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One day at the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games, I watched on as the American 5000 metres representative, Duncan MacDonald, did a training session. My billet was a few metro stations beyond the Olympic stadium. A relatively short run took me down to the stadium and...

“Deeds’ are his argument – not words, claims, hopes, estates or privileges.” (Percy Cerutty) “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” (Confucius) Recently I observed a full day of athletics at the APS finals (Associated Public Schools of...

David McNeill - Runner's Tribe I recently had dinner with two dear friends, Benny and Rich. Our reunions are relatively few and far between, given Benny is in Sydney, and Rich lives on the other side of the (Yarra) river…far too far away for a...

As we ‘progress’ ever further into this strange time of lockdown, increasingly the past is becoming our new future. Denied competition to get enthusiastic about we dig ever deeper into nostalgia. And the good thing about nostalgia is that – despite its not being as...

I mean, let’s be serious for a second. If the sport really thought what he was doing was wrong, why didn’t they change the goddamn rules? But here’s the rub. The sport’s entire existence is predicated on a set of norms. Those norms must be enforced. So he was found guilty of minor infractions and given a punishment for “conduct unbecoming a coach.” Put another way, they didn’t ban him for his infractions, they banned him to set an example that some norms are not to be challenged. I’m fine with this. Salazar was violating the central norms that make track and field a viable sport. He knew this full well. He also knew people would come after him and he knew one step over the line could be the end. He did it anyway. Salazar got what he should have known was coming to him.

Just a couple of months ago I was in the US anxiously watching the news every morning to hear Donald Trump’s latest on the Coronavirus situation.  “This is not a big deal, it will all pass” turned into “We are facing a global pandemic” and...

“What is health without illness? You have to experience each if you are to appreciate the other. There is always going to be suffering. It’s how you look at your suffering, how you deal with it, that will define you.” (Mark Twain) A Column By...

A column by Jaryd Clifford – Runner’s Tribe Dreams and nightmares are conflicting phenomena. One is what we endeavour for, the reason for the toil; the other is simply what we hope never takes place, the dreaded disaster. In running, they are untamed beasts, bestowed with...

  Running has brought me so many wonderful memories. As the only girl growing up with 3 brothers on a farm, my upbringing always consisted of running in some facet, and I really never stopped falling in love with it. Cross country was a part...

By Len Johnson (reporting from Doha) - Runner's Tribe Hassan completes 1500/10,000m double; Obiri bounces back; Rojas ‘scares’ triple WR In another night of superlatives at the world championships, the men’s shot put reached a standard never before approached, much less seen, at a worlds or...