Hayden covers all the action from the 2016 New Zealand Road Relay Championships in Rotorua and training talk focuses on how to stay positive when injury strikes. We also chat about the mega-running fraud that has just been unearthed from UK ultra runner Robert Young’s attempt to race across America. Athletics Weekly Round-Up: http://athletics.org.nz/News/athletics-nz-weekly-roundup-3-october-2016 The Robert Young[...]

The research tells us that talent doesn’t respond well to a cushy, cotton-wool upbringing. Instead hardship and trauma and the experience of working through them are characteristics of almost all successful sports people. So this week, Hamish and Hayden talk about ways to do something scary everyday in your training  in order to develop resilience.[...]

NZ’s distance running team coach, Steve Willis, joins the show to talk about the Rio Olympics and the keys to reaching your potential as a runner. He also provides details about some upcoming running hubs/camps (Hanmer Springs Labour Weekend and Wellington from 12 Dec through to end of Jan). We recap the incredible success that[...]

What with the Paralympics in full swing, international athletics finishing up, World Mountain Running Champs, and loads of action in New Zealand, there is HEAPS to catch up on for this week’s Kiwi Running Show! We also chat race surprises and how to deal with these unforeseen mid-race set backs. Embed from Getty Images  [...]

You’ve set running goals but how do you get after them and make them reality? This week Hamish and Hayden draw on everything from personal experience and Tony Robbins quotes to demonstrate the importance of combining strategy and desire to reach your goals. We also catch up with Tom Walsh’s ground hog day national record[...]

Without a vision the people perish. And without an audacious goal or two, our running stagnates and typically goes backward. So this week Hamish and Hayden talk about how and why to come up with goals for your running. We also catch up on local news including the Cambridge Half, Mount Maunganui Half, and the[...]

Wow, what an Olympics! New Zealand finish with four athletics medals with veterans Nick Willis and Val Adams coming through yet again and new kids on the block, Eliza McCartney and Tom Walsh, picking up two fabulous bronze medals. We recap the action breaking down how each of the Kiwi medals unfolded, taking a moment[...]

At the midpoint in the Olympics, Hamish and Hayden take a moment to reflect on the highs and lows of the Rio Olympics and discuss if it’s possible for Usain Bolt, Mo Farah, Almaz Ayana and Wayde van Niekirk to be clean. We also catch up on local results and do a little feature on[...]

This week Hamish and Hayden come live from the stands at the National Cross Country Champs at the Auckland Domain. Coverage of the event with interviews of champions: Laura Nagel (SW), Jono Jackson (SM), Cameron Avery (M20), Hannah Miller (W20) and Greg Darbyshire (Masters). And on training talk Hamish and Andy go over the warm[...]

The trail running legend Mal Law joins the show to talk about his adventures in the mountains and the exciting things he has coming up including an online directory of all the best running trails in New Zealand. We also share what we love about cross country before the National Cross Country Champs at the[...]