‘3:26’ – Hicham El Guerrouj’s Top 5 Races © 2017 Runner’s Tribe, all rights reserved.
The Best Ever? – With 2 Olympic golds, 4 world championship golds and multiple world records; it is hard to argue against El Guerrouj’s claim to the title of ‘The Best Ever’.
Runner’s Tribe took a look...
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“If I run with others then all sessions become full-speed burners; thus I prefer to run with others just for speed sessions” - Paul Tergat
Sources:
Running to the Limit - Training Plans, Tips and Secrets. By Paul Tergat.
‘Train Hard, Win Easy. The Kenyan...
“Special Methods” – The Training of Said Aouita
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“We have special techniques. We always train alone. And we always run alone” – Said Aouita
A lot of the below information about the training of Said Aouita was taken from the book ‘Running with the legends’, by...
Written by Amity Delaney - Runner's Tribe
Cathy Freeman is one of Australia’s most successful runners. She was also one of Australia’s most decorated Indigenous athletes. She was significant, both in terms of her athletic accomplishments, and also for the achievements she garnered as an Indigenous athlete. I watched her...
“Electrifying” – Alan Webb’s Top 5
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"When all is said and done, people will consider him the greatest distance runner America has ever had." – Steve Scott
– Country: United States
– Born: January 13, 1983
Personal Bests
800m: 1:43.84
1500m: 3:30.54
Mile: 3:46.91
3000m: 7:39.29
5000m: 13:10.86
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“The Entertainer” - Steve Ovett’s Top 5 Races
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“When I won the 1500m at the European Championships in Prague, back in 1978, I enjoyed the moment so much that I gave the crowd a playful little wave as I motored down the home stretch”...
Steve Prefontaine: A runners’ runner
A Column By Mark Tucker
Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine (January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975)
“A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at...
From the Clouds: The Career of Yuriy Borzakovskiy
Written by Sam Burke - © 2017 Runner’s Tribe, all rights reserved
“Borzakovskiy is already out of this race”.
Sebastian Coe commentating during the Sydney Olympic 800m semi-final when Borzakovskiy trailed the field significantly after one lap. Borzakovskiy went on to win the...
"The Jarrow Arrow" - Cram's Top 5
2017 Runner's Tribe, all rights reserved- By Sam Burke
The 1980’s were an era in which male middle distance running was dominated by Britain. The British dominance was total and overwhelming, much like the stranglehold that the Kenyans have held over the 3000m Steeplechase...
Joan Benoit Samuelson: A Column By Mark Tucker for Runner's Tribe
The first ever winner of the Women’s Olympic Marathon. The first ever! For any distance runner that would be an absolute dream sentence to come after your name. For Joan Benoit Samuelson, it’s reality.
In the heat, humidity and smog...
