Workout Series

Key workouts delivered and explained by the world’s best runners.

Hi everyone, my name is Joe Burgess and I’m a steeplechaser/mid-distance/distance runner from Sydney. It’s a privilege to be asked to contribute to Runners Tribe and to be able to share a snapshot of my training. Hopefully, I can help educate and inspire a number of you to improve...
My name is Jess Pascoe and I am an Australian athlete currently attending the University of Florida in America. I fell in love with running on the country dirt roads in my hometown of Forbes, NSW. I was the kid who did everything and ran to and from all my...
'You'll never be able to run harder' - Robert Lister 4 Key Sessions - Coached by Michael Dooley As before most races, the day preceding Herb Elliott winning the 1500m at the 1960 Olympics his eccentric 65 year old coach Percy Cerutty ran himself to exhaustion. Prior to collapsing he managed...
Thank you, Runner’s Tribe, for getting this segment back up and running. It is always a great read and a good insight into what athletes and coaches alike are up to in their training methodology.  I am a former middle-distance runner from NSW with personal bests of 3:37 for 1500m,...
Written by Chloe Tighe - PB’S: 1500M: 4.11 - 3000M: 9:09 The New Year has brought some unexpected but very welcomed results with my return to the running scene in Australia. I've spent the last few years in London, working and traveling. Whilst there, I joined a running club, which enabled...
Hello fellow running enthusiasts, I am Angie Petty, a 26 year old middle distance runner from Christchurch, New Zealand. I started running for a club when I was 10 years old and got a coach when I was 13, so have been in this sport 16 years so far. I...
With many of Australia's top distance runners competing in the B&E Burnie10  this weekend, RT caught up with one of the races elite competitors, Dejen Gebreselassie for some pre-race training talk. What workout did you complete yesterday? Yesterday I did one of my favourite sessions : -900m Gravel Loop 5 laps 4.5km...
Written by Jordan Gusman - Runner's Tribe I am coached by Dick Telford and train with the Team Telford crew in Canberra. Over the past three years, I have focused on consistency throughout my full week of training, rather than quality in a specific workout. Around six months ago, however,...
For the last 3.5 years I have been training under middle distance coach, Ben Norton (Ontrack running) in Brisbane. During this time, I have mainly been training for 800m whilst also competing in a few 400m and 1500m. Our squad is a very close tightknit group, with most of us specialising in middle distance events. Check out of Instagram for regular post, run from our seniors! (@ontrackrun)
RT Journals The Workout Series | Rowan Walker My three favourite sessions are a mix of what I’ve done for years. I keep things pretty simple and would often do the first two sessions literally week after week, as I built up to a goal race. The Mona Fartlek Basics of the...