Runner's Tribe

Written by RT Ross (c) Runnerstribe.com The Swedish orienteering legend who wins world championships in sports she's never tried before. Here's how 600 hours of annual training across six disciplines created the most versatile endurance athlete on the planet. The Accidental...

Article by RT Ross - Runner's Tribe (c) 2026 Kilian Jornet is not just one of the best trail runners of all time. He's the most scientifically transparent elite endurance athlete on the planet. While most pros guard their training...

Written by RT Ross, Runners Tribe An In Depth Analysis of Trail and Ultrarunning's Most Transformative Year Step back from the individual stories and look at the bigger picture. 2025 was not just a good year for trail and ultrarunning. It...

For three years, fans have been begging for it. The two best female ultrarunners on the planet, racing the same race, on the same day, at the same time. Not splitting up the calendar. Not trading course records from...

Linden Hall seems to have had the better of time just lately. Approaching her 35th birthday, Hall shows no signs of a performance drop-off. Established as a world-class 1500 metres performer with a sixth place at the Tokyo Olympics and...

Jim Walmsley is one of the most iconic endurance athletes of the modern era. Known for his historic wins at the JFK 50 and Western States 100, and now celebrated as the first American man to win UTMB, Walmsley...

Tove Alexandersson is a legendary figure in the world of endurance sports, with a career that spans orienteering, ski-orienteering, skyrunning, and skimo. She has been crowned World Champion in multiple disciplines, a testament to her extraordinary versatility and dominance in endurance events. Tove's journey began at a young age with orienteering, where she competed in her first race when she was just 1 year old. This early exposure to varied terrains laid the foundation for her ability to excel in a wide range of challenging environments, from dense forests to rugged mountain trails​.

In this extensive Runner’s Tribe series the world’s best ultra and trail runners share their training. Every few days we will be posting a new athletes’ weekly program during a peak training period. Next up we have record-breaking ultramarathoner...

You don’t often get the best seat in the house to watch the shot put. Usually, it’s one of the worst, regardless of where you’re seated. The throwing circle is normally at one end of the oval or the other....

On a sizzling day at the Perth Track Classic, Australia’s premier athletes only added to the heat as Peter Bol stole the show with a two-lap masterclass, while pole vaulters Nina Kennedy and Kurtis Marschall provided strong supporting acts. Olympic...