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24.01.2022 Inside Athletics September newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/515237f59129/september-newsletter
22.01.2022 Spike up for the new athletics season with our Buy One, Get One Free sale. Buy at https://spikes.insideathletics.com.au
21.01.2022 Keeping with the Sydney Olympic theme, we've added Stadium Australia to our listing of former athletics tracks on the Athletics Track Directory. It sure was a special athletics venue. https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au///stadium-australia/
21.01.2022 Carbon Lite Spikes - 66% lighter than traditional spikes - for a psychological boost before big competitions. Now available in BLUE as well as GOLD. Enter our Rome Diamond League tipping competition for a chance to win a $30 voucher to our online shop https://insideathletics.com.au//all-roads-lead-to-rome-di/
21.01.2022 More doping news https://www.theage.com.au//rival-of-pearson-faces-eight-ye
20.01.2022 Rome Diamond League Tipping Competition closes midnight tonight! Tip the performances for Stewart McSweyn, Matthew Ramsden, Ryan Gregson and Nicola McDermott to win. Closest overall difference wins bragging rights and a $30 voucher to the Inside Athletics Shop.... ENTRIES: https://insideathletics.com.au//all-roads-lead-to-rome-di/
20.01.2022 It’s that time of year, when many of Australia’s top distance runners head to Falls Creek to train. Here’s a flashback to 2012 when we were last there to capture the action.
20.01.2022 To mark the 20th anniversary of her iconic win, Cathy Freeman shares her full story for the first time and exclusively in FREEMAN on Sunday, 13 September, 7.40pm on ABC TV + iview #FreemanABC
19.01.2022 How good is your memory of the Sydney 2000 athletics results? Can you name the gold medalist in all 46 events in under 5 minutes? Have a go via our quiz. https://insideathletics.com.au//sydney-2000-gold-medalist/
19.01.2022 A week to go... until entries close in our Photography Competition. Already some great entries received, with $300 worth of prizes up for grabs. https://insideathletics.com.au//inside-athletics-photo-co/
19.01.2022 Quick mile runs overnight
18.01.2022 Today is Melbourne Cup Day. It will take the winning horse about 3 minutes, 20 seconds to cover the 3200m course (a metricised 2-mile). Daniel Komen, weighing little more than a jockey, holds the 2-mile world record from 1997. https://youtu.be/JOP15TyMSIk
18.01.2022 Good preview of the Rome Golden Gala from Letsrun... It's McSweyn vs Ingebrigsten vs Kiplimo in the 3000m. Also, don't forget to enter our Tipping Competition at https://insideathletics.com.au//all-roads-lead-to-rome-di/ https://www.letsrun.com//2020-rome-golden-gala-diamond-le/
18.01.2022 Stewart McSweyn’s Australian Allcomers Mile Record highlights the weekly results wrap https://insideathletics.com.au//mcsweyn-sets-world-lead-r/
18.01.2022 We've opened our Australian Championships tipping competition... pick the winner in each event at Nationals! Plus a Target Tokyo preview of the multi-events at Nationals. https://insideathletics.com.au//target-tokyo-heptathlon-d/
18.01.2022 Another view of our feature track of the week, the Sydney Academy of Sport at Narrabeen link https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au//sydney-academy-of-/
18.01.2022 Congratulations to Earl O'Brien on winning our Rome Diamond League Tipping Competition. Earl wins a $30 voucher to the Inside Athletics Shop. Earl had a score of 18.91 from his tips of: - 7:43 for Stewart McSweyn (a 14.98 difference)... - 7:48 for Matthew Ramsden (a 0.08 difference) - 7:54 for Ryan Gregson (a 0.35 difference) - 1.92m for Nicola McDermott (a difference of 3) Minor places went to Wayne James (19.71) and Ryan Antidormi (20.71). Keep an eye out for our October Tipping Competition. And if don't know about the action from the Rome Diamond League meet, Athletics Victoria have a great review of the new Australian 3000m record set by Stewart McSweyn. https://athsvic.org.au/728-02-mcsweyns-historical-night-in/
17.01.2022 A good yarn from Athletics Victoria about training venues... a very lucky state for the number of athletics tracks and other locations to run. We’ve got almost all of the synthetic tracks listed on the Athletics Track Directory. However, there’s 96 permanent athletics venues recognised by the Victorian government and we could use your help adding them all to the Athletics Track Directory - local knowledge is often the best. https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au
17.01.2022 Here’s some stats coming out of our Australian Championships Tipping Competition... Stewart McSweyn is favourite with 60% of votes Followed by... Matthew Ramsden 22% Jye Edwards 11% Ryan Gregson 6% We’re not huge fans on gambling in sport, but for familiarity, above would imply odds of McSweyn $1.67 Ramsden $4.55 Edwards $9.09 Gregson $16.70 Who is your pick for the race of the championships? It’s also not too late to enter our Tipping Comp - pick the winner of each event - entries close midnight. link for entry https://insideathletics.com.au//target-tokyo-heptathlon-d/
17.01.2022 A fun photo shoot we did with @ryangregson25 at Falls Creek back in 2012. link to full gallery https://photo.insideathletics.com.au//F6JJ6146DZ-XET-DU3NA1
17.01.2022 Our feature track this week is the Kerryn McCann Athletic Centre in Wollongong. The venue is named after the late Kerryn McCann, two-time Commonwealth Games marathon champion; and is host to today’s NSW Mile and 60m Championships. https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au//kerryn-mccann-athl/
17.01.2022 Jubilee Park Athletics Centre in Wagga Wagga is our feature this week on the Athletics Track Directory. It’s one of the best - if not the best - grass tracks in regional NSW. It’s home to Wagga Wagga Little Athletics Club. https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au//jubilee-park-athlet
