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Benita Willis RT Journal: Wearing the green & gold

Running in my 4th Olympics was one of my most amazing athletic exeriences to date. After enduring a few tough years personally and professionally following Beijing 2008, I managed to qualify for London 2012, in my first marathon in...

Latest RT Journal by Mark Tucker

Things change. Last year my wife, Skye, and I were living in South Yarra, Melbourne, happily car free, enjoying the Botanical gardens and local cafe scene and, of course, the proximity to great places to run. Racing again was...

Steve Solomon Blog: The Power of Self Belief

RT note to readers: The bellow article by Steve had over 20,000 unique views within a month of posting. This is such a great way to promote our sport, by sharing the running journey. Steve you're a legend.   The Power...

“Base Training” – Steve Solomon Blog

Hi Runnerstribe, I’m back to fill you in on my latest training endeavours. Since my last blog, I have partaken in what is commonly known as “winter’ or “base” training. Training kicked off in early May with heart rate controlled 20min jogs....

Anneliese Rubie Blog: All Ready for Europe and World University Games

It has been a breakthrough year in 2011 for Anneliese Rubie as she embarks on a senior career in track and field for Australia. A place on the Australian team for the upcoming World University Games in the women's...

RT Interview: A quick chat with Jeff Hunt

RT: Jeff, thanks for your time and congrats on selection for the London Olympics marathon. Did the selection come as a surprise?   JH: It was a pleasant surprise. I had hoped that Athletics Australia would pick a full team, but...

Six Months On… Ryan Gregson Blog

It's been a better period in my running than when I last wrote. Last time I was at the end of an 18 month period of lower leg issues. Now I'm healthy and am running well. I was able to...

Brett Robinson: RT Journals

I will start off talking about the lead up to the season in which I had a lot of interruptions all throughout the winter. It all started when I begun to come back from my break after the 2009...

Emily Brichacek interview from Mount Laguna

Profile Nickname: Em or Brichacek Career highlight to date: Representing Australia at the World Cross Country Championships (2008 and 2009) also winning my first open national titles in cross country and 10000m (2011/2012) Favourite distance: 5000m Running idol: Emil Zatopek and Herb Elloitt RT:...