Inside Running Podcast

116: Vale Maurie Plant / Joel Tobin-White

116: Vale Maurie Plant / Joel Tobin-White
 
Tim O'Shaughnessy remembers with Brady the life of Maurie Plant and his impact in the global athletic scene both as an agent, manager and as someone who had a profound impact on the world of athletics.
Brad cracks the ton for the first time in months and gets back to pacing Em Bricachek.Brady yo-yos through the week post-Cadbury Half Marathon. Julian talks about his announcement in this year’s London Marathon Elite Field.
Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele headline the London Marathon Elite Field, with Aussies Sinead Diver, Ellie Pashley, Julian Spence and Jack Rayner to feature.https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/bekele-vs-kipchoge-at-the-2020-london-marathon/
 
The boys address the rumours flying about the possibilities of enforced restrictions to be placed on shoes.https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/rob-de-castella-calls-nike-vaporfly-shoes-ludicrous-as-the-debate-rages-on/
Michael Roeger sets a new ambulant para athletic world record at Houston Marathon, running a 2:19:33 in windy conditions.Canberra Times Report 
 
Listener Question of the week asks about the boys’ different relationship with injuries, what they do to prevent them and why they experience different injury rates.
Joel Tobin-White chats with Julian about some of the highlights of his running career, including last year’s 62-minute run at the 2019 Marugame Half. Joel talks about how he got into athletics and running before starting out as a professional triathlete, giving insight into what it takes to live and train at the top level. After transitioning out of triathlon, Joel goes into his comeback to running, how he sees himself making the Olympics in the future and what he expects in lining up for the London Marathon this year. He goes into his various bouts with injuries over the last few years and opens up about his creative pursuits outside of running including his acting role in the upcoming Korean production “Road To Boston”.
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115: PJ Bosch

115: PJ Bosch
 
Oofos Recovery Footwear is this week’s episode sponsor and the boys got to review their range of recovery thongs and slides which you can find at oofos.com.au/
 
Brad does his 90-minute long run in 80 minutes in the Cadbury Half Marathon in Hobart.Julian has a hard week in Ballarat, dealing with sleep loss, shoe thieves and movie production.Brady takes home the chocolates winning the Cadbury Half Marathon
 
Former marathon world record holder and 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Wilson Kipsang provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures and tampering violations. Athletics Weekly
 
Cadbury Marathon had both its course records broken as Nick Earl wins in 2:18, while Katie Conlon ran 2:42 to qualify for the US Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta. Brady Threlfall edged Dave Ridley in the half marathon while Milly Clark won the women’s half in a course record of 1:13Cadbury Marathon Resultshttps://www.instagram.com/p/B7M9QVFnf5H/
 
Rhonex Kipruto breaks Joshua Cheptegei’s short-lived 10K WR in Valenciahttps://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/kipruto-and-chepkirui-break-world-10km-records/?fbclid=IwAR0w__hshOQaMAmBFatK2hy5r7aqcrMxrc_KOFIb_6yr0QFhR4CxW7cKcIE
 
Listener question asks about the challenges of coaching via online correspondence when group training isn’t available.Moose on the Loose asks where the Nike critics are in the wake of Rhonex Kipruto’s 10K world record run in non-carbon plated Adidas race flats.
This week’s guest PJ Bosch in a wide-ranging and colourful conversation that covers anything and everything from his career on the track from the 1500m to the 10K to his current capacity as coach and partner to Tara Palm alongside Adelaide Harriers.
PJ doesn’t hold back on his thoughts about the current state of athletics globally and domestically, how he started the Adelaide Invitational and how his plans for Richard Everest to take down Ryan Gregson’s U20 3000m record ultimately both succeeded and backfired.
PJ has heaps of tales from training in Kenya and being mates with 2008 Olympic 800m Gold Medalist Wilfred Bungei, watching Kenenisa Bekele set world records on the European track circuit and what the Australian track scene needs more of.
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IRP with Soph, Ellie & Sinead

Here's the latest from Soph, Ellie and Sinead, plus some listener questions. 
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114: Jaryd Clifford

114: Jaryd Clifford
 
This week’s episode is Styx Brewery. You can vote for Styx Brewery’s Inside Running Pale Ale and other beers on the GABS Hottest 100 by January 17, 2020. 
 
