Road to Ballarat Marathon 6 Featuring Ryan Worn: Exercise Scientist 

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Catch up on the latest training with Jason Rossi as Ryan Worn, the senior lecturer in exercise science at Federation Uni joins us.

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386: Izzi Batt-Doyle | Nanjing Indoor World Championships | Sam Ruthe, the youngest Sub-4 Miler

Izzi Batt-Doyle returns to fill in and recaps her performance at the Nagoya Marathon and how she’s recovered.

Julian wraps his head around training at pro hours.

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Jess Hull won the bronze medal in the 3000m in 8:38.28 at the Nanjing World Indoor Athletic Championships, narrowly beaten to the line by Shelby Houlihan of the USA by .02 of a second, with Freweyni Hailu of Ethiopia winning in 8:37.29. Linden Hall was also in the final running 8:44.99 for ninth place.

Georgia Griffith just missed the podium of the 1500m final, 4:00.80, an Short Track National Record and significant personal best. The title was won by Guduf Tsegay of Ethiopia in 3:54.86 ahead of compatriot Diribe Welteji and Georgia Hunter Bell of Great Britain.

Abbey Caldwell ran 2:05.15 in the 800m heats, while Sarah Billings ran 2:03.60 in her heat. Prudence Sekgodiso of South Africa won the gold medal in the final in a World Leading 1:58.40 ahead of Nigist Getachew of Ethiopia and Patricia Silva of Portugal.

Sam Ruthe of New Zealand at age 15, became the youngest person ever to run a sub 4 minute mile in 3:58.35, alongside pacemakers Sam Tanner and Ben Wall in Auckland.

Klara Dess and Archie Ridgeway win their respective Open 1500m Finals at the NSW State Championships, while Jaylah Hancock-Cameron and Lachlan Raper win the 800m titles.

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Talking points examines some of the well worn tropes in running content, then Moose on the Loose sounds off claiming Strava PBs and pitches a way to combine events for AV athletes and recreational runners.

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The team then wrap up the episode with a preview of the upcoming Maurie Plant Meet to be held at Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne this upcoming weekend.

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Catch up on the latest in the running shoe world with Moose, Nitta and TDC in their March edition of Shoe Geeks.

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385: ELUID KIPCHOGE | Seth O’Donnell | Sydney Track Classic & Bluff 2 Boat Ramp 

Brad builds up on the treadmill before marvelling at an F35 fighter jet

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Eliud Kipchoge announces he will compete in this years’ edition of the Sydney Marathon on August 31. 

Sydney Marathon race director Wayne Larden chats about landing the double Olympic Gold medalist, as well as some changes to the course.

Seth O’Donnell 1500m won the Vic Milers A Race in a personal best time of 3:36.8 as the lights went out in Doncaster, followed by Lucas Chis and Charles Barrett. Imogen Baker won the A race in 4:23.53 ahead of Lucy Cleveland and Jess Coyne.

Seth joins in to recap his last couple months and shares how he's been training, the thought behind his social media content and the support from One Running apparel that he is getting that is helping his running journey.

Jude Thomas defends his 3000m National Championship for the third year in a row at this year’s Sydney Track Classic, winning in 7:49.17 ahead of teammates Callum Davies and Jack Bruce. Georgia Griffith added another win to her season, winning the 3000m championship in 8:54.02 with Maudie Skyring in second and Sarah Billings in third

Peter Bol 1:44.86 ahead of Daniel Williams and Luke Boyes.

Sam Clifford won the Bluff 2 Boat Ramp 10k in Devonport in 29:01 over Haftu Strintzos and Jacob Cocks. Jessica Stenson backed up two weeks on from running her personal best in the Tokyo Marathon to win the race in 32:46, ahead of Caitlin Adams and Sarah Klein.

Australian National team selected and announced for Indoor World Championships Nanjing on March 21-23

800m - Sarah Billings, Abbey Caldwell

1500m - Georgia Griffith

3000m - Linden Hall, Jessica Hull

Mens:

1500m - Oli Hoare

3000m - Ky Robinson

Australian Athletics Press Release

Kibiwott Kandie suspended after failing to provide a sample for testing to the Athletics Integrity Unit.

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Moose on the Loose unloads on the spectacle and fanfare of the Formula One coming to town.

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 This week’s question asks how much mileage can you put into race shoes before they become training shoes.

Ahead of his upcoming marathon debut in Australia, Brady gets a press conference question with the one and only Eliud Kipchoge.

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Road to Ballarat Marathon 5 Featuring Steve McKenna from the One Running Pace Team

Brought to you by Federation University and the Ballarat Marathon, the Road to Ballarat Marathon podcast series brings you participant stories and expert tips in the build up to the races on April 27th and 28th.

