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Milly Clark produced a marathon debut that could just go down as the best ever by an Australian. Clark clocked in at 2:29.07 finishing 3rd in the Amsterdam Marathon yesterday. Thus achieving the qualifier for Rio in outstanding fashion. We’re looking forward to Milly’s next RT Journal, but for now it’s time...
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The BAA specialises in Junior Development and High Performance in Athletics and Cross Country. From the 100m to the tracks and trails of XC the Academy aims to nurture and develop both the athletes love for running and their ability within the sport. BAA focuses on developing young athletes...
By Anna Laman | Runner's Tribe The COVID-19 pandemic has caused restrictions, financial burden and psychological stress for Australia’s top distance athletes. Notably Genevieve Gregson and Georgia Griffith have opened up about their struggles to maintain strict schedules with restricted access to daily training essentials. I truly believe our Olympic-level...
MATT FITZGERALD – Runner’s Tribe Matt Fitzgerald is an acclaimed endurance sports coach, nutritionist, and author. His many books include The Endurance Diet, 80/20 Running, and How Bad Do You Want It?  Recently I was invited to comment on the standard breakfast menus of several top ultrarunners for an article published on the REI Co-op...
A column by Len Johnson Asked to name Kenya’s first Olympic medallist, most track and field fans would probably nominate Kip Keino. Good choice, too: Keino was one of Ron Clarke’s great rivals in the 1960s, the pair improving the world 5000 metres record five times (4-1 in Clarke’s favour)between...
MATT FITZGERALD – Runner’s Tribe Matt Fitzgerald is an acclaimed endurance sports coach, nutritionist, and author. His many books include The Endurance Diet, 80/20 Running, and How Bad Do You Want It?  The best teacher I ever had was Mark Gould, a sociology professor at Haverford College. I’ll never forget the first meeting of...
On a Saturday morning, a 52-year-old man collapsed, having had a cardiac arrest during a fun run. I noticed the commotion as I was driving past on my way to work and stopped. Several other runners, including a general practitioner, had already stopped to help and the ambulance service was in attendance. With everyone’s input, the man was resuscitated, taken to hospital and received stenting to the main artery down the front of his heart. The outcome was so good that it later made the front page of our local newspaper.
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The video below is a special RT member's edition of our latest podcast with Olli Hoare. The main focus here is the training that has taken Olli to the dominating form he is currently in. Australian men’s 1500m running is hot right now. And in amongst it, is Olli Hoare....
Jakob Ingebrigtsen took most of the headlines on the second day of the Diamond League final. A win over a classy field in a sub-3:30 world lead will tend to do that.
Written by Jaryd Clifford The art of placing one foot in front of another offers up an infinite collection of incredible stories. Too many of which will never be told. It is an inadvertent omission, a regrettable consequence of the modern worlds saturation of inspiration. Due to this, some people...
                   

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