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"This time David (Rudisha) had a three-month rest after his last race on 29 August, in Zurich. Three months without any kind of training. He needed this long break for charging his batteries physically and mentally. When he resumed training, we had to...
Ignore Circuit & Weight Training at Your Peril – Lessons from Peter & Seb Coe
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Sources:
British Milers Club. Volume 2, Issue 4, Autumn 1992.
Better Training for Distance Runners. By David E. Martin and Peter N. Coe.
“It was the long and careful attention...
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In an attempt to assess the peak age for marathon runners, as well as to compare the historical rankings and depth between Australian and New Zealand distance runners; Runner’s Tribe compared the 19 (for available data reasons) fastest male marathon runners in Australian...
‘SOS Locker Room Talk’ with Steve Vernon of New Balance Manchester.
Britain is currently in the midst of a distance-running renaissance not seen for decades. Although there were numerous standout results at the Rio Olympics from British athletes, the true indicator of depth has been the quality of performances...
RT’s Run School featuring Mark Blomeley. Mark is a strength and conditioning coach with over 10 years experience in the sports and fitness industry. Currently in Brisbane, he is a specialist strength and conditioning coach for runners from international standard elites to the everyday runner.
KNEE PAIN
Knee soreness is one...
Benita Willis: Legends of Athletics Key Sessions
By Mark Tucker
Australia’s first World Cross Country Champion (winning in 2004; our only individual medallist to date), a 4 time Olympian and multiple Australian record holder (2000m, 3000m, 5000m, 10,000m and Marathon), Bronze medallist at the World Half Marathon Championships (2003) along with...
The following is taken from Neil MacDonald's interview with Sonia O'Sullivan in Jan 2003 (which can be accessed online at: http://grcc.net.au/archives.html).
Neil MacDonal: What sort of training did you do during your pregnancy?
Sonia O'Sullivan: Lots of walking, some with Ciara in the pram but she is getting a bit old...
Lasse Viren: Legends of Athletics Key Sessions
50 x 100 meters all-out
By Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe
Quietly spoken and introverted off the track, Lasse Viren turned into a mighty warrior on it, becoming one of the most successful Olympians of all-time. A dual 5000m, 10,000m gold medallist in both the 1972...
Two-time Olympic 1500m champion, Sebastian Coe, doesn’t really need an introduction. Coe set eight outdoor and three indoor world records during his career – including, in 1979, setting three world records in the space of just 41 days. Remarkably, his 800m world record of 1:41.73 set in 1981 stood...
Running & depression
By Steve Magness from 'The Science of Running'
http://www.scienceofrunning.com/
In high school, my coach would often laugh at the duration of my post-season breaks. It normally would constitute a day or two and then back to the mileage grind. In college, things didn’t change much as I became notorious...