Catch up on the latest from Jason Rossi and Steve McKenna from the One Running Pace Team to go through all the pacer details.

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384: Nagoya Marathon | Box Hill Burn  | NSW Milers Meet

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Brad is baffled by an unusual running accessory.

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Leanne Pompeani sets a marathon debut record running 2:24:53 to place 8th at Nagoya Marathon in Japan, while Izzy Batt-Doyle runs 2:23:29 to place 6th for another World Championship qualifier.

Georgia Griffith sets a new 1000m National Record of 2:35.50 at the Box Hill Burn, while Peter Bol narrowly falls short of his own national record to run 2:16.29, just shy of Jeff Riseley’s record. Seth O’Donnell outran the pack to win the 5000m in 13:22.30 ahead of Liam Cashin and Aidan Veltan, while American invite Taylor Werner takes the 5000m in 15:44.41 ahead of Sarah Klein and Amy Robinson.

Bendere Oboya and Abbey Caldwell both clock Indoor World Championships qualifiers, taking the tape in 1:59.27 and 1:59.72 respectively. Luke Boyes won the men’s 800m in 1:47.34.

Adrian Potter and Tianna Cetta take out the Open 5000m at the South Australian State Track and Field Championships.

Sam Tanner and Sam Ruthe fight to the line for a tied victory, both finishing in 3:44.31 in the New Zealand National Track and Field Championships 1500m final

Marathon World Record holder Ruth Chepngetich places second in EDP Lisbon Half in 66:20, behind winner Tsigie Gebreselama of Ethiopia in 64:21.

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Moose on the Loose laments that the wrong part of Ballarat was chosen for state and national cross country championships, while Whispers lifts the lid on brands reaching out to micro-influencers.

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Jess Stenson joins Brady fresh off her 2:22:56 and 10th place finish at the Tokyo Marathon. 

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383: Tokyo Marathon | BU Last Chance Qualifier | Sydney Marathon Winner Banned 

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Brad adds a bit more progression to his training load.

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Jessica Stenson set out hard with the pack to run the third fastest all time Australian and South Australian State record in 2:22:56, finishing in 10th place.

Oli Hoare sets a personal best in the mile of 3:50.77 at the BU Last Chance Qualifier behind teammate Yared Nuguse 3:47.22, while Jack Anstey ran 3:51.97 for fourth place.

Sophie O’Sullivan and Callum Davies each won the 1500m at the Perth Track Classic. 

Results via World Athletics

Connor Latouf and Leah Simpson each take this year’s Queensland 3000m State Championship .

James Hansen took out the Hobart Run the Bridge in 29:44 ahead of Joel Tobin-White and Nick Earl-Jones. Milly Clark won the race in 35:25 ahead of Isabelle Warner and Gema Blackfield.

Brimin Kipkorir Misoi, winner of the 2024 Sydney Marathon charged by IAU for doping offenses.

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Moose on the Loose the definition of extreme weather and people getting pedantic around pacing, while the Whispers wonders about pro runners missing in action.

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Brought to you by Federation University and the Ballarat Marathon, the Road to Ballarat Marathon podcast series brings you participant stories and expert tips in the build up to the races on April 27th and 28th.

Catch up on the latest from Jason Rossi and Race Director, Adam McNicol as he joins to announce the elite fields amongst other things. The boys are also joined by Mark vanHamond from equality support at the end to hear how important the Ballarat Marathon is for the community.

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382: Jack Rayner Short Track 5000m NR | Albie Thomas Mile | Osaka & Seville Marathons 

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Brad completes his recovery from his achilles.

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Jack Rayner ran 12:59.43 5000m for the 5000m Short Track National Record at BU Terrier DMR Challenge, behind winners Teare and Hocker. Jude Thomas was also in the race to run a personal best of 13:09.36

Claudia Hollingsworth took out the Australian Mile Championship over Maudie Skyring and Jaylah Hanckock-Cameron in 4:36.53 over at the Albie Thomas Mile in Bankstown while Joshua Phillips took the title in 4:10.56 to hold off Max Shervington and Archie Ridgeway.

Results

Tara Palm returned to the Osaka Marathon to place 6th in 2:34:15 out in freezing conditions.

Liam Boudin clocks a new personal best of 2:10:26 at the Seville Marathon in Spain, which was won by Olympic Champion Selemon Barega in a 2:05:15 debut.

Lucas Chis edged Jarryd Clifford to win the 1500m final in 3:59.99 at the Victorian State Track & Field Champs, Janae Mackrell won the state title in 4:32.95 over Claire Solomon

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Whispers and Moose on the Loose scrape for topics while eventually discussing American accents on Australians and how it takes gossip to earn national attention.

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