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“I think the Olympics and World Championships are going to be high-pace races from now on.” - Sammy Wanjiru
The Olympic marathon, one of the cornerstone blue ribbon events of any Olympic Games. Until 1984, women were sidelined, whilst men have been battling...
“In Europe, maybe most youngsters think it is safer to go to university and then get a high paying job. After all, there are easier ways to earn a living than as an 800m runner!" – Andre Bucher
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Sources
IAAF Andre Bucher Interview 2001.
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Tani Ruckle is Australia’s 12th fastest female marathon runner of all-time.
Introduction by Len Johnson
First, she couldn’t run. Then she couldn’t run without outside pacemaker assistance.
Then – well, OK, she could run, but she was just some slightly wacky Canadian fitness trainer with the crazy ambition of representing Australia. Running...
‘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...
‘Before Rudisha’
Wilson Kipketer’s Top 5 Races
“This man is one of the toughest competitors we have ever seen” - Steve Ovett
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Kipketer was the man to beat in the late nineties over 800. With three world championship gold’s, three 800m world records, and one...
“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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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...
