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 Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
136: Molly Seidel
Saucony are proud to partner with Inside Running Podcast for the upcoming Australian launch of the Endorphin Pro, released on 20th June 2020. Tune in for the boys’ review along with interviews of Molly Seidel, second place in the 2020 USA Olympic Marathon Trials and 2016 Rio Olympic Marathoner Jared Ward in Shoe Geeks.
Julian gets used to training in two locations and setting new loops.Brad covers the ground poorly, breaks his running streak and braces for baby #2Brady swaps socks for gloves and joins some spectacular 10K time trial in Bendigo
NN Marathon Maurten virtual race challenge shows a brief insight to the running world’s elite on Strava
Maurten Team Challenge Strava Leaderboard
Local controversy in the Athletics Australia Athlete of the 2019 awards, with Sinead Diver a damning omission from nominations despite her consistency at the highest level.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBCDTBBBNUt/
Steph Auston asks who from history the boys would run with and Moose on the Loose (with Brad) asks what more does Sinead Diver have to do to achieve recognition from Athletics Australia.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAC730hJZfJ/
Brad and Julian review the upcoming Saucony Endorphin Pro, how it compares to other carbon fibre-plated racing shoes, going through its strengths and weaknesses and where they see themselves using them.
Molly Seidel, second placed in the 2020 US Olympic Trials Marathon talks with Julian, about the pressures competing as a highly touted recruit in the NCAA and talks candidly about her treatment eating disorders through and after college. Molly talks about gaining perspective and maturity on where running fits in her life and in the world and the relatability of Haruki Murakami, and having Saucony as a sponsor and a meaningful support resource.
Going through the numerous injuries she has sustained on her career, Molly talks about the impact it’s had on her resilience/stubbornness before as well as the dynamic between her and coach John Green’s training and willingness to reach out for help and advice workouts in the lead up to her debut Olympic Trial Marathon and training for the hilly course as well as a brief recap of the race itself while feeding off the positive energy of the winner Aliphine Tuliamuk. She also goes into her involvement with the development of the Saucony Endorphin Pro and how she felt it helped her performance on the day.
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Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
135: Matt Whitbread
Brad bangs out a solid session on the racetrack, then comes down with a cold. Julian checks in from Anglesea, puts in a solid track workout with Watto before a hilly long run with Ellie. Brady banks some interviews.
Morgan McDonald changes coach to Joe Bosshard, Emma Coburn and Melissa Duncan.
Boston Marathon officially cancelled after its initial postponement. In its stead the organisers have offered the option for a virtual race for participants.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/sports/boston-marathon-canceled.html
The Impossible Games in Bislett, Norway to host the Maurie Plant Memorial Race featuring Team Ingebrigsten Vs Team Cheruiyot across Oslo and Nairobi.
Diamond League
Listener Question asks who between Mona and Mottram ran the better lap, then Moose on the Loose goes on the barefoot running cult arguing with scientific evidence.
Matt Whitbread, president and chairman of Aths NSW returns to the show to talk all things about Bathurst World Cross Country 2021, giving a comprehensive preview of the course in terms of toughness and the spectator experience it aims to deliver, as well as an outline of the event weekend format, addressing criticisms and challenges ahead, as well as the para-cross country and the golden ticket race.Matt also talks about the current state of athletics in terms of the pathway for a return to sport, and viability of holding national marathon and cross country championships this year.
You can follow the upcoming Bathurst World XC through the handle @wabathurst21 on all the social media channels or on the Official World Cross Country Bathurst website.
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Saturday May 30, 2020
Saturday May 30, 2020
Brady, Moose and Crokes take over Road to Nowhere and recap their running weeks.
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Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
134.
Anarchy ensues when the Road To Nowhere crew of Nick Earl, Ellie Pashley and Joel Tobin-White are given the keys to the main show.
Ellie might have watch issues while running around the Torquay nudist beach.Joel gets thrown into the deep end of a Tan session on his comeback, then works out which Chicago Bull he is.Nick sets records on the Tassie trails and pays service to his fan club.
