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Gold Coast prepares for biggest ever Pan Pacific Masters Games

Wednesday 29 August More than 15,000 athletes have registered to compete at this year’s Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast, setting a new record for the event and helping to cement the legacy of the Commonwealth Games. Assistant Tourism...

Top 20 Fastest Marathon Debuts in History for Men and Women

Runner's Tribe Here is a list of the fastest marathon debuts ever. We rank the top 20 men and women. Because Boston is a point-to-point course, with an overall downhill slope, the times were not officially recognised, hence Moses Mosop's positioning...

Guye Adola aims for fast lane in Frankfurt

Guye Adola of Ethiopia, last year’s surprise newcomer on the marathon scene, will run his next effort at the distance in Frankfurt on October 28. He set an unofficial world record as a debutant marathoner with 2:03:46 to finish second in...

Train As the Athlete You Are Today, Not As the Athlete You Hope to...

MATT FITZGERALD - Runner's Tribe Matt Fitzgerald is an acclaimed endurance sports coach, nutritionist, and author. His many books include The Endurance Diet, 80/20 Running, and How Bad Do You Want It?  I’m currently coaching a runner, we’ll call in Dylan, who’s training for...

The Bank of America Chicago Marathon Welcomes Strong American Field

Olympic Gold Medalist and Two-Time Triathlon World Champion Gwen Jorgensen Joins Previously Announced Top Americans Galen Rupp, Jordan Hasay, Amy Cragg and Laura Thweatt CHICAGO – The Bank of America Chicago Marathon announced today that defending champion Galen Rupp and...

How to follow the IAAF Diamond League finals

Later this week, 32 champions will be crowned at the IAAF Diamond League finals in Zurich on 30 August and Brussels on 31 August. The championship-style format means the first 12 IAAF Diamond League meetings of the season act as qualifiers for the finals, where...

Wlodarczyk and Nowicki win 2018 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge

For the fifth time in the history of the IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, a Polish duo topped the end-of-year standings. On the women's side, world champion and world record holder Anita Wlodarczyk won for the sixth time while compatriot Wojciech...

Brandon Starc equals the Australian high jump record

Brandon Starc has continued his stellar form, this time by equaling the Australian high jump record of 2.36m on his way to winning in Germany. He now stands alongside the legendary Tim Forsyth who set the original record in 1997. Starc recently...

A marathon debut in the “Windy City” – Q and A with Australia’s Hugh...

In just over 40 days, Australia's Hugh Williams will line up in the elite field of the 2018 Chicago Marathon. The field is stacked with the likes of Mo Farah and a total of 11 men who have run...

World Champs 800m bronze medalist, Kipyegon Bett tests positive for EPO

Kenya’s world 800m bronze medalist, Kipyegon Bett, has tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoeitin (EPO). He is facing a possible 4-year ban. AK executive committee member, Barnabas Korir, said the body received notification from the Athletics Integrity Unit...