Mega Episode! The Zacca and Matt talk about their recovery week post Sandy Point 10km. Zacca shows his recovered well by hitting a solid Threlfall Fartlek, while Matt takes on half of Josh Harris' hour of power (30min of 1min ON, 30sec float fartlek). 

Run2PB coach Andy Buchanan joins in to discuss his recent 13:42min 5km PB at the Box Hill burn. Andy goes into the details of some of his sessions leading up to the race and chats about his future plans (including a marathon scoop). He also chats about some of the amazing successes in his athlete group.

Founder of Run Creature, Myles Gough, jumps on the mic to chat about how his training is tracking leading into Canberra Marathon, as well as a huge result from Bendere Oboya, who features in his latest article. He also discusses the amazing night of athletics down at the Box Hill Burn.

Zacca also catches up for Part B of his interview with Run2PB coach and all around legend James Hansen. 

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In this weeks episode, Zacca and Matt recap their epic showdown at the Sandy Point - 10km, discussing how the race unfolded for both of them and then how they both plan to recover as they head into their marathon specific blocks as they build towards the Gold Coast Marathon.

They also recount the excitement of catching up with other Run2PB athletes at the event. In a big weekend of racing around the country, they also discuss some impressive performances from Brisbane based athletes Katie and Jenna who battled humid conditions over a 10km Road Race.

Whilst down in Tasmania, Run2PB Coach Josh Harris jumped on talked about some huge results down at the Run the Bridge 10km in Hobart, which featured 4 of his athletes, with multiple P.Bs and outstanding performances which included Grace Tame - 2021 Australian of the Year and Run2PB athlete who crushed her 10km and how they have keep training despite a magnitude of events and travel.

Zacca sits down with newly appointed Run2PB Coach James Hansen for an interview, they talk about how James got into the sport, how he fell in love with it and the discuss his P.Bs and some of the big races that have shaped his career.

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In this weeks episode, Zacca and Matt catch up about how their training has gone this week. Zacca goes into detail about his 4 x 5min and 3 x 10min sessions, in the lead up to his showdown with Matt at the Sandy Point 10km. Matt discusses hitting another hills session, building into 4 x 3min and 2 x 1min hills. Along with a 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 fartlek session, to close out another 140km week. They also chat about their entry into the Gold Coast marathon and the excitement around the build.

Run2PB coach and Head Coach of Shepparton Runner Club, Chris Armstrong jumps on to detail their 3km club handicap, which featured over 50 runners. Chatting also about the excitement of races starting to come back, how he's been stoked with the progress and enjoyment his athletes are getting with their running as well has his return to running after a terrible incident. Chris also discusses watching the Victorian Track and Field Championships, where one of the recipients of the Run2PB junior development support program, Kiara Flavel, had an amazing race, finishing second in her age group in the 1500m. Along with Run2PB coach Gemma Maini placing 4th in the open women's 1500m event. Matt also discusses his excitement with one of his athletes Sarah, taking out the Sri Chinmoy Half Marathon in a massive PB time of 1.28hrs.

Zacca also catches up with one of his athletes, Glen, who smashed his 5km PB over the weekend, running 20:25 on the track. Being paced by another Run2PB coach Chris O'Neill. They chat about Glen's journey and how running has helped through various challenges.

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In this weeks return episode, Zacca and Matt catch up about how their last month of training has been. Zacca nails a 4k/3k/2k session in the lead up to his showdown with Matt over 10km, this time at Sandy Point 10km. Matt discusses how he was put back over the Christmas period due to illness and took a few weeks to build back up. Zacca and Matt also have a chat about their hills session they did down at Devilbend.

Myles Gough, founder of RunCreature jumps back on to discuss his sub 15min PB at the NSW Championships, smashing it with a 14.46min. Myles also goes into some detail of how his training is progressing ahead of the Canberra Marathon, which he also documents in a blog at his runcreature website. Myles shares with us a scoop on his next featured athlete article too!

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Zacca and Matt catch up for a run and record their Launceston race debrief on the ground. They discuss how the race went for each of them, how Zacca charged past Matt at 3km and got him by 30 seconds. Zacca goes into his lead up training week and Matt chats about one of his taper sessions. They also talk about how their recovery has been and what’s in store for 2021. 

Myles Gough, founder of RunCreature jumps back on to discuss a training update, gives some more details of his feature article on Steph Auston, as well as chatting about an interview with Bradley Dryburgh who with cystic fibrosis raised money for research by running a marathon and the 100 Project, where Kieron Douglass who ran a ‘conservation ultra’, 100km running and planting 100 trees. Myles also gives a scoop on the next feature article, sounds like an absolute ripper! 

Run2PB athlete Stu McLay jumps on to discuss something that only one Australian has ever done and that’s win a gold medal at the World Cross Country. Stu takes us through Benita’s lead up, PB’s, rivals in the race and then dissects the race in remarkable detail. 

 This will be the final episode for the year, but have big plans for 2021! So keep on the lookout. We wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas and New Year and can’t wait to get into 2021!

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  One week out before the Launceston 10km, Zacca and Matt dissect their latest sessions. Matt talks through how his specific 10km session, 5 x mile reps and then discusses how he changed his training to ensure recovery and adaptation from that. Zacca nails a strong progression run and 6 x 4min reps as he gets more specific in his training. 

Fresh off her win in an Australian record 50km time, Run2PB coach Steph Auston joins the show. Steph goes into detail about how the race panned out, what specific training she did in the lead up to the race, how her training in the heat of Queensland helped her to adapt to the race specific conditions and what’s next on the race calendar. Steph also gives some results of her athletes and discusses her upcoming Run2PB Trail Running Technique Clinic. With lots of races kicking off and some amazing performances coming through,

 Zacca and Matt go around the tracks covering off a plethora of highlights from the past couple of weeks.

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Zacca and Matt talk about the latest training weeks, dealing with a few bumps in the road and managing their ageing bodies, but both seem to have managed their niggles and crank out some good training ahead of their 10km race down in Launceston in a few weeks time.

Myles Gough, founder of RunCreature, jumps on again to chat about his latest feature article on one of Australia’s best ever marathoners, Jess Stenson.  He also lets us in on a scoop about his next feature article and talks about his own racing, hitting an official 5K track PB along with a massive 3K. Myles also discusses his article on James Constantine, who has been instrumental in setting the bar so high with Athletics NSW races. 

Tassie legend and Run2PB athlete Andy Allison also drops in to discuss how he’s been traveling. Andy has been helping raise money and awareness for Movember and in our chat dives deep into the importance of men opening up and talking about their health and where they are at. Andy also gives an insight into the organising of the Mobart Flanno 5K, how well the Tassie running scene is going and some big info about Jarryd Clifford’s upcoming record attempt in the Launceston 10K.

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Zacca chats about an epic session he rolled out, hitting a 5 minute tempo into 6 by 90sec ON/OFF. Dodging packed paths of cyclists, runners and walkers in the process. Matt details how he went over the 5km time trial he helped pace for Jake, going in depth about how they attacked the 5km and adjusted paces on the fly to get the optimal result.  

Zacca and Matt chat about their excitement and detail some aspects of their training in the lead up to their next race, the Launceston 10k. Chatting about the unfortunate increase in COVID cases in South Australia, meaning borders being shut, has impacted some Run2PB athletes. Matt chats about how he is working with one of his athletes, Katie, around having to readjust racing plans from a marathon that was meant to be on Sunday in Adelaide to a 50km race 2 weeks later on the Gold Coast. They discuss the importance of staying positive and not overcooking it. 

A listener question comes through that Zacca and Matt discuss, what are the best ways to recover from training? Zacca goes into how he attacks recovery and has adjusted it in the past to get the most out of himself and Matt chucks his research hat on and looks at some of the finer details of recovery and how it can sometimes, depending what you do, affect your ability in a negative way to adapt to training. With more races starting to pop up, they finish the show off with a few around the grounds.

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In this weeks episode, Zacca and Matt discuss a couple sessions they each hit through the week. Zacca picks the pace up in his 4 x 4/2/1min, dipping into the low 3min/k for the shorter reps, in prep for his race against Matt in the Launceston 10km! Zacca lets us know the thoughts behind the session and how it’s progressed to being a part of his week. Zacca also notches up his biggest week for a while with 105km.

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Madeline Heiner, Gemma Maini and Sophie Fitt n jump on the podcast this week to takeover! 

They give us an update on how they are tracking at the moment, how their athletes are performing, how they have dealt with and worked around the craziness of 2020 and answer some listener questions.

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