Strava restructure subscription service, rearranging paid and free features sparking the debate whether the platform is worth paying for. Runners WorldGizmodo
Gold Coast & Sunshine Coast Marathons, Australian Marathon Championships to be relocated.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/2020-gold-coast-marathon-inevitably-cancelled/
Jakob Ingebrigsten sets Norweigan Road 5k Record in Stavanger. Athletics Weekly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8t6cWvKQ4o
Listener question asks the hosts where in the world and interstate they would race in 2021, before Joel on the Loose gets up in the personal space of trail walkers getting precious on social distancing.
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Wednesday May 20, 2020
Wednesday May 20, 2020
133: The Greatest Australian Running Performance of All Time
Brad hits cross country variations in Stromlo National Park and froths over some upcoming kicks.Julian argues with the coach and also froths over some upcoming kicks.Brady learns how much running gloves costs and spends some quality time with the wife on the bike.Diamond League set to return with a new schedule launching with Monaco in August.Athletics Weekly
Jakob & Henrik Ingebrigtsen Norweigian 5K Road in Stavanger.Athletics Weekly
Be sure to check out the Virtual Trail Running Series presented by Rapid Ascent.https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/ultratrail/trail-running-series-goes-virtual-physical-distancing-socially-uniting/
Listener question of the week asks about how to go about building maintenance mileage during this post-race time.
Scott Nicholas returns with the results from the panel and we find out what is declared as the Greatest Australian Running Performance of All Time. The final performances up for nomination are as follow:
Herb Elliott’s Gold Medal and World Record in the 1500m at the 1960 Rome Olympics VSRon Clarke’s 5000m World Record of 13:16 in Stockholm, 1966
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Benita Willis wins the World Cross Country Championship in Brussels 2004VsRalph Doubell 800m victory and world record in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics
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Wednesday May 13, 2020
Wednesday May 13, 2020
132: Australian Greatest Running Performance Semi Finals
This week’s episode is sponsored by Rundies, developed by Australian dual-Olympic Marathon runner, Jess Stenson (formerly Trengove) along with her husband Dylan and brother Jack. Move smooth in Rundies. Visit www.rundies.com.au
Julian lifts the lid on the shoe ordering process and gets nothing from the new runners.Brad tries to find the pacing sweet spot in his down week.Brady tries to get his motivation back getting into Archie Reid into 10K shape.
American distance runner Dathan Ritzenhein retires after a long and wide-ranging career at the professional level.Lets Run Report
Ollie Hoare goes pro amid the postponement of the NCAA season.
Listener questions ask about how to implement heart rate-based training and which watch to upgrade to and Moose on the Loose just wants to extend a friendly welcome to new runners into the fold.
Scott Nicholas discusses the next two rounds of Australia’s Greatest Running Performance of all Time, as builds up to its thrilling conclusion. The remaining rounds are as follow:
Herb Elliott’s Gold 1500m at the 1960 Rome Olympics VSRon Clarke’s 5000m WR of 13:16 in Stockholm, 1966
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Benita Willis wins the World Cross Country Championship in Brussels 2004VsRalph Doubell 800m victory and world record in the 1968 Mexico City
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Sunday May 10, 2020
Sunday May 10, 2020
3 of the geekiest shoe geeks in the country spend time chatting new shoe technology, footwear and the relationship between shoes, injury and performance. They'll be joined by regular guests and experts in the running footwear industry.
Join Moose, Tom Do Canto and Michael Nitschke in Ep 1 of Shoe Geeks, a new monthly show from the Inside Running Podcast.

Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
This week’s episode is sponsored by Rundies, developed by Australian dual-Olympic Marathon runner, Jess Stenson (formerly Trengove) along with her husband Dylan and brother Jack. Move smooth in Rundies. Visit www.rundies.com.au
Brad puts in the long hours on the runs while Mulligans gets flooded.Julian gets his calories in, tries to sort out the heart rate amid the launch of the new Next% model.Brady raises a lot of questions about his GPS accuracy and the use of...Pajama Socks?
