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The 5 Hard Truths about Athletic Performance

The 5 Hard Truths about Athletic Performance By: Mark Blomeley Achieving and optimising your athletic potential is a difficult process filled with many obstacles. There are a lot of things that lead to sub-optimal performance either short term or long term,...

Mitchell Fires in Canberra, Relay Records in Sydney – Stats Central

Mitchell Records Sizzling One Lap in Canberra There is certainly one event that should be of great interest over the coming summer of athletics, and it's the 400m. With the likes of Steve Solomon, Craig Burns and Alex Beck all likely to go head...

UK’s Scott Overall’s recap on his 2:11:24 at the Berlin Marathon

Berlin was again good to me this year. I came into the race wanting to run a PB and I believe I was in the shape to do so, I didn’t manage that but I am happy nonetheless. As I...

Huddle, Chelanga Take .US 12-K National Championships Titles

By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved ALEXANDRIA, VA (15-Nov) -- On a chilly and windless fall morning here, the 2015 USATF Running Circuit came to a close with victories for Molly Huddle and Sam Chelanga...

Russia Told, ‘This Is Broken: Fix It’ | A Column By Len Johnson

A Column by Len Johnson Last time Sebastian Coe was in this much trouble over something that happened in Russia was when he lost the Moscow 1980 Olympic 800 metres final to Steve Ovett. Coe was the world record holder, two...

IAAF Suspends Russia From World Athletics Over Doping

Russia has been provisionally suspended from world athletics following a vote by members of the sport's governing body. The decision will keep it out of international competition for an indefinite period - possibly including next year's Olympics in Brazil. The suspension...

Believing In Herself, Pappas Is New Force on American Roads

By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved ALEXANDRIA, VA (13-Nov) -- After Alexi Pappas handily won the NYRR Dash to the Finish Line 5-K in New York City last month with a powerful late-race move, she...

Interview with Liz Clay | Training & Goals

Hey Liz, thanks for joining us. We've been impressed with your workouts on Sweat. How's training? Thank you! Training is starting to pick up now which is really good. I've been unlucky with injuries throughout most of the offseason, so...

2015 Melbourne Marathon: The vital steps! By Jessica Trengove

2015 Melbourne Marathon: The vital steps! ~ A race day recount ~ 4.15am on October 18th The phone alarm goes off but I have been lying awake for the past hour - I’m not too concerned about my lack of sleep as...

Statement from Athletics Australia Chief Executive Officer, Phil Jones

Athletics Australia Chief Executive Officer, Phil Jones, has spoken firmly in the wake of the release of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission Report. “The contents of the WADA Independent Commission Report into allegations of doping in athletics is...