188: Australian Olympic Marathon Team Announcement

188: Australian Olympic Marathon Team Announcement

Brad continues his athlete’s and own preparations for Gold Coast Marathon
Julian’s still searching for answers for his achilles tendon and manages the mental strain.
Brady goes through the week’s workouts and logistics of getting to Launceston.

Sifan Hassan set the new Women's 10000m World Record in 29.06 at the FBK Games in Hengelo, Netherlands. Gen Gregson, Rose Davies and Izzi Batt-Doyle all had issues with the lap scoring to be off their best. Catriona Bisset also featured in the 800m running 2:01.85 for 5th place.
World Athletics Results

Ben St Lawrence & his Run Crew dominate the NSW XC Relays in North Ryde Common.
NSW Athletics Report

Jeff Risely returns with an amazing 800m performance, just off the Olympic Qualifying time over in Conegliano, Italy
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPoYE0QnMCh/
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/jeff-riseley-is-back/?fbclid=IwAR0SHUcvGNWnfvMXGMQKGWzpxyJqr_V6bz0pR-YHd3t0hhk6dbgPm-3lDqA 

Peter Bol posts 800m Olympic Qualifier of 1:44.88 at Oceania Invitational Series at Gold Coast
https://twitter.com/pbol800/status/1401363664842551301
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/peter-bol-posts-an-olympic-800m-qualifier/

Amy Cashin of Western Athletics clocks in an Olympic qualifier of 9:28.60 in the steeplechase at the Stumptown Twilight, Portland USA
Stumptown Twilight Results 

European Cup featured Eilish McColgan taking out the event in an Olympic Qualifier, while it was a tough night for Mo Farah coming well short.
Athletics Weekly

Athletics Australia made the long awaited announcement of the Olympic Marathon teams.

Women’s Team:

• Sinead Diver

• Ellie Pashley

• Lisa Weightman

Men’s Team:

• Brett Robinson

• Jack Rayner

• Liam Adams

Athletics Australia Press Release 

Listener Question from Brendan asks about how much of a rest period is needed after a big race before Moose Goes Loose on a commentators’s take on track etiquette at the elite level.

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187: Izzi Batt Doyle & Rose Davies

187: Izzi Batt Doyle & Rose Davies

Brad keeps moving towards his pacing Gold Coast Marathon.
Julian makes progress on his injuries in Noosa while pacing Ellie.
Brady feels the knock-on effects of the recent Victorian restrictions.

Izzi Batt-Doyle & Rose Davies both post 5000m Olympic qualifiers and personal bests at the Nijmegen World Athletics meet in the Netherlands. Izzi who clocked a 15:04.10 with Rose a 15:08.48, became the 6th & 8th fastest Australian 5000m runners respectively and joined the boys to recap the race and preview their upcoming 10000m race in Hengelo.
Athletics Australia Report
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPe23LbI9Pe/  

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Doha Diamond League Stewy McSweyn 3:31.57, just behind World Lead Timothy Cheruiyot. Fellow teammates Matt Ramsden & Ryan Gregson ran 3:40.89 & 3:42.93 respectively. Gen Gregson ran a Season Best in the 3000m Steeplechase of 9:35.27.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/doha-diamond-league-results-recap-cheruiyot-returns/ 
Doha Diamond League Results

Jessical Hull runs 14:57.00 to take out the Portland Track Festival 5000m, just edging Andrea Seccafien of Canada. Ed Trippas of Bankstown posted the fastest Australian 3000m Steeplechase since 2012 with a time of 8:26.25, elevating him to 8th fastest Australian of All time. Pat Tiernan also featured in posting a 1500m Personal Best of 3:38.64
Portland Track Festival Results
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/jessica-hull-wins-the-portland-track-festival/

Charlie Hunter posts 1:47.65 in the 800m at the NCAA Outdoor Regionals.
Results

Launceston Elite Fields announced with stacked fields headlining the Half Marathon and 10K.
Official Press Release

Listener question of the week asks about threshold workouts and adapting elite workouts for the general punter before Brad and Brady prod Moose to get Loose about pedestrians ignoring common courtesy.

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Shoe Geeks - May Feat Jack Rayner

Catch up on the latest from the shoe geeks and hear from very special guest Jack Rayner.

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186: Gateshead Diamond League

186: Gateshead Diamond League

Brad cruises some intervals with Mulligans Flat TC and spends more time at its namesake.
Julian’s achilles is still a pain, so spends the week learning from other sports.
Brady dodges wild animals in Moama and then comes 9th at Lardner Park Cross Country.

