Heidi Gregson RT Journal: The season so far…

posted by rtross on May 16, 2011, 5:59pm

The outdoor track season is well under way, and although I’ve had to work through some struggles, I’ve still got high hopes for the NCAA Championships.

I ran my first proper 1500m of the season at Mt. Sac Relays in California. I was hoping for a big PB as my training had been going great and the race had a lot of depth, including Shalane Flanagan. I ended up clocking a 4.21.59, which was particularly disappointing considering my expectations.

On the bright side, I was able to see a few familiar faces that I hadn’t seen in years. Aside from Matt Bayley, who I see on a daily basis at Iona, I bumped into Todd Wakefield, Kevin Batt and Matt Coloe. It was also a good break to get away from the New York weather for a bit, reminded me a little of the Sydney sunshine I miss so much.

My next race was at Penn Relays in Philadelphia. I was in the Open mile, and ran 4.42.16, which equates to a 4.21.29 1500m. I don’t know what it is about 4.20/21 this season, (I ran two 4.41 miles during Indoor), but the consistency is killing me! The race went out slow until about 1000m mark and I was in a good position until about 500m to go– I’m not a big fan of clocking 62’s for the final lap. K

Straight after my own race was the USA vs. the world Men’s Distance Medley Relay. It was great to see the boys run an amazing race, although I did look a little out of place screaming for Australia in a stand full of Yanks.

In two days I will be racing another 800m at Princeton and I’m looking to improve on 2.07.10 PB from the year before. A quick 800m will a great set up for the first round of the NCAA Championships for the East Region in Indiana at the end of the month.

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Australia clocks 9:17.56 for second at Penn Relays

posted by rtsam on April 30, 2011, 9:38pm

Flame athletes Sean Wroe, Lachlan Renshaw, Jeff Riseley and Ryan Gregson have this morning combined for second in the Men’s

USA

v the World Distance Medley Relay at the time honoured Penn Relays at the historic Franklin

Field, Pennsylvania.

Stopping the clock at 9:17.56, the Australian Flame quartet were narrowly edged out by Morocco(9:17.48), with the bronze medal won by America Red, led by Bernard Lagat, in a time of 9:18.09.

Heading out strong first was a returning Gregson, who across
1200m clocked 2:48.66.

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His first competitive hit out since being forced to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games with a stress fracture, the Australian 1500m record holder passed the baton to the dual Commonwealth Games medallist Wroe (400m – 45.95) for one hot lap.

Lachlan Renshaw ran the penultimate 800m leg in a time of 1:46.29, before the Australian 1500m champion Riseley set out for one mile (1600m).

In the perfect position heading into the bell lap, Riseley trailed only America Red by less than a metre. A late surge by Morocco ensured a sprint finish, with Riseley unable to push past the Continental Cup 1500m champion in Amine Laalou as he and his North African nation edged out Australia by an inch.

In other Penn Relays highlights this weekend, Jamaica, led by Asafa Powell, won the Men’s USA v the World 4x100m relay event, whilst local favourite Allyson Felix aided two American triumphs in the Women’s USA v the World 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay.

Powell was joined on the track by Michael Frater, Nesta Carter and anchor Steve Mullings, with the quartet combining for 38.33, the fastest time to date in 2011. Felix and her 4x100m relay team clocked a new meet record of 42.28 to take America’s winning streak in the event to seven years.

The oldest and most traditional event on the U.S track and field calendar, the Penn Relays have been held in Pennsylvania for 117 years with competition this weekend concluding Sunday afternoon U.S time (Monday morning AEST).

Australia’s international charge now moves to Shizuoka (JPN) as eight athletes get set to take to the track or field on Tuesday, May 3.

Returning to the blocks after a 11.27 (w: +2.6) 100m dash to win in Hiroshima (JPN) on Friday,Melissa Breen will start the women’s 200m in fine form. Joining her in the Land of the Rising Sun areMatt Davies (200m), Linda Allen (long jump), Jessica Penney (long jump), Kevin Moore (400m),James Gurr (800m), Brendan Cole (400m hurdles) and Lauren Boden (400m hurdles).

See results HERE

ENDS

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Runner's Tribe and Kind Eagle Forge Partnership

posted by rtsam on December 17, 2009, 9:03am

The Runner's Tribe and Kind Eagle Partnership Brings Running News To The iPhone With TrackGeek 2010

Mobile access to the latest running news, results, photos and video

Eugene, OR, USA — 18 December, 2009 — The Runner's Tribe and Kind Eagle today announce an agreement to distribute content from The Runner's Tribe on the iPhone application, TrackGeek 2010.

TrackGeek 2010 is the first iPhone application dedicated to running/athletics news. The partnership allows TrackGeek 2010 to display The Runner's Tribe links, stories, photos and videos, within the iPhone application. The application is set to be launched from the Apple iTunes store in late 2009.

"I am very excited and proud to be partnering with The Runner's Tribe to offer their great content to the users of TrackGeek 2010," said Jim McDannald, founder of Kind Eagle. "Sam, Ross and The Runner's Tribe team have been instrumental in bringing running/athletics into the internet age. From exclusive athlete blogs and great video interviews, The Runner's Tribe is Australia's source for running/athletics."

"The Runner's Tribe is an ideal partner for TrackGeek 2010. We each share a passion for all things running. Through this partnership, we hope to promote the sport we love and make it more accessible to fans and athletes alike."

The Runner’s Tribe: "The RT team is stoked to be partnering with TrackGeek 2010. Jim has developed a great application that will make it easy to tune into your favourite running websites from your iphone, it serves as an invaluable tool for us and helps us to stay at the forefront of advances in media technology”

Kind Eagle

Kind Eagle, LLC, based in Eugene, OR, is a technology startup focused on connecting people to their favorite athletes and sports. Kind Eagle is involved with both mobile, TrackGeek 2010 www.trackgeek.com, and web development, MVTweet.com, www.mvtweet.com.

The Runner's Tribe

The Runner's Tribe is an online running/track n field media website, sponsored by New Balance, with regularly updated news, articles, athlete blogs, interviews, photos and videos. Its aim is to boost the profile of Australian and New Zealand Athletics whilst providing entertaining content for a truly global audience.

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