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The first occasion I recall meeting Lee Troop was when Julian Paynter brought him along for a Sunday morning run at the 1993 national championships in Brisbane. ‘Troopy’ had finished sixth in the U20 5000 metres the night before, a race won by Andrew Letherby. By the time we got back from that run almost two hours later two things were apparent. Lee Troop could run – and he could talk. It’s no surprise, then, that over 20 years later Troop is still running and, one way or another, he is still talking, be it as a coach, a mentor, an advocate for the sport. He was, and is, passionate about his running and articulate in expressing that passion.

Can it really be just a few months (spoiler: yes, it can) since many of us were aghast at World Athletics’ decision to trim formats to fit Diamond League meetings into a 90-minute television window. In those pre-coronavirus days, the decision to defenestrate some beloved...

Report by Jason Hall, PhD BCom (Hons) CFA Tracking the performance of 6,000 runners over 40 years reveals that age-related decline is very different from the progression of world best times and marathon qualifying standards in Boston, New York City and Chicago. -------------------- Every runner knows that...

Just a couple of months ago I was in the US anxiously watching the news every morning to hear Donald Trump’s latest on the Coronavirus situation.  “This is not a big deal, it will all pass” turned into “We are facing a global pandemic” and...

Mention cold calls to any relatively old-time journalist and it’s just as likely beads of perspiration will break out spontaneously on their forehead. Cold calls – the phone calls you make when you’re not entirely sure of the likely outcome, but there’s a fair chance...

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...

I remember walking into the Cross Country Coach’s office at Notre Dame as an 8th grader. My Dad, a former Notre Dame track guy himself and a lifelong ND fan had brought our family to a football game in the fall of 1998. As...

Take a Virtual Tour with 2 x Olympian David McNeill. https://vimeo.com/417060570

I can’t remember whether Ingrid Kristiansen called me, or I called her. But there was a phone call in March, 1988, the week before the women’s world 15km road race championship in Adelaide. Kristiansen was training at Falls Creek in preparation for a tilt at...

About the author: Genevieve Gregson is a 2x Olympic finalist, and Australian record holder. Hailing from the Gold Coast, Gen travels the globe as one of the countries and the world's top distance athletes.   Last week I was fortunate enough to be asked to write...