Brad survives a dramatic week of the bushfires around Bateman’s Bay and Canberra.
Julian’s big mileage buildup continues and sets a target in the Vic Country Championships.
Brady’s training at Falls Creek is cut short following evacuation protocols. 
Jordy Williamsz & Sarah Billings win the 7k Portsea Twilight.instagram.com/p/B65MadsBjOD/ 
 
Dave McNeill initiates the #kms4bushfires movement and rallies the support of the running community to commit a dollar for every kilometre run to the Red Cross for this week.instagram.com/p/B67Ch3Ond-V/
 
Relief Run from Samantha Gash is a virtual half marathon or 5k raising funds for Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery https://reliefrun.com.au/instagram.com/p/B68AWy8pGDt/
 
Trail Race Directors donate entry towards Event Raffle for CFA fundraiser https://events.humanitix.com.au/running-event-raffle-for-cfa-public-volunteer-fund
 
Donate to Red Cross Disaster Relief  https://www.redcross.org.au/campaigns/disaster-relief-and-recovery-donateDonate to Wildlife Rescue https://www.wires.org.au/donate/current-appeal
 
Listener question of the week doubles as Moose on the Shoes about how often the boys put on their trail shoes and the technical details about what makes up a trail shoe.
Jaryd Clifford returns from a successful campaign at the World Parathletic Championships in Dubai, joining Brady to talk about what his visual impairment is and how the classification system works as well as his various training camps in Flagstaff and Barcelona.
They talk about the different experiences of racing on the track and cross country, how the Victorian XCR season played a role in the lead up to Dubai while Jaryd dealt with putting pressure and expectations on himself.
Jaryd throughout emphasises the team behind him that brought him to success, especially the role that his friend Tim Logan played in training and racing with a tether, how para-athletics is growing each year in the public consciousness and gives his take on the general state of athletics, how planning for Tokyo and the year ahead presents challenges.
You can listen to the backstory of Jaryd on his episode of Tell Me Your Tales on iTunes or where you listen to podcasts: https://soundcloud.com/user-417066036/jaryd-clifford   
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113: Youcef Abdi (Part 2)

113: Youcef Abdi Part 2
 
Brad has a quiet christmas over in Bateman’s BayJulian clocks his highest mileage post-Doha and banters all the way.Brady keeps his long run in check over in Falls Creek.
Andy Buchanan takes out the win in a sub-63 at the Year End half marathon in Tachikawa, Japan
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New Zealand announce a full, self-funded team for the 2020 World Half Marathon Championships
https://www.instagram.com/p/B596V8mBduP/
 
The boys review 2019 and rate the Australian runners who had a breakout performance, who emerged, who dominated and who to watch for 2020.
Moose on the Loose returns and doesn’t care about your positivity.
Youcef Abdi picks off from last week recounting his bronze medal performance at the Manchester Commonwealth Games in the 1500m in detail. After going through his personal bests, Youcef talks about what led to his transition from the 1500m to Steeplechase after the campaign for the 2004 Athens Olympics, addressing the challenges in combining hurdling with raw speed. Brad asks about training in Eldoret, Kenya at the time of their elections in the lead up to Beijing 2008 Olympics and Youcef then talks about his 6th place at the 2008 Beijing Olympics before retiring after the London 2012 Olympics, giving insight for what he attributes to having a resilient and durable running career. Youcef rounds out this interview sharing what his current life as a Development Officer for Little Athletics and coming full circle returning to soccer.
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112: Youcef Abdi (Part 1)

112: Youcef Abdi Part 1
 
Brad’s back running every day and finds a pace mate in Jess Pascoe.Julian grits through the festive season but finds joy in dropping mates on long runs.Brady nails a monster workout after Moose accidentally writes a number wrong in his program.
The Inside Running Podcast Frothers take out the inaugural Steigen #1, winning narrowly over Maurten and Steampacket. The boys chat with team captains Whitney Sharpe and Louis McAfee about how their respective nights went, going over incentive schemes and how they plan to distribute the prize money.The Steigen Spectacular 10,000m race won by Matt Hudson over Nick Earl and Josh Maiseyhttps://www.instagram.com/p/B6XirKTn9Gq/
Albie Thomas Mile at Bankstown hosted the Women’s Australian Mile Championship taken out by Georgia Griffith over Chloe Tighe, Jenny Blundell and early leader Jessica Hull. American invitational athlete Sam Ellis won the Men’s racing, leaving Rorey Hunter and James Hansen to split the Australian title.Results
 
