"If I am still standing at the end of the race, hit me with a board and knock me down, because that means I didn’t run hard enough." -Steve Jones
Training of Famous Runners, Steve Jones
A lot of the below information about the training of Steve Jones was taken from...
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...
Forty-two years after his death, Steve Prefontaine continues to inspire countless runners around the world who aim to emulate his fierce competitiveness, toughness and fearless front running racing style.
The charismatic Oregonian was such an enigma he was sometimes classed the ‘James Dean of track and field.’ Like his Hollywood counterpart, Pre died in a car crash at just 24 years of age.
All these years later, Pre still remains the most celebrated runner in American history. As Alberto Salazar put it - “He made running cool.”
Runner’s Tribe spent countless hours researching the training behind this American idol, spoke to inside sources, old training partners and those who actually knew Pre, in real life. Below is the most detailed account of Pre’s training ever published.
During the early nineties, Queenslander Simon Doyle was a serious player at a global level over 1500m. Doyle that year won three Grand Prix races and finished 4th at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland. In 1991, Doyle finished 12th at the World Athletics Championships final in Tokyo.
It was...
Witness the awe-inspiring talent of Sifan Hassan, a force to be reckoned with in the realm of middle and long-distance running. Hailing from Ethiopia and later becoming a Dutch citizen in 2013, Hassan has carved her name into the annals of athletic greatness. Her unparalleled prowess has earned her a legion of fans and a treasure trove of gold medals from prestigious competitions like the World Championships and the Olympic Games, solidifying her status as one of the most extraordinary female distance runners of all time.
Jake Heyward, a notable Olympic 1500m finalist, concluded his 2021 track season with extraordinary achievements, leaving a lasting mark on the athletic world. The 22-year-old graduate from Cardiff University, a former European under-18 and under-20 1500m champion, trains under the esteemed guidance of coach and former athlete Mark Rowland, who himself secured an Olympic steeplechase bronze medal in Seoul 1988 and held the British record.
"I ran my first sub-4 mile in 1977 and since then have run 136 more. Nobody has run as many sub-4’s as I have.”
- Steve Scott
Free Sources:
Steve Scott & Marc Bloom, Steve Scott the Miler Macmillan (1997)
Tony Benson and Irv Ray, Run with the Best (2001).
Steve Scott...
At the INEOS 159 challenge, Runner’s Tribe was lucky enough to catch up with a few members of Eliud Kipchoge’s training squad, to discuss the training of Kipchoge during the build-up to his second crack at running a sub 2-hour marathon. It is important to note that Kipchoge’s training has not changed in many years. Therefore, the below schedule is how Kipchoge prepares for all his marathon races.
An outline is provided below:
‘Flying Finn’ – The Training of Lasse Viren
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A lot of the below information about the training of Lasse Viren was taken from the book ‘Running with the legends’, by Michael Sandrock, unless otherwise stated. We highly recommend this classic book to anyone who...
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