Better with Running

Welcome back to the Better with Running Podcast! Your hosts, Zacca and Chriso, are joined by special guests Gemma Maini and Ben Stoltz for a deep dive into their Melbourne Marathon experiences.

Gemma Maini - From Debut to Victory

Gemma Maini's debut at the 2023 Melbourne Marathon resulted in an extraordinary victory. She takes us through the highs and lows, from the pre-race jitters of taper week to the overwhelming joy of crossing the finish line.

Coaches Award Announcement:

Gemma also introduces us to the September recipient of the Coaches Award, the remarkable Archie Payne. At just 13 years old, Archie's tireless efforts have raised nearly 20k for MND. Under the mentorship of coach Josh Harris, Archie is awarded a well-deserved gift: a pair of Asics Metaspeed Sky Shoes, generously provided by Asics.

Coach Ben Stoltz - Crafting Success in Marathon Training

As a seasoned coach at Run2PB, Ben Stoltz shares recent triumphs within his roster of athletes. He highlights significant progress made in marathons at Gold Coast, Sydney, and the latest achievement at the Melbourne Marathon. Ben imparts the guiding principles crucial in his athletes' marathon preparation, emphasizing key traits for success in training and execution.

With over 12 years of myotherapy experience, Ben Stoltz sheds light on the transformative benefits. He gives us a glimpse into his work with professional football teams, such as the Geelong Cats and Melbourne Heart. Discover how myotherapy has a profound impact on elite athletes, including the 2:10 Marathoner and Run2PB Coach, Andy Buchanan.

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For those interested in myotherapy sessions with Ben, visit https://www.benstolzmyotherapy.com/.

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In this week's episode of the Better with Running podcast, Chriso and Zacca kick off with an exhilarating recap of the Melbourne Marathon. They share their enthusiasm for being on the course and witnessing extraordinary performances by over 85 Run2PB athletes. The episode also features highlights from previous guest performances.

Sophie Fitt and her brother Damien Ryan join the show to shed light on a meaningful event taking place on Oct 29th at Caulfield Grammar St Kilda East: the Run for Rossy. Damien shares his personal connection to Ross and provides insights into the event's purpose. For more information and details about the event, visit this link.

Run for Rossy - https://www.beatthebeast.me/run-4-rossy ,

https://www.beatthebeast.me/list-for-the-living

This week, Chris and Zacca host two remarkable #run2pb athletes who excelled at the Melbourne Marathon, achieving significant personal bests. First up is Jo Bailey, coached by Sophie Fitt. Jo shares her running journey, revealing how she fostered a love for the sport through running podcasts and ultimately made substantial improvements in her 5k, 10k, Half, and Marathon times. Jo's standout performance at the Melbourne Marathon resulted in a 20-minute PB.

The second guest is Tom Scanlan, under the guidance of coach Andy Buchanan. Tom, a former football player, discusses his transition into running and his ambition in 2019 to break the 3-hour mark. Fast forward to today, and Tom has made impressive strides, achieving a time of 2:52. He shares insights into his training journey with Andy Buchanan and offers a glimpse into his future plans.

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In this week's episode of the Better with Running podcast, we dive into the excitement of Melbourne Marathon week. Hosts Chris and Zacca bring you a jam-packed show with two incredible guests.

First up is the impressive Run2PB athlete, Laura Salamito. Since joining in 2019 and teaming up with Gemma Maini, Laura has made remarkable progress in her 5K, 10K, and half marathon times. As she gears up for the Melbourne Marathon, Laura shares her running journey, favorite training sessions leading up to the race, insights from her coach, and takes on Chris's quickfire questions.

Next, we welcome back the running  nuffie  and media sensation, Mitch Dyer from "Straightatit" (https://www.instagram.com/straightatit_/). Mitch takes us behind the scenes of his recent European campaign, covering events like the Diamond Leagues and World Championships. He also reflects on his experiences as a media presenter. We delve into the incredible feat of Kelvin Kiptum's mind-blowing 2:00:35 World Record in Chicago, with Mitch providing his reaction. This discussion naturally segues into a conversation about doping in sports and potential solutions.

Wrapping up the show, we have a  "Around the Grounds" segment featuring some phenomenal personal bests achieved by Run2PB athletes.

Learn more about Run2PB via @run2pb on social media and their YouTube channel.

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In this weeks episode, kicking things off, Chriso shares an impressive training update, clocking in a solid 82 kilometers for the week, complete with a stellar session. The guys then delve into an analysis of some annual Strava stats, admitting to feeling a touch inadequate when comparing Gemma Mainis' elevation achievements for the year.

Before being joined by a special guest joining the conversation - Sophie Fitt, Run2PB Coach. Sophie gives us an inside look into juggling the demands of life with two kids while making a return to her own running. We also get a coach's update on one of Sophie's athletes, followed by an enlightening discussion on navigating the crucial final weeks of Melbourne Marathon training.

Wrapping up the first leg of this marathon-length episode, Run2PB's Stylist - Chris Armstrong's provides a breakdown of his recent work on matching kits, as part of a special project with Oat Running aimed at providing race day kit inspiration for all runners. https://www.oatrunning.com.au

Part 2 includes a In a recorded interview, from earlier in the week, Zacca sits down with new run2pb Coach Elise Beacom. https://www.run2pb.co/coach-elise,

In this interview Zacca dives into Elise's remarkable journey through running, starting from her school days and a brief stint in women's football. Her professional journey led her to some extraordinary running destinations, each with its own unique set of challenges.

Elise shares her unforgettable experience of embarking on a "runcation" to run a marathon in North Korea and attending a Kenyan running camp, where she had the privilege of witnessing some of the world's most elite runners in their natural training habitat.

We get an insider's look into Elise's early ventures into marathons, followed by a transition to a more structured training regimen under her coach, which led to impressive strides in her marathon performance and a blossoming love for the sport.

Zacca takes us through a detailed breakdown of Elise's most recent marathon on the Gold Coast, covering everything from the rigorous training block to the climactic race day.

Additionally, we delve into Elise's inspirations and influences, and she highlights an essential podcast episode she recorded for FTK, addressing the crucial topic of creating safe spaces for women in the running community. Don't miss this empowering and insightful episode!

You can listen to this episode here. https://podcasts.apple.com/kz/podcast/ftk-special-episode-safe-spaces-with-elise-beacom/id1607767885?i=1000623750737

Learn more about Run2PB via @run2pb on social media and their YouTube channel.

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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 continues to put sessions on the board and talks through his goals for October and beyond.

Around the grounds features a Berlin Marathon Flavour, with some massive results, ahead of world record chat, where the boys dissect the phenomenal WR Set by Ehiopia’s Tigist Assefa where she annihilated the women’s world record by two minutes and 12 seconds to run 2:11:52. The boys discuss the shoes used in the race.

The show rounds out with an announcement of a new coach joining the ranks https://www.run2pb.co/coach-elise, who will be featured on a full length interview in the coming weeks.

Zacca provides some in the wild run2pb sightings before some questions without notice put on guest host Liam, who manages to flat bat them all!

Learn more about Run2PB via @run2pb on social media and their YouTube channel.

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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 is coached by Sammy Mclean, they have shared this build up together, we hear about the highs and lows of the marathon block and also her plans for race day.

Anna then is put through her paces with Chriso's quick fire questions.

The around the grounds segment includes some massive results from across the country, followed by some more WR Chat .

The show ends with a pre recorded chat between run2pb Coaches Gemma Maini and Matt Davy as they reveal the Team Run2PB athlete of the month - asics shoe winner and also an update on Gemmas lead in to Melbourne Marathon debut.

Learn more about Run2PB via @run2pb on social media and their YouTube channel.

Find us at https://www.run2pb.co/better-with-running-podcast.

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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

Chriso talks through his recovery week featuring some easy running and quick strides with his training partner Anna. Zacca continues to this comeback with another session in the bank, with more name-dropping, ahead of putting the bib back on to compete in the Tan Relays

The hosts share their excitement about witnessing numerous run2pb athletes and the wider running community giving it their all at the races, including a podium finish at the Puffing Billy Half Marathon.

Chris gets his shopping channel voice on to plug the latest drop of Run2PB singlets, which he is very excited about matching his socks with!

With thanks to Canadian Running Magazine, some world record chat is back, with some highs and lows, with a particular focus in on the mexico city marathon cheating scandal.

Learn more about Run2PB via @run2pb on social media and their YouTube channel.

Find us at https://www.run2pb.co/better-with-running-podcast.

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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 the running community in general out there having a crack at a race.

This weeks Run2PB Guest is Steve Friend, who joined run2pb in 2020, He is based in Adelaide and coached by Olympian Madeline Heiner. We hear the extraordinary story about Steve starting his running journey with some health challenges. He Is now an accomplished runner, who has become a role model for his kids. Steve lets us in on what he has learned along the journey and some of his favourite sessions. Chriso then puts him under the blow torch with quick fire Q&A , and he also hangs around for some world record chat, which includes a proposal his way at an attempt.

The show concludes with a broad recap from the weekends results, including some amazing achievements from a number of run2pb athletes.

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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 pursuit of his goals. We also get an insight into his learnings as coach and some of the success stories with his run2pb athletes.

Chriso also puts him through his paces with the quick fire questions, which reveals a surprise answer for James fav food.

Zacca and Chriso recap their training before providing a big around the grounds update with coverage from the Shepparton Runners Festival, we also hear about some amazing results from past guests.

Run2PB Links

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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 training week hits 75ks and he gains momentum as he gets stronger each week.

This week's #teamrun2pb athlete guest is Portia Olsen, after signing up in Oct 2022, with only 2 years of running under her belt, we hear about her running journey under the guidance of run2pb coach Karinna Fyfe. Portia talks us through some of her favourite sessions and her training ahead of the Sydney Half Marathon, before being put under the quick-fire Q&A’s.

The show rounds out with some WR chat, including a big result over the weekend in Edmonton.

Run2PB Links

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