Oliver Hoare claimed the scalp of Stewy McSweyn in the 1500m of the Gateshead Diamond League, finishing on the heels of winner Jakob Ingrebrigsten. Matt Ramsden and Ryan Gregson finished 5th and 9th respectively. James Nipperess took on the 3000m Steeplechase, with Nationals rival Ben Buckingham pacing the first 1000m.
Morgan McDonald came 4th in the 5000m running 13:22, while David McNeill tried to back up from his recent effort in Perth.
Diamond League Results
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Ostrava Golden Spike saw Joshua Cheptegei fall short in his 3000m world record attempt, coming in with a WL 7:33.24. Jacob Kiplimo 10,000m 26:33.93 7th fastest ever.
Rorey Hunter ran 3:42.29 in the Men’s 1500m.
World Athletics Article
Watch Athletics Results

Reece Edwards 2:13: and third place S7 Marathon in Austria, backing up from Cheshire, Wales a month ago. Canadian Cam Levins won and qualified for the Olympics running 2:10:

Official S7 Marathon Results
Canadian Running Article

NSW Novice XC Championship taken by Max Mahone & Annabel White. In the all-comers race, it was Kieran Tall & Belinda Martin each taking the win.
Athletics NSW Report

Lardner Park XC taken out by Andrew Buchanan over Cody Shanahan and Thomas Thorpe. Karinna Fyfe takes out her maiden win over Sarah Klein and Stella Radford.
Athletics Victoria Results Hub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aODKhQ1It3w 

Listener Question asks whether there's a better model for how can fans to show their support for elite athletes then Moose on the Loose wonders why all the shoe sceptics have gone silent following Kiplimo’s 10000m performance in Ostrava, and airs some minor grievances up in Noosa.

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185: Aaron Scott

185: Aaron Scott

This episode of Inside Running Podcast is proudly brought to you by New Balance. The global athletic leader is excited to announce the latest update to their FuelCell range, the FuelCell RC Elite v2. Ultra-responsive and designed to propel you forward, the New Balance FuelCell performance foam delivers that lightweight, faster than fast feel you want. Runners looking for a competitive edge on race day should shop the New Balance FuelCell RC Elite v2 dropping in limited quantities on May 20th at select running specialty stores and newbalance.com.au

Julian checks in from the waves of Noosa to update how his rehab is coming along and shares some big news.
Brad leads a big track session with the De Agony of De Feet and grinds out a hilly tempo.
Brady revisits some old workouts and the spikes ahead of Lardner Park next week.

Dave McNeill clocks a personal best of 13:12.82 for 5000m, with a blistering last 800m to run an Olympic Qualifier in Perth. Matthew Ramsden finished second with his attempt 13:20, with pacing from teammate Stewy McSweyn.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/videos/david-mcneill-rockets-home-to-clock-an-olympic-a-5000m-qualifier-in-perth/ 

Aussies in action over in “”The Track Meet” hosted by Sound Running, Jessica Hull opening her track campaign 4:04.16. Morgan McDonald ran a personal best of 27:58.75 in the 10000m while Heidi See also ran a personal best of 15:18.24 in the 5000m.
Sound Running Results
https://www.instagram.com/p/CO8bKD1Hh-J/

Zac Facioni runs 13:30 in ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Wake Forest Article
Results

Great Ocean Road Marathon won by Alleara Wallace & John Csongei
In the Half Marathon it was Liam Adams ahead of Andre Waring who also won the 14km the previous day, with Madeline Heiner the first woman across the Half Marathon
Event Press Release
Full Results

Titus Ekiru runs a World-Lead time of 2:02:57 at Milano Marathon, the 5th fastest runner to do so, equalling Dennis Kimetto’s former World Record mark.
World Athletics Report
https://twitter.com/WorldAthletics/status/1393882750063681536 

Listener Question from Chris Rancie asks about how to integrate cross training into the program and give a preview to some of the action to be happening at the Ostrava Golden Spike and the Diamond League meet at Gateshead.
The boys review the New Balance RC Elite V2 to be released May 20 where they give updates from version 1 and how they’ve used the shoe so far.

This week’s guest, 2:16 marathoner and patron of the show is Aaron Scott joining in from Stamford, England going through his list of personal bests and telling the stories behind them ranging from the track race he’s proudest of, the worst reason to DNF and his hunting ground at Frankfurt Marathon. Aaron and Brady discuss DNFs, racing in spikes and accumulating big mileage for the roads as well as the development program with Athletics England all the while giving his observations on the domestic scene and what it means to wear an England vest compared to a Great Britain one. 

Aaron gives an overview on the landscape of UK distance running, how athletes go about picking their races and how the administrations go about picking their athletes and being a relatable elite athlete and how to improve media coverage before touching on running in his youth, cross country culture in Britain his favourite workouts and what excites him about the future.

