192: Ed Trippas | Australian Olympic Team Announcement | Stewy McSweyn’s Dream Mile

Brad leads a fartlek through Mulligans Flat following the cancellation of the Gold Coast Marathon.

Australian Marathon Championships officially postponed with Athletics Australia announcing to “create a new opportunity for our distance athletes so they can still have the opportunity to compete for a title in a safe and secure environment”.

Matt Ramsden 13:23 for 5000m in Lucerne, Switzerland in a final attempt to qualify for the Olympics. He would go on to back up with a  3:34.08 in Heusden, Belgium.

Ed Trippas qualified for the Olympic Steeplechase just before the deadline, running 8:19.60 in Spain and moves up to the 3rd fastest steeplechase of all time.

Stewy McSweyn breaks the Australian Mile Record previously held by Craig Mottram, running 3:48.37 at the Oslo Dream Mile. Jye Edwards finished 3rd in 3:49.27 and also moved to 3rd on the all-time list.

Catriona Bisset came 4th in the women’s 800m 1:59.30, Dave McNeill ran a personal best of 7:39.43 in the 3000m.

Genevieve Gregson is moving into form with a 9:23.24 steeplechase in the Stockholm Diamond League. Catriona Bisset continues her form with a 1:59.13 in the Women’s 800m, while Kenya’s Timothy Cheruiyot takes out the 1500m.

Australian Olympic Distance Runners Announced

Catriona Bisset

Morgan Mitchell

1500m

Linden Hall

Jessica Hull

Georgia Griffith

3000m steeplechase

Genevieve Gregson

Amy Cashin

Georgia Winkcup 

5000m

Jenny Blundell

Izzy Batt-Doyle

Rose Davies

Marathon

Sinead Diver

Ellie Pashley

Lisa Weightman

Men

Peter Bol

Jeff Riseley

Charlie Hunter

1500m

Stewy McSweyn

Jye Edwards

Oli Hoare

3000m steeplechase

Ed Trippas

Ben Buckingham

5000m

Dave McNeill

Morgan McDonald

Patrick Tiernan

10000m

Patrick Tiernan

Marathon

Brett Robinson

Jack Rayner

Liam Adams

https://www.athletics.com.au/news/biggest-australian-athletics-team-for-tokyo/ 

Listener Question asks what the best way to gauge your half marathon ability, Moose gets into preparing for, and goes Loose on the stagnating vaccine rollout and loss of perspective.

Friend of the show, Matt Whitbread catches up with this week's interview, Ed Trippas, fresh off his clutch steeple qualifier and Olympic selection. 

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