RunningFlat Radio Podcast

Race Director of Boston Marathon Dave McGillivray joined us to talk about BibGate and Bandit runners. It is an amazing look inside the world of bandit runners and counterfeit bibs. We talk about what expect as a new runner where to go, what to do, where does the bib go, etc…

Dr Wadea Tarhuni, renown cardiologist CEO of the Canadian Cardiac Centre joins us in studio to talk about heart health and running. This is a must listen to for everyone to understand the Athlete Heart and new technology to help you screen undiagnosed heart conditions to prevent cardiac death.

The race announcer is a key part of any race. Dave Orshinsky with 30 years of experience and Steve Fleck from Ironman joins us to talk about being the host and the responsibility of race day.

Kevin Callahan, President of RunningUSA and Co-founder of Map My Run joins us to talk about how Map My Run changed running and where integrated technology and platforms are taking running in the future. One of the fastest women in Canadian Running joins us talking about training, being a mom, running a killer race schedule and what makes her so fast!

Meb Keflezighi one of the great runners of our generation talks about immigrating to the US as a child, being an NCAA Champion and his 22 professional Championships and records to his name. The 2004 Silver medalist from the Athens Olympic Marathon talks about how at 38 years of age he is the 2014 USA Half Marathon Champion in 1:01:23 and his road to Boston.

Jason and David Petro tell us about this year's Heart Breaker Challenge (mud obstacle event). 2012 Canadian Olympian 800M Runner Melissa Bishop and her coach Kurt Downes talk about Olympic training locally for RIO!

Gary Bellanger and Joe Bertuccio from the Running Factory and New Balance Windsor Store talk about how today there are more shoe options then ever before in the world! The colours, the fits, styles and service to help you decide what shoe is good for you.

John Stanton joins us with over 35 years of experience in the retail running business. John has 118 stores across Canada and the United States making him the largest speciality retailer.

The Authors of the Paleo Diet join us to help us understand why this diet works.

Dave McGillivray is a legend in running with over 150,000 miles run, and Race Directing over 1,000 races. Dave is also the Race Director of the Boston Marathon and he tells us what happened that day.