Inside Running Podcast
A weekly podcast by 3 fast runners, for all runners. Brady Threlfall (2.19 marathon), Julian Spence (2.14 marathon) and Bradley Croker (2.17 Marathon) talk distance running news, training, review running gear, check in with guests and cover races in a relaxed format. http://bit.do/IRPDONATE
Episodes

Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
251: Lake Wendouree | Australian XC Championships Preview
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Brad weighs up the viability of heading to Fukuoka this year.Julian shares how his mother has progressed through treatment since last week.Brady recaps his race over 15k at Lake Wendouree, Ballarat.
Lake Wendouree 15k was won by Andre Waring for Box Hill and Rachel McGuinness for South Melbourne. For the teams, it was another victory apiece for Bendigo Region in the Men’s Premier Division and Glenhuntly in the Women’s Premier Division.Aths Vic ResultsHubhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQXZgH974aw
Adelaide Marathon was won by David Fawkes in 2:32:10 and Hannah Oldroyd in 2:50:38.Full Results
The boys preview the upcoming Australian Cross Country Championships to be held on Saturday 27th August on Oakbank Racecourse, Adelaide and make their predictions of who will be victorious.
2022 Australian National Cross Country Championships Field Lists
Listener Question whether screen time and social media are having an impact on marathon times in the western world, favouring shorter track racingMoose on the Loose blokes not pulling their weight in the pack then Brady and Crokes goes loose with dogs on the loose.
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Saturday Aug 20, 2022
Saturday Aug 20, 2022
Due to popular demand - Come for a trip down memory lane back to Dec 2017 (Ep 5 & 6, lol) where Brad sits down with Australian running legend, Shaun Creighton - here's his two-part interview in the one episode.
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Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
250: Leanne Pompeani | Cit2Surf | Monaco Diamond League | Australian Half Mara Champs
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Julian shares an honest update about what’s been happening in his life.
Brad hits his first workout since the Gold Coast Marathon. Brady has Archie back in tow for workouts.
In its return to the streets of Sydney, the 2022 City2Surf was won by Liam Adams in 41:14 two weeks after his fourth place run at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Marathon and Leanne Pompeani in 45:49 in her maiden run, setting the third fastest time.
Leanne joins in to recap her performance, how she trained in the lead up to it and her typical training routine, talks about her season racing against tough competition and what she needs to do to make that next step progress plans for the future and her strengths as a runnerCity2Surf Resultshttps://www.instagram.com/p/ChRc81KPvEt/
The Monaco Diamond League saw many fast times being run, with Amy Cashin posting 9:24.19 in the Women’s Steeplechase.Continuing on from their campaigns at World Champs and Comm Games, Georgia Griffith ran 4:00.9 and Jess Hull posted 4:01.7 in the Women’s 1500m.
Stewy McSweyn ran 7:43.31 in the Men’s 3000m in his first race since the World Championships.Abbey Caldwell ran a personal best of 1:59.31 in the 800m, now the 5th fastest all time while Linden Hall ran a season best of 2:00.45Monaco Diamond League Resultshttps://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/abbey-caldwell-clocks-sub-2-in-monaco/
Brett Robinson and Lisa Weightman each take Australian Half Marathon Championship titles at the Sunshine Coast Half Marathon. Paige Campbell in her debut and Sarah Klein after her marathon at the Eugene World Championships, took the minor podium places as did Sam MacEntee and Liam Boudin. Victoria took the team Half Marathon title.In the marathon the winners were Robert Collins in 2:26 and Tamara Carvolth in 2:45:21.
Sunshine Coast Marathon Results.
Elite Fields were announced for the New York City Marathon with Eloise Wellings & Jessica Stenson, while Pat Tiernan will make his marathon debut in Chicago. More announcements from major marathons to come as they will be later confirmedNYRR Announce Elite Women’s Marathon FieldChicago Marathon Elite Field
Listener Question from Sarah asks about the mindset behind a training program, going into the details for how training is structured to ultimately achieve its intended objectives.Moose talks up his new laptop and then goes Loose around the concept of “Junk Miles”. The boys talk about the impressive feats at the Dead Cow Gully Backyard Ultra and the upcoming documentary featuring Bendere Oboya: Run Girl on SBS On Demand.
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Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
249: Birmingham Commonwealth Games Track Program
Brad recovers after another bout of sickness.Kristian Ulriksen guest hosts alongside the boys and recaps his training week in the campaign towards the Berlin MarathonBrady starts to feel the toll of the cross country Lakeside 10
Oli Hoare is the 1500m Commonwealth Games Champion, taking down a world class field to set a personal best and Commonwealth Games Record of 3:30.12 and moves to second on the all-time list for Australia.Matt Ramsden ran 3:48.98 in the second heat, while Stewy McSweyn withdrew prior to the games citing flu.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/oliver-hoare-wins-commonwealth-games-gold-in-new-record-time/
Ben Buckingham 8:34.17 for 6th place in the 3000m Steeplechase final with Ed Trippas in 8:37.42 for 8th.
