Runner's Tribe

Sunday morning, Melbourne, 18 October, 2015 and the Australian women’s Olympic marathon picture seemed to crystallise as Jess Trengove ran 2:27:45 in the Melbourne marathon and Lisa Weightman won the half-marathon in an even 71 minutes. Like a kid’s jigsaw,...

The Australian Flame boast a third GOLD medal from the IPC Athletics World Championships after Carlee Beattie (Qld) soared to the top of the podium in the T47 long jump for athletes with arm deficiencies. Opening her account with the...

RT Interview with Josh Harris You recently paced Jess Trengove at the Melbourne Marathon to a history making time of 2:27.45. Can you talk us through your pacing plan and target times?  So before I was aware of Jess’s goal, I...

Championship record breaking performances by Angela Ballard (NSW) and Todd Hodgetts(Tas) have delivered the Australian Flame double GOLD on day one of the IPC Athletics World Championships, as Michael Roeger (SA) won BRONZE. Lining up for the round-of-eight after blitzing...

Interview thanks to David Tarbotton Since arriving in Sydney’s inner west five years ago, former Tasmanian Milly Clark, 26, has made tremendous progression in athletics, including a national steeplechase title in 2012. But few could have predicted her stunning 2:29.07 marathon...

Athletics Australia President, David Grace QC, has extended his congratulations to the family of late marathon runner Kerryn McCann and 4x400m relay runners John Steffensen, Clinton Hill, Mark Ormrod and Patrick Dwyer after their inspiring results were added to...

RT Interview with Russ Dessaix-Chin: Back on the road again Last Sunday Russ won the Run Australia, Wollongong 12km race. After being seriously injured in February this year, what does it mean to be back out racing and more so...

High Quality Elite Field at the Frankfurt Marathon, Arne Gabius pursues German Record The Frankfurt Marathon will get underway on Sunday with an elite field which looks capable of living up to expectations for a high quality race. As many...

By Thomas Do Canto, from Walker Street Podiatry So, we’ve had the ‘barefoot running’ hype that bred the minimalist running shoe boom. This boom lasted several years - from 2010 to 2013 there was a vast increase in the availability...