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184: Jye Edwards

184: Jye Edwards

This episode of Inside Running Podcast is proudly brought to you by New Balance. The global athletic leader is excited to announce the latest update to their FuelCell range, the FuelCell RC Elite v2. Ultra-responsive and
designed to propel you forward, the New Balance FuelCell performance foam delivers that lightweight, faster than fast feel you want. Runners looking for a competitive edge on race day should shop the New Balance
FuelCell RC Elite v2 dropping in limited quantities on May 20th at select running specialty stores and newbalance.com.au.

Julian’s still battling on the injury front, trying new things to see whether things improve.
Brad announces his return to pacing duties for the Gold Coast Marathon.
Brady tries to capture the Moama Lights and lets the bats fly.

Ollie Hoare scored the win, personal best and a 1500m Olympic Qualifier with a 3:33.19 at the USATF Golden Games at Mt. Sac in an exciting race over Canadian Justyn Knight.
USATF Golden Games Results
https://www.instagram.com/p/COraBPbHvHn/ 

Charlie Hunter runs 3:38.17 at Oregon Twilight Meet 1500m.
LetsRun.com Race Report

Follow up to last week’s report of Karoline Grøvdal’s Road 5km WR, which will not be ratified after it was found the course was measured short.
Nrk.no Article (Norweigian) 

Listener Question from Will asks what constitutes as “low mileage” for different runners and
Moose’s purchase of the week hopes to heal what ails him.

Jye Edwards, the 2021 1500m National Championship winner and Tokyo Olympic Qualifier with a personal best of 3:33.99 which ranks him the 9th fastest Australian of all time sits down with Brad to open with his recap of that fateful day. From the morning of the race and going over strategy with Dick Telford, Jye expected a fast race and unpacks his thoughts midrace to crossing the finish line and then the chaotic post-race series of events including drug testing, interviews and Tokyo Olympic ticket ceremony. After touching on his celebration and admiration for the middle distance fraternity, Jye shares his plans moving ahead for him and Team Telford then reviews the season thus far including his Albie Thomas Mile performance and other qualifying races.

Jye and Brad then go back to his start in running, growing up as a sporty kid, watching the work ethic of his idols and dealing with growing pains as well as constant injuries throughout. This chat rounds out with meeting Dick Telford and the general training and mileage structure under him, the emphasis of skill and technique over mileage and current work and study aspirations.

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183: Brad Kahlefeldt

183: Brad Kahlefeldt

This week's episode is sponsored by Mizuno, tune in for our review on the all new Mizuno Wave Rider 25 available at www.mizuno.com.au 

Julian battles achilles soreness throughout the week after getting over last week’s knee problems.
Brad stays home and hosts a quick long run down at Mulligans Flat.
Brady hits peak froth levels as the Bendigo Bats are unleashed at Jells Park. 

XCR’21 hosted by Athletics Victoria returned with the Jells Park Cross Country Relays, with St Stephens Harriers taking Premier Division Men lead with Stewy McSweyn and Ben Buckingham. Bendigo Region’s Andrew Buchanan ran the fastest leg of the day, clocking in 17:30. Premier Women taken out by Glenhuntly ahead of South Melbourne and Box Hill with Cali Thackery representing Box Hill running the fastest leg in 21:04.
Athletics Victoria Results Hub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lthE3ceCmpk 

Norweigian steepler Karoline Grøvdal sets 5km Road WR of 14:39 at Maarud Gaard, breaking Beth Potter’s previous unofficial mark though seems as unlikely to be ratified.
Athletics Weekly Report
https://www.instagram.com/p/COV3DATAo9I/ 

Gen Gregson took out the 3000m National Championship in 8:51.24 after Izzi Batt-Doyle took a dramatic fall in the final lap and finished 5th. Jack Bruce won the event while Jude Thomas broke the Under 20 3000m National Record ahead of previous record holder Ryan Gregson.
Results
https://www.instagram.com/p/CORmqdhrh76/ 

Lauren Reid takes out Sydney10 in a course record 32:23 ahead of Leanne Pompeani and Marnie Ponton, on a dour foggy morning full of new personal bests. Kieren Tall won the men’s race in 28:54 also setting a course record, ahead of Tom Do Canto, Matthew Hudson and Ben St. Lawrence.
Results

Ethiopia Athletics hosts a 35km trial out in Sebeta, 2600m above sea level and on interesting conditions to select the Olympic Marathon team with some notable selections and omissions.
World Athletics
https://www.instagram.com/p/COXgDWZImBf/ 

Tom ‘Tinman’ Schwartz parts ways with Drew Hunter and Tinman Elite group.
Let’s Run Article

The boys review the newly released Mizuno Wave Rider 25, putting it through its paces and going through what they like about the shoe.
Moose’s shares his purchase of the week, then the group tries to clarify the prize money arrangements around Run The Tan and Athletics Victoria changing race distances for Over 50 runners.
The show closes with a preview of the patreon-exclusive Road To Nowhere which this week featured guest, former professional triathlete-turned runner Brad Kahlefeldt. 

