Liam Adams continues to perform at the highest level and race out of his skin when competing for Australia at the major championships, with one of the most courageous and ballsy efforts we've ever witnessed when attacking early off the front over at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Liam had learnt from previous race experiences against the East Africans, that allowing them to control the race with a fartlek type style of racing, would only lessen his chances of a good result. Liam was confiden...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Louis McAfee was excited to be finally lacing up for his debut marathon on the Gold Coast after the cancellation of last year's race only a few days out due to a three day lockdown to mitigate the spread of Covid. Louis had an injury free marathon prep and a solid half marathon result in Noosa 5 weeks earlier running a 64:51 and was ready to finally convert all the training load into the marathon performance he knew he was capable of as well as answering all the internal and external questions t...
Jul 28, 2022•49 min
Tim Vincent is in the fourth year of a Clinical Exercise Physiology Degree, and like most elite runners in Australia, is juggling the training load that's required to maintain his position as one of the talented distance runners we currently have in the country with study and or work requirements. Tim represented Australia at the World University Cross Country Championships in Portugal in March this year finishing a very respectable 9th in very challenging conditions and then went on to win the ...
Jul 23, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Aidan Hobbs is a very capable and versatile runner that has been on the rise for a couple of years now. Running 15 of the last 28 consecutive City2Surf's dressed as Superman is maybe where the extra strength lies. Since running 44:36 and finishing 9th at the 2019 City2Surf, Aidan has gone on to run a personal best on the track from the 800mtrs to the 10000mtrs including the 3000mtr steeplechase and on the road from the 10k to the Marathon where he recently ran a superb 2:20 on the Gold Coast imp...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr
Michael is a chippy from Canberra who decided after a few years away from running, where he had competed in the 8 and 1500mtr along with national cross country, would try his hand at the road marathon discipline. Mick ran his first marathon in Melbourne 2013 running a 2:52 setting up a pattern of substantially lowering his finishing time over the following 4 years with the end result being a 2:30 on the Gold Coast in 2017. Mick maintained his strength and interest in running by training and comp...
Jul 09, 2022•47 min
Rorey was born in Western Australia, grew up in Far North Queensland before moving to Brisbane where his running career started to blossom. At 6'1 he enjoyed playing AFL and basketball but with the encouragement of his high school running coach he ventured down the pathway that led him to the world class 1500mtr runner he is today. Rorey followed the footsteps of many great international runners and picked up a degree whilst running for Indiana University within the US college scholarship scheme...
Feb 03, 2022•42 min
Ed Goddard did not let go of the dream of representing Australia at a Major Championship and running one of the fastest marathons by an Australian, when he suffered a fracture of his calcaneus at the beginning of the year. He set out and made it a priority of surrounding himself with a great support team of friends and health professionals that would enable him to maintain a high level of fitness through cross training and rehabilitation that enabled him to return to running at a high level as f...
Dec 16, 2021•52 min
Kieren Tall has been consistently racing at the pointy end on the track and road for a couple of years now but this year has stepped up onto the highest position of the podium with his win at the Sydney 10 in May and NSW state titles in the 5000mtrs in Feb and 3000mtrs just a couple of nights ago at SOPAC. Kieren was one of the Nations top junior triathletes but after competing at the World Junior Cross Country Championships in Uganda, he soon realised where his true passion and future lay. Kier...
Nov 15, 2021•55 min
Liam Adams passage to his first Olympics in Rio 2016 was certainly filled with lots of barriers that he just managed to hurdle on the very last day of the qualification period. To say the Tokyo 2020 qualification was a lot easier would be far from accurate, when Liam's first attempt of running the 2:11:30 required time on the Gold Coast in 2019 fell short by just 6 seconds. Having the disappointment of the 2016 Lake Biwa DNF result in his mind when his hamstring failed, Liam was determined to ma...
Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Ed Goddard will be spotted running the hilly streets of the North Shore suburb of Mosman, Sydney with phone in hand and his long blonde locks blowing in the wind to the beat of Bob Dylan. Ed has been competing at a very high level since the end of high school and has represented Australia at the junior and senior level on the track and road. With a fantastic end to 2020 with a 62:16 half marathon in Launceston to a brilliant kickstart into 2021 with a 28:23 in January at the Zatopek meet in Melb...
