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Written by Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe - Reporting from the Gold Coast Anneliese Rubie and Morgan Mitchell have both collected a spot in tomorrow night’s 400 metre semi-finals at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Rubie cruised through her heat, easing up at the line to stop the clock at...
  With a whopping 10,000m+ of elevation the 170km UTMB is the super bowl of trail and ultra running, attracting the most supreme endurance athletes on the planet. After an epic battle between the top four runners, the GOAT, Kilian Jornet from Spain finished on top for the fourth time,...
Australia's Brooke Stratton has won the women's long jump at the ISTAF meeting in Berlin with a jump of 6.71m. In other Aussie highlights, Genevieve Lacaze was third with 9:23.69 in 3,000 m Steeplechase with a season best time. Colleen Quigley of the US took the 3,000 m Steeplechase win in...
Evans Chebet of Kenya has defended his title at the Boston Marathon, surging ahead at Heartbreak Hill to win the prestigious race in a time of 2:05:54. In the women's race, two-time Olympic silver medalist in the 5,000m, Hellen Obiri, won in a sprint to finish in an unofficial time of 2:21:38, completing the Kenyan sweep.
Norwegian double Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen has set his sights on breaking world records in every distance from 1500m up to the marathon. Could another record fall this weekend? What was once considered an impossible achievement — breaking one of the most revered records on the athletics track — became...
Eugene, Oregon is poised to become the epicenter of American track and field as the much-anticipated USA Track and Field Championships 2023 descends upon the legendary Hayward Field from July 6 to 9. This four-day extravaganza not only crowns national champions but also serves as the battleground for athletes vying to secure their spots in the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Budapest. With high stakes and fierce competition, Hayward Field is about to witness a spectacle like no other.
This Episode is proudly brought to you by lululemon. Athleisure brand lululemon and Movember, proudly unite for the third year of their partnership, to improve men’s wellbeing through movement, mindfulness and connection. Check out the lululemon x Movember Capsule collection at lululemon.com.au Sinead Diver returns to the show and talks...
Small’s big day - Day 5 morning recap Written by Grace Kalac – Runner’s Tribe – Reporting from the Gold Coast Sixteen-year-old Keely Small has raced beyond her years in the women’s 800m heats. She hung on for sixth in a fast-paced first heat, racing superbly to clock 2:00.81 to finish...
CHICAGO - The Chicago Marathon has always been lauded for its flat, speedy course, making it a magnet for runners with record-breaking aspirations. However, a lingering caveat accompanies the event since it settled on the Columbus Day weekend as its permanent home – the unpredictability of race-day weather. Chicago's potential for fast times is only fully realized when the elements cooperate.
Samwel Mailu was glued to the TV screen in Kenya when in October 2019 his idol Eliud Kipchoge broke the two-hour marathon barrier in Vienna’s Prater Park. The sensational achievement made worldwide headlines. It was exactly on the same stretch of road in the Prater, where Samwel Mailu broke away from his remaining rivals on Sunday during the 40th Vienna City Marathon. “But I did not think about Eliud at this moment as I was not aware that it was exactly on this road where he was running in 2019,“ said Samwel Mailu. With around 10 kilometers left in the race, the 30-year-old went on to break the nine-year-old course record of the Vienna City Marathon with a time of 2:05:08 in warm conditions.