RT Journals

Catch all the latest from all our track and field stars as they discuss everything from their personal training sessions to updates on their athletic journey.

I’ve been up here at Mt. Laguna for 10 days now. We are at about 1800m altitude and this place is extremely hilly. I’m here with Collis Birmingham, Ben St. Lawrence, Jeff Riseley, Jack Bolas, our coach Nic Bideau and our assistant Garry Henry. Mt. Laguna is only about...
My name is Marnie Ponton, I am a distance runner, who loves HokaOneOne shoes and have recently joined Team Telford Elite. Although I’ve run all my life, I took a long hiatus from running in my late 20s to focus on career and starting a family.  3 years ago, I...
While some of us are still dating everything with ‘/13’, the first month of 2014 is done and dusted. The summer track season is in full swing, crop top and shortie tans are well baked in and the average athlete protein intake has been upped by a mouthful of...
RT Journals The Workout Series | Emily Augustine I've recently joined a new training group (coach - James Fitzgerald) and have enjoyed a good mix of new and different sessions. Evidently I have a few new favourite workouts to add to my existing ones. The first I did one Saturday was 15mins...
The 2004 world cross country (WXC) in Brussels was certainly the highlight of my career. It was my 4th world cross country (my first time in the 8km race) and without a doubt, going into it, I was in my best shape of my career to date. I had always doubted my ability in these big races, i.e. Olympics, world track and field champs, world indoors etc, but for some reason, when I ran in the WXC, I always knew I belonged at the front. In the back of my mind in WXC races, I knew I could beat everyone (even the Africans) if I had a good day. I had no fear and always raced aggressively, putting myself in medal winning positions even at my first one in 2001 (where I placed 6th). I was incredibly consistent at the WXC year in, year out. I was never able to achieve this consistency on the track or road.
I’m sitting at my desk with a pile of musculoskeletal anatomy notes in front of me, dreading the impending doom that is my last two exams for the semester (I’ve already done six!) and I thought now would be a great chance to procrastinate and churn out another journal...
Overtraining Syndrome | RT Journal By Craig Burns I remember a few sessions where all I wanted to do was cry because I felt so defeated. The last 4 months. The last 4 months have been crap. I wouldn't say it’s been hell. I can think of worse things that would...
RT Journal by Aaron Bresland - Runner's Tribe Who is this guy? I wouldn’t be doing athletics if it wasn’t for a classmate who arranged the training details and the meeting with the person who would quickly become my first coach. I was told throughout high school that I should give athletics a...
2015 is here, and unless it’s drastically different from other years, a great number of athletes will have spent the first days of January full of excitement and hunger to simply be the best they can this year, cheers to all the New Year’s resolutions that get us back...
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 start running in mid November last year and I had...