This week Chris and Zacca are joined by a special co-host returning guest Liam Beecroft, returning back by popular demand we hear an update on recent races including some PBs, and then a deep dive into his training ahead of Melbourne Marathon. Liam has had a huge year including 2:40:36 at Gold Coast Marathon PB, 1:14:28 at Sandy Point Half Marathon PB and most recently a new 10km PB of 33:50 at Run Prix 10km. Chris and Zacca provide training updates including a sneaky parkun from Chris and Zacca...
Sep 27, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 162
This week Chris and Zacca are joined by two returning guests to recap a recent marathon and talk about training for an upcoming event. Joining the boys for the first part of the show is Benji Hoppitt, fresh off a 2:54:58 marathon on the weekend at the Sydney Marathon, we hear about his training leading up to the event, the race day and his take on the event . Anna Ellis returns to the show a guest from ep 82. we hear about anna's recent training and form leading into the Melbourne Marathon. Anna...
Sep 20, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 161
In Episode 160 of the Better with Running Podcast! This week, your hosts Chriso and Zacca are joined by special guest host Laura Kerlin, a remarkable 3:14 Marathoner fresh off an impressive performance at the Shepparton Marathon. We hear briefly about Laura's running journey, before a deep dive into her marathon day, including a stressful lead up week. Laura talks through how the race panned out and how she achieved a goal beyond her dreams! We hear about her recovery and future racing plans Chr...
Sep 13, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 160
This week on the Better with Running Podcast, Chriso and Zacca breakdown a big weekend at Burnley, with Chris having a fantastic run, representing his club the Bendigo Bats running 1:18:50 over the half marathon distance. Chris takes us through race week, preparing and executing on the day. Zacca continues to knock out steady running but looks at some tweaks to try and get some more conditioning in the legs. Chriso and Zacca talk through the excitement of seeing a number of run2pb athletes and t...
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 159
This week on the Better with Running Podcast, Chris and Zacca are joined by Run2PB Coach James Hansen, fresh off his European campaign, where he raced 7 times in 7 weeks, including 4 x 1500m sub 3:40 with a PB of 3:37:55 and a 5km in 13:31. We hear about his life on the road getting into races, the challenges of training and racing so much and how he was able to manage that. James also talks about the influences on his career and the support he has received from the wider community in the pursui...
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 158
This week on the Better with Running Podcast, It's race week! Chris and Zacca prepare for a fun weekend with the run2pb community at the Shepparton Running Festival. We hear about a challenging week from Chris with a modified session before recharging and getting going for the second half of the week, including a strong long run! Zacca hits a session along the Yarra with Australian running legend Jeff Riseley, before talking about his ghosting experience with his athlete Paul Reason. His trainin...
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 157
In this weeks episode of Better with Running Podcast, Chriso and Zacca have football fever as they record on the night of the Matilidas semi final clash in the Womens World Cup. We hear some training updates from both of them, including Chris hitting 88k off the back of ballarat, and Zacca has a rollercoaster of a week managing his body but things turnaround with some work in the gym. Chris also mentions his friend and training partner, Anna and the establishment of her new pilates studio in She...
Aug 16, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 156
This week on the Better with Running Podcast, Zacca and Chriso are joined by Special guest for the first part of the show, Run2PB coach Gemma Maini, fresh off her victory at the 15KM AV Ballarat Road Race, we hear about her rollercoaster of a week leading into the race, before breaking down how it unfolded, including an extended warm up courtesy of coach Mattress. Gemma announces the July winner of our Asics x TeamRun2PB athlete of the month. Taryn Kirby, who is coached by Chris Armstrong, We he...
Aug 09, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 155
This week on the Better with Running Podcast, Zacca and Chriso provide some training updates, Chris has a recovery week before a final tune up as he prepares to tow the line for Ballarat 15k. Zacca see some progress with his body and starts to incorporate some strength training. This weeks guest is Nigel Preston, from Single Track Events, We hear about Nigels portfolio of events across the road and trail, we learn about race directing, what goes into putting on a major event and the challenges t...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 154
In this weeks episode of Better With Running Podcast, Zacca returns refreshed from his holiday, we hear about his pre departure shoot with Mizuno sporting some colourful shoes. Chris hits his biggest week since 2019 clocking up 95km, capping it off with a huge run at Bundoora, his best ever AV race effort, timing his run to perfection and having some big battles along the way with some legends of the circuit. This weeks guest on the better with running podcast is #teamrun2pb athlete Matt Morgan,...
