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Both the men and women’s race records for the Blackmores Sydney Marathon have been comprehensively beaten, Kenyan runners storming to victory on a record setting day for marathons in Australia. Smashing the NSW record set in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, in what is the Legacy event of the Sydney...
In our second ever review for HOKA ONE ONE (see our first one here on the Clifton 6), we dive into the Rincon, an incredibly light weight and versatile training shoe. The Rincon is sort of like the Clifton 6, but lighter and faster. It has enough structure and support that it can still be used as a high mileage trainer. However, its lightness makes it feel more like a shoe perfect for up tempo shorter runs, speed sessions , or even racing. Runner’s Tribe took these shoes through 100km of mostly road and light trail running, and below is our unpaid for analysis.
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Julian’s Doha preparations get thrown a curveball with unseasonable snowfall in St Moritz. Addresses challenges that arise in training. https://www.runnerstribe.com/members-only-features/video-road-to-doha-featuring-aussie-marathon-representative-julian-spence/ Brad does his first hill strides in a year and still aiming for consecutive weeks of training. Brady mixes his lactate levels in a threshold while being chased by a dog. Sinead &...
The Gold Coast Marathon has reaffirmed its position as Queensland’s leading endurance sport festival with the 2019 event pumping $32.5 million into the economy and generating more than 114,000 visitor nights. Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones said the economic impact of the event had grown by 12 per cent...
Athletics Australia have today announced a team of 57 athletes for the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar from September 27 - October 6. The team is the second largest to represent Australia, but that number could rise later in the week and eclipse the previous total of 61 in 2017, when special invitations are announced by the IAAF.
Kenya's Brigid Kosgei has just run the fastest half-marathon ever by a woman on her way to winning the Great North Run in 1:04.28. Kosgei's time was 23 seconds quicker than the world record set in 2017 by fellow Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei but the course is not eligible for records. Mo...
Jenny Simpson Claims Record-Extending Eighth Title and Nick Willis Wins Record-Breaking Fifth Title at the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile Simpson breaks event record by clocking 4:16.6 to win by one tenth of a second over Elinor Purrier; Willis wins in photo-finish against Chris O’Hare and Sam Prakel. New York, September...
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Yulimar Rojas produced the second farthest triple jump of all-time at the Memorial Francisco Ramon Higueras in Andujar, Spain, on Friday (6). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBRvuCe8ySs Rojas, the reigning world champion outdoors and indoors, sailed 15.41m in the competition's sixth round to land just nine centimetres shy of the 15.50m world record set by Ukraine's Inessa...