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

Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Catch up on the latest from Nitta, Moose and Tom DC talking all things running shoes.
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Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
213: Steph Gaskell & Alan McCubbin
Brady faces the adverse conditions that could be a likely race scenario on his workout.Brad heals up and gets through a comfortable week away from Mulligan’s.Julian struggles alongside Watto in Anglesea and roasts Josh Lunn’s Instagram.
Izzy Batt-Doyle & Matt Clarke claim victories at SA State 5000m Championships, Matt running 13:40 ahead of Team Tempo teammates Isaac Heyne and Max Stevens. Izzy 15:41 ahead of Caitlin Adams and Jessica Stenson.Resultshttps://www.instagram.com/p/CW1srREB_7o/
Vic Milers Club had Abby Caldwell take out victories in both the 800m & 3000m in an impressive double running 2:07.38 & 9:39.37 in each respective event Adam Pyke 1:52.57 won the men’s 800m while Andre Waring won the men’s 3000m 8:04.17Athletics Victoria Results Hub
Tom Do Canto took out the NSW 10000m Championships in the lead up to the Melbourne Marathon, winning clear with a time of 29:09.71. Aynslee Van Graan won the Women’s title in 34:29.11.Race Report via Athletics NSWResults
Listener Question from Jo asks about reaching max heart rate in training then Crokes gets loose on Shelby Houlihan’s appeal before Moose gets into more baby gadgets.
The latest drop of IRP singlets have arrived in time for Melbourne Marathon which you can pickup via the IRP Shopify Store with express delivery options available.
Stay tuned to the Melbourne Marathon social media accounts where the boys will be hosting a pre-event livestream on 5pm Sunday 5th December to preview the, plus tease details for the upcoming new bonus show.
Steph Gaskell and Alan McCubbin return to the podcast to chat with Julian about their own podcast The Long Munch about the range of interesting topics they’ve covered over the past year.
With the Melbourne Marathon now two weeks out, Steph & Alan answer listener questions with nutrition, eating habits and timing the carb-load before the race, then managing hydration and carb intake during the run while factoring in ability and intensity, as well as post-race nutrition then wrapping up with their advice for Melbourne Marathon.
You can listen to more of Steph & Alan on The Long Munch, available on most major platforms, where they’ve recently chatted with Andy Jones who was involved with handling the nutrition for the Breaking2 event in 2017. https://thelongmunch.podbean.com/e/ep25/
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Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
212: Michael Roeger | NCAA D1 Cross Country Championships
This episode is brought to you by Brooks. You can feel confident wearing Brooks knowing they’re running specialists with over 100 years’ experience in the footwear game. They test runner insights & biomechanics with runners of every size, strength, and experience to develop premium running products so you can run further, faster & happier.
Julian comes up with a photo challenge for the listener's easy run.Brad holds back from pushing his body too far.Brady lays down fast 400s in Shepparton and alternating mile efforts on the long run.
Michael Roeger checks in for a catch-up chat, how he came off the marathon event in Penrith into the lead up to Tokyo Paralympic where he picked up an injury, then finding the motivation to persevere with starting the race and how it unfolded. Michael talks about recovering from the event, spending time in hotel quarantine as well as planning for the future after learning that his para-athlete classification of T46 will not be staging a marathon at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, where his passion lies and the news that he will be lining up for the 2022 Boston Marathon.
NCAA Australian Results, long time listener, Chris Hill helped us with coverage here
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Men's finishers: 250
Women's Finishers: 250
The men's 10km race played out as per the script with major favourite Connor Mantz from BYU taking the win for the second year in a row ahead of Wesley Kiptoo of Iowa State and Athanas Kioko of Campbell. This race went out HARD with the first KM in 2:39. Blow-ups everywhere
Connor Mantz - 28:33
Wesley Kiptoo - 28:38
Athanas Kioko - 28:40
We had three Australian males in the top20.
- Haftu Strintzos - 28:57 (9th) Villanova (out of nowhere)
- Ky Robinson of Stanford (Queenslander) finishing an amazing 14th in 29:15 in only his second year in the states.
