Yokohama women’s Ekiden, first leg in Australia’s road relays | Written By Len Johnson
Women didn’t get to make distance running history. Paternalistic notions about the impact of physical stress on women which, in truth, were too often misogyny disguised as medical science, saw to that.
Pheidippedes hijacked the whole marathon myth thing with his “rejoice, we have won,”...
‘The Inventor of Running’ – The Training of Frank Shorter
‘The Inventor of Running’ - The Training of Frank Shorter
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“Running at its core, is really pretty basic; if you train well and hard over a period of years and avoid injury, you are going to get better” -...
Training at an Early Age – Insights from Steve Cram, Herb Elliott, John Walker & Ron Delaney
“My advice to coaches is to forget about the track early on - get your kids running cross country and road races - just basic strength work first, the speed will follow.” – John Walker
In the early 1990’s the Australian Olympic Committee and the...
A Numbers Game | A column by Len Johnson
Linden Hall runs a 1500 metres in a time beginning with ‘three’. Rohan Browning runs the 100 metres in a time ending in ‘05’. Sometimes it’s just all about the numbers.
Hall becomes the first Australian woman to break four minutes for 1500 metres. Browning...
A success with many parents | A column by Len Johnson
When Jessica Hull ran 8:36.03 to set a new Australian women’s record for 3000 metres last September, it was widely – and correctly – reported that she had broken Benita Willis’s previous mark set over 17 years earlier in 2003.
Willis, in turn, had run...
‘My Training During Coronavirus’ By Ryan Gregson
Thankfully, as distance runners in Australia, we are very lucky that for the most part our lives haven’t been too affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Of course, some significant competitions have been taken away from the calendar, but considering the restrictions that have been...
The Training of Craig ‘Buster’ Mottram
The Training of Craig ‘Buster’ Mottram
“I didn’t think I would see an Australian do what he is doing. To have an Australian under 13 minutes for 5km is unbelievable.” -Steve Moneghetti
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– With thanks for help from Neil MacDonald from Geelong Cross Country
Steve Moneghetti...
Derek Clayton: Legends Of Athletics
By Mark Tucker
“I had broken 2:09. I forgot my exhaustion. Within a couple (of) hours, the agony of a world record run would manifest itself. The elation would be replaced by fear. I would be urinating quantities of blood and vomiting black mucous. The...
Watch: Victor Chumo INTERVIEW from INEOS 1:59
Runner's Tribe reporter Dave Ross caught up with Victor Chumo after he helped Eliud Kipchoge make history in Vienna.
Part of Eliud Kipchoge’s GSC training camp, Chumo has a personal best of 60:03 for the half-marathon which he set in in Lille last September.
The 32-year-old...
The Base Training of David Rudisha
Two Olympic golds, two world championship golds, 800m world record holder. The G.O.A.T – of that there can be little doubt. Like many star 800m runners, Rudisha hails from the Brother Colm O’Connell stable. Home to thoroughbreds.
Runner’s Tribe took an in-depth look at the training of the 800m G.O.A.T himself, David Rudisha.