Runner's Tribe

A column by Len Johnson – Runner’s Tribe  Last weekend, 5-7 May, was one of those times when, to dip our lids to Roy Slaven and H.G.Nelson, “too much sport was barely enough.” To recap, we had off-field shenanigans with the...

Camille Buscomb has been added to the Athletics NZ team for the 2017 London World Championships. Her addition comes following a stunning run of 31:45.02 over 10,000m in Stanford, California on Sunday. The time is 30 seconds under the London qualifying...

Rayner Reigns Supreme at Payton Jordan Twenty-one year old Jack Rayner has asserted himself as a world-class contender and an Australian star of the future, outkicking Rio 1500m Olympic gold medallist Matthew Centrowitz at the Payton Jordan Invitational 5000m on...

Runners Tribe: 4 key workouts - Josh Harris Event: Marathon - PB 2:17:08 Otsu (JPN) 05.03.2017 When building up to a Marathon I like to complete a significant amount of time at around Marathon pace, as I've struggled when I've primarily stuck...

Runner's Tribe Opinion Piece - It’s Time to Equalise the Distance in XC | Written by Amity Delaney  The question remains “why do men and women not race the same distances?” From ages 16 and upwards, men consistently race at...

A record total number of 386,050 applicants from the UK and overseas registered for a ballot place in the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon when the application system closed on Friday 5 May. This is the highest number of...

Competing athletes at the 2018 Blackmores Sydney Marathon will be in the box seat for selection to the Australian team bound for the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, with Athletics Australia confirming Priority Status for the event.  Priority...

Once in a Century Olympic Champion Headlines Pre Classic's Bowerman Mile (The 43rd Prefontaine Classic, a member of the IAAF Diamond League of elite international track & field meets, will be held May 26-27, 2017 at historic Hayward Field.) Eugene, Oregon...

Double Olympic champion David Rudisha is one of four Kenyan track stars set to take centre stage at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting this Saturday, 13 May, when many of the greatest distance runners in the world will be...

An exciting team of 11 athletes has been selected for the Commonwealth Youth Games athletics in Nassau, Bahamas in July. The team will feature a number of New Zealand's talented youngsters, including distance runners Hannah O'Connor and Katrina Robinson and...