Runner's Tribe

Personal health isn’t just a boring, frustrating, tedious chore we have to partake in. Choosing to be healthy and active has become fun and exciting, and a great lifestyle to help ensure we can spend more quality time with...

Derek Clayton was an irresistible force: the marathon is an immovable object. When they clashed, there could only be two possible outcomes. Clayton would smash the marathon; or the marathon - more precisely, the preparation for the marathon – would smash him. So it went for a career which saw Clayton alternatively a mile ahead - almost literally, at times - of the rest of the world, or limping along forlornly behind it. Twice he smashed the world best; nine times he went under the surgeon’s knife.

By Matt Lynch This is going to be a full-on, comprehensive, top to bottom deep dive of the 2019 Australian/New Zealand sprinting season. Or not. I don’t know. You can decide at the end. Either way, I’ll attempt to review, evaluate and calculate the season of every track event that doesn’t have a bell.

Last but not least… the countless options of trails!The town of Bright is surrounded by pine forests and these Logging roads make for some nice running. Snowy Creek road is a great option for a long out and back run, the Cherry Walk Nature trail follows the river- its flat and smooth under foot and great for sessions. Finally, If you want flat cycle-path: the Murray to mountains rail trail (Wangaratta to Bright) is approximately 85km.

Running is great exercise and seems so simple and straightforward, just put one foot in front of the other. However, shockingly, every year between 65 and 80% of runners develop pain and injuries related to running. Most such injuries...

Brad’s feeling a bit croaky post-wedding celebrations. Julian gets a sneak peek at some future releases shoe conference in Melbourne. Brady tries to get his splits even against the strong winds. Sean Whipp joins in to discuss the Tokyo 2020 Selection Policy recently released...

Currently, I am home in Boulder Colorado with my rear end parked on the couch after my Silicon Valley Turkey Trot race. Training has been great here. Joining Tinman has been my first experience with altitude training. At first, I struggled but then things just seemed to click for me one day. It’s been smooth sailing since. I’ve been crushing workouts and feeling great. It’s been a huge perspective shift from college. The NCAA is a bit of a meatgrinder system.

Joshua Cheptegei smashed the world record in the 10km, clocking 26:38* at the 10K Valencia Trinidad Alfonso, a World Athletics Silver Label road race, on Sunday (1). The Ugandan star clipped six seconds from the previous record of 26:44 set by Kenya's...

Written by Len Johnson Graham Crouch, an Olympic finalist, an Australian record holder, a participant in two of the greatest middle-distance races ever, passed away on 28 November after a battle with a particularly aggressive form of cancer. Crouch was rarely...

The World Athletics Athlete of the Year is determined by a vote of administrators, a (loosely defined) athletics ‘family’ and fans (that is, members of the general public). The administrators – aka World Athletics Council members – count for 50...