Competitive running at it’s heart is a simple activity – just you against the other competitors in the race, trying to beat the person ahead and not being passed by the person behind. This is me in a nutshell – a minimum of style and a lot of heart,...
Training Diary Flagstaff 2017 – - Dr Philo Saunders - Senior Sports Physiologist: AIS: Australia
This is a detailed look at the 4 weeks training done at Flagstaff, Arizona during the month of May. Flagstaff is based at an altitude of 2100m and I have been going there with athletes each...
In mid to late 2016 Sean Guiney and I rather jokingly set ourselves two season goals:
get a photo showing us keeping up with an Olympian at training; and
be asked to write an article for RunnersTribe.
The first was achieved in a matter of weeks, largely thanks...
Running is such a tough individual sport and it is the runners around me who keep me motivated. I joined Gregor’s (Gregor Gojrzewski) training group at Essendon 6 years ago when I was 15. The head of sport at high school encouraged me to join an athletics club as...
RT Journals The Workout Series | Maudie Skyring
I train in Wollongong with my coach Paul Micale. We have a fairly big squad of boys and girls who all push each other hard. I love turning up to training and being able to socialise with all the squad, and...
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...
“When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.” - Dalai Lama
I can vividly remember my mother’s courage in her battle against breast cancer in...
Tips from Aaron “Speedy” Stubbs
Sprinting is proven to be more efficient than longer endurance types of exercise (think jogging and walking) and has the added bonus of burning fat (even after you have finished exercising!), building muscle and it boosting your basal metabolic rate. Sprinting is a whole body...
I always laugh about how I got into running. My older sister, Emma, showed some potential in long jump whilst we were both in primary school. Our aunt suggested that Emma come along to try out little athletics at Hornsby District Little Athletics Centre and at the ripe old...
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,...