Listener Questions ask about refuelling after running and whether Moose would pick World Champs or Comm Games in 2022.Moose on the Loose definitely has a beef with Ash Watson on setting a pace when he hasn’t done the work.
Scott Nicholas takes us through the match ups of the third round of Australia’ Greatest Running Performance of all time which are as follow:
Herb Elliott’s Gold 1500m at the 1960 Rome Olympics VSGraham Crouch’s 5th place in the 1974 Christchurch Comm Games
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Derek Clayton’s 2:08:34 marathon world record in Antwerp 1969 Vs Edwin Flack’s 800m & 1500m Gold Medals at the 1896 Athens Olympics
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Ron Clarke’s 5000m WR of 13:16 in Stockholm, 1966
VsDixie Willis setting the World Records in the 800m & 880y in Perth, 1962
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Dave Stevens beats Emil Zatopek’s 6 Mile Record World Record in Melbourne 1956 VsRob De Castella wins the Commonwealth Games Marathon Gold Medal in Brisbane 1982
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Benita Willis wins the World Cross Country Championship in Brussels 2004VsJim Bailey becomes the 2nd Australian to run a sub-4 minute mile in Los Angeles
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Dave Power’s double Gold Medals in the 6 mile and Marathon in the 1958 Cardiff Empire GamesVsSteve Moneghetti’s 1st place in the 1992 Berlin Marathon in 2:08:16
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Ralph Doubell 800m victory and world record in the 1968 Mexico CityVSCraig Mottram’s 12:58 5000m 2006 Commonwealth Games Silver Medal-Lisa Martin (Ondieki) wins solo at the women’s only 1988 Osaka MarathonVSJohn Landy runs the second ever sub-4 minute mile in Turku, Finland 1954
Cassie Fien chats with Sophie Ryan about growing up as an active child and getting into sport through her family and the amount of support she had from her dad and the connection to him that running brings to her. They look back on the height of her career going through her experiences from the local scene to placing high in World Marathon Majors and World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff as well as how she trained in that time.
Cassie then takes us through the day everything changed when a routine ASADA procedure resulted in testing positive for the banned substance Higenamine despite it being labelled as its alternative name of nandina fruit extract, going through the emotional shock and trauma of the process and consequences of the ordeal despite all of her best research and precautions.
Making her emotional comeback to the sport after serving her ban which led to the discovery of her dystonia and what it means for her running now. They close with talking about Cassie’s new meaningful role as an ASADA ambassador in supplement education.
Cassie Fien in the ASADA Supplements Cautionary Tale
https://www.asada.gov.au/news/supplements-cautionary-tale

Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
130: Ben Buckingham
This ep is sponsored by Fractel: visit their range at www.fractel.com.au
Julian’s heart rate gets high, prompting to get his nutrition right and lets Ellie take the reins of his training.Brad puts in some cross country reps and learns to go half-in.Brady is kept on his toes by Archie Reid
Berlin Marathon cannot proceed under German government ruling, discussion about what races could happen for the rest of the year.Runners World
Listener question from Simon asks the boys to wax lyrical about half marathon and marathon progressions.Moose on the Loose is building for a reckoning, but for now goes for some Moose on Merberhttps://twitter.com/TheRealMerb/status/1239171372598857729
Scott Nicholas concludes the first round of the Greatest Australian Performance of all time and begins the second round.
Herb Elliott’s Gold 1500m at the 1960 Rome Olympics VSTrevor Vincent’s Gold Medal in the 1962 Perth Steeplechase
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Graham Crouch’s 5th place in the 1974 Christchurch Comm GamesVsKate Anderson winning 5000m Gold at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games-
Derek Clayton’s 2:08:34 marathon world record in Antwerp 1969 Vs Tony Manning’s Gold Medal in the steeplechase at the 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games
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Noel Clough winning silver at the 1966 Kingston Commonwealth Games Vs Edwin Flack’s 800m & 1500m Gold Medals at the 1896 Athens Olympics
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Ron Clarke’s 5000m WR of 13:16 in Stockholm, 1966
VsDave Fitzsimmons’ 5000m 13:17 in the 1977 Dusseldorf World Cup
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Dixie Willis setting the World Records in the 800m & 880y in Perth, 1962
VsCharlene Rendina wins the 800m Commonwealth Games Gold Medal in Christchurch 1974
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Dave Stevens beats Emil Zatopek’s 6 Mile Record World Record in Melbourne 1956 VsKrishna Stanton’s 8th place Warsaw World Cross 1987
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Bill Scott runs 28:18 for 10 000m in Box Hill 1974
VsRob De Castella wins the Commonwealth Games Marathon Gold Medal in Brisbane 1982
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Benita Willis wins the World Cross Country Championship in Brussels 2004VsTony Benson’s 5000m in Stockholm 1971 in a stacked field
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Albie Thomas sets 3 mile WR in DublinVsJim Bailey becomes the 2nd Australian to run a sub-4 minute mile in Los Angeles
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Dave Power’s double Gold Medals in the 6 mile and Marathon in the 1958 Cardiff Empire GamesVsSimon Doyle clocks a 3:49.91 Mile in Oslo in 1991.
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Collis Birmingham places 8th in the 2013 World Cross Championship Bydgoszcz, PolandVsSteve Moneghetti’s 1st place in the 1992 Berlin Marathon in 2:08:16
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Ralph Doubell 800m victory and world record in the 1968 Mexico CityVSDave Chettle’s dramatic victory in the 1978 Choysa Auckland “Marathon”-Craig Mottram’s 12:58 2006 Commonwealth Games Silver Medal VSKerryn McCann wins the Melbourne Commonwealth Games Marathon
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Lisa Martin wins solo at the women’s only 1988 Osaka MarathonVSAndrew Lloyd wins the 5000m in the 1990 Auckland Comm Games 5000m-
Merv Lincoln second fastest mile of all time in Dublin 1958VSJohn Landy runs the second ever sub-4 minute mile in Turku, Finland
Ben Buckingham, the 9th fastest Australian 3000m steeplechase in 8:27 chats with Brady about growing up in Myrtleford, going through some of his personal bests and stories including not knowing how fast he was running his fastest steeplechase in Spain. Ben gives an update on his current situation with training and work before looking back to his junior days in the Vic Country Athletics, being coached by Nick Bowden while running for Wodonga and then eventually with Nic Bideau with Melbourne Track Club. Ben talks about living the dream running a European athletics season before qualifying and representing St Stephens Harriers and Australia at the World Athletics Championship in Doha, as well as his interests outside of running including using his legal expertise in sports law to help out his teammates.

Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
129: Steve Jones part 2
Brad continues to hit his stride and gets to his 100 day running streak.Julian literally, almost goes on the wrong side of the tracks.Brady sorts out his achilles problems and tries to reset post marathon training.
2017 London Marathon winner Daniel Wanjiru provisionally suspended for violating doping sanctions.Athletics Weekly Report
Listener Question of the week from Zach asks about how to go about integrating hills with training and then Moose on the Loose gets stir crazy in isolation and then takes it out on relief teachers
Scott Nicholas returns with the final first-round introducing the last group performances in the 64 nominated and the previous week’s winners.
Ralph Doubell 800m victory and world record in the 1968 Mexico CityVSMelissa Rollison takes Silver Medal in the 2006 Comm Games Steeplechase in Melbourne-Dave Chettle’s dramatic victory in the 1978 Choysa Auckland “Marathon”VsGeorge Blake finishes 6th in both the 5 Mile & Marathon in the 1906 Intercalated Olympic Games in Athens
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Craig Mottram’s 12:58 2006 Commonwealth Games Silver Medal VSLee Troop breaks Ron Clarke’s 5000m National Record in Melbