James Sullivan has been having a chat with one of Australia’s bright prospects, long jumper Brooke Stratton. Brooke Stratton is an elite athlete from Melbourne, Australia who competes predominantly in the long jump. She finished 10th at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Bressanone, Italy, 6th at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada and [...]
James Sullivan has been talking to another of Ireland’s rising stars, middle distance junior athlete Siofra Cleirigh Buttner. Siofra Cleirigh Buttner is a middle distance athlete from Dublin, Ireland. She won a silver medal over 1500m at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival. At the 2012 World Junior Championships she reached the semi-finals of the [...]
James Sullivan has been chatting with another of Ireland’s brightest prospects, 400 metre hurdler Jessie Barr, 5th at this year’s European Under-23 Championships. Jessie Barr is an elite athlete from County Waterford, Ireland, who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. At the 2011 European Under-23 Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, she finished in 5th place, recording a [...]
We are all guilty of it. Jargon seeps into your conversation no matter who you are or what you do and runners probably do it more than many. LSR, tempo, threshold pace, PMP – there seems to be no end to the fancy terms that we all drop into our conversations about running. So I [...]
Biking? But we’re runners! Yes we are. But lot’s of runners are on that slippery slope to the dark side (also known as Triathlon!) and many also indulge in adventure races that mix several different disciplines. Why they can’t stick to one, simple and pure sport is beyond me… However even if you are mainly [...]
You want to get faster and run further – we all do. So you should run harder and faster and further, right? Well yes and no, train hard by all means but you need to rest too; here Ian Mountford explains why. It’s the start of the New Year, 2011, and time to stop planning [...]
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