17.01.2022 The feature track this weekend is the Harold Stevens Athletics Track in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg. The venue is home to Coburg Little Athletics Centre and Coburg Harriers Club https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au//harold-stevens-ath/
16.01.2022 On 29th June, at 34 years old and 25 weeks pregnant, Mel Dinneen's world was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. A fundraiser has been... started to help the Dinneen Family through this very tough time. If you would like to make a donation, head to this link: https://bit.ly/3jYGYHc See more
15.01.2022 Looks like Athletics Australia will be on the hunt for a new Head of High Performance... https://www.bbc.com/sport/amp/athletics/54007060
15.01.2022 Our weekly results wrap is back... all the action last weekend was at the Sydney University Interclub meet and NSW 3000m Championships. https://insideathletics.com.au//facioni-davies-set-meet-r/
14.01.2022 August was a fantastic month for Australian athletics. A national record, three #2 all-time performances and a world lead. Have your say in who the top Aussie Athlete of August was in the poll on our website, or in the comments below. https://insideathletics.com.au//who-was-the-top-aussie-at/
13.01.2022 Perth announced today by @athleticsaustralia as the venue for 2022 and 2025 Nationals. Fond memories of 2010 there, with a mighty 8.78m windy jump from @fabstar7 the highlight.
13.01.2022 A second Australian record to Jessica Hull this European summer!
10.01.2022 Congratulations to new Australian 3000m record holder, Stewart McSweyn! Takes 4 seconds off the previous record held by Craig Mottram.
09.01.2022 We hear it’s a good track for 1500m... Today’s feature on the Athletics Track Directory is John O’Dwyer Oval in Albion Park. It’s home to Albion Park Little Athletics, which is where national 1500m record holders Ryan Gregson and Jessica Hull started out.... https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au//c/john-odwyer-oval/
09.01.2022 Feature Track this weekend is the picturesque Sydney Academy of Sport at Narrabeen. https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au//sydney-academy-of-s
09.01.2022 If you’re in the middle of Australia and want to have a run... Our feature track on the Athletics Track Directory this weekend is a beautiful grass track located in Alice Springs. The next closest tracks that we have listed are in Darwin and Adelaide. Can you help us with listing other tracks? You can add them by filling out the form on the website.... https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au///rhonda-diano-oval/
08.01.2022 The Australian Athletics Championships start tomorrow at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre with junior events, before the opens take centre stage later in the week. It will be the 11th occasion that SOPAC will host Nationals since it opened in 1994. Read more about the track on the Athletics Track Directory https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au//sydney-olympic-par/... including a list of the venue's records: https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au/sydney-olympic-park-/
08.01.2022 Great story - quality journalism - from The Age's Michael Gleeson about Hana Basic https://www.theage.com.au//nothing-basic-about-rising-spri
08.01.2022 There’s not many places with a population of less than 4,000 that have a synthetic track. Learn about Penguin, the site of the fastest mile in the world this year. https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au//penguin-athletic-t/
07.01.2022 On the 20th anniversary of the Sydney Olympic Games it is fitting the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre is our feature on the Athletics Track Directory. The venue was the warm up track for the Olympic Games and hosted some of the best one day meets Australia has seen in the years leading into 2000. https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au//sydney-olympic-par/
05.01.2022 60 years on... will the winners tonight run under 28:52?
04.01.2022 Happy birthday to former Australian 10000m record holder Collis Birmingham, pictured here leading the Melbourne Track Club crew at Falls Creek in 2012.
04.01.2022 The #Sydney2000 Olympics finished on this day 20 years ago. Here's our take on the top 10 athletics contests from the Games. Which was your favourite? Read more: https://insideathletics.com.au//top-10-contests-from-the-/
04.01.2022 Great performances overnight in Croatia... and our Tipping Competition is back for the Rome Diamond League! https://insideathletics.com.au//all-roads-lead-to-rome-di/
03.01.2022 It’s not often that athletics meets in Australia sell out... grab your free ticket to Zatopek on Australia Day.
02.01.2022 A nice yarn from Len Johnson about the times when grass was the main track surface in Australia... "Come off the grass!" Read at https://www.runnerstribe.com//come-off-the-grass-a-column/ Of course, there's still hundreds of grass tracks in Australia, predominantly used for Little Athletics. We have some listed on the Athletics Track Directory, and you can add details of your local track at https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au/
02.01.2022 Black Friday Sale - 20% off on replacement spikes https://spikes.insideathletics.com.au
02.01.2022 Our feature this week on the Athletics Track Directory is the Les O’Brien Athletics Complex in Albury. You can check out this track and over 125 others on the Athletics Track Directory. We’re aiming to create a listing of all athletics tracks in Australia, and you can add any that are missing via the form on the website. https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au//les-obrien-athleti/
01.01.2022 Two Australian records overnight! Congratulations to Jessica Hull (3000m) and Stewart McSweyn (1500m).
01.01.2022 Pole vaulters and sprinters lead the way in our first result wrap for the year Read at https://insideathletics.com.au//personal-best-for-kennedy/