Jack Rayner ran 13:24.90 for 7th in the 5000m final while Matt Ramsden ran in 13:30.08 for 10th.
Amy Cashin ran 5th in the 3000m Steeplechase final with 9:35.63, while Brielle Erbacher placed 8th in 10.59.64.
Izzy Batt-Doyle came 8th in the Women’s 5000m Final for 15:13.53, while Rose Davies placed 17th in 15:41.23 with Nat Rule in 15:51.31 for 18th.
Ky Robinson placed 6th in the 10000m, with a time of 27:44.33 that moves him to 10th on the all time list.
Izzy Batt-Doyle ran 32:04.52 for 8th in the 10000m, in a race that saw a dramatic finish with Eilish McColgan of Scotland just edging Kenya’s Irene Chepet Cheptai.
Peter Bol won the silver medal in the Men’s 800m, in a tactical time 1:47.66, just behind Kenya’s Wyclife Kinyamal. Charlie Hunter ran 1:49.94 in the heats.https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg-RKC2rtrP/
Catriona Bisset placed 5th in a time of 1:59.41 in the Women’s 800m final. Georgia Griffith set a seasonal best of 2:00.36 in the heat but was unable to advance.
Abby Caldwell took the bronze medal in the 1500m 4:04.79 Hall 4th 4:05.029 Hull 8th 4:07.31https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg-B53wrAPB/
Birmingham Commonwealth Games Athletics Results
Jye Edwards and Rory Hunter placed 6th and 7th respectively at the Sir Walter Miler.Sir Walter Miler Results
Lakeside:10 saw Sam McEntee win in a time of 29:12 for St. Kevin’s AAC over Andre Waring and Seth O’Donnell, Georgia Hansen for Box Hill was first across the line in 33:41 ahead of Rachel McGuinness for South Melbourne and Michelle Pearson of St Stephens Harriers. In the teams competition St Stephens Harriers took out the Men’s Premier Division, ahead of Box Hill, Bendigo. Glenhuntly took out the Women’s Premier Division ahead of South Melbourne and Melbourne University.
Aths Vic ResultsHubhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKNH0_ODQeo
NSW Athletics hosted the Short Course XC at Mount Panorama as a preview to the World Cross Country Championships. Holly Campbell won the Women’s Open 6km over Aynslee Van Graan and Ella Higgins.
Ethan Wyatt-Smith won the Men’s Open 6km, ahead of Drew Fry and Cameron Myers
NSW Athletics Results
Listener Question asks the boys what races they’d still like to do and relive then throughout we have Crokes on the Loose on the disappointing fields that turn up to the Commonwealth Games as well as City2Surf losing its shine over the years.
There is a special promo for Victorian-based listeners training for Melbourne Marathon festival, who can have a hitout at the Bellarine Rail Trail Run with the discount code “IRP22”. Entries close 5pm Saturday August 13th.
Kristian Ulriksen’s podcast I Det Lange Løp (In the Long Run)
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Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
248: Birmingham Commonwealth Games Marathon
Brad struggles with a sore throat.Julian finds a brief appreciation for parenting and spends time with the new puppy.Brady learns the hard way why you should always change the batteries in a GoPro.
Jessica Stenson won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games Marathon running 2:27:31 on the streets of Birmingham adding to her two bronze medals from the previous games at Glasgow and Gold Coast. Teammates Eloise Wellings and Sinead Diver who ran with Jess in the main pack for a significant portion of the race finished fourth and fifth respectively. Margaret Muruiki of Kenya and defending champion Helalia Johannes of Namibia rounded out the podium.Official Women’s Marathon Results
Liam Adams took the race on in the men’s marathon, leading for over the first half of the race before Victor Kiplangat of Uganda and the then-chasing pack broke the race open, Kiplangat winning in 2:10:55. Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania won silver and Githae of Kenya took the bronze, with Liam only 7 seconds behind Githae in fourth. Andy Buchanan moved through the field to finish 7th overall in his debut global championship.
Official Men’s Marathon Results
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The boys then discuss the significance of Commonwealth Games compared to the World Athletics Championships and the potential impact on the next generation and general public.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/australias-jessica-stenson-wins-commonwealth-games-marathon-gold/
In the South Australia XC Champs, it was Matt Clarke over Adrian Potter and Max Stevens over 10k at Victoria Park, while Caitlin Adams took the state title ahead of Lucy Mauviel and Brooke Heins.Results
Queensland State XC Champs won by Aidan Hobbs and Lauren Kerwick.Results
Sydney Marathon to undergo candidacy process for World Major Marathon status.Official Press Release
This week the boys go through a series of quick-fire listener questions, ranging from the comm games marathon, the recent world championships and the very early Paris Olympic marathon team selection.Moose on the Loose winds things up with the small fields on display and some of the bureaucratic mishaps with the marathon lineups.
