Derek Clayton was an irresistible force: the marathon is an immovable object.
When they clashed, there could only be two possible outcomes. Clayton would smash the marathon; or the marathon - more precisely, the preparation for the marathon – would smash him.
So it went for a career which saw Clayton alternatively a mile ahead - almost literally, at times - of the rest of the world, or limping along forlornly behind it. Twice he smashed the world best; nine times he went under the surgeon’s knife.
1998 NCAA 800m Champion Khadevis Robinson's College Training Diaries
If you watched any major American track meet between the years of 1999 and 2012, chances are you know of Khadevis Robinson. Robinson is without a doubt one of the best American 800m runners of his generation, with eight combined USA...
Ignore Circuit & Weight Training at Your Peril – Lessons from Peter & Seb Coe
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Sources:
British Milers Club. Volume 2, Issue 4, Autumn 1992.
Better Training for Distance Runners. By David E. Martin and Peter N. Coe.
“It was the long and careful attention...
Training of Famous Runners - Steve Ovett
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1980 800m Olympic champion, Steve Ovett will go down in history as one of Britain’s best ever middle distance runners. Whether you remember Ovett for his duals with Sebastian Coe, his amazing finishing kick, or his famed show-boating; Ovett is...
‘The Best Ever’ - The Training of Hicham El Guerrouj
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The Best Ever? - with 2 Olympic golds, 4 world championship golds and multiple world records; it is hard to argue against El Guerrouj’s claim to the title of ‘The Best Ever’.
Runner’s Tribe took a look...
Lisa Ondieki ran her first marathon in December, 1983 at the Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville, Alabama, and it would be fair to say that her career took off like a rocket.
Within 12 months, Ondieki, then Lisa Martin, was an Olympic seventh placegetter, the Australian record holder with first, a 2:29:03 at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, and then, a 2:27:40 in Chicago and embarked on a career which saw her become Australia’s only Olympic marathon medallist, a dual Commonwealth Games champion and, for a long time, holder of the ‘world record’ for a women’s race on an out-and-back or loop course.
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"Ask yourself: ‘Can I give more?’. The answer is usually: ‘Yes”. - Paul Tergat
Sources:
Running to the Limit - Training Plans, Tips and Secrets. By Paul Tergat.
Train Hard, Win Easy. The Kenyan Way. By Toby Tanser.
DOB:
17th June 1969, Riwo, Baringo District,...
By Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe
When I first started to take running seriously, I read a book (borrowed from my school library), which would have a profound effect on my running and life during my formative years. The book: ‘How to become a Champion’ by Percy Cerutty, was truly...
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“A lot of people thought I was crazy with the training that I undertook, and maybe I was.” - Derek Clayton
In 2017 Runner’s Tribe published a book referred to as ‘The Bible of Australian Marathon Running’. This 347-page paperback publication interviews Australia’s...
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“The idea behind tempo runs is that by being right at lactate threshold you can consistently nudge it down. For instance, Matt Centrowitz, 4:50 (minutes per mile) is probably his lactate threshold, I’m hoping that 6 weeks from now it will be 4:40,...