Jun 01, 2021•54 min
They say you're a product of your environment and Andy is certainly no exception to that rule. Andy grew up in Bendigo and as a child his family holidays were centred around packing up the car and heading off to the next marathon for his parents' to compete in, because that's what all families do right? Andy will be 30 years of age when he toes the line for his first marathon on the Gold Coast in July but he certainly hasn't been sitting around procrastinating about following in his parents' foo...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 28 min
Ben decided early on after graduating university in physics that he'd rather be re-writing the record books than reading them. Ben found his niche in running up mountains and technical terrain going on to represent Australia as a junior at two consecutive World Mountain Championships in 2010/11 with podium finishes at the state and national level. It wasn't long before Ben jumped head first into his first 100k and although it wasn't successful, Ben didn't have to wait long before his first win o...
Apr 04, 2021•1 hr 26 min
Izzi could not turn down the incredible opportunity of a 4 year scholarship in the US that was offered on the back of numerous national level performances in the Steeplechase and Cross Country in the final years of High School. What started out as a very overwhelming and challenging experience as a freshmen within the college system culminated into the re-writing of record books, becoming an All-American athlete and Pac-12 champion. Izzi found a way to navigate through the woes of being an injur...
Mar 21, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Josh has been consistently running fast around the oval office for over a decade now and still has the burning desire and belief of bettering his extremely fast 800 and 1500mtr times as well as significantly lowering his 5000 and 10000mtr personal bests. At the age of 28 where most middle distance runners transition into running longer on the roads, JJ is confident under the guidance of his coach Dick Telford that his legs have a lot more to offer on the track before making the jump. I spoke to ...
Mar 07, 2021•47 min
Sam Hopper is a kiwi that flew the coop, yes Kiwi's are flightless, but not this one when laced up! Hopper jumped - or hopped (sorry) - at the opportunity when the offer to live and train alongside one of Australia's greatest distance runners and Dual Olympian Ben St Lawrence was made mid 2018. Hopper struggled at first whilst regaining his former fitness but through consistent mileage and hard racing for the run crew, some very respectable times have been officially recorded with World Athletic...
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr 13 min
A fantastic chat with Myles who has his sights set on breaking the 2:20 barrier for the road marathon distance in the near future with the first attempt being the Canberra Marathon in early April, COVID pending. Myles is reasonably new to distance running but wasted no time in showing his speed and endurance capabilities on the road and track after his move to Wollongong a few years back. When Myles is recovering from the heavy training load that is required to run quick over the 42.2km his kept...
Jan 17, 2021•59 min
Lisa Weightman has had an incredible lengthy career in distance running to date with a lot more championship racing and personal bests to add to the already crowded running CV. Lisa has competed at multiple World Cross, World Champs, Commonwealth and Olympic Games and is currently looking fairly secure in making her 4th consecutive Olympic Marathon in Tokyo next August. Lisa like all distance runners has had to endure not only the physical trauma of running marathons but also the emotional rolle...
Dec 12, 2020•1 hr 24 min
Marnie Ponton has her sights focused solely on running a fast marathon with the added challenges that face the best female marathon runners in this country and abroad, employment and motherhood. Marnie has picked up Aussie singlets for World Mountain Running Champs, Commonwealth Half Marathon Champs and World Cross Country as well as winning numerous road races, track events and the iconic Six Foot Track trail race in the Blue Mountains. Marnie is currently in 10k training mode under the guidanc...
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Malcolm Hicks - aka Hicksy - has competed at an elite level on the track and road over all distances for many years and represented New Zealand at the Worlds in Doha last year running the marathon in extremely challenging conditions where he performed extremely well. Hicksy has only ever raced 4 marathons with the first being 2018 Berlin running a 2:16 and the last being a 2:10 in Sevilla in February this year. With the Tokyo Olympic qualifying standard of 2:11:30 set for the marathon, Hicksy is...
Nov 15, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Dick Telford has spent many years within the field of sports science and research to help provide the optimum ingredients required in delivering the best possible performance outcome for athletes. Dick's dedicated and selfless work over the decades helped put the AIS on the global map delivering sophisticated athlete development programs that proved it's worth with a huge increase in Olympic and Major Championship medals. Dick's coaching success in distance running is just as impressive in helpi...
Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Canberra middle distance runner Keely Small has goals set a lot larger than what her surname reads and if the current upward curve of improvement and success continues, there will be a wardrobe full of green and gold singlets for many, many years to come. Keely is a 800mtr specialist with wins at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and the 2019 Pacific Games with the current focus set on running the qualifying standard for Tokyo 2021 and then 3 years of hard training and preparation to be in podium pos...
Oct 28, 2020•57 min
A very enjoyable and informative discussion with Philo covering topics on Heat and Altitude acclimatisation and strength and conditioning for the middle and distance runner. Philo has been heavily involved in researching and preparing athletes for major competitions for many years through his work as an exercise physiologist with the AIS. Philo is a very successful coach with Olympic and World Champ athletes in the squad whilst also being a very accomplished runner specialising in the 1500mtrs w...
Sep 19, 2020•1 hr 28 min
A fantastic conversation with exercise physiologist John Quinn delving into all aspects that are required for athletes to build and maintain the necessary fundamentals needed to perform at their best. John is an expert in analysing, correcting and educating on improved movement patterns for the individuals requirements and is a big believer and advocate of the importance of recovery, nutrition and hydration to lay the sometimes forgotten foundation that is required to reach your full potential. ...
Sep 06, 2020•1 hr 43 min
Jeff Hunt is one of Australia's greatest distance runners competing at World Cross, World Champs, Commonwealth and Olympic Games. Jeff began his career in the steeplechase and like most elites progressed through the distances to the Marathon where he ran a 2:11:00 on debut in Japan in 2010 that still remains the fastest Australian Marathon debut time in history. I take Jeff on a journey through his lengthy and successful career where he shares with us insights into his fine performances. A very ...
Aug 22, 2020•2 hr 49 min
Martin Fryer is a living legend of Ultra Running in Australia setting numerous distance records throughout his domestic and international career. Martin competed at the highest level in the most arduous Ultra Marathons on the globe as well as winning Commonwealth and World Championship events setting World Records that are yet to be improved on. Martin was a master of control as a Type A high achieving adult that enabled success in both sport and in career, but in the darkness of the lonely nigh...
Aug 05, 2020•2 hr 8 min
British runner Ben Moreau certainly improved on his ability in covering the ground well in the year's he spent working and training in Sydney from 2012 after a couple of below par years for his level in the lead up to the 2012 London Olympic Games. Ben discusses how the training group dynamic in Sydney transformed him into a stronger and more competitive runner leading to a win at the 2013 City2Surf and setting career PB's in just about all distances ranging from the 3000mtr to the Marathon. Ben...
Jul 26, 2020•1 hr 54 min
A fantastic chat today with Troopy that's full of valuable insights and wisdom from one of Australia's greatest ever distance runners. Troopy openly shares with us the ups and downs of what it takes to be a competitor on the world running circuit. It's a harsh and lonely pursuit that only a select few have the toughness, tenacity and courage to survive. Now living with his family in Boulder where he's had to show just as much grit to survive as he did on the track. Troopy has built a life using ...
Jul 12, 2020•2 hr 5 min
Liam went into Biwa with a less than ideal preparation block as far as time went, due to the horrific summer bushfire season that many won't forget and being denied access into more preferred races further into the year. With time away from work granted, Liam knuckled down for 4 weeks of high mileage at altitude to give himself the best chance of performing at his best and qualifying for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Liam discusses how the day unfolded, the prep leading in and the uncertainty of what...
Mar 13, 2020•59 min
Harry Summers refuses to walk from the track and leave unfinished business behind. His child hood and early adult life struggles he held close to his chest, are now pinned out in the open for the running world to see and understand. Harry, like most of us, is still discovering who he is as a person and an athlete whilst chasing his dream of his first Olympic team in Tokyo. Harry is currently training and preparing for the Hamburg Marathon come April 19th over in Iten, Kenya under the watchful ey...
Feb 24, 2020•1 hr 12 min
An incredible story thus far about a young aussie kid who's dream of being an athlete of a high level and representing his country was never pushed to the side when a degenerative sight impairment created a hurdle that most of us would not of been able to clear. Jaryd Clifford has shown bucket loads of self belief and courage driven by persistence without resistance to live out that childhood dream in becoming a Paralympian and now World Champion at the age of 20, with his dogged focus on Tokyo ...
Feb 08, 2020•51 min
