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Celeste Mucci holds the Australian u20 heptathlon record (5915) and competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she finished 4th as an 18yo. Celeste is also 5th on the Australian all-time list in the 100mh (13.02) and competed in the Doha World Championships where she bowed out in the...
By Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe “I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed.”  (David Benioff, City of Thieves) Most of us have had it...
O tempora, o mores - oh what times, oh what customs - declaimed the Roman orator Cicero to his fellow senators in 63 BC, in a speech attacking a political rival. Or, to put it (very) loosely, things couldn’t get much stranger than this. Oh yes they can. To cite...
'Running With The Rage (against the machine)' A Column By Mark Tucker “It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime what better place than here, what better time than now?” (Rage Against The Machine) These are the type of song lyrics I loved listening to in the days leading up to...
Weight training has been a key component of my training program for the majority of my career. I can’t say that I enjoy the gym, as I much prefer the running components to my training, however I believe it has been a key ingredient in my ability to generate...
By Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe “There is an advantage to being the first mover. When you can get a surge, get your move in, everyone is reacting to you.” This was a quote I saw (thanks to letsrun.com) from former college runner Elijah Greer, after he made a decisive move,...