Two steps forward, one step back | A column by Len Johnson
Last week was a good week for remembering that sayings become clichés because there is more than an element of truth to them.
First as we – we Victorians, especially – endure a winter without cross-country, suddenly, in the last week of July, cross-country was...
5 Things Guaranteed to Make you the Best Athlete you can be
By Matthew Ramsden
Runnerstribe: A quick note for those that don't know of Matt. In short he is the WA 5000m record holder, multiple time Aussie rep and future Olympic contender).
Before I begin this article, it should be noted that I am far from...
Can it only be a year ago? | A column by Len Johnnson
Seems like only yesterday we were marking one year to go to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Now, in an Olympic version of Groundhog Day, here we are celebrating it all over again. It is one year to go to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games....
A Rough Season With A Silver Lining | By Two-Time Olympian Molly Huddle
I was training in Ireland for a few weeks in 2017 before the World Championships. I’d strained my soleus between races so I was getting some physical therapy at Star Goeghan’s Realta Clinic in Carlow. The local track club was so supportive and kind...
Virtual world trumps real world | A column by Len Johnson
O tempora, o mores - oh what times, oh what customs - declaimed the Roman orator Cicero to his fellow senators in 63 BC, in a speech attacking a political rival. Or, to put it (very) loosely, things couldn’t get much stranger than this.
Oh...
My 5 Fondest Running Memories | By Genevieve Gregson
Running has brought me so many wonderful memories. As the only girl growing up with 3 brothers on a farm, my upbringing always consisted of running in some facet, and I really never stopped falling in love with it. Cross country was a part...
When Australia ruled the steeple | A column by Len Johnson
Remember when Australia ruled the world at men’s steeple? No: well, I don’t either. In fact, I would never have known of this brief domination had it not been for the coronavirus pandemic.
Until very recently, I had thought that the history of the men’s...
Lasse Viren: Legends of Athletics Key Sessions – 50 x 100 meters all-out
Lasse Viren: Legends of Athletics Key Sessions
50 x 100 meters all-out
By Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe
Quietly spoken and introverted off the track, Lasse Viren turned into a mighty warrior on it, becoming one of the most successful Olympians of all-time. A dual 5000m, 10,000m gold...
O brother (or sister), where art thou? | A column by Len Johnson
O Brother, Where Art Thou?, is the 2000 Coen Brothers comedy about the adventures – misadventures, mostly – of three escapees from a chain gang on a quest to regain the proceeds of a robbery committed by one of them.
It is a satire loosely...
I’ll do what he’s doing | A column by Len Johnson
One day at the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games, I watched on as the American 5000 metres representative, Duncan MacDonald, did a training session.
My billet was a few metro stations beyond the Olympic stadium. A relatively short run took me down to the stadium and...
