Runner's Tribe

The plan for this race was just to get involved, race without a watch and see if I can challenge for the win. And to be honest mostly everything went to plan, except I finished 3rd. However, I was...

The course was in Nowra, a place 2.5 hours drive from Sydney and an extremely picturesque venue. With picturesque, hills follow and the course was 3 laps of a 4k loop that contained some extremely sharp hills and tight...

It’s difficult to sum up the last 12 months into one blog. So I will focus on giving a brief insight into the college life, how I ended up there and how the season went after my first year. I...

“Patience is a virtue” There are many things rough times teach you as an athlete and for myself and the last four years, patience, among many, is a big one on my list. And it’s finally starting to pay off...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY... ...to Newy Parkrun. ...to the Queen (and cheers for the long weekend day off). ...to the Australian 30km track record. ...And to any happy runners celebrating a June birthday. All of which has taken place since my last blog. I'll start with the...

By Joshua Papanikolaou Welcome to Runner’s Tribe Shawn and congratulations on your selection for the World Championships in the marathon. Firstly, did you know it was a possibility that you could have been picked? My coach, Nic Bideau, told me that I...

Hi All, At the time of writing I'm sat at home waiting to leave for my first race since the marathon in February. The race is a the New South Wales 4x4k XC relay and will be a good race to...

By Joshua Papanikolaou Runner’s Tribe: Since London what have you concentrated on to build back up and bring you to a great stint of training and racing in the US? Ben St Lawrence: 2012 was quite a disappointing year for me...

Australian Mountain Running Championships I have run Australian championships in distances ranging from 3000m (or 1500m as a junior) to half marathon, over steeples, cross country, track and road, but I have never run an Aussie mountain running championship. With...

By Josh Papanikolaou Ben St Lawrence, thank you for having a chat with Runner’s Tribe after your win in the 10,000m at the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford. The race was paced to give everyone at shot at the A-qualifier for...