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From Runner’s Tribe ADDICT comes the second instalment of the ‘Destination Doha’ interview series hosted by highly knowledgable/top distance runner, Mitch Brown. This episode features Georgia Winkcup who is making her open IAAF World Championship debut. Georgia, along with a number of the Aussie team...

LINDEN HALL | A column by Jaryd Clifford – Runner’s Tribe In 99 years, Hayward Field has built a legacy steeped in history. From the mythical genius Steve Prefontaine to our own hero Craig Mottram, its stories will last forever in the fabled pages of running folklore....

First, let’s have the good news. And, yes, even in these bad times there is still some good news. Five Australian athletes – world champion javelinist Kelsey-Lee Barber, walkers Dane Bird-Smith and Jemima Montag, and runners Jessica Hull and Stewart McSweyn – have been nominated...

The only Australian to win a World Cross Country championship, Benita Willis August 2020 interview. A big thank you to B for taking the time to do this. Q) How are you handling the Coronavirus situation and how much is it affecting your life/work situation? It...

From Runner’s Tribe ADDICT comes the 5th instalment of the ‘Destination Doha’ interview series hosted by highly knowledgable/top distance runner, Mitch Brown. This episode features 2016 Olympian for Australia and Men's DI NCAA National Cross Country champion representing Villanova, Pat Tiernan.

A column by Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe When mentioning Roger Bannister most people immediately think of the mile. When mentioning the mile most people immediately think of the almost mythical four-minute barrier and Roger Bannister being the first man to break it. However, there...

Almost 68 years ago, an athlete was plucked from obscurity to represent Australia in the marathon at the Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games. Amazing. More amazing still was the fact that the athlete in question, Claude Smeal, was serving with the Australian armed forces in the...

  Winston Churchill once famously characterised Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” It hasn’t become any simpler a riddle, any less shrouded in mystery, nor less of an enigma in the time since. I’m not thinking as broadly as Britain’s wartime...

Quick question. Is Nick Willis one of the best 1500/mile runners of his generation because he has now broken four minutes for the mile for 19 consecutive years? Or has he broken four minutes for the mile for 19 consecutive years because he is...

Brett Robinson, Jessica Hull and Stewart McSweyn made it a good week for Australian distance running this week, but it’s the sometimes under-rated Robinson who should be singled out. It was hard not to notice Hull and McSweyn, who did their magic at the Melbourne...