The Shakeout Podcast

Michelle Kempton in the race director of the Maritime Race Weekend in Fisherman's Cove, Nova Scotia. In this week’s rebroadcast, we share Kempton’s personal running story and discover that the unique running community in the Maritimes is all about good times, pirates, and cold beer.

The road racing season is officially upon us! This week on The Rundown we talk about falling records at the 5th Avenue Mile and The Great North Run. We also run through the plethora of recent trail results. Plus, we dish on the latest news about track and field superstars!

This week our guest is sleep science researcher Dr. Amy Bender. We talk about why sleep is the cheapest and most reliable training and recovery tool out there (although sometimes it can be the most difficult to get). Dr. Bender dives into the science behind sleep and offers a plethora of suggestions on how to optimize this valuable tool.

We also bring you The Rundown featuring Gabriela Debues-Stafford's 7th Canadian record in 9 month. We talk results from UTMB and give you a final reminder about how to register for the 2020 Boston Marathon.

Both the Paris and Zurich Diamond League meets took place in the last week, with incredible performances by our Canadians.  Today, Athletics Canada officially named 49 athletes to the World Championship team.

This week on The Rundown we bring you the results from those Diamond League meets. We also talk about the incredible depth of our Canadian marathoners. Plus, we chat about the doping scandal plaguing the trail world, along with results from the Black Spur Ultra.

This week on The Rundown we bring you results from the Birmingham Diamond League and Squamish 50. We also preview the Ineos 1:59 Challenge and the latest entrants in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. 

Today the Canadian Running community lost a formidable member. Silvia Ruegger, who was the first woman to represent Canada in the marathon at the Olympics and held the national record in that distance for 28 years, died today at the age of 58 after a long battle with cancer.  Silvia was a pioneer for women’s running. In many ways she can be credited with the unprecedented success that Canadian female distance runners have enjoyed over the last several years.

Today we’re rebroadcasting an episode from 2017, featuring an interview between former Shakeout host Joan Chung and the late, great Silvia Ruegger. 

In 2016 Vancouver's Rachel Cliff was left off the Rio Olympic Team. Since then, she set the Canadian half and full marathon records, and has represented Canada on multiple national teams. 

This week on The Shakeout, Rachel talks about her recent successes and her pursuit of Tokyo 2020. Refusing to let her Rio disappointment define her, she is full of optimism for her athletic future.

Two weeks ago the Canadian Track and Field Championships took place in Montréal, QC. There were several breathtaking moments, not the least of which was the final of the women's 800m. Four-time reigning champion and Canadian record-holder Melissa Bishop-Nriagu and west-coast standout Lindsay Butterworth came in as heavy favourites. But it was Canadian Running Staff Writer Madeleine Kelly who used a late surge to muscle her way to her first ever National victory!

In this episode we talk with Athletics Canada and Toronto Raptors sports nutritionist Jen Sygo. We discuss fuelling, hydrating, and managing gut distress while running in the heat. Jen shares her expert advice about how to make the most of your sweltering summer training so that you can reap the rewards during your fall races.

Yesterday was Canada Day. In honour of the occasion, this week we're rebroadcasting an episode from last year featuring Adam Scotti, the official photographer of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau and Scotti are both avid runners in Ottawa. In this episode the photographer talks about his experience snapping shots and logging miles with the P.M. in the nation’s capital.