Runner's Tribe

Universality. In the long and endless deliberations about the new qualification system for Olympic Games and world championships, who knew about the universality clause.

ASICS Australia has announced the launch of its new podcast – Sound Mind, Sound Body Stories powered by ASICS. The 12-episode series speaks to guests about reaching their sporting and wellness goals, as well as what helps them keep a sound mind and a sound body.

Like most runners, I have suffered from numerous injuries. I started running at school when I stopped gymnastics and diving, and after running for about ten years, I have suffered from shin splints, fibula fractures, sacral fractures and much more!

With time running out to quality for the Tokyo Olympics, Charlie Hunter has clocked the second fastest ever 800m by an Australian, stopping the clock at 1:44.35 in Portland. Running for the university of Oregon Hunter missed Joseph Deng's Australian record by just 0.14 of a second.

Brad hosts the MTC ahead of the Gold Coast and paces Sinead through a workout. Julian runs pain free and gets decked out for heat acclimation with Ellie. Brady returns from his Launceston trip and gets to work around the house. Matt...

Catriona Bisset has broken her own Australian 800m record, clocking 1:58.09 in Poland. Her time is the third fastest in the world this year. Bisset is now widely considered a serious threat for a podium finish at the Tokyo Olympics.

Jeff Riseley has posted an Olympic 800m qualifier in Poland. After coming oh so close on two occasions recently, Riseley stopped the clock at 1:44.85, well inside the Olympic standard of 1:45.20. Riseley sprinted down an incredibly crowded home straight, dodging competitors and somehow finding an opening, to storm down the inside.  He finished 7th in a stacked race, the winner was local Patryl Dobek, who posted a seriously fast 1:43.73 (PB). 

3000m steeplechase runner Matthew Clarke has dropped a bomb in Townsville on Friday June 18, 2021. Clarke managed a 10 second PB to get within just 0.62 seconds of the Olympic Qualifying time of 8:22.00. Clarke clocked 8.22.62 catapulting himself to number 4 on the Australian all-time rankings list. His time is the fastest ever by an Australian, in Australia.

It is the eve of the US Olympic Trials as this piece is being written, the meeting American track and field fans will tell you is right up there with the Olympic Games. Some will go even further than that. Looking you squarely in the eye, they will proclaim the Trials to be even better than the Games.

In an incredibly weird turn of events, Shelby Houlihan, whose name was removed from the USATF Olympic Trials 1500m start list after she was banned for four years, has found her name return to the list of starters, as of 1am Eugene time on Friday 18th June.  The 1500m heats are set for 4:03pm, today.