249: Birmingham Commonwealth Games Track Program

Brad recovers after another bout of sickness.

Oli Hoare is the 1500m Commonwealth Games Champion, taking down a world class field to set a personal best and Commonwealth Games Record of 3:30.12 and moves to second on the all-time list for Australia.

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Ben Buckingham 8:34.17 for 6th place in the 3000m Steeplechase final with Ed Trippas in 8:37.42 for 8th.

Jack Rayner ran 13:24.90 for 7th in the 5000m final while Matt Ramsden ran in 13:30.08 for 10th.

Amy Cashin ran 5th in the 3000m Steeplechase final with 9:35.63, while Brielle Erbacher placed 8th in 10.59.64.

Izzy Batt-Doyle came 8th in the Women’s 5000m Final for 15:13.53, while Rose Davies placed 17th in 15:41.23 with Nat Rule in 15:51.31 for 18th.

Ky Robinson placed 6th in the 10000m, with a time of 27:44.33 that moves him to 10th on the all time list.

Izzy Batt-Doyle ran 32:04.52 for 8th in the 10000m, in a race that saw a dramatic finish with Eilish McColgan of Scotland just edging Kenya’s Irene Chepet Cheptai.

Peter Bol won the silver medal in the Men’s 800m, in a tactical time 1:47.66, just behind Kenya’s Wyclife Kinyamal. Charlie Hunter ran 1:49.94 in the heats.

Abby Caldwell took the bronze medal in the 1500m 4:04.79 Hall 4th 4:05.029 Hull 8th 4:07.31

Birmingham Commonwealth Games Athletics Results

Jye Edwards and Rory Hunter placed 6th and 7th respectively at the Sir Walter Miler.

Lakeside:10 saw Sam McEntee win in a time of 29:12 for St. Kevin’s AAC over Andre Waring and Seth O’Donnell, Georgia Hansen for Box Hill was first across the line in 33:41 ahead of Rachel McGuinness for South Melbourne and Michelle Pearson of St Stephens Harriers. In the teams competition St Stephens Harriers took out the Men’s Premier Division, ahead of Box Hill, Bendigo. Glenhuntly took out the Women’s Premier Division ahead of South Melbourne and Melbourne University.

Aths Vic ResultsHub

NSW Athletics hosted the Short Course XC at Mount Panorama as a preview to the World Cross Country Championships. Holly Campbell won the Women’s Open 6km over Aynslee Van Graan and Ella Higgins.

Ethan Wyatt-Smith won the Men’s Open 6km, ahead of Drew Fry and Cameron Myers

NSW Athletics Results

Listener Question asks the boys what races they’d still like to do and relive then throughout we have Crokes on the Loose on the disappointing fields that turn up to the Commonwealth Games as well as City2Surf losing its shine over the years.

There is a special promo for Victorian-based listeners training for Melbourne Marathon festival, who can have a hitout at the Bellarine Rail Trail Run with the discount code “IRP22”. Entries close 5pm Saturday August 13th. 

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248: Birmingham Commonwealth Games Marathon

Brad struggles with a sore throat.

Jessica Stenson won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games Marathon running 2:27:31 on the streets of Birmingham adding to her two bronze medals from the previous games at Glasgow and Gold Coast. Teammates Eloise Wellings and Sinead Diver who ran with Jess in the main pack for a significant portion of the race finished fourth and fifth respectively. Margaret Muruiki of Kenya and defending champion Helalia Johannes of Namibia rounded out the podium.

Liam Adams took the race on in the men’s marathon, leading for over the first half of the race before Victor Kiplangat of Uganda and the then-chasing pack broke the race open, Kiplangat winning in 2:10:55. Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania won silver and Githae of Kenya took the bronze, with Liam only 7 seconds behind Githae in fourth. Andy Buchanan moved through the field to finish 7th overall in his debut global championship.

Official Men’s Marathon Results

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The boys then discuss the significance of Commonwealth Games compared to the World Athletics Championships and the potential impact on the next generation and general public.

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In the South Australia XC Champs, it was Matt Clarke over Adrian Potter and Max Stevens over 10k at Victoria Park, while Caitlin Adams took the state title ahead of Lucy Mauviel and Brooke Heins.

Queensland State XC Champs won by Aidan Hobbs and Lauren Kerwick.

Sydney Marathon to undergo candidacy process for World Major Marathon status.

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247: World Athletics Champs Week 2 | Victorian State XC Champs

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Julian recaps his week leading to the Victorian XC Champs at Bundoora.

