SA man endures frostnip, hallucinations to win Arctic ultra-marathon
He has no feeling in some of his fingers and repeatedly wakes in a cold sweat believing he’s still on…
Jo’s outback gym is the road into town and the coach is on her wrist
The sun is just peaking over the horizon when Jo Ker gets up to go for a run on her…
Athlete ready to risk Arctic frostbite in ‘hardest, most epic’ race yet
Hauling a sled 620 kilometres across the Arctic Circle in temperatures as low as -50 degrees Celsius sounds like the…
George Bass surfboat race is a marathon and a sprint that tests the toughest competitors
The George Bass surfboat marathon hosted on the New South Wales south coast is not for the faint-hearted. The seven-leg,…
The elite runner who is such a diligent saver, his ‘guilty splurge’ is a weekly banh mi
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‘What better place to be than iconic city like this’: Sydney Marathon primed for Major test
If all goes well when the biggest marathon field ever gathered in Australia races 42 kilometres around the streets of…
Australia’s marathon selection has threatened to tear the sport apart. Here’s why
Selecting a marathon team is an unenviable task at the best of times — an issue that has reared its…
Adams ‘in complete shock’ after learning he did not qualify for Olympics despite world ranking
Australian marathon runner Liam Adams has said he “was in complete shock” when he discovered he had not qualified for…
How a self-confessed ‘mediocre runner’ became a half-marathon record breaker
Helen Ryvar goes through the same routine every night. She checks the forecast, lays out her running clothes, puts her…
London Marathon’s ‘beautiful’ move for full equality praised by athletes
In short: The London Marathon will offer equal prize money to able-bodied and wheelchair athletes for the first time. Australia’s…