237: Richard Welsh | Doha Diamond League, GOR Running Festival, Comm Games announcement & more

237: Richard Welsh | Doha Diamond League, GOR Running Festival, Comm Games announcement & more

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Brad lays down 10x1k and builds up the long runs.
Julian starts to string along some continuity then pops down to Great Ocean Road.
Brady braces for a month of racing while plotting out the course for a Moama Fun Run.

Plenty of Aussies at Doha Diamond League, with Peter Bol taking 2nd in a tactical 800m with a time of 1:49.35.
Jessica Hull came 3rd in the 3000m in 8:40.97 representing the Union Athletic Club kit.
Matt Ramsden ran 3:38.83 for 6th place in the 1500m while Stewy McSweyn clocked in at 3:48.67. Ben Buckingham continued on from his performance in Japan with a 9:06.21 in the 3000m steeplechase.
Doha Diamond League Results
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/bol-second-in-doha-hull-third-recap/ 

Dion Finocchiaro wins his maiden Great Ocean Road Marathon, while Kirstin Bull takes her fourth victory in the marathon, six years after her previous victory.
Andre Waring won both the Half & 14km, while Rachel McGuinness won the Half Marathon.
Great Ocean Road Running Festival Post-Event Press
Full Results Page

Sydney Morning Herald Half won by Calli Thackery in 1:13:31 well clear of Leanne Pompeani and Abigail Nordberg, the morning after also winning the Great Ocean Road 14k Paradise Run in Apollo Bay, Victoria. Liam Adams added another victory taking out the race outright in 1:04:49 ahead of Tim Vincent and Liam Boudin.
SMH Half Marathon Results

Izzy Batt Doyle clocked a 31:40.1 at the Night of the 10K PBs at Highgate Hill, still seconds short of the qualifier. Georgia Griffith takes out the Millicent Fawcett Mile in 4:27.81, while Sarah Billings finished in 4:37.63
Night of the 10K PBs Results

Ed Goddard places 10th at Copenhagen Marathon, in a time of 2:14:59 weeks after Manchester Marathon
Copenhagen Marathon Results

Athletics Australia announce first round of selections for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games:

• Catriona Bisset - 800

• Jessica Hull - 5000m

• Sinead Diver - Marathon
  
  

• Peter Bol - 800m

• Oli Hoare - 1500m

• Liam Adams - Marathon

• Jack Rayner - Marathon

Athletic Australia Announcement

Lululemon once again presents another edition of Training Talk and this time it's Brady’s turn to talk us through the disadvantages of exploiting your GPS to gain false confidence

Richard Welsh returns to the show to talk about his roles as General Manager of World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst in 2023 and Run Director of the upcoming McGrath Launceston Running Festival on Sunday 12th June 2022 to preview the elite fields in the 10K and Half Marathon.

The boys then wrap up with their plans for the weekend and Brady drops some massive plans for December. Tickets are now on sale for the IRP Gold Coast Marathon Live Show presented by Pillar Performance to be held at the Southport RSL on Sunday 3rd July after the event.