Continuing at the World Athletic Championships where Jessica Hull placed 7th in 4:01.82 and Georgia Griffith 9th in 4:03.26. Olympic Champion Faith Kipyegon regained her 1500m world title ahead of Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia and Laura Muir of Great Britain.

Stewart McSweyn ran a seasonal best of 3:33.24, as Jake Wightman of Great Britain upset the favourite and Olympic Champion Jakob Ingebrigsten.

In the Women’s 5000m, Nat Rule was unable to finish her heat, while Rose Davies finished 15th overall with a time of 15:45.95, Jess Hull withdrew testing positive for covid following the 1500m final. The Final was won by Gudaf Tsegay, adding gold after her silver in the 1500m.

Peter Bol progressed through to the Men’s 800m final to place 7th overall. Joseph Deng withdrew from the heats citing achilles problems.

Catriona Bissett finished with 2:05.20 in the Women’s 800m semi final after a bruising encounter in the heats, with debuts made by Tess Kirsop-Cole and Claudia Hollingsworth.

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Sydney Harbour 10k won by Brett Robinson in 28:42 ahead of Matt Clarke and Ed Goddard. The women’s race was won by Chloe Tighe 32:24 ahead of Leanne Pompeani and Aynslee Van Graan.

Melissa Duncan for Box Hill and Seth O’Donnell of Mentone take out the Victorian State XC Titles at Bundoora Park. In the teams it was another victory each for Glenhuntly and Premier Division Women and Bendigo Region in Premier Division Men.

The boys then review the ASICS Metaspeed+ Series, reviewing differences between the Metaspeed Sky+ and the Metaspeed Edge+, going through how they find the ride of each and where they find it in their rotation.

Moose on the Loose talks about the mounting costs and fees involved with state representation after you’ve qualified for the privilege.

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246: World Champs Week 1

Sean Quilty, Olympian and international representative at multiple world championships and Commonwealth Games with personal bests of 1:02:16 in the half marathon and 2:13:32 in the marathon passed away on Saturday 16th July 2022 after a long battle with cancer. Sean is also remembered as a lifetime athlete, and prominent figure of the Victorian Athletic League.

Brad’s still recovering from the Gold Coast Marathon.

World Athletics Championships in Eugene saw a lot of strong performances from plenty of Aussies, starting with the Women’s 1500m where at the time of recording Georgia Griffith & Jessica Hull advanced to final while Linden Hall faced a fast semifinal to finish 4:04.65

In the Men's 1500m Heats Matt Ramsden ran 3:39.83, while Oli Hoare made it to the semi final in 3:38.36. Stewart McSweyn marked a near complete return to form as he progressed to the final, running 3:35.07 in the semi final.

In the 3000m Steeplechase Heats, Ed Trippas ran 8:23.83 while Ben Buckingham posted 8:29:15.

Other races discussed were Women’s 10000m won by Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia and the Men’s Marathon won by Tamirat Tola also of Ethiopia in a Championship Record.

Charlie Hunter sets 1500m PB 3:34.32 at Sound Running Sunset Tour in Los Angeles, USA

Kenyan Marathoner Lawrence Cherono and 800m runner Nijel Amos of Botswana provisionally suspended after positive doping results ahead of World Championships.

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245: Athletics World Championships Team Announcement 

Brad slides into some trouble then paces a parkrun post Gold Coast Marathon.

Athletics Australia announces it’s team for the 2022 Eugene World Athletic Championships:

800m - Catriona Bisset, Tess Kirsop-Cole, Claudia Hollingsworth

1500m - Linden Hall, Jessica Hull, Georgia Griffith 

3000m Steeplechase - Amy Cashin, Brielle Erbacher, Cara Feian-Ryan 

5000 - Rose Davies, Nat Rule, Jessica Hull

Marathon - Sarah Klein

Men’s Team

1500m - Oliver Hoare, Stewy McSweyn, Matt Ramsden

3000m Steeplechase - Ben Buckingham, Ed Trippas

5000 - Ky Robinson, Matt Ramsden, Jack Rayner

10000 - Jack Rayner

The boys dissect the controversy surrounding the selection policy regarding automatic selection and Abby Caldwell’s omission from the team despite winning the National title earlier in the year and subsequently running the qualifying time.

Eliud Kipchoge will return to the Berlin Marathon, last racing there in 2018 where he set the World Record.

