Runner's Tribe - A column by Len Johnson
Lisa Ondieki took a long time to get a decent bite at the Big Apple. When she did, she almost swallowed the thing whole.
A friend of mine received a social media message this week that 23 October was the anniversary of Rod...
Deep water running provides an excellent cross training strategy for building and maintaining fitness during periods of injury and as part of an injury rehabilitation program.
Deep water running is also an extremely effective training tool during the competition season and high intensity training periods of the year.
DEEP WATER RUNNING.
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Liam Adams is among the cream of the crop of Australian marathoning. However, since sustaining an injury in the Olympic marathon in Rio last year where he secured 31st place with a time of two hours, 16 minutes and 12 seconds, the Victorian long-distance runner has struggled to regain...
A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
Damn you Eliud Kipchoge! There was Berlin 2017 poised to demonstrate all over again the glorious uncertainty of the marathon and you had to go and ruin it.
Kipchoge being the great athlete he is, there was more enough compensatory glory in the...
The below article is thanks to Neil MacDonald, who caught up with Craig Mottram in March 2002. With Neil’s permission, the article has been restored so that today’s generation can appreciate and learn from the one and only ‘Buster’ Mottram.
Neil MacDonald managed the Geelong Region Cross Country team from 2000-2007.
Do you...
Australia's Luke Mathews lined up for his 1500m heat at the 2017 London World Championships after a roller coaster of a month where he'd left his coach and manager, and had evidently hit a new low. The starter's gun fired! What happened next would turn Luke's world back around....
The below interview is thanks to Neil MacDonald, who caught up with Adrian Blincoe in January 2004. With Neil’s permission, the interview has been restored so that today’s generation can appreciate this outstanding read.
Neil MacDonald managed the Geelong Region Cross Country team from 2000-2007.
ADRIAN BLINCOE “KIWI FLYER”
Top New Zealand middle-distance...
A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
Pop-up running tracks in football stadiums, city franchises and athlete auctions are among the "radical" moves athletics must consider to enhance its appeal, says IAAF president Sebastian Coe.
Speaking at a sports business summit, Coe said athletics needed to have a “relentless focus”...
A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
Moscow 1980. Waldemar Cierpinski broke away from Holland’s Gerard Nijboer along the Moscow River late in the race to take his second consecutive Olympic title by around 100 metres.
A more than respectable race. A more than respectable time – two hours 11...
Steve Moneghetti is one of Australia’s greatest marathoners. World championships bronze medallist in Athens in 1997, fifth in an Olympic marathon, a personal best of 2:08.16, major marathon wins in Berlin and Tokyo plus a string of high placings.
Moneghetti’s career highlight had to be his bronze medal in the...
