Runner's Tribe

This week’s episode is Styx Brewery. You can vote for Styx Brewery’s Inside Running Pale Ale and other beers on the GABS Hottest 100 by January 17, 2020. Brad survives a dramatic week of the bushfires around Bateman’s Bay and Canberra. Julian’s big mileage buildup continues and sets a target in the Vic Country Championships. Brady’s training at Falls Creek is cut short following evacuation protocols.

The oldest running shoe company of them all, Saucony, have landed their latest high mileage trainer, and it does not, repeat, does not, disappoint. Saucony states the following about the Triumph 17: ‘First-class long runs are lighter than ever. For those who crave the ultimate in protective cushioning, the Triumph 17 is our most cushioned shoe, giving you everything you need to cruise through the longest of runs. Make running hangovers a thing of the past.’ So, are Saucony’s claims accurate, is this shoe worth the $250 investment? Runner’s Tribe took the Triumph through the paces, and below is our unpaid for review.

I was kicked out of Falls Creek. I’m not complaining. I put my hand up: it was a fair call. I’ll certainly learn from the experience. After more than 40 years of annual Christmas-New Year trips to Falls Creek you can...

Brad has a quiet Christmas over in Bateman’s Bay. Julian clocks his highest mileage post-Doha and banters all the way. Brady keeps his long run in check over in Falls Creek. Andy Buchanan takes out the win in a sub-63 at the...

For a long time now, practicing yoga has been considered to be one of the best methods for releasing stress and staying fit without exerting too much effort. While traditional yoga will offer a range of benefits for its...

Session time, Bright has amazing running trails, grass ovals and forests all within a very short run of Altitude 1’s front door. We warm up from the front door and run to the nearby pine forest, this is a great place for our morning threshold run followed by some speed work. The trails are smooth, flat and sheltered, leading to all of us having a great session. It’s warm and sunny and we cool down back to our house happy.

One of the advantages to working out is the wonderful pump you get in your muscles when you are done. This provides an instant form of feedback that can keep you motivated. Although the visual effect of a good...

Some blokes take the conventional path to number one in Track & Field News’s prestigious annual rankings. For over 70 years now the US magazine self-styled, and rightly known as, The Bible of the Sport has assessed athletes against three...

Zatopek week 2019 was highlighted by two significant events. First was the death of Peter Snell just a few days before the race; second, the win in national record time of Stewart McSweyn in the fifty-ninth running of the...

I wanted to share with you my experience at Big Sky in Bright, and how this experience is different from what I feel when at home in Sydney. My auxiliary training (everything outside of my sessions) in Bright was almost identical to what I’d do in Sydney. I had one run that was longer than what I’d normally do, but that was really it. However, there were two things that were drastically different during my time here- the altitude I slept and recovered at, and the different styles of session that I experienced as a result of being here. This feeds in to my discussion of altitude training versus the training camp effect.