Doha Day 5 | Barber trusts the feel, wins the gold

By Len Johnson (reporting from Doha) - Runner's Tribe For eight of her nine throws in Doha, Kelsey-Lee Barber was struggling. All the throwers were. No-one was finding it easy to produce good throws in the heavy atmosphere inside Khalifa International Stadium. “Trust the feel, trust...

Aussie Olympian, Ben St Lawrence, Blue Mountains 4x2km | Workout Any Day Season 1

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Now for members only - In early 2016 Runner's Tribe travelled to Katoomba, Blue Mountains, NSW Australia to film Olympian and Australian 10km record holder, Ben St Lawrence, for a chat and to cover his 4x2km Tuesday session. Enjoy RT's Workout Any Day. Filming...

Doha Day 4 | Five finals, all with something to recommend them

A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe There were five gold medals awarded on the fourth day of the world championships and each of them was special in its own way. There was the emotion of Daniel Stahl’s gold medal in the discus after several...

The Secret Behind Kenenisa Bekele’s Stunning Revival

More than a few athletics journalists were wondering before the race if the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday was going to mark the end of Kenenisa Bekele’s remarkable career as one of the long distance greats. Had he succumbed to injury and dropped out, why...

Workout Any Day S2 E7 | Queensland Academy of Sport Sprints and Jumps

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RT Filmmaker Louie Hadfield covered the Queensland Academy of Sport Sprints and Jumps' process to professionally create the next episode of RT’s Workout Any Day series. Enjoy! https://www.instagram.com/p/B23SEV7ATOJ/

Doha Day 3 | The day our sport didn’t shoot itself in the foot

A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe Sometimes our sport seems to flirt with danger, recklessly loading the gun, pointing it floorwards,  then professing surprise that it has shot itself in the sport. It seemed that day three of the world championships might be such...

VIDEO: Bekele misses Marathon World Record by two seconds!! – Berlin Highlights

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Kenenisa Bekele made a sensational return to his international best with victory at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, missing the world record by just two seconds. For good measure, the 37-year-old Ethiopian set a national record and the fastest time in the world this year. Only...

Doha Day 2 | Hassan closes with deadly speed

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...

Doha Day 1 – A column by Len Johnson

Many tried. Only a handful succeeded. Context is everything. One day you’re writing that one good thing about the first day is that you get to see every competitor in the day’s heats and qualifying rounds, even if they’re not yet going head-to-head; the next,...

Destination Doha Video – Featuring Commonwealth Games 800m Bronze Medalist, Luke Mathews

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From Runner’s Tribe ADDICT comes the 11th instalment of the ‘Destination Doha’ interview series hosted by highly knowledgable/top distance runner, Mitch Brown. This episode features one of Australia's top medal hopes on the track, Commonwealth Games 800m Bronze Medalist, Luke Mathews. https://www.instagram.com/p/B2NNYigAS6I/