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Melbourne Marathon Sunday, 18th October 2015 Three Olympic qualifiers, a fantastic comeback to racing and an early season sprint highlight - that's what happened over an interesting weekend of racing across Australia. The top highlights from the Melbourne marathon were the two Olympic qualifiers, where both Jess Trengove and Brad Milosevic both collected...
A quintet of Australian Flame from last month’s IAAF World Championships will duel at the Mitchell Street Mile in Darwin (NT) this Sunday, in what has been dubbed the best field for a road race in Northern Territory history. A joint project between Athletics NT and the Northern Territory Government, entry lists confirm...
Daniel Groenewald and Dr Richard Yin No doubt about it. We’re in the middle of a running revolution. Start lines are brimming at local 10ks. Running shops are bursting with fancy-coloured light-weight footwear. Every month, there’s a book proclaiming prodigious running feats. There are new ways to run – Pose,...
In the last two years New Zealand women’s marathoning has been dominated by the record-breaking accomplishments of Kim Smith, and the contrastingly shameful record of drug-cheat Liza Hunter-Galvin. However, quietly ticking away under the radar has been Fiona Docherty; former elite triathlete turned full-time runner who has been making...
Ryan Hall, America’s Fastest Marathoner, Slows Down BY PETER HESSLER
Lisa Flint burst onto the Australian running scene last October, running 2:34.08 to win the Melbourne Marathon and secure a Commonwealth Games "A" Qualifier. This was a more than 13 minute personal best for the 24-year old who credits watching Kerryn McCann win the Commonwealth Games Marathon in 2006...
Stars of Oz track and field to converge on the Hunter The push towards the Rio Olympics and the world juniors in Poland gets serious this weekend for Australian athletes as the national athletics series is launched in Newcastle when the Hunter Track Classic is held on Saturday night.
PORTLAND AND RIO WILL BE LAGAT’S FINAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
BOL, McNEILL & TIERNAN QUALIFY FOR RIO 2016 Peter Bol (WA, 800m), Patrick Tiernan (Qld, 5000m) and David McNeill (Vic, 5000m) have all qualified for the Olympic Games. Competing at the Weisbander Staffelabend in Weisbaden (GER), Bol clocked 1:45.78 to become the fourth man qualified to compete in the men’s two-lap race...
Zombie 5Ks: Run (If you Dare) This is the first column from our new US-based (New York) writer, Ryan Nelson. Ryan will be providing weekly race recaps, interest pieces and more from the world of US athletics. Being in the Halloween spirit, Ryan has chosen to explore the growing popularity...
                   

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