- Zach Facioni - 29:19 (19th) Wake Forest
- Ed Trippas - 29:51 (67th) Princeton
- Ed Goddard - 30:10 (104th) Iona - Competing in Melbourne
- Adam Fogg - 30:30 (139th) Drake
- Jackson Sharp 30:42 (165th) Wisconsin
- Josh Pillips - 30:46 (167th) Villanova
In the women's 6km race, Whittni Orton from BYU broke at 5km and surged through to take the win ahead of Alabama's Chelangat and Ceili McCabe of West Virginia
Whittni Orton - 19:25 (BYU)
Mercy Chelangat - 19:29 (Alabama)
Ceili McCabe - 19:29 (West Virginia)
Aussie Female results:
Lauren Ryan - 19:50 (26th) Florida State
Ruby Smee - 19:53 (34th) San Francisco
Clio Ozanne-Jaques -20:21 (78th) Ole Miss
Cara Woolnough-20:25 (86th) Utah
Lucinda Crouch - 20:32 (107th) Wisconsin
Maudie Skyring - 20:35 (115th) Florida State
Sophie O'Sullivan - 22:40 (244th) Washington
Full NCAA D1 Cross Country Championship Resultshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMHAocRBhHM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idGwp02Aq5E&t=477s
*Huge thanks to listener Chris Hill for compiling these results.
Nick Earl took out the Point to Pinnacle Half Marathon in Hobart, Tasmania in 1:23:46, with Meriem Daoui winning the women’s race in 1:48:08.Resultshttps://www.instagram.com/p/CWhj8QLvAD6/
Jacob Kiplimo shaved a second off the Half Marathon World Record in Lisbon.https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/kiplimo-breaks-world-half-marathon-record-in-lisbon-with-5731/
Listener Question from Georgia asks what the signs of peaking too early in marathon training, before Moose lays down the etiquette on posting workouts to Strava.
Stay tuned as next week the boys will release details about the December 5th Livestream ahead of the Nike Melbourne Marathon Festival.
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Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
211: Tom Do Canto & (Luke Mathews - R2NW)
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Julian makes significant progress as begins to feel like a runner again.Brad braves the weather and then heeds his body on the long run.Brady puts down some big double-run days and Kenyan fartlek, 4 weeks out from Melbourne Marathon.
Tom Do Canto joins the show this week as he looks to toe the line again for the 2021 Nike Melbourne Marathon Festival on winning his debut marathon back in the 2016 edition, as well as his victory in the 2019 Melbourne Half Marathon. As the resident Shoe Geek, there is also discussion about the shoes used in these races and his choice looking ahead.
Leanne Pompeani won the NSW 3000m Championships overall in 9:06.85, just ahead of Aynslee Van Graan who won the NSW state title. Kieran Tall won the men’s race in a close contest, outkicking Craig Huffer in the final lap to win in a time of 8:05.61, with Ben St Lawrence coming third.Athletics NSW ReportResults
Queensland 5000m Champs won by Brielle Erbacher and Callum Davies.Results
This week’s listener question from Matt tries to get to the bottom of the causes of cramping in the latter stages of the marathon and then Moose lays down more Strava etiquette in terms of what should and shouldn’t make the feed.
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The Real Insurance Sydney Harbour 10K & 5K is making its return on Sunday 5th December 2021 and listeners can save $5 off entry using the code IRLEGENDS at checkout, thanks to our friends at Pont3 events.

Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
210: NYC Marathon 2021 | Brooks Adrenaline GTS 22
This episode is brought to you by Brooks. You can feel confident wearing Brooks knowing they’re running specialists with over 100 years’ experience in the footwear game. They test runner insights & biomechanics with runners of every size, strength, and experience to develop premium running products so you can run further, faster & happier.
Julian hits up the Bellarine Rail Trail Fun Run after sweating it up in the gym.Brad links up with Running 4 Resilience and hoses down any travel plans Melbourne.Brady scraps it out over his long run to be Bendigo’s King of the Mountain.
With a little over 4 weeks before the 2021 Nike Melbourne Marathon Festival, the boys share their preparation tips at this crucial stage of training in terms of their training loads and planning out their long runs, when to start tapering as well as crucial advice for practicing race nutrition.
Peres Jepchirchir wins the New York City Marathon in 2:22:39, doubling up from her gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics, winning over Viola Cheptoo & Ababel Yeshaneh. Olympic Bronze medallist Molly Seidel came 4th setting an American Course Record in 2:24:42. Albert Korir won the men’s race in 2:08:22 ahead of Mohamed El Aaraby of Morocco and Eyob Faniel of Italy while Keninisa Bekele finished 6th in 2:12 and Half Marathon World Record holder Kibiwott Kandie came 9th in his debut in the distance.
