Just Tom and Nitta on this ep legends, covering running shoe prescription in relation to running injury paradigms over the years for the Podiatry association. This one is pretty evidence based and so all the shoe nerds out there will love it

252: Seth O’Donnell & Georgia Hansen | Australian Cross Country Championships  

Brad takes his workouts back outside with a hilly tempo.

Liam Boudin took the win over Jack Bruce at the Bridge 2 Brisbane 10K, while Cassie Fien won over steeplechase duo Brielle Erbacher & Cara Feain-Ryan.

James Hansen sets the new men’s parkrun national record of 13:53 at Launceston parkrun.

100km World Champs in Berlin won by Japanese duo Haruki Okayama and Jumpei Yamaguchi in the men’s race and Floriane Hot of France. The best Australian performances came from Dion Fionnachiaro running 6:48:14 to place 21st and Michelle McAdam in 8:09:08 for 33rd.

Comrades Marathon, the 90km ultramarathon running “down” from Pietermaritzburg to Durban, South Africa was won by Tede of South Africa and Alexandra Morozova of Russia. Wayne Spiers was the first Australian in 6:03:33 for 22nd, while friend of the show Ash Watson came 98th.

Ultra Trail Mont Blanc (UTMB) in Chamonix, France, arguably the biggest trail race in the world taken out by Killian Jornet in a record time of 19:49:30 ahead of American Jim Walmsley.

The boys then put the new range of Erniold Long Sleeve and Short Sleeve tops through its paces, reviewing the quality of the material and how it fits.

Brady hijacks Moose on the Loose over the lack of coverage and publicity given to the National Cross Country Championships, then the boys wrap up this episode with the start of a new segment in the lead up to the upcoming Nike Melbourne Marathon to be held on 2nd October 2022, talking the importance of practising gels and hydration on long runs and preview the elite fields for the Half Marathon and Full Marathon featuring some world-class calibre women.

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251: Lake Wendouree | Australian XC Championships Preview

Brad weighs up the viability of heading to Fukuoka this year.

Lake Wendouree 15k was won by Andre Waring for Box Hill and Rachel McGuinness for South Melbourne. For the teams, it was another victory apiece for Bendigo Region in the Men’s Premier Division and Glenhuntly in the Women’s Premier Division.

Adelaide Marathon was won by David Fawkes in 2:32:10 and Hannah Oldroyd in 2:50:38.

The boys preview the upcoming Australian Cross Country Championships to be held on Saturday 27th August on Oakbank Racecourse, Adelaide and make their predictions of who will be victorious.

2022 Australian National Cross Country Championships Field Lists

Listener Question whether screen time and social media are having an impact on marathon times in the western world, favouring shorter track racing

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Due to popular demand - Come for a trip down memory lane back to Dec 2017 (Ep 5 & 6, lol) where Brad sits down with Australian running legend, Shaun Creighton - here's his two-part interview in the one episode. 

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Julian shares an honest update about what’s been happening in his life. 

Brad hits his first workout since the Gold Coast Marathon.

In its return to the streets of Sydney, the 2022 City2Surf was won by Liam Adams in 41:14 two weeks after his fourth place run at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Marathon and Leanne Pompeani in 45:49 in her maiden run, setting the third fastest time.

Leanne joins in to recap her performance, how she trained in the lead up to it and her typical training routine, talks about her season racing against tough competition and what she needs to do to make that next step progress plans for the future and her strengths as a runner

The Monaco Diamond League saw many fast times being run, with Amy Cashin posting 9:24.19 in the Women’s Steeplechase.

Stewy McSweyn ran 7:43.31 in the Men’s 3000m in his first race since the World Championships.

Brett Robinson and Lisa Weightman each take Australian Half Marathon Championship titles at the Sunshine Coast Half Marathon. Paige Campbell in her debut and Sarah Klein after her marathon at the Eugene World Championships, took the minor podium places as did Sam MacEntee and Liam Boudin. Victoria took the team Half Marathon title.

Sunshine Coast Marathon Results.

Elite Fields were announced for the New York City Marathon with Eloise Wellings & Jessica Stenson, while Pat Tiernan will make his marathon debut in Chicago. More announcements from major marathons to come as they will be later confirmed

Listener Question from Sarah asks about the mindset behind a training program, going into the details for how training is structured to ultimately achieve its intended objectives.

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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.

https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/oliver-hoare-wins-commonwealth-games-gold-in-new-record-time/ 

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.

https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/australias-jessica-stenson-wins-commonwealth-games-marathon-gold/ 

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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Catch up in the latest shoe news with Nitta, Moose and TDC as they discuss their last month of running shoes. 

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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.

Athletics NSW Report

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