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In the present circumstances and based on the information provided by the World Health Organisation today, the IOC President and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer...
The Leonora Golden Gift cancelled Australia's Richest Mile, The Leonora Golden Gift has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The announcement comes one month after the event had increased it's already significant prize pool by $10,000 bringing it up to $65,000. With the health and wellbeing of the Leonora community and...
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The World Athletics Cross Country Championship Bathurst 2021 course encapsulates the unique and picturesque landscape of regional New South Wales. It is a technical course that will test both physical and mental ability. Like Aarhus 2019, this course will demand cross country nous as the athlete's rhythm is broken over...
Episode 124 is sponsored by COROS. COROS Wearables may be the newest GPS watch brand on the market, but they have already partnered with some of the best road, trail and mountain athletes in the world. Do yourself a favour and check out the brand Runner’s World named Gear of...
Athletics Australia wishes to advise that we, along with our State Member Associations have decided and agree to the postponement of all competitions and events until May 1 2020 at the earliest. This includes local and state cross-country, track and field and road events.
Kenya’s Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage has placed a one-month international travel ban on their athletes. On March 9, a letter was sent informing presidents of all Kenyan sporting organizations that their athletes will not be permitted to travel to international competitions for the “safeguard of the public and the country at large.”
It is with regret that we have agreed with the Mayor of Gdynia and the organisers of the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020 (29 March) to postpone this event until October this year, due to the ongoing uncertainty created by the spread of new Coronavirus internationally. The current international situation...
This episode of Inside Running Podcast is proudly brought to you by New Balance. The global athletic leader is excited to announce an update to their award-winning Fresh Foam platform, Fresh Foam X. Brad makes his triumphant return to the track, taking out a 3000m over Em Brichacek. Julian wins the 10K River...
Recently I received an email message from an athlete who is following one of my online training plans. In it, he asked, “Why do you only have one day off every three weeks?” Although I did not ask the athlete why he asked this question, my assumption was that he...
This week's episode is sponsored by New Balance Julian gets stuck into his London Marathon program, under the watchful eye of Mona. Brad has fun with his fast shoes and his favourite session. Brady clocks a monster 50Km day in his Rotterdam campaign. New women’s world record set by Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh...