Hassan closes with deadly speed
After Herb Elliott had destroyed Ron Delany and the rest of the field to smash the world mile record in Dublin in 1958, a priest asked Delany how would you beat the great Australian.
“I don’t know, father,” replied Delany. “Maybe tie his legs together.”
Sifan Hassan...
A question I am asked about more often than not is about my diet as an athlete. I constantly receive messages from female athletes about what I eat to fuel my body and if I periodise my eating habits depending on my season. I must start this article by...
Inevitable as it was, the decision by World Athletics to postpone the world indoor championships by 12 months from March, 2020 to March, 2021, has created a logistical problem for the world cross-country championships in Bathurst in 2021.
The outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, and its potential spread, was an...
Brendan Davies is the best-known ultra-runner in the southern hemisphere. For years, Davies has been banking incredible mileage and winning some of the world’s toughest races. Brendan never just goes through the motions. He is a meticulous planner and has mastered the art of ultra-running, both physically and mentally....
This is going to be a full-on, comprehensive, top to bottom deep dive of the 2019 women's Australian/New Zealand sprinting season. Or not. I don’t know. You can decide at the end. Either way, I’ll attempt to review, evaluate and calculate the season of every track event that doesn’t have a bell. This article was first published in Australian Athlete Mag.
Athletics can be one of the most democratic of sports, accessible to both the fastest, highest and strongest and the slowest, lowest and puniest.
Such is true of most sports, of course. Tennis is played both at the sublime Federer-Nadal-Williams level and as hit-and-giggle social doubles. Golf is Tiger Woods,...
"To be a world-record holder in the mile, a man must have the arrogance it takes to believe he can run faster that anyone ever has at the distance; and the humility it takes to actually do it.” (Herb Elliot)
A Column By Mark Tucker- Runner’s Tribe
Running, and indeed life,...
A column by Jaryd Clifford – Runner’s Tribe
When David Rudisha came to Australia to kick-start his Olympic title defence in 2016, the expectation was that it would be a procession of royalty. After all, he was the king of the track, an Olympic legend and the fastest half-miler the world...
Is breaking 2:30 for a marathon a goal of yours?
I’m not big on labels, but I consider myself very much an ultrarunner and I’ve lived with the motto which is also something I say to my athletes ‘you can be competitive at all disciplines and distances, but make sure...
There are few athletic feats more impressive than a marathon. Everyone respects it, but not everyone concurs it. Runner’s Tribe dug deep into the archives, spoke to coaches and athletes, and compiled a list of awesome training sessions used by champions, both current and former.
We studied the training of 10 past and current champions; their respective favourite marathon sessions are outlined in this exclusive feature article for Runner’s Tribe Addict.
Athletes studied:
Robert de Castella
Eliud Kipchoge
Lisa Ondieki
Florence Kiplagat
Benita Willis
Haile Gebreslassie
Steve Moneghetti
Jessica Trengove
Derek Clayton
Kenenisa Bekele