Jul 26, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 153
This week on Better with Running Podcast, Chris is joined by a special guest host Lauren Kerlin, Run2PB athlete. We hear a training update from the both, and a deep dive into Laura's marathon training including some epic long runs. This weeks special #teamrun2pb guest is Kathryn Clarke jumps on to talk us through her running journey, combining a super busy work life and training, before taking on Chris quick fire 🔥 Q&A. Finally the show goes off the rails with some world record chat that en...
Jul 20, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 152
In this week's episode of Better with Running Podcast, Chriso provides an update on his training as he continues, whilst Zacca continues to gain momentum, with some more kms in the leg and an intro session. This weeks guest is #teamrun2pb athlete, Nicholas Clancey, after signing up in 2021 to be coached by Zacca with a goal to break 2:50, the guys dive into his journey as a runner, and his recent build up to the Gold Coast Marathon where he lowered his P.B to 2:42, smashing his PB. Nicholas also...
Jul 12, 2023•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 151
In this weeks better with Running Podcast, Zacca and Chriso celebrate 150 episodes with a big recap from all the excitement up at the Gold Coast Marathon weekend, they get a chance to run together at the Lululemon shake-out led by Run2PB coach Brady Threlfall. We hear about the weekend's events, and how much fun they had catching up with a number of athletes and fellow coaches. Chris talks us through his race and openly shares a tough and challenging day for him in the 10km, but there was a silv...
Jul 05, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 150
In this week’s Better with Running Podcast, Chriso and Zacca are joined for the first part of the show with Run2PB Co-founder, Coach and all round legend Matt “Mattress” Davy, we hear all about his training and managing a busy lifestyle as a young dad and stepping up his role as coach to partner and run2pb coach Gemma Maini. Matt talks to us about his new location where he is segment hunting and still managing to knock out some big ks and elevation. Zacca and Chriso hit Matt up for some advice f...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 149
This week on the Better with Running Podcast, Zacca and Chris are joined by Run2PB Coach and Podiatrist from Fitzpod, Sophie Fitt. Sophie opens the show with a catch up on how she has been keeping moving and running during her second pregnancy, including reports from her blistering swim sessions. Sophie then jumps into a health corner with a detailed and comprehensive overview of all things foot and skin care, covering a range of topics with some practical advice, the chat includes some info abo...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 148
In this week's episode of Better with Running Podcast, Chris talks through his training week which includes 83kms, and a session in the Alphaflys, 3 sets of 2k with 1min rest, into 1k with 2mins rest, knocking out some consistent splits, before backing up into a long run with a Taylor Swift Theme. Zacca logs consecutive runs and starts to feel his usual self, getting over the 60min mark and is enjoying the slow return back. In around the grounds, Zacca and Chris talk through an exciting weekend ...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 44 min
In this week's episode of Better with Running Podcast, Chris talks through his training week which included the staple 8 x 1km workout, we hear how Chris attacked the workout and Zacca poses a few questions as to the way he mentally approaches each rep. This week's guest from the #teamrun2pb community is Charles Jacobson who came to Run2PB in August of 2019, with the aim of finding an online coach who could take him to the next level. We hear about his relationship with Andy Buchanan and what he...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 146
In this week's episode, Chris and Zacca catch up for a race recap after a big weekend at Bendigo for Chris and his Shepparton Runners Club taking on the hilly XCR 8km race, we hear in detail how the race unfolded and how he went navigating the tricky terrain. Chris gives us some insights into how his athletes for the experience, as Zacca observes the race. Around the ground segment features Chris and Zac mentioning some results from across the country, with some big results up at Noosa, includin...
May 31, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 145
In this week's episode, Chris and Zacca catch up on their training weeks, its race week for Chris as he prepares with some sessions including his fav hills and threshold, before finishing his long run with a pacing job, before he gears up to challenge the hilly bendigo XC. Chris talks about his excitement for the event and bringing a bus full of Shepparton Runners Club members. Zacca continues to come back from his soleus injury, with some momentum being able to get out to nearly the 60min mark....
May 24, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 144
In this weeks episode of Better with Running Podcast, We hear from Chriso and Zacca on their training updates, Chris punches out 73k include a successful telford fartlek session and a 2hr long run, whilst Zacca resumes running managing his baby cow, with some good progress as he attempts to rebuild for the GC 10km. This weeks special guests, are a power running couple of run2pb, Rhys Whittaker and Stacey Bulger. Rhys signed up wanting to tick off some goals since starting with Coach Matt Davy, h...