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182: Roeger & Clifford’s Marathon World Records

182: Roeger & Clifford’s Marathon World Records

Julian starts the marathon block while trying to sort out his knee issues.
Brad struggles with illness halfway through the week, setting him to make a call on running Sydney10.
Brady puts down a Moose fartlek before also coming down with illness.

Linden Hall set a new record at Run The Tan of 11:35, even despite tripping over at the start. Georgia Hansen, Gen Gregson and Ellie Pashley all followed under Gen’s previous record of 11:54 . Stewy McSweyn posted a time of 10:09, once again narrowly missing Craig Mottram’s record by a second. Ryan Gregson was second fastest with Dave McNeill third. Jarryd Clifford took out the para category with a time of 11:09, as did fellow ‘blinky’ Nellie Mitchell 14:53.
https://www.instagram.com/p/COFe-qDBqLf/
Full Results

Michael Roeger broke his marathon world record posting a 2:18:52 at Sydney Tokyo Qualifying Marathon held at Penrith Lakes, while Jarryd Clifford in his marathon debut, extended his pacing duties 2:19:08, the day after his hitout at Run the Tan to also set a world record within his para-classification.
Ruth Croft of New Zealand, the sole female starter withdrew after 30km. First finisher was Caden Shields from New Zealand in 2:16, followed by Dave Ridley in a PB 2:17 with Nick Earl coming third.
https://www.instagram.com/p/COFWnSogUaE/  https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/tokyo-bound-roeger-and-clifford-break-marathon-world-records/ 

Oli Hoare runs a 1500m Olympic Qualifier of 3:33.54 at USATF Grand Prix, putting selectors on notice.
https://www.instagram.com/p/COEjnLAnFYb/
Results via World Athletics
Oregon Live Report

Morgan McDonald takes out Men’s Open 5000m at the Drake Relays.
Results

Listener Question from Dave asks about how to go about determining threshold pace, and then Moose on the Loose goes off on runners claiming 5K times off GPS exploits instead of the right number of laps the track.

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Shoe Geeks - April 2021

Catch up on the latest from the Shoe Geeks in their April Episode. Join Julian Spence (TRC Ballarat), Michael Nitschke (SPARC) & Thomas Do Canto (Walker Street Podiatry) as they talk through their current shoe rotation, industry developments and interview podiatrist & Australian Rep Matthew Clarke.

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181: 2021 Track & Field National Championships Wrap-Up

181: 2021 Track & Field National Championships Wrap-Up

Brad fits in workouts around time around the family and watching the Nationals.
Brady tees off preparation for the Jells Park cross country relays and locks some races in.
Julian starts to lay the foundation for the upcoming marathon training block.

Desi Linden sets new 50K World Best 2:59:54 in Oregon, USA
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNn4ftZjgxW/ 

 Eliud Kipchoge wins the NN Mission Marathon in 2:04:30 held on a closed course on the Enschede Airport Twente in the Netherlands. German Katharina Steinrück was first woman across in 2:25:59.
Results
Athletics Weekly
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNz7mK_MG6h/

Peter Bol & Catriona Bisset dominated the 800m National Titles, while Jye Edwards won the men’s 1500m upstaging the favourite Stewy McSweyn and booking his spot on the Olympic team in the process, with Team Telford teammate Rorey Hunter taking third.

Linden Hall secured her spot for Tokyo in the women’s 1500m, winning the National Title in 4:07 over Abby Caldwell and Gen Gregson.

James Nipperess left it all on the track taking the Men’s Steeplechase, edging Ben Buckingham all within the final stretch. Gen Gregson secured her spot on the team winning the women’s steeplechase, just ahead of Cara Feain-Ryan.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/9-athletes-book-their-ticket-to-the-tokyo-olympics-on-day-seven-of-the-australian-track-and-field-championships/
Results via Athletics Australia ResultsHub
https://www.instagram.com/p/CN0KDZ-newu/ 

Jessica Stenson withdraws from Sydney Marathon Event citing bone stress injury, ending Tokyo Olympic campaign. At time of publication there is still yet to be any formal start list released.
Adelaide Advertiser (paywall)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNr3SteBIAn/ 

Listener Question from @heapsgoodrunners asks whether low mileage high quality training can be effective for running a good marathon, then Moose on the Loose treads the subject on quality required for the National Championships.

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