It's Australia Day, so here is our rossrunning.com list of the top 5 female Australian distance runners. 1) Benita Willis 2004 World Cross Country Championships gold medalist 2003 World Half Marathon Championships bronze medal 4 time Olympian 2000-2012 Current Australian record holder at metric distances from 2,000 meters to 10,000 meters 2) Tamsyn Manou World Indoor Championships gold medalist 800 meters 2008 3 times Commonwealth Games gold medalist 4 X 400 relay Austra

It's Australia Day, so here is our rossrunning.com list of the top 5 Australian distance runners. 1) Herb Elliott The 1960 Olympic gold medalist at 1500 meters set world records at both 1500 meters and the mile and was the first man under 3:55 in the mile. He never lost a 1500 or mile race from 1957-1961. 2) Ron Clarke He was the 1964 Olympic bronze medalist at 10,000 meters. He set 12 world records in one season and was the first man under 28 minutes for 10,000 meters, runni

Steve Prefontaine born January 25, 1951. The man, Steve Prefontaine has been described by so many in one word, Passion. He was considered for three decades the greatest long distance runner in American History and by far one of the most popular Track and Field athlete's of all time. At the time of his death at a young age of 24, Pre held 14 American Track and Field Records from 2,000 meters to 10,000 meters and was ranked the #3 most popular athlete in America competing with