John Hallis started his journey at a New Year’s Eve party which lead to an open water swim and fast forward years later he completed his first Kona in 2019.

The Comrades Marathon is the world oldest and largest Ultra Marathon. The direction of the race alternates each year between the "up" run (87 km) starting from Durban and the "down" run (90km) starting from Pietermaritzburg.

For this years race we will have an arm chair ride which will follow the preparation of 3 runners:

Wayne Spies - 9 time finisher ⁣and best time of 6:21

Sandy Roux - 11 time finisher and best time of 9:55⁣.⁣

Darren Purnell - Novice.⁣

We will hear from them on a fortnightly basis and check in on how the preparation is going.

Dan like most threw his shoes on in the pursuit to shed some extra kilos and all those years later he is still going. A council ranger by day Dan like many has also fought mental health battles over the years being diagnosed with depression which we discuss and the role he plays in trying to grow awareness. If you see Dan at your local Parkrun or doing his daily 5-10km dont be shy and say hello. 

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Like many of the guest before him Andrew has an amazing story. Andrew is a runner, parent and also a fighter after being diagnosed with Lymphoblastic lymphoma in 2017. In the episode Andrew shares the timeline of his battle, how running has helped and what he has learnt about himself along the way.

This is also an episode for the non-runners to have a listen too.

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Kat Watt started running as most kids do at little athletics, after a long break she rekindled her love for running once she became engaged and to assist in dropping some post European holiday weight. Fast forward to 2019 Kats progression graph is just going higher and higher in October this year winning the Perth Marathon and achieving the elusive sub 3hr marathon in the process.

Kenyan born Isaac Birir sat down to speak all things running from starting his running in Kenya, heading to Europe to race everything he could to chase Euros and now living in the worlds most isolated city Perth Western Australia.  Isaac tells us what running in Kenya is really like, what makes Kenyans so good and why the want has to be there to achieve success. Isaac shares a few tales about his time in Europe where his early plan was to race everything in sight to earn as much money as possible.  Isaac has now gone full circle living a very quiet life on the West Coast of Australia and not racing too much at all. Isaac explains how he has had to adopt the real world thinking of race today and back to work tomorrow as he did after winning the 2019 Melbourne Marathon in 2:16:31. 

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David shares his journey towards becoming an advanced sports dietitian, his journey as an athlete and shares some wisdom on nutritional practices which the everyday person can follow. 

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Hazel Moller has done it all in the world of ultra running – multiple 100 milers, back to back 100 milers, 17 comrades finishes and what she is best know for is 10 comrades in 10 consecutive days for charity. Hazel also was happy to share her journey of running deep into her pregnancy and then going on to complete comrades 7 weeks post birth.

In this episode we go back to where it all started, where she is at today and she shares an exclusive for next year at the end of the episode.

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Adrian Fabiankovits is a Perth based distance runner who is also living with cystic fibrosis and diabetes. During our chat we speak about his life with CF, he provides us with information on what CF is and his running life to date.

On this episode I got to chat to Suzanne McMahon about her time growing up in a sports mad family. We talk about the last three years and the emotional and physical challenges she has faced and how she has let her legs do the talking.