Run Culture Podcast Episode 79:

The Lockdown 50km Challenge Ep. 6.

Welcome back to Episode 6 of; 'The Lockdown 50km Challenge!’

This week, Dion, John, Craig and Dane, go over their training weeks and how they are tracking with 5 weeks to go till their Aussie record tilt!

Thanks once again to the Australian Sports Brewing Company for throwing their unwavering support behind the boys with this challenge and the podcast!

The boys, start the chat discussing how all moving parts continue to steadily progress to get this event off the ground.

Including;

-Dan Andrews encouraging Covid announcements this week.

-That Box Hill Athletics track has officially been locked in and booked as the event venue.

-Correspondence with Athletics Australia has confirmed that we will need a minimum of 3 level 2 qualified Manual Time Keepers for the event or Electronic Timing and a chief track Judge. So, the boys are calling upon any listeners that may know anyone who can help out to contact us, it’d be so appreciated!

In terms of weekly training developments:

The resilience of Dion ‘the Hulk’ Finocchario’s robust body was on full display this week as he got back into his usual km crunching groove, clocking 197kms including some quality workouts.

John Dutton nervously started the week in isolation awaiting his covid test results. He finished the week clocking 109kms in 4 days, including a 43km Sunday at 3:48/km.

Craig was able to run every day this week, 10hrs of exercise; collecting 5hrs of running and 5hrs on the bike for the week! His 50km race day hopes continue to lay in the balance!

Dane, logged his planned down week with a couple of short sessions to keep the legs in the game and a lot of running along Stumpy Gully Rd. He plans to hit 3 more solid weeks before a 2 week taper into the event.

If there are any listener questions please send them through to either Craig Dion John or Dane via their socials. The boys would love to answer them on next weeks show!