat and fast courses … an amazing atmosphere and heaps of fun. Sign up today at ballaratmarathon.com.au before this very popular event sells out. Julian makes progress before hitting the streets of Melbourne. Brad...
Tracking recent athletics news, we note that Femke Bol is now looking at a new challenge. What’s that, you ask. Hasn’t the second-best women’s 400 metres hurdler yet to conquer her first challenge? That would be beating the best women’s 400 metres hurdler ever, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, to a world or...
Eliud Kipchoge has spent a career shrinking the marathon’s unknowns, but one still remains: New York City. The 40-year-old two-time Olympic champion, and the only human to cover 26.2 miles in under two hours under controlled conditions, said he would start in Staten Island next month to “complete” his...