Written by Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe
“All I want to do is drink beer and train like an animal.”
So said the champion New Zealand distance runner, Rod Dixon; And many runners agree. He is a fine example of the ideal marriage between running and beer. Dixon trained hard, enjoyed...
In Praise of Shelley - A column by Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is...
By Mark Tucker
“The pleasantest of all diversions is to sit alone under the lamp, a book spread out before you, and to make friends with people of a distant past you have never known” (Yoshida Kenko)
When I was much younger my idea of an ideal life involved plenty of...
A Column By Mark Tucker- Runner’s Tribe
Perseverance
“Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” (Japanese proverb)
If perseverance was a national sport Japan would be a World powerhouse. The above proverb neatly sums up a big part of the Japanese identity and the general enthusiasm given to the sport of distance...
“Deeds’ are his argument – not words, claims, hopes, estates or privileges.” (Percy Cerutty)
“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” (Confucius)
Recently I observed a full day of athletics at the APS finals (Associated Public Schools of Victoria) Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park....
A Column By Mark Tucker- Runner's Tribe
Running Nightmares
“It’s too easy, when alive, to make perfectly horrible mistakes.”
(Kurt Vonnegut)
The majority of my running dreams turn into nightmares. Getting lost in a cross-country or road race, missing the start of a race, not being able to find the start line,...
'Running With The Rage (against the machine)' A Column By Mark Tucker
“It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime
what better place than here, what better time than now?”
(Rage Against The Machine)
These are the type of song lyrics I loved listening to in the days leading up to...
By Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe
When I first started to take running seriously, I read a book (borrowed from my school library), which would have a profound effect on my running and life during my formative years. The book: ‘How to become a Champion’ by Percy Cerutty, was truly...
Written by Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe
“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live” (Lin Yutang).
If you have ever raced in the evening, you will no doubt understand what Yutang was talking about. It can be a challenging...
“What is health without illness? You have to experience each if you are to appreciate the other. There is always going to be suffering. It’s how you look at your suffering, how you deal with it, that will define you.” (Mark Twain)
A Column By Mark Tucker- Runner’s Tribe
Mark Twain,...
