This week I had a great chat with Jai Edmonds about his goals for the 2Bays56km Trail run, his love of ultras, what a typical training week looks like for him, his role in health promotion and much more! I also personally go over the ins and outs of my 6th week of training too!

Today I had a great interview with Campbell Maffett about a mix of things including; his running journey, coaching, running as a masters runner, juggling running with kids and his experience with the two bays trail run! I really enjoyed chatting to Campbell his passion for the sport shines through, so I hope you all enjoy the listen! Oh, and I also cover another week of training in my lead up to the Two Bays 56k!

This morning I had a 60 minute yarn with the ever inspiring Jaryd Clifford. Jaryd is a ‘blinky’ as he affectionately calls it, an athlete with a visual impairment and recently he became a dual World Champion at the 2019 Dubai Paralympic World Athletics Champs in the 1500m and 5000m! I was fortunate to be but a small part of his build up to the event (as physio on Pre-event Flagstaff altitude training camp). We talk about this experience, the ups and downs, Tokyo, his writing and much more. Tune in, it’s a fun listen and great insight into the life and head of one of modern day Australia’s most inspiring and amazing sporting athletes!

A great episode for any of the 1,400 participants in this years Two Bays 28/56km events! This week I quizzed race director Rohan Day for 40 minutes on the ‘ins n outs’ of the event. I then go on to detail my 4th week of specific training for the event.

Today I catch up with Damien Clark one of the athletes I coach from the Run Culture Owls. This is the third time over the past 6 months I have caught up with Damien (hark back to episode 2 and 9 for more on Damien’s story) and as you will see this episode is a little different to the previous two. Damien is injured! I love this particular episode because it demonstrates how far Damien has matured when it comes to injury management and I also feel a lot of injured runners could learn a thing or two as well as sympathise with this particular recording. Just remember all injury management is individually variable, so the advice and management I have provided to Damien isn’t a one size fits all approach. I have the added advantage of seeing Damien several times a week too!

It’s a lengthy one this week guys, definately Sunday long Run material! On the show this week is Nike ambassador and trail running superstar; Ashley Raymond Bennett or lilashtrailboy as he is known on Instagram! Boy he knows how to tell a story! He had me engrossed for 90 minutes. He certainly taught me a lot about trail running; be it shoes, nutrition, down hill technique, his sky running experiences (running up 30-50 % gradient climbs) and then there was his captivating race recap of how his 2019 2Bays56 race unfolded! Anyone doing 2Bays this year should listen to this one, it’s a fun listen!

In this episode I detail week two of my training for the 2020 Two Bays 56km trail run. It’s was an up and down week but we all have them! I also have a chat with 2019 Two Bays 56km champion and course record holder, Ash Watson!

Tune in to listen to week 1 of my training for Two Bays 56. I tried to share the nitty gritty training details that all us running nerds love! I also catch up and get some tips from dual Two Bays champion and former course record holder, Dion Finocchiaro!

The ever humble Jess recently ran the Vic 5000m B division champs where he ran a 22 second Pb to run under 15 minutes for the first time. This was a goal 6 months in the making. We talk about the training, the race and where to now in this quick 20 minute chat.

In a bid to fill episodes with more gritty training detail and to make them more consistent and frequent I’ve decided to document my weekly training as I lead into my first ever ultra trail run! I will continue to have catch ups with guests on the Run Culture Podcast whilst I simultaneously record this mini series #twobays56. I don’t want this to come across as self indulgent or self promoting, I just want to create the kind of podcast filled with the nerdy running detail/goss I love to listen to. I hope people get motivated/learn/agree/disagree/debate/enjoy/laugh/sympathise/reach out to me etc etc with what I have to share. I know with the past blogs I have done be it the ‘Breaking 2:24 project’ or ‘Goldy bound’, only positives have come out of sharing my running journey. This is the introductory episode for #Twobays56. I will release this weekly training recount every Friday morning in the lead up. Excuse the ‘um-ing and argghing’, my presenting skills will get better, well that’s the aim!