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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...

After Joshua Cheptegei won the world cross-country title in Aarhus earlier this year he said that his aim was to succeed Mo Farah as the world’s pre-eminent track distance runner. OK, that meant winning at least a title in Doha (Mo started with one in...

“Long, slow distance running creates long, slow runners. If speed is the name of the game, then never get too far away from it.” - Peter Coe Seb Coe is the only man to win back to back Olympic 1500m titles (1980 and 1984). At...

Eliud Kipchoge is the best-prepared marathoner in history and is set to take a crack at a sub-2-hour marathon. But how will he do it? From the location to the choice of pacemakers, Eliud Kipchoge's team share some of the ways that they are supporting...

Training of Famous Runners - Steve Ovett (c) Runner’s Tribe 2019 1980 800m Olympic champion, Steve Ovett will go down in history as one of Britain’s best ever middle distance runners. Whether you remember Ovett for his duals with Sebastian Coe, his amazing finishing kick, or...

4 Runs a Day as a Child – The Training of Lydia Cheromei © 2019 Runner’s Tribe, all rights reserved. “I had to run to school because I was usually late leaving the house. If I arrived late there would be a caning for me” – Lydia...

From Runner’s Tribe ADDICT comes the 4th instalment of the ‘Destination Doha’ interview series hosted by highly knowledgable/top distance runner, Mitch Brown. This episode features Ben Buckingham who is making his IAAF World Championship debut for Australia. Ben of St Stephens Harriers ran an 8:27...

It’s getting to the end of the year, that time when you start to reflect on your favourite things of the previous 12 months. Of course, we’ve only had just short of 11 months of 2019, which is one of the perils of end-of-the-year reflection....

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 the sole Tasmanian representative at the upcoming IAAF World Championships, Stewart McSweyn. He will compete for Australia in the 1500m...

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...