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Saturday Jul 30, 2022
Saturday Jul 30, 2022
This week’s episode of Shoe Geeks is proudly sponsored by ASICS.
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Catch up in the latest shoe news with Nitta, Moose and TDC as they discuss their last month of running shoes.
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Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
247: World Athletics Champs Week 2 | Victorian State XC Champs
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Julian recaps his week leading to the Victorian XC Champs at Bundoora.Brad continues to rebuild post-marathon and starts to pivot in a new direction.Brady puts the finishes touches on the Johnno’s Run 10k in Echuca Moama before hitting 9th at Bundoora.
Continuing at the World Athletic Championships where Jessica Hull placed 7th in 4:01.82 and Georgia Griffith 9th in 4:03.26. Olympic Champion Faith Kipyegon regained her 1500m world title ahead of Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia and Laura Muir of Great Britain. https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/faith-kipyegon-regains-world-1500m-title-in-fast-final/?fbclid=IwAR2BY2ymwMO_d51EWd8Nzjr7umPI7-QfUZAnCevN-qWjTU5UOpOZTuxAxHc
Stewart McSweyn ran a seasonal best of 3:33.24, as Jake Wightman of Great Britain upset the favourite and Olympic Champion Jakob Ingebrigsten.
In the Women’s 5000m, Nat Rule was unable to finish her heat, while Rose Davies finished 15th overall with a time of 15:45.95, Jess Hull withdrew testing positive for covid following the 1500m final. The Final was won by Gudaf Tsegay, adding gold after her silver in the 1500m.The Men’s 5000m saw Ky Robinson post 13:27.03 in his heat, just shy of his personal best while Matt Ramsden ran 13:52.90 in his. Jack Rayner withdrew to prioritise Commonwealth Games. Jakob Ingebrigsten won the final in redemption for the 1500m, just ahead of Jacob Krop of Kenya and Oscar Chelimo of Uganda.
Peter Bol progressed through to the Men’s 800m final to place 7th overall. Joseph Deng withdrew from the heats citing achilles problems.
Catriona Bissett finished with 2:05.20 in the Women’s 800m semi final after a bruising encounter in the heats, with debuts made by Tess Kirsop-Cole and Claudia Hollingsworth.Sarah Klein moved through the field to place 14th in the Women’s Marathon in a personal best time of 2:30:10
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/bol-bows-out-buschkuehl-leaps-into-final/ World Athletics Results
Sydney Harbour 10k won by Brett Robinson in 28:42 ahead of Matt Clarke and Ed Goddard. The women’s race was won by Chloe Tighe 32:24 ahead of Leanne Pompeani and Aynslee Van Graan.Sydney Harbour 10k Resultshttps://www.instagram.com/p/CgYJgTtPQaO/
Melissa Duncan for Box Hill and Seth O’Donnell of Mentone take out the Victorian State XC Titles at Bundoora Park. In the teams it was another victory each for Glenhuntly and Premier Division Women and Bendigo Region in Premier Division Men.Aths Vic ResultsHubhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjn4Gl-qE1g
Listener Question of the week asks what elite runners do between hard efforts and races that amateurs miss out on, and what can be done as athletes get older.
The boys then review the ASICS Metaspeed+ Series, reviewing differences between the Metaspeed Sky+ and the Metaspeed Edge+, going through how they find the ride of each and where they find it in their rotation.
Moose on the Loose talks about the mounting costs and fees involved with state representation after you’ve qualified for the privilege.
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Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
246: World Champs Week 1
Sean Quilty, Olympian and international representative at multiple world championships and Commonwealth Games with personal bests of 1:02:16 in the half marathon and 2:13:32 in the marathon passed away on Saturday 16th July 2022 after a long battle with cancer. Sean is also remembered as a lifetime athlete, and prominent figure of the Victorian Athletic League.Athletics Australia Obituary
Brad’s still recovering from the Gold Coast Marathon.Julian gets hyped for this week’s race at Bundoora Park.Brady loosens his shoulders before getting lost on his long run.
