Runner's Tribe

When Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile on 6 May 1954 his friend and supporter Norris McWhirter stretched the announcement out almost beyond breaking point, proclaiming successively Bannister had run a meeting and track record and “subject to...

Megan Eckert ran 603.156 miles over six days on a 0.7-mile loop in Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, France, setting a new women’s six-day ultramarathon world record. This was only her second time competing in a six-day event. The first came a year earlier...

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Australian sprinter Lachlan Kennedy has made history by clocking 9.98 seconds in the 100m final at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi, Kenya, becoming only the second Australian to break the 10-second barrier after Patrick Johnson’s 9.93 seconds in...

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The sun-scorched streets of Leonora once again played host to some of the country’s finest middle-distance talent, as the 2025 Leonora Golden Gift reached its climax with thrilling Elite Mile finals on Sunday. In the women’s final, rising star Zoe...

One of the members of a chat group your writer frequents re-posts a helpful table each week detailing the latest performances of Australian athletes. Along with the individual performances, the table lists how the result impacts the athlete’s position on...

Leonora, Western Australia — The desert gold-rush town of Leonora (population 567) will again swap prospectors for footprints when the 23rd Leonora Golden Gift runs down Tower Street on 31 May–1 June. With A $65,000 in prize money across...

John Landy once wrote a report for Australian Athletics which someone within the governing body – I can’t believe it was John’s idea – released under the title: ‘Change or Die’. As I can’t resist the urge to point out...

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