“An animal” – Training of Famous Runners, Steve Jones
"If I am still standing at the end of the race, hit me with a board and knock me down, because that means I didn’t run hard enough." -Steve Jones
Training of Famous Runners, Steve Jones
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Will we see the first women’s sub-30min 10k ever run this weekend?
SUB-30 IN PRAGUE?
Much talk about the men’s sub-two-hour marathon, but the women’s first sub-30min 10k may just unravel on the streets of the Czech capital on Saturday evening in the Birrell Prague Grand Prix, the penultimate event in the hugely successful...
Relay big show, not so much substance: A column by Len Johnson
By Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
Watching one of the post-world championship Diamond Leagues, something jarred in the commentary.
Specifically, it was the introduction to the sprint fields. At one meeting – the Birmingham IDL, I think it was – the...
Medalists Simpson, Coburn Excited to End Seasons on Fifth Avenue
By Rich Sands, @Sands
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NEW YORK (07-Sep) -- For most elite middle distance runners, the 2017 track and field season has ended. But a group of 45 athletes --including 29 who competed at...
Tola, Afework and Hall in stacked Frankfurt Marathon women’s field
Last Year’s Runner-Up Fate Tola returns, Abebech Afework and Sara Hall boost Frankfurt field
Fate Tola missed victory at the last year by a hair’s breadth. The 2016 runner-up will be back this time to the race where she ran...
Arevalo and De Sena win 2017 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
With the series having concluded at the IAAF World Championships London 2017, Colombia’s Eider Arevalo and Brazil’s Erica de Sena have been confirmed as the overall winners of the 2017 IAAF Race Walking Challenge.
The scoring system takes each athlete’s three...
Before Gregson & Mottram: The Training of Simon Doyle
During the early nineties, Queenslander Simon Doyle was a serious player at a global level over 1500m. Doyle that year won three Grand Prix races and finished 4th at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland. In 1991, Doyle finished 12th...
Rowe and McSweyn Join the Mile Money Train
The big names are continuing to role in for next week’s Lottoland Mitchell Street Million Dollar Mile in Darwin.
World Championship representative and man on the move Stewart McSweyn and Australian 800m record holder Alex Rowe are the latest announcements for the world’s richest...
Brad Scott: The Paralympic Journey
Written by Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe
Brad Scott achieved a wealth of international success. The Western Australian graced three Paralympic Games, amassing a hat-trick of medals before the age of 25. The sports fanatic well and truly achieved his...
Strategies for managing pain in distance running
Strategies for managing pain in distance running
Part 2 of 2 - Read part 1 (here)
Written by Daniel Quin – Runner’s Tribe
Managing injury pain is really only one part of pain management in distance running. The pain of fatigue, heat,...