World Athletics Championships in Eugene saw a lot of strong performances from plenty of Aussies, starting with the Women’s 1500m where at the time of recording Georgia Griffith & Jessica Hull advanced to final while Linden Hall faced a fast semifinal to finish 4:04.65Amy Cashin posted a 6 second PB of 9:21.46 to move to 4th on the All-Time list of Women’s 3000m Steeplechase, narrowly missing advancing to the final. Cara Feain-Ryan ran 9:43.41 and Brielle Erbacher ran 9:40.55 in their respective heats.https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/theres-no-place-like-home-hull-ready-for-world-final-on-home-track/
In the Men's 1500m Heats Matt Ramsden ran 3:39.83, while Oli Hoare made it to the semi final in 3:38.36. Stewart McSweyn marked a near complete return to form as he progressed to the final, running 3:35.07 in the semi final.
In the 3000m Steeplechase Heats, Ed Trippas ran 8:23.83 while Ben Buckingham posted 8:29:15.Jack Rayner placed 19th with 28:24.12 in the 10000m as Joshua Cheptegei defended his title from Doha. Jack will go again in 5000m later in the week.https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/joshua-cheptegei-claims-back-to-back-world-10000m-titles-in-eugene/
Other races discussed were Women’s 10000m won by Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia and the Men’s Marathon won by Tamirat Tola also of Ethiopia in a Championship Record.World Athletics Results
Charlie Hunter sets 1500m PB 3:34.32 at Sound Running Sunset Tour in Los Angeles, USAResults
Kenyan Marathoner Lawrence Cherono and 800m runner Nijel Amos of Botswana provisionally suspended after positive doping results ahead of World Championships.Lawrence Cherono (Runner’s World)Nijel Amos (The Guardian)Aths NSW 4x4km Road Relays won by Randwick Botany in the Women’s Division with the fastest time of the day run by Holly Campbell in 12:55, while UTS Norths took out the Men’s Division lead by Ed Goddard’s quickest leg of the day in 11:19.
Athletics NSW Report
Listener Question of the week asks how hard it should feel to do hard sessions and how to go about gauging effort, then Moose gives an update on his puppy arriving and the fine line of disqualification for fractional false starts.
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Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
245: Athletics World Championships Team Announcement
This week’s episode of the Inside Running Podcast is sponsored by Mizuno, tune in later for our take on the all new Mizuno Wave Horizon 6 – built for the long run. Be sure to check out all of the latest updates from Mizuno at mizuno.com.au or you can find them in selected stores.
Brad slides into some trouble then paces a parkrun post Gold Coast Marathon.Julian tries to sneak into Geelong’s Premier Division before settling with Div 5.Brady takes an easy week after Gold Coast before taking the Bats to Sandown Road Relays.
Athletics Australia announces it’s team for the 2022 Eugene World Athletic Championships:Women’s Team
800m - Catriona Bisset, Tess Kirsop-Cole, Claudia Hollingsworth
1500m - Linden Hall, Jessica Hull, Georgia Griffith
3000m Steeplechase - Amy Cashin, Brielle Erbacher, Cara Feian-Ryan
5000 - Rose Davies, Nat Rule, Jessica Hull
Marathon - Sarah Klein
Men’s Team800m - Peter Bol, Joseph Deng
1500m - Oliver Hoare, Stewy McSweyn, Matt Ramsden
3000m Steeplechase - Ben Buckingham, Ed Trippas
5000 - Ky Robinson, Matt Ramsden, Jack Rayner
10000 - Jack Rayner
The boys dissect the controversy surrounding the selection policy regarding automatic selection and Abby Caldwell’s omission from the team despite winning the National title earlier in the year and subsequently running the qualifying time.Athletics Australia Team AnnouncementAA Clarification Regarding Selection Statement
Eliud Kipchoge will return to the Berlin Marathon, last racing there in 2018 where he set the World Record.https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/eliud-kipchoge-returns-to-berlin/
Box Hill Men’s Premier Division took the win over Bendigo Region and St Stephens Harriers at the XCR Sandown Road Relays. Glenhuntly Women Premier Division took another victory over South Melbourne with Athletics EssendonAths Vic ResultsHub
Jessica Hull sets a new Australian Mile Record, running 4:19.89 in Portland, USA with Hull now holding seven national records both outdoors (1500, mile, 3000m & 5000m) and indoors (1500m, mile & 3000m).Sporting News https://www.instagram.com/p/CfkUUw7P-cF/
The boys then give their review of the recently released Mizuno Wave Horizon 6, going over the details of the specs, how it rides underfoot and compares to other models and where it fits into their rotation.
This week’s Listener Question asks why shoe ads have to be so unrealistic and then Moose’s purchase of the week looks into a new hobby soon to be taking up more of his free time.
The RunNSW Half Marathon presents a measured and certified course set for 4th September, along with official charity partner Love Mercy. There’s some big names poised to line up and listeners can get discounted entry via the checkout code: IRPSYDNEYHALFhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CfvnuCaMNoN/
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Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Join Moose, Tommy and Nitta to talk all the latest news in the running shoe world as of June 2022.
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