May 17, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 143
This week on the better with Running Podcast, Zacca and Chriso talk about race day at Albert Park as they lace up in cold and wet conditions for 10km on the roads. We hear about how they both fared at the start with a super deep field as they both reflect on their feelings in the race as well as how they have both pulled up, with one coming up a lot better than the other! Physio Chat is back this episode, with James Telford from Physiolife joining the guys to chat about bone stress injuries. The...
May 10, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 142
This week on the better with Running Podcast, Zacca and Chriso talk about the excitement of leading into a 10km Road Race, where they will be lining up for their respective clubs at Albert Park, they discuss their sessions, including chris hitting over 70km week including a longer session of 2min reps into a 6km Threshold. Zacca hits a session at princes park focussing on trying to get on 10k target pace, before hitting the ‘donut’ and doing classic ‘1km reps’ session. In around the grounds, we ...
May 03, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 141
This week on the better with Running Podcast, Zacca and Chriso recap their round one experience at Jells Park where they both ran for their clubs , comparing splits and talking through how they found the course, before looking ahead to the next round - 10km at Albert Park where they will both face off head to head, with Zacca throwing out an option to Chriso to go out with intent with his racing plans. Run2PB athlete, Laura Kerlin is this weeks special guest, Laura is coached by Sophie Fitt, and...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 140
In this weeks episode of the Better with Running Podcast, Zacca and Chris are joined by a special guest - Steve Langdon, “Kiwi Steve” - Zacca’s training partner and club mate, who also has interest in sports psychology. We hear about all their training weeks as they gear up for Jells Park Relays- XCR Round 1. Steve talks about his come back from an injury that stopped his summer season short. Zacca and Chris interrogate his strava as some kms spike in his return to training. Steve then is put on...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 139
This week on the Better with Running Podcast, Chriso and Zacca talk through their training weeks. We hear an update from Chris as he continues to gain momentum including a successful 3/2/1min session, before getting schooled at the start with Anna smashing him off the line. Chris plays tour guide to run2pb athlete Laura Kerlin, who is coaching by Sophie Fitt as he takes her on the sights of the Bo-Tan, rounding out a busy day with a 50min double run. Zacca raises the garmin with his 1st 100km we...
Apr 12, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 138
This week on the Better with Running Podcast, Chris and Zacca start the episode with a quick recap on their training sessions, with Chris knocking out a ripping workout where everything clicked, before jumping in with his training partner as part of the Satruday long run, doing the Westcott Fartlek. Zacca continues his get fit quick program, putting together some big ks and 2 workouts, as he edges closer to the showdown at Jells Park Relays. Mitch Dyer, Sports Journalist and Athletics Commentato...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 137
In this weeks episode of Better with Running Podcast, Zacca and Chris are joined by a special guest, new run2pb coach, Kate Avery, Kate has had a stellar running career which includes earning a GB vest 19 times across indoor, outdoor, cross country and, most recently, mountain running. She has 14 European medals and 2 World team medals, a 4th place finish in the 10,000m at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and is currently the only British woman to have ever won the NCAA cross-country title. K...
Mar 29, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 136
This week on the Better with Running Podcast. Zacca and Chriso are back on the mics and they are joined by a special guest for an interview with Run2PB Coach and Winner from the 2023 edition of the Run For The Kids, Gemma Maini. Gemma was last featured on EP01 and a lot has changed in her life and running since then. Chris and Zac talk to Gemma about her return to running after giving birth to Ollie, discussing what it's been like returning to training and progressing to racing. We hear about th...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 135
This week on the better with running podcast, Chris and Zacca take a rest week and filling in for the week on debut as hosts are Run2PB's Tasmanian Duo, Josh Harris and James Hansen, as two great mates, training partners and coaches we hear a unique perspective. James is fresh off some amazing performances on the track, recently running a P.B of 7:50.28 for 4th in Australia at Sydney track classic national 3000m championship, we hear about the race in detail, his feelings and also he gives us ne...
Mar 15, 2023•59 min•Ep. 134
This weeks episode of Better with Running Podcast features a different format with Sophie Fitt joining Zacca and Chris for the first 35mins, we hear an update on Sophies running during her 2nd pregnancy, we hear an in-depth how she has approached her running in consultation with a trusted health professional in her corner. She reinforces the point that its an individual approach and only to be done when seeking the help from a health professional. Sophie, Chris and Zacca talk about what it takes...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 133
