Running Matters

Matt is joined with Matt Sheather (Strava Matt) to interview the Race Director of the Royal Challenge, Steve Southwell.

Steve talks about growing up in the Sutherland Shire and being active in local Surf Clubs and the Cronulla Triathlon Club. He chats about his family’s long association with the tri club and how his father Bob didn’t start racing until he was in his late 50’s and went on to race in Hawaii’s Ironman and dominate his age group for the next twenty years.

Steve talks about the race he started called the Royal Challenge, now in its eighth year, the non-profit event has raised one hundred and eighty thousand dollars for children’s charities.

He shares the challenges and learnings he has made as an Event Manager, including some funny stories about participants sneaking a beer in between legs.

Click on the link below to watch the 3min trailer for the race.

Strava Matt shares some valuable advice about maintaining a regular stretching routine to improve performance. The boys also chat about upcoming events, listener question, podcasts and YouTube shows worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srv_18j90jE

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Matt is joined with Paul Hadfield to interview dual Olympian and four times Com Games track runner Eloise Wellings.

Eloise shares her incredible journey over the past twenty years, in which she has competed in two Olympic Games and Four Commonwealth Games. During that time, she has had her fair share of injuries, including eleven stress fractures in ten years, consequently she had to wait twelve years from when she first qualified for an Olympics to when she could compete in Rio in 2016.

In a very open interview, Eloise explains how she overcame these injuries and managed the disappointment of the setbacks along the way.

We chat about her transition into the Marathon for the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year and what the qualification criteria is.

She shares some valuable training advice to minimise injuries and tips to assist with recovery after races.

As the co-founder of the Love Mercy Foundation, Eloise talks about her charity that assists communities in Northern Uganda to overcome poverty caused by war.

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Matt is joined with Paul Hadfield to interview ultra-marathon runner Stephen Redfern.

Steve is relatively new to running, having only started five years ago. In a short period, Steve has developed an impressive resume of ultra-marathon achievements including running 245km in 24hrs.

Steve chats about his favourite milers in Australia and abroad including Western States. He talks about his race nutrition, recovery, his vegetarian diet, running shoes and his training program.

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