In this episode, we caught up with Jean-Claude DiManno at AS Health Movement - JC specialises in exercise physiology and remedial massage, and has worked with many high performing sports organisations such as the British Cycling Team, ATP Tennis, A-Leauge, Basketball Australia and NSWIS. We are honoured to have JC support us in our lead up to the Gold Coast Marathon.

In this episode we went through a training update, discussed the seed times for the 2024 Chiefs 5k Challenge, and previewed the upcoming Sydney10.

Todays episode was sponsored by AS Health Movement who specialise in Exercise Physiology & remedial massage. We are lucky to have JC support us in our lead up to the Gold Coast marathon, and we look forward to having him on the podcast next week.

In this episode, we caught up with Matt Gore to recap the Sydney Hoka Half Marathon, where Matt ran 69:57, taking 2 minutes off his PB, and coming in 5th place. Luke also ran 72:06, taking 40 seconds off his PB, and coming 10th place. We also spoke about some of the training that led up to these performances.

In this episode, we caught up with DELTA runner Anthony Wood. We discussed his running journey so far, including the training that led up to his 2:45 marathon PB in December 2022. Ant also shared his inspiring road to recovery from a near death snowboarding accident, which occurred in the build up to the Chicago Marathon in July 2023.

In this episode we recapped the recent 2024 Buffalo Stampede with race director Joe Dorph. We gained insight into each event, ranging from the 10k sprint, up to the 100k, while also covering the grand slam and relay races.

Matt is a very talented member of DELTA Running Project with personal bests of 14:53 in the 5k, 31:35 in the 10k, 1:09 in the half marathon and 2:28:00 in the marathon. In this episode, we spoke about his recent first place finish at the Canberra marathon where he ran 2:32:13. We also spoke about Matts experience balancing family life (raising 6 kids), a busy work schedule and running.

In this episode, we recapped Doms recent trip to Tasmania, where he raced the Kunanyi Mountain Run, competing in multiple events over 3 days, including the Vertical Kilometre, 9km, and 25km races. We also discussed the last 2 weeks of training, including a fun day out at Rhodes Parkrun, where many DELTA squad mates took home 5k personal bests.

In this episode we previewed our plans for the next 16 weeks leading into Gold Coast Marathon. Within this, we covered off topics such as: what we are doing differently (Given Dom has UTA mid block), some of the potential challenges, the gear choices — shoes, diet, race nutrition — and the overall goal for the marathon.

In this episode we recapped Tarawera Ultra-Trail UTMB 50k with Delta Running Projects Georgia Barr and Michaela Franz. We also explored both of their approaches to training for the race. Side note: we recommend listening to the inspiring outro, kindly presented to you by Aaron Skinner.

Matt Taylor has made rapid improvements with his fitness over the last 12 months, taking his 5k time from 15:57 at last years state 5K, down to a whopping 15:03 in the recent state 5K a few weeks ago. We spoke about the training that went into these results, along with his previous marathon in the Gold Coast in 2023. We also gained a preview into his next marathon, where he plans to race in Boston.