Box Hill Men’s Premier Division took the win over Bendigo Region and St Stephens Harriers at the XCR Sandown Road Relays. Glenhuntly Women Premier Division took another victory over South Melbourne with Athletics Essendon

The boys then give their review of the recently released Mizuno Wave Horizon 6, going over the details of the specs, how it rides underfoot and compares to other models and where it fits into their rotation. 

This week’s Listener Question asks why shoe ads have to be so unrealistic and then Moose’s purchase of the week looks into a new hobby soon to be taking up more of his free time.

The RunNSW Half Marathon presents a measured and certified course set for 4th September, along with official charity partner Love Mercy. There’s some big names poised to line up and listeners can get discounted entry via the checkout code: IRPSYDNEYHALF

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244: Live From Gold Coast Marathon | Comm Games Team Announcement | Stockholm Diamond League

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Brad recaps his week leading into the Gold Coast Marathon, settling his nerves before pacing Lyndsey Flanagan, then going onto finish in 2:23:26.

Gold Coast Marathon returns after three years, with Jo Fukuda of Japan winning the marathon in 2:10:15, well clear of countryman Akihiro Kaneko and Belgium’s Amaury Paquet. Louis McAfee in his debut 2:17 took fourth overall and the Oceania Marathon Championship ahead of Samuel Gebremichael and Jacob Cocks.

Complete Results

Stewy McSweyn returned to form at the Stockholm Diamond League 3000m, running 7:31.93 for fourth place, while Jack Rayner came 9th in 7:47.62.

Athletics Australia announces it’s team for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games:

800m - Catriona Bisset, Georgia Griffith

1500m - Linden Hall, Jessica Hull, Abby Caldwell 

3000m Steeplechase - Amy Cashin 

5000 - Rose Davies, Nat Rule, Jessica Hull

10000 - Isobel Batt-Doyle, Rose Davies

Marathon - Sinead Diver, Eloise Wellings, Jessica Stenson

Men’s Team

1500m - Oliver Hoare, Stewy McSweyn, Matt Ramsden

3000m Steeplechase - Ben Buckingham

5000 - Ky Robinson

10000 - Jack Rayner, Ky Robinson

Marathon - Liam Adams, Andy Buchanan, Jack Rayner

Athletics Australia Press Release

Andy Buchanan chats on stage about his announcement to the Commonwealth Games team, pacing the Gold Coast marathon recovering off covid, how he found out he was joining the team and how he’s approaching the upcoming training camp at St Moritz.

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243: Louis McAfee | Gold Coast Marathon Preview

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Brad has a bit of a minor scare but otherwise feels good ahead of the Gold Coast Marathon.

XCR Ekiden Relays at the St Anne’s Winery Myrniong, saw Bendigo win the Men’s Premier Division ahead of Glenhuntly and St Stephens. Glenhuntly won the Women’s Premier Division ahead of South Melbourne and Melbourne University.

Box Hill athlete Calli Thackery selected to represent Team England in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 5000m.

The boys preview the Gold Coast Marathon men’s and women’s elite fields and are joined by Louis McAfee who shares how he feels leading up to his debut marathon, sharing his goals and his family history with the event.

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242: Australian Records Fall at Diamond League | Local XC Leagues

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Brad comes off Launceston and puts in his last specific workout before the taper.

XCR at the Cruden Farm 12km cross country course saw a repeat of the podiums from Bendigo with Andy Buchanan taking the top spot alongside Andre Waring and Seth O’Donnell, as did Georgia Hansen ahead of Melissa Duncan and Rachel McGuinness.

Plenty of action for Aussies at the Oslo Diamond League, with Jack Rayner setting a new 5000m personal best of 13:06.00 to move into  #3 on the all-time list, as well as World Championship Qualifier. Rose Davies in the women’s 5000m ran 15:20.37.

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Peter Bol breaks his own 800m National Record, now a time of 1:44.00 at Paris Diamond League.

Sandgate parkrun sees some fast times from the likes of Kieren Perkins and Cara Feain-Ryan.

NSW XC Championships were held in Willandra and won by Aaron Spiessberger-Parker over Ben St Lawrence, while Paige Campbell took the title over Aynslee van Graan.

Linden Hall posts a 4:00.58 in the 1500m in Castellón, Spain, stating her case for selection.

Results 

Ben Buckingham set a 8:19 Personal Best 3000mSC at Paavo Nurmi Games, Finland

Copenhagen Athletics Games Callum Davies 3:37.86 for 3rd in the 1500m, while, Izzy Batt-Doyle posts 8:57.75 in the 3000m

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