(Un)Official Athletics Australia/Running Australia chat

That's an Australian record! Good run indeed.

Doubt Ramsden has any Australian team aspirations. He has his own coaching business and there’s a lot of money to be made now with how popular running’s become. Bro probably cleans up more than any professional runner who is not contending for major meet medals. Running the local and national meets would be good for marketing

About time for a good MTC result.

Hopefully he can convert to the full.

Great run from Jack, both of Brett's records a gone

That's awesome and I'm glad he got it. I've always felt the half was his best distance. Hopefully he sticks to the roads but I wouldn't be surprised if he felt that he had more room to improve on the track with his 12:59 5k last year

Excellent performance from him. It was always there, he just needed the right race to execute. Hopefully it pushes other Aussies (Haftu, Andy) to go under 60 mins as well.

I actually had to google his coaching business to find any details on it because the bloke has not made reference to it anywhere on his own instagram. I guess we're in a new age when people don't actually promote their own stuff. More power to Rambo.

Rambo has a law degree and has completed the next step of practical legal training which likely indicates he will pursue that.

Can give you an update on Ramsden. He injured and only cares about money. He has a group he coaches in WA but charges them an arm and a leg for it and its all copy and pasted from MTC. And the group is a bunch of flogs.

nah it was like 30+ degrees in perth yesterday so understandable that is was a little slower.

great run from Jack - what's his best distance now that he's run that? Would love to see him pick a distance and stick with it, see how fast he can get

He should go back to the track for the European summer then target a fast fall full. Bet he’s in 2:05 shape right now

24 years ago today an Olympic legend was born:

abc.net.au

Last man standing: When Steven Bradbury shocked the world

https://www.abc.net.au/news/simon-smale/10007892

In 2002, Australia broke its Winter Olympics gold medal duck in the most extraordinary of ways, as Steven Bradbury put a decade of injury and bad luck behind him to claim the most thrilling of gold medals.

Open link

3k fields are out and shocked to see Brett Robinson on the list. A good field of old and young with top juniors getting a start.

That field is absolutely loaded. I hope everyone fronts up. I can't remember ever seeing such a deep 3k field in AU

Well not sure about that with no Myers, Thomas, Palfrey, O'Donnell, and of course Robinson but a good field. Imagine 3 U20 athletes who have 3:41 1500m pb's in this field and the youngest athlete in the field may be a dark horse who most have never heard.

Great run by Rayner out of the blocks in 2026, but I’m reading it less as “the half is his best event” and more as a sign he’s properly moved into marathon mode now.

This HM looks like the kind of performance you get when the focus shifts to building a big aerobic engine for the marathon. You can pop a world‑class half without needing to “specialise” in the distance. And if he’s committed to the marathon long-term, it’s hard not to think there’s more upside on the roads from here.

On the track, I’m not sure the ceiling is moving the same way. The 12:59 last year was at BU indoors. Great run, but BU is famously kind to fast times and he didn’t really back it up to that level when the setting changed (DL/WC racing, different conditions, deeper/tactical fields). Even the Zatopek 10 result felt consistent with that - running in 3rd in a race he usually dominants.

So the marathon pivot makes a lot of sense where he is in his career (30, experienced, strong aerobic base). If that’s the plan, I wouldn’t expect much track this year beyond maybe a tune‑up here or there. Certainly not an international track campaign. The exciting part is what this implies for his next serious marathon attempt. 59:53 suggests the foundation is in a really good place.

Feeling a little vindicated. That’s an epic run by jack. Good to see him shaking off the abandoned rave vibes and getting down to business 🤌

Brett v Seth on the start list for box hill burn Thursday. Not sure what Seth has been up to but would be good to see a strong 1 v 1 there. Decent field around them too.