Official NYRR Results
Bridge 2 Brisbane 10k won by Tim Vincent in 28:45 ahead of Louis McAfee and Jack Bruce, while Josephine Auer 33:56 ahead of Ash Gentle and Samantha PhillipsResults Pagehttps://www.instagram.com/p/CV87Ul8BAyT/
Moose on the Loose is tired of the running commentary on how the weather and course are affecting your training compared to against the perfect ideal conditions as the wind and heat pick up.
This week’s episode is sponsored by Brooks Adrenaline GTS 22 where the boys give a review of the shoe ahead of its upcoming release in December 2021. Stay tuned to the IRP social channels to find out when you can pick up a pair when they get released.
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Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
209: Sinead Diver | Asics Noosa Bolt
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Julian gets rejuvenated setting a lifestyle goal as he rebuilds the volume.Brad runs with Viv in the Canberra heat, before a long run along Lake Burley GriffinBrady faces the wind and the heat before he almost goes the distance.
Olympic Marathoner & Nike Melbourne Marathon Festival course record holder Sinead Diver joins in for a chat to relive her experiences at the Melbourne Marathon, starting with a recap of her recent London Marathon, coming off hotel quarantines. Sinead shares where her 2018 Melbourne Marathon win ranks in her career and gives advice on preparing and anticipating the conditions, planning around weather and drinks, then looks to the year ahead.https://www.instagram.com/p/CRqJ-ZWH3Ka/
Izzi Batt-Doyle was winner of the Asics Noosa Bolt with Caitlin Adams runner-up after backing up after Burnie 10, along with Olga Firsova in third place. Ryan Gregson edged out Jack Bruce with Louis McAfee in third.Official Resultshttps://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/izzi-batt-doyle-and-ryan-gregson-win-noosa-bolt/?fbclid=IwAR0TM-GrJU4yQyKJ42_Q-AJBUfci4d9gmjJWyJDS09qEvv19Xzp5UDkZ3vM
Listener question asks about heat adaptation and conditioning for warm weather, with Julian giving insight on how he & Ellie went about their training for Doha & Sapporo, emphasising the importance of recovery and not overdoing it. Moose takes inspiration from Jess Stenson for this week’s purchase of the week for his road back.
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Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Catch up on the latest from the shoe geeks in the Oct episode where they chat with shoe researcher Dustin Joubert.
Links: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/kinesiology/33/?fbclid=IwAR2co_KuwfsAFp7e49CeKkyZF57osdALydtPtJ2sBQLz48zQhN-hOBKLmj8
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Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
208: Jess Stenson feat. catch up with Ben St. Lawrence.
Julian’s building momentum, splitting time on the treadmill and the trails.Brad comes off vaccination and wrestles with his watch for his workout of the week. Brady overcomes a midweek stomach bug to put in some marathon-specific work in.
This and the next few episodes are partnered with the Nike Melbourne Marathon Festival scheduled to run 15th December 2021. The boys preview as well as look back on their personal history with the event and give out advice for newcomers looking to take on the race.
Letesenbet Gidey smashes the Half Marathon World Record in her debut in Valencia, running well over a minute over the previous 62:51.Valencia Half Marathon Official Press Releasehttps://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/gidey-smashes-world-half-marathon-record/
Burnie 10 taken out by Isaac Heyne, edging out Jack Bruce and Ryan Gregson in 29:24, and was also won by Caitlin Adams from Team Tempo ahead of Izzy Batt-Doyle & Milly ClarkBurnie 10 Resultshttps://www.instagram.com/p/CVZJHBxhzOv/
Bashir Abdi sets the European Marathon Record in 2:03:35 winning the Rotterdam Marathon, 11 weeks after winning Olympic Silver in Sapporo. Australian Reece Edwards placed 13th in a personal best time of 2:13:23.Resultshttps://www.instagram.com/p/CVaG88ctN77/
Ben St. Lawrence pops in for a brief chat to fill the boys in on what he’s been up to during lockdown, his change in mental approach and what he makes of Gidey’s run over in Valencia, and his plans for the marathon and the year aheadHow I'm getting more enjoyment from my running - Ben St. Lawrence, Strava
Listener question from Ben asks about mental mindset trying to set a 5k personal best, then Moose has been looking into equipment for cross training and back relief.
