Brad maintains his Achilles tendon as he looks to the horizon for racing. Julian embraces the challenges of parenting. Brady arrives at Pub to Pub via Barmah Forest.
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This week on the run
Diamond league ligament
Sarah Billings finished second in the Australian 800m with a time of 1:57.61 at the Rabat Diamond League to qualify for the Commonwealth Games. Sofiane El Bakkali set the world lead with a time of 7:57.25 in front of his home crowd while Yared Nogos edged out world champion Ishak Nader to win the 1,500m in 3:30.35.
Launceston Running Festival
Hafto Strentzos set the Australian all-comers half marathon record to win the Launceston Festival of Running in 60:48, ahead of Brett Robinson and Genya Ozaki of Japan. Women’s results: Azi Pat Doyle 68:46, Jane Gregson and Yumi Yoshikawa.
Caitlin Scott (née Adams) won the 10km race in a time of 31:38 ahead of Georgia Grejic and Ruby Smee, while Ed Marks ran solo to win in a record 27:57 ahead of Sam Clifford and Jack Rayner.
St Annes Bendigo XCR Series
Logan Janetsky won the St Annes Bendigo 8k XC race in the XCR Series ahead of Andy Buchanan and Will Lovett. Sandringham were the winning Grade 1 team ahead of Bendigo and Western Athletics.
Georgia Hansen won the women’s race in 28:55 over Katherine Dowie and Amy Cashin, with Sandringham winning Division One ahead of Box Hill and University of Melbourne.
Karlsruhe
In Karlsruhe, Germany, Australia’s all-time No. 3 Cam Myers ran 1:44.05, while Jayla Hancock-Cameron ran 2:02.55 in the 800m and Jay Edwards 3:34.95 in the 1500m.
Results across World Athletics
Manchester 10 thousand
Jamie Whelan ran 28:26 in the Manchester 10k to finish seventh, with Salimon Pareja winning in 27:37.
Qualification criteria for the 2027 World Championship
Qualifying criteria for the 2027 World Championships have been released.
Mousse on loose
An employee confronts a would-be thief, and the co-host’s gem of wisdom gets the treatment it deserves.
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