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TFTV Rat Race ft. Harm Schaap & Jessica Burke
Sam catches up with Harm Schaap and Jessica Burke 🎙️
Jess has made the move from Sydney to Wollongong (and picked up a fiancé along the way 💍). After getting her start at Pace Athletic surrounded by names like Ben St Lawrence, Katie St Lawrence and Sam Hopper, she’s built into a serious runner — 10:28 (3k), 18:10 (5k), 38:09 (10k).
Fresh off Ballarat Marathon, Jess ran 41 minutes in tough conditions, soaking up the rare chance to race in front of family.
Harm’s been quietly stacking a huge year — 14:43 for 5k at NSW Championships and a win in the Mile at Beaton Park. Training is rolling at 130–140km weeks with a simple but savage structure: track Tuesdays, tempo Thursdays, race pace Saturdays.
Sam’s deep in the Shellharbour Marathon build — 92km week, gym ticking over, and a monster session:
14k easy → 6k / 6k / 7k @ ~4:07/km off float jogs
All adding up to a 1:27 half in training 👀
☕️ Café Kit of the Week
– Raycon Essential Earphones
– Suunto Watch
- Asics Superblast 3
📣 News & Shoutouts
• Run Shellharbour – TFTV20 (May 17)
• Wollongong Running Festival – SAMH20 (June 7)
• Ballarat Marathon wrap — from elites to the local legends
• Jaylah Hancock-Cameron breaks the Aussie road mile record (4:26)
• London Marathon chaos — Sebastian Sawe (1:59:30) & Yomif Kejelcha (1:59:41) rewrite what’s possible
Big episode — local stories, big performances, and a few signs that the marathon world is moving very, very fast right now.
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By talesfromthevalleypodcastSam catches up with Harm Schaap and Jessica Burke 🎙️
Jess has made the move from Sydney to Wollongong (and picked up a fiancé along the way 💍). After getting her start at Pace Athletic surrounded by names like Ben St Lawrence, Katie St Lawrence and Sam Hopper, she’s built into a serious runner — 10:28 (3k), 18:10 (5k), 38:09 (10k).
Fresh off Ballarat Marathon, Jess ran 41 minutes in tough conditions, soaking up the rare chance to race in front of family.
Harm’s been quietly stacking a huge year — 14:43 for 5k at NSW Championships and a win in the Mile at Beaton Park. Training is rolling at 130–140km weeks with a simple but savage structure: track Tuesdays, tempo Thursdays, race pace Saturdays.
Sam’s deep in the Shellharbour Marathon build — 92km week, gym ticking over, and a monster session:
14k easy → 6k / 6k / 7k @ ~4:07/km off float jogs
All adding up to a 1:27 half in training 👀
☕️ Café Kit of the Week
– Raycon Essential Earphones
– Suunto Watch
- Asics Superblast 3
📣 News & Shoutouts
• Run Shellharbour – TFTV20 (May 17)
• Wollongong Running Festival – SAMH20 (June 7)
• Ballarat Marathon wrap — from elites to the local legends
• Jaylah Hancock-Cameron breaks the Aussie road mile record (4:26)
• London Marathon chaos — Sebastian Sawe (1:59:30) & Yomif Kejelcha (1:59:41) rewrite what’s possible
Big episode — local stories, big performances, and a few signs that the marathon world is moving very, very fast right now.