Jess Stenson returns after her stellar performance at the Perth Marathon, becoming the fourth fastest Australian woman of all time and fastest on Australian time in a time of 2:25:15. Jess starts the story from the last six months, in what was the then lead up to the Penrith marathon trial before injury struck and was forced to withdraw. After recovering from a few injuries and assessing some opportunities, Jess shares how the decision to race Perth came about and taking inspiration from the Tokyo Olympics. Jess shares with Brad and Julian the details of her training program in terms of loading, specificity and paces while combining with cross training to supplement her volume.After arriving in Perth and getting a lay of the course and expectations, Jess recaps the race and her pacing strategy with teammate Matt Clarke leading the way to 32km and responding to her intuition. Jess goes into her headspace for getting through the race, processing the race by feel and internal feedback over split times as well as dealing with moments where her quad tightened up mid-race.
Jess entertains the potential for future races and whether she goes for World Championships, what marathon she wants to take on next and how she’s getting used to the supershoes in her approach to training and racing whether it helps her injuries.
The conversation concludes with Jess explaining the concept of “Mum Strength”, tips for runners returning post-birth as well as balancing parenting and competing alongside husband Dylan and rounding out with plans for the summer.https://www.instagram.com/p/CVSD5YLB5Mb/
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Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
207: Eloise Wellings & her debut marathon
Brad assesses his workouts relative to his age and considers options as Sydney reopens.Julian’s back at work and in the tribulations of running while still learning to be a Dad.Brady has a bit of a challenging week in Echuca as he prepares for the Melbourne Marathon.
Boston Marathon won by Benson Kipruto in tactical 2:09:51, after CJ Albertson led from the gun for most of it, while Diana Kipyokei won in 2:24:45, with Edna Kiplagat closing in the later stages.Boston Marathon Elite Leaderboard
Jess Stenson returns to the marathon after three years and to top form, taking out line honours in the Perth Marathon with a time of 2:25:15, a World Championships Qualifier and 4th fastest Australian Woman of all time. Nic Harman won in 2:14:55, just 40 seconds off his PB set in the 2019 Fukuoka Marathon.Perth Marathon Resultshttps://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/trengove-is-back-and-harman-impresses-at-perth-marathon/?fbclid=IwAR1lEYVb4xpTVVjN9XFRjJRbjzV17GiHrkpAWMNiB5ZoXU8QWCGsimh997M
Agnes Tirop 4th place finisher in Tokyo 5000m & World Championship Bronze Medallist in the 10000m was found murdered in her home in Kenya.https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/r-i-p-agnes-tirop/
Eloise Wellings returns to the show during her hotel quarantine, to debrief with James Constantine to recap of her day at the London Marathon where she ran 2:29:42 in her debut at the distance. Eloise goes through the splits of the race and her pacing strategy through the race, while fielding listener questions about her training, making comparisons to other athletes, transitioning to the longer distances and running to the different crowds.
Eloise rounds out this conversation about how she’s passing the time in quarantine, her work with Love Mercy Foundation, and the What’s Right Within Podcast with co-host Rory Darkins.https://www.instagram.com/p/CUpF_9GgRRb/
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Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
206: Sunshine Coast & Chicago Marathon
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Brad hangs with Jye Edwards & Rorey Hunter down at Mulligans Flat.Julian strings together some more continuous running and gets used to Dad life.Brady rediscovers the importance of team culture at the Bat’s 10K Time Trial when the border restrictions lifts.
Sunshine Coast Marathon returns to the streets of Queensland and was won by Isaias Beyn & Riine Ringi. Jack Bruce & Tennille Ellis won the Half Marathon, while Ryan Gregson & Ash Gentle took out the 10k.Sunshine Coast Marathon Resultshttps://www.instagram.com/p/CU3S-_-BIWj/
Seifu Tura won the Chicago Marathon in 2:06:12, just over Galen Rupp who ran 2:06:35 backing up from the Tokyo Olympics. Ruth Chepngetich had a clear over Americans Emma Bates and Sara Hall, winning in a time of 2:22:31.Chicago Marathon Elite Resultshttps://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/ruth-chepngetich-and-seifu-tura-crowned-champions-at-the-chicago-marathon/?fbclid=IwAR1QZCtW6AJ4hfJIULSvxOXaiZqul454Pczyq8y6aOZ2Vm-FnBxFZsxQQFg
Listener question of the week from James asks about surging on hilly tempo coursesMoose on the Loose treads the tried and true topic of ineffective coverage of a major marathon. The boys then give a little preview on next week’s Perth Marathon.
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