This week is the first part with decorated steeplechaser, middle distance runner and Olympian Youcef Abdi, talking with Brad about how running took him from Algeria to Australia. Recounting his days playing soccer in their village, Youcef talks about what his inspirations for getting into athletics leading him to representing Algeria for the 1500m in the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Sydney. After the event, Youcef explored his options in his life and decided to make the move to Australia to pursue a career in athletics the transition, navigating accommodation, finding employment and visas to ultimately becoming an Australian citizen in 2000.
After his citizenship Youcef recalls the infamous Sydney 2000 Olympic Trials 1500m race where Youcef was caught between Craig Mottram and Nick Howarth, the resulting re-run of that race while still pursuing an Olympic qualifying time. Rounding out this part of the interview Youcef shares with Brad his training structure in the early 2000s era, which emphasised on race-pace practice which earned him a Bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
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IRP with Soph Ryan & Kate Smyth

An open and honest chat about the main female hormones, the menstrual cycle and how hormones and the cycle influence running and training, racing and overall health. This is an insightful discussion for all women and also male coaches, training partners and partners.
 
More details about Kate's resources at: https://athletesanctuary.com.au/team/kate-smyth/

111: Zatopek:10/Linden Hall & Jordy Williamsz

111: Zatopek:10/Linden Hall & Jordy Williamsz
Brad gets some treatment and diagnosis on his tib-post Julian’s back on the show tells us his tales from Nike HQ. Brady cracks 30 minutes at Zatopek and gives a recap of the night.Stewart McSweyn is the new Australian National Record holder 27:23.8, running even splits in a dominant display against Pat Tiernan for the entirety of the race. Gen Gregson wins her maiden 10000m at Zatopek over Andrea Seccafien and Emily Brichacek.Athletics Aust ReportResults
 
Riley Cocks sets new Australian parkrun record at Pakapakanthi parkrun in South Australia, in his lead up to next week’s Steigen Spectacular https://www.instagram.com/p/B6CzVPSD9bk/
 
Listener question asks whether Pat Tiernan’s run was underrated having taken so much of the race at the front, Moose on the Shoes goes into Nike’s explanation of energy loss and there’s a bit of Brad on the Loose over the coverage by Athletics Australia.
 
Steigen #1 Teams have been drafted and announced ahead of the Steigen Spectacular on Saturday 21st December 2019. With their picks the Inside Running Podcast Team are:
Whitney Sharp
Louis McAfee
Esther McKeown
Jordan McLennan
Nathan Pearce
Audrey Hall
Pete Kerr
Steph Auston
Top female draft pick and #3 overall Linden Hall talks with the boys post-Doha, selection for Team Maurten and her interesting coaching dynamics while Jordy Williamsz who was selected as the #1 draft pick talks about pacing Zatopek:10, strategy for the races and whether he’s got the right tools for the job.
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110: Steve Thurston

110: Steve Thurston
Ben St Lawrence gets through a week in bushfire smoke in the lead up to Zatopek:10.
Brad’s trying to manage his body and very nearly hangs up the shoes. Brady gets the surprise announcement that he’ll be lining up for Zatopek:10.
 
Zatopek:10 2019 announces it Starting Lists and the boys sort through deep fields to see who could take it out
 
Joshua Cheptegei runs a road 10km World Records 26:38 in Valencia, which also shows off the depth in the marathon event.https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/ugandas-cheptegei-smashes-world-10km-record-in-valencia/
 
The boys are joined by Dom Godfrey to give a preview Steigen #1  at John Landy field on December 21 talking about the teams, coaches and most importantly the athletes set to star on an exciting new concept in athletics.
 
Listener question asks about whether the pathways from little athletics to seniors provides a clear enough direction to succeed in the current sporting landscape.
Steve Thurston recounts his lifetime trials and tribulations with Brad, talking about getting into running via cycling and holding the titles for the 1500m, 5000 and 3000m Steeplechase. Steve recounts the winning the Olympic trials Steeplechase for the Sydney Olympics, only to watch it from the sidelines explaining the selection process at the time and then his first major setback dealing with surgery and around osteitis pubis. Steve then talks about his comeback, running on the roads and gearing up to run the Gold Coast Marathon in 2012 before talking openly about his battle with testicular cancer, heart and mental issues while celebrating the birth of his son, putting his running career on hold again, all the while imploring the importance of reaching out for support when it’s needed. In the next chapter of his life, Steve finds motivation in doing the Kokoda Track before joining Team Tempo and getting his fitness back on track to make his debut at the Melbourne Marathon in 2:26, closing with his observations on the running culture of South Australia.
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IRP with Ellie, Soph & Brady

Brady catches up with Ellie Pashley and Soph Ryan to talk all things running this week and answer and few listener questions. 
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