Better with Running

In this weeks episode of Better with Running, Chriso and Zac do into their training weeks, including a recovery week for Chris, whilst Zacca has a roller coaster of a week with some big sessions, some hit well and some hit not so well, and he also navigates a few niggles.

In this weeks special world record chat, Zacca shares what it was like to run the final lap with Erchana as she completes 150 marathons in a row, we hear about the vibe and atmosphere and the boys marvel at the achievement and the way Erchana has carried herself through the whole journey.

Mitch Dyer joins the boys for a look at the past weekends Australian World Cross Trials held over the weekend, Mitch breaks down the results and then puts his selectors hat on which proves a difficult task. We hear about his thoughts on the teams prospects. They boys also talk about the upcoming Maurie Plant - Melbourne Track Meet, which will bring some big international stars. We also get a race recap from Mitch's milers grudge match, and he puts out the challenge for more in 2023. https://www.codesports.com.au/sport/james-whelan-is-all-in-on-recapturing-world-tour-contract-as-he-will-return-to-europe-for-what-may-be-the-last-roll-of-the-dice/news-story/936b9d24078c9f3f789c0ed86050e55c

Hero of the week is crowned, Liam Beecroft who started with Run2PB in 2021, he debuted on the trails over the weekend, finished top 10 - running in vapor flys. We hear a bit about his journey including coming from a body building background. You can follow Liam here https://www.strava.com/athletes/42834553

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In this weeks episode of Better with Running, Chriso and Zac go into depth with their past few training sessions, including Chris battling through a session with a jammed up body but then following it up with a solid long run with an impromptu kick down. Zacca continues to build with the additional session and handling the increase of load, he battles through a tough threshold and is proud of himself, before backing up for a sharper session of 500s including a battle with an e-scooter. 

Around the grounds features results from the Cadbury Marathon, Parkruns and a fast sand 5k! 

Hero of the week is crowned, Jess Willis- started mid September with run2pb. Prior to starting haha had a few rocky months with big Covid impact and other health issues. We set about getting into a good routine, staying consistent, continuing to ensure the easy runs were recovery, building the strength back and getting some faster work in (which we noticed had been missing and an Avenue to progress). A big focus was strength building fartleks, longer split tempo’s and Sunday long run over some serious hills to build layer upon layer. So really strong base building period with a bit of quality in there and target race of the 25k gc festival in early December 2022. Had a really strong race there, placing 3rd in 1.40hr. Going through the half Mara in 1.25, 1min off pb then kicking down. Aim was to hold back early, settle, then I set her a challenge of kicking down to average sub 4.00’s for the last 8km and finish with a big negative split. Jess nailed the execution, which is something I’ve noticed she is great at, along with her ability to get the training done around her family and job. She has really set a great example to her kids of how to be healthy and work hard. Jess is also very mature in knowing how to read her body and if needed, take a day off. Big things in store for 2023 including GC running festival half, GC Half marathon 

In another instalment of “Physiolife Physio Chat” – James Telford Senior Physiotherapist and Run2PB athlete joins the boys for a deep dive into the achilles. We hear about his own experience with it as he is on the road to recovery after a strain. James breaks down general causes, and provides some insights into how you can recover from it and what that road to recovery looks like, and also discusses the importance of communication with coach, podiatrists, sports doctors and having a ‘team in your corner/ For more information contact James on [email protected] or via www.physiolife.physio 

World record chat, this time features the fastest human/dog mile and they go into some wrinkle duck chat and let themselves down finding out wrinkles only covered 1k not a full marathon. https://youtu.be/qlObpA8uQEU  https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a26324734/fastest-dog-human-mile-run/ 

We also hear about Erchana’s final days and what the last lap of the tan and the festivities wil look like as she hits 150 marathons https://www.instagram.com/p/CnP5I9pSlSB/?hl=en 

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In this weeks episode of Better with Running, Chris celebrates his birthday with a number of activities and is surprised at Parkrun with training partners and friends! Zacca heads on a road trip to run with Brady Threlfall (Run2PB Co-Founder/Coach, 2.19 marathoner and host of Inside Running Podcast) we hear about a couple of solid runs and relaxing times.

Zacca stumbles across "SISU" vis some holiday reading and documentaries, and the boys discuss the Finnish philosophy / way of life and how it relates to running.  https://www.outsideonline.com/health/running/culture-running/people/you-cant-be-a-champion-without-sisu/

In the first world record chat instalment of 2023, the boys countdown last years most popular articles on Canadian Running Magazine with a surprise winner.

https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/top-10-most-popular-running-stories-of-2022/

We then hear about Marathon Man, Gary Mckee who ran a marathon every single day in 2022, and the boys chat through this insane effort whilst working full time and they have some questions!

https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/british-man-completes-365-straight-marathons-earning-his-well-deserved-beer/

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Chris and Zac finish off the last episode of 2022, with a recap of their christmas running weeks, including a parkrun appearance at Shepparton from Chris, as he tries to run down a young gun from his club. Zacca takes it easy with some running and golf, as he eyes up a big 2023 season.

The boys reflect on the year as coaches and what they have learnt, and also relay some experiences that other run2pb coaches have around training, patience, communication and nailing the marathon.

Chriso and Zac are joined once again by Erchana Murray Bartlett - Guinness Record Holder  who is running a marathon every day, making my way from the tip of mainland Australia (Cape York) to the toe (Melbourne) that’s 155 consecutive marathons for a total of 6,200kms to spread a very important message - Extinction is a CHOICE and she has partnered with the wilderness society to raise $62,000.

We hear about her progress through the cities, including the gold coast and sydney where she has been doing runs with various crews and fans along the way.

Erchana opens up about how she has grappled with dark moments and how she has stayed mentally strong through the epic journey.

We hear about her dealing with online trolls and some privacy issues on strava, before going into some listener questions around the media attention that she will get post race, dealing with being compared to Chris Hemsworth, Serena Williams and Eluid Kipchoge

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/sport/article/fitness-heroes-2022

Erchana tells us how she is funding the trip, and what role her sponsors and brands have played in making this run possible. She finishes the interview with some stats from her strava and how she plans to finish up the famous Tan in Melbourne , taking on the anderson street hill with some segment hunting!

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Thank you to all the listeners for tuning into the Better with Running Podcast this year, we are truly grateful for the support and look forward to sharing more running news, perspectives and world records in 2023!

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This week on the Better With Running Podcast. Zacca and Chriso rejig the format and are first joined by super mum, Run2PB Coach and Podiatrist Sophie Fitt for health corner, sponsored by Fitzpod (new location 330 St Georges Road, Fitzroy) talking all things orthotics. https://www.fitzpod.com.au/

Sophie begins with  a general overview of where podiatry fits in the landscape for runners, when and why you should be visiting one. We hear about the distinct differences between over the counter orthotics and custom made options. Soph breaks down what goes into an assessment around your feet to determine if you need orthotics, and covering in a broad sense some guidelines around the use of orthotics and in particular when they are used in running and day to day life. Soph rounds out the conversation touching on shoe tech and the latest trends with orthotic use. 

We also hear a brief update and her take on Sinead Divers record breaking Valencia Marathon and that inspirational Aus Marathon Record.

Chris and Zacca recap their training recaps, include a xmas party/hill session for chris with hsi crew and zacca hitting the roads of Albert Park for a new slant on 1k reps, taking on a shorter recovery with an old training partner, and Run2PB Coach - Madeline Heiner.

Around the grounds takes us up Australia’s highest mountain, Mt Kosciusko with our man TeeJay - Tom James, breaking 24hrs and running a 100k and 100mile P.B in an epic effort. - Video here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmYMMdUpoXm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

World record chat features some crocs chat, with a big news coming out of the US that Nick Symmonds has been showed up big time by a college runner, and we have a serial offender come back ‘around’ for another feature, Tate who gets more airtime with more roundabout running. - links

Crocs: https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/mississippi-college-student-runs-51-second-400m-in-crocs/

Tate goes around again : https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a42270054/man-runs-around-a-roundabout-415-times/

The boys round out the show plugging coach Matt Davy’s youtube skills and push hard for people to go back through his back catalogue - 

Watch here: https://youtu.be/VDBdTo-1M5Y

The show finishes with some audio of chat between Sports Journalist Mitch Dyer and Zacca recapping the Zatopek 10k and also they both start pondering the world cross country trials and what could unfold next month.

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Coaching: www.run2pb.co

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeXJQ2GQh4BoRuAEkteU0Wg

In this episode of Better with Running Podcast, Zacca and Chriso talk through a few workouts. Chris starts to get his mojo back hitting a solid session of 1min on and offs and then backs up with a strong Sunday run which included a threshold. Zacca hits the ‘donut’ and gets back on the red stuff for a few sets of 400m reps, a pace change gets the wheels turning and then heads down to gods country with his mate Josh Papa to join Run2PB Coaches Matt Davy, Gemma and Ollie for a run and pub session.

Around the grounds features a sub 40min 10km on the Track in Melbourne and a massive marathon P.B over in Texas, USA.

Special guest Steve ‘Kiwi’ Langdon who has a background in Sports Psychology comes back on the podcast to tackle the importance of self talk and the benefits of using “ You” vs “I” in training and racing. We hear about ways you can work on this aspect in your running, with some practical advice.

https://www.outsideonline.com/health/running/racing/race-strategy/are-you-you-or-i-when-you-talk-to-yourself-on-the-run/?utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_source=Outside+Run-facebook

Steve hangs around for some world record chat including an update on BWRs very own Erchana Murray-Bartlett, as she heads towards Sydney, uncle chen and new race rules that may bring him unstuck and  we learn about a unique 24hr race held in Oslo, Norway.

Show Notes:

https://kinross.shop.tuckerfresh.com.au/lines/much-moore-gumdrops-2l

https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/watch-norwegian-runners-spend-24-hours-running-laps-in-a-basement/

Follow Steve: https://www.strava.com/athletes/15444769

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You can support Erchana and follow her with these links

IG: https://www.instagram.com/tip_to_toe_2022/?hl=en

Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/7453290

You can donate here https://gofund.me/80948fe8

Website:https://www.tiptotoe2022.com/#ABOUT

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In this episode of Better with Running Podcast, Zacca and Chriso recap a big weekend at the Wellness Run.

We hear firstly about their weeks leading into the race, including a session of 400s from Chris to tune the body up. Zacca talks about his easy week of running before towing the line on a warm morning, we hear about both of their starts and then go deep into what happened to zacca in the back end of the race, resulting into a trip to the medical tent!

Around the grounds features results from the Wellness Run, and some breakthrough performances at the Gold Coast Running Festival, and young gun Archie down in Tassie lighting up the track.

Our in another instalment of “Physio Chat” – James Telford Senior Physiotherapist and Run2PB joins the boys for a deep dive into recovery. We hear about the importance of Sleep, Nutrition and managing training loads.James also goes through some honest questions to ask yourself when things are not recovering.

Contact James on [email protected]  or via  www.physiolife.physio

Athletics Super Fan & Sports Journalist, Mitch Dyer jumps on to chat about the historic weekend of Australian Running, with both mens and womens Australian marathon records being broken, we hear about his thoughts on Brett Robinson and Sinead Divers phenomenal runs. Mitch also updates on what is exciting him with the ‘renaissance’ in Australian running at the moment. We also hear about how he is pushing hard to get the sport recognised in the mass media in his new role.

The boys ‘round’ out the show with another crazy world record being set, that has everyone scratching their heads.

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Follow Mitch Dyer: https://www.instagram.com/metchdyer/?hl=en

https://www.couriermail.com.au/journalists/mitchell-dyer

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In this episode of Better with Running Podcast, Zacca and Chriso return as a duo, and also have a special guest joining them Sub 4min Miler, Australian Park Run Record Holder and Run2PB Coach James Hansen.

We hear about Zacca hitting Albert Park for a final tune up over mile reps before he tows the line for the first time in months over the 10km, following the session he hits the hills of Lysterfield.

James Hansen gives us an update on some recent training and racing, including a win over his debut half marathon at the worlds toughest half marathon - Tasmania’s Point to Pinnacle https://www.instagram.com/p/ClLVX74L6GP/?hl=en, We hear about how the race unfolded and also how he was nearly derailed with a stitch up on the pre dinner choice.  James recounts his latest training week, including his innovative pool running session and his crazy fast Michigan session is detailed, including some mindblowing splits.

Chris readies himself for the Wellness Run pacing job, as excitement builds for the event.

The boys are joined by the voice of Athletics NSW, General Manager of Marketing, Communications and Emerging Markets, James Constantine.  We hear about his latest field trip as part of the race directors program at the NYRR, where he spent some time behind the curtain of the New York Marathon. James previews the Albie Thomas Mile, and who we should be looking out for in this big race on the Australian running calendar. The boys round out the interview looking towards the World Cross Country Championships that will be in Bathurst, NSW in February.

Show Links

Albie Thomas Preview: https://www.nswathletics.org.au/events/152378/

Youtube Link for Albie Thomas Mile: https://www.youtube.com/user/NSWAthleticsTV

NSW Athletics Calendar https://www.nswathletics.org.au/events/calendar/

Follow James: https://www.instagram.com/that.guy.who.runs/?hl=en

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In this episode of Better with Running Podcast, Sophie Fitt joins Zacca to talk all things running, they begin with an update on their training, including some thoughts on which way is the best / correct way to run around the tan and also what is the time rule on waiting for people joining up on a long run.

Matt Davy records once again on the road, another segment of training talk, this time delving into tempo runs, the why, benefits and some examples.

Soph’s Health Corner discusses cross training, and poses some questions about why its in your program and the purpose of it.

Zacca catches up with Campbell Maffett from Love the Run and meet director of the Collingwood Classic being held on Thursday Dec 1st.  

They talk briefly about Campbells highlights as a runner himself and how he continues to still run well as a masters and his secrets to staying on the park.

Campbell provides listeners detailed information about the Collingwood classic - https://athsvic.org.au/events/collingwood-classic/ including the races on offer and the fields. We also hear about his run club that is helping kids move more, this free club is open to all and details can be found here www.kidsrunclub.net

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This week on the Better with Running Podcast, the guys are joined by a number of guests.

Firstly we hear about Zacca's training including hitting the roads of Albert Park for the trusty km reps, before rounding out the week with a close friend/former traininig partner, Josh Papa who is training for a 43km challenge off the back of some health issues. 

Support Josh here: https://kmsofcompassion.asrc.org.au/page/JoshuaPapanikolaou

Chris hits a tough session set by Coach Andy Buchanan, leaving him and his training Anna, exhausted contemplating getting a bus home.

Coach Matt "Mattress" Davy is back on the airwaves as he records from the car, a segment of training talk on the importance of hill strides and how to incorporate them in your training program.

In the arounds the grounds segment we hear 2 PB's from Coach Jack Davies, a local result from Trav Newton slicing over 4mins from his 10km PB and Freddie Roux over in the U.K smashing out a low 16min 5k Parkrun. The boys also recognise Run2PB Coach Josh Harris on making the Australian E-Sports Championships after winning a continental qualifier on ZWIFT. 

Check  it out here. https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck7diDcrVqY5IePOFLIIg_b-yKj6NpPmzWEg300/?hl=en

Erchana continues to smash out marathon after marathon, still in QLD and edging closer to that world record, whilst another 'performance' over in China has the boys scratching their heads about how this exactly even happened. https://www.instagram.com/p/ClAHzT6P0wY/?hl=en

As part of the Run2PB partnership with the 2XU Wellness Run, the boys are joined by race director from O2 Events, Jordan O'Neill and Zareen Syed from Beyond Blue, to talk about the significance of the upcoming event, how you can become involved and the amazing work Beyond Blue does in the community in supporting mental health.

You can still join https://wellnessrun.com.au – hurry get in!

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If you need support or information around depression and anxiety.

Beyond Blue you can get immediate support 1300 22 46 36, 24/7 Service.

https://www.beyondblue.org.au/about-us/contact-us

You can support Erchana and follow her with these links

IG: https://www.instagram.com/tip_to_toe_2022/?hl=en

Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/7453290

You can donate here https://gofund.me/80948fe8

Website:https://www.tiptotoe2022.com/#ABOUT

Run2PB Links:

Socials Run2PB YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJxkh-FgU2Wsork-18PfSUA

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

Review on us: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-with-running/id1506419354