Runner's Tribe

It’s happened to even the best runners . . . a fall or cross-training accident lands you with a nasty arm injury like a broken collarbone, dislocated shoulder, or sprained wrist. Multiple weeks in a cast or an arm...

I went to the 2018 Zatopek meeting with two expectations – first, that we were in for a drenching; second, in diminishing order of likelihood, that Stewart McSweyn would run a world championships qualifier, the fastest time by an...

Sinead Diver guest hosts after her Melbourne Marathon win and trains for Zatopek with MTC. Julian comes down with a flu and struggles to keep up with Collis Birmingham. Brad takes the reigns over from Brady, keeps a streak, also comes...

By Samantha Schrauth We scoured all junior results from across Australia in the latter half of 2018 and found 10 exciting juniors with huge futures. It’s always hard leaving so many talented athletes off the list, but below are 10...

COACH’S PERSPECTIVE – DENG AND BOL’S BREAKTHROUGH YEAR By Justin Rinaldi At the start of the 2018 perpetration period, Joseph Deng, Peter Bol and I talked about the goals for the year ahead and what we wanted to achieve.  In order...

By Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe I went bush walking this week. Nothing epic: a couple of nights’ camping in Victoria’s Grampians and walks to Mt Sturgeon and Mt Abrupt, and along the Wannon...

Winner of Ultra-Trail Australia - Kellie Emmerson, Uncut Over the last few years, HOKA ONE ONE athlete, Kellie Emmerson, has risen through the ranks to become one of the top ultra-trail runners in the world. Kellie has achieved numerous outstanding...

STATE BY STATE DECATHLON - MALE By Matt Lynch The winner of the decathlon and heptathlon have long been heralded as “the world’s greatest athlete”, beginning when King Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe, "You, sir, are the world's greatest athlete" after Thorpe...

Alexandra Roberts is a junior Javelin Thrower from Queensland, one of Australia’s best juniors and a World Junior representative. She blogged for Australian Athlete magazine edition 2. Below are some excerpts: By Alexandra Roberts DOB: 9 April 2001 Hometown: Forestdale, Queensland Coach:...

Eliud Kipchoge and Caterine Ibarguen have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2018, held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Tuesday (4). Kipchoge underlined his status as the world’s...