There’s a special magic in listening to the wisdom and banter of some of Australia’s hard working marathon runners sharing their top tips, secrets of training and stories of success and failure as they enter and participate in everything from their local parkrun to the big city major marathons...
Australia and the Men’s 800m – 4 part series
Part 1 – Australia’s Standing in the 800m
Part 2 – Why have we underachieved?
Part 3 – How we can become better
Part 4 – Coe as a Junior
Part 2. Why has Australia underachieved in the 800m?
It is very...
Do you have a big race coming up? Or, are you just feeling a little stagnant during your runs? Do you need to shake up your training with a new challenge?
No matter what your reason for wanting to run faster, there are lots of things you can do to...
Interview with Georgia Griffith - By Runner's Tribe
At only 20 years old, Georgia Griffith has a huge future ahead of her in athletics. Griffith is the fastest Australian woman over the 800m this year and it appears we have only seen the beginnings of what could easily be a...
My name is Jackson Sharp, I'm a 17 year old middle distance runner from the Upper Blue Mountains.
I've been coached online for roughly 2.5 years by Gary Howard and Ben St Lawrence of Run Crew. In that time my 1500m has improved from 4:05 to 3:46 as well as...
The Workout Series
The Threshold Run - By Mark Tucker
Talking about and completing a ‘threshold run’ can bring a roll of the eyes to some runners who find it a chore. It’s far from glamorous, there are no breaks to look forward to (such as in an interval workout or...
Training and Coaching via Correspondence - Article by Jack Colreavy and Adam Didyk
RUNNER'S TRIBE
TvC - Training via Correspondence
Part 1: By Jack Colreavy
Who is your coach? Who do you train with?
These are two of the most frequent questions that I get asked by other runners. My response being that Adelaide-based Adam...
Runner's Tribe - One of the most common questions we get asked at Runner’s Tribe is ‘how do I start running?’ The simple answer is to put one foot in front of the other and gradually try to increase your speed remaining as comfortable as possible. Over time you...
I wanted to share with you my experience at Big Sky in Bright, and how this experience is different from what I feel when at home in Sydney. My auxiliary training (everything outside of my sessions) in Bright was almost identical to what I’d do in Sydney. I had one run that was longer than what I’d normally do, but that was really it. However, there were two things that were drastically different during my time here- the altitude I slept and recovered at, and the different styles of session that I experienced as a result of being here. This feeds in to my discussion of altitude training versus the training camp effect.
The low-down: Altitude Training Talk with Dr Philo Saunders
Runner’s Tribe took the opportunity to quiz AIS senior physiologist, leading Canberra-based coach and 3:41 1500m man Philo Saunders all about the use of high altitude training systems. Philo has experience with such matters, undertaking research into altitude training, more specifically ‘using...
