Kelkile Gezahegn triumphs, Meskerem Assefa breaks women’s Course Record in windy Frankfurt. Runner-up last year, this time the number one: the Ethiopian Kelkile Gezahegn won the 37th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon in cool and at times extremely windy conditions in 2:06:37. After a thrilling duel he broke away...
Runner's Tribe - Australia's David Criniti and Fiona Yates have won the men’s and women’s races at the 2018 ASB Auckland Marathon. Yates set a personal best of 2:48:41 in just the third marathon for the Sydneysider. Second was another Aussie, Margaret Campbell. On the men's side David Criniti...
Runner's Tribe - Abraham Kiptum of Kenyan has set a new half marathon world record of 58:18 at the Valencia half-marathon in Spain. Kiptum bettered Eritrea’s Zersenay Tadese previous world record time set in Lisbon in 2010, by 5 seconds. Ethiopian Jemal Yimer finished second, 2 seconds behind Kiptum with his...
Fifty years after Ralph Doubell produced arguably the finest run in Australian Olympic history, author Michael Sharp tells the compelling story of the last of the three Australian male track athletes - after Edwin Flack and Herb Elliott - to win Olympic gold. On the biggest day of his sporting...
The following world records have been ratified... World records Men's decathlon: 9126 Kevin Mayer (FRA) Talence 16 Sep 2018 Previous: 9045 Ashton Eaton (USA) Beijing 29 Aug 2015 Men's marathon: 2:01:39 Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) Berlin 16 Sep 2018 Previous: 2:02:57 Dennis Kimetto (KEN) Berlin 28 Sep 2014 World U20 records Men's 5000m: 12:43.02 Selemon Barega (ETH) Brussels 31 Aug...
Ben St Lawrence fills in for Moose as he comes off the Burnie 10. Brad pulls up sore after Melbourne Half, taking some time off. Brady runs for a whole week and wins the Sweat Vs Steam in Echuca. Stewart McSweyn wins the Burnie 10 in a course record of 28:03, ahead...
By Emily Lumsden - Runner's Tribe An athletics club located in Doncaster is doing their part to help the Manningham community become more involved in the sport, holding a master’s competition and a casual running group. Last Monday, the Tom Kelly athletics held their first ever master’s competition. An event which...
This week marks the opening of the voting process for the 2018 World Athletes of the Year ahead of the IAAF Athletics Awards 2018 in Monaco on Tuesday 4 December. The IAAF is pleased to confirm a list of 10 nominees for Male World Athlete of the Year who were selected by an international...
This week marks the opening of the voting process for the 2018 World Athletes of the Year ahead of the IAAF Athletics Awards 2018 in Monaco on Tuesday 4 December. The IAAF is pleased to confirm a list of 10 nominees for Female World Athlete of the Year who were selected by an international...
Runner's Tribe Jess Trengove has run a fabulous PB of 2:25:59 to finish 4th at Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. This moves the South Australian distance super star up to 6th on the Aussie All-time list, equal with the late Kerryn McCann. Bahrain’s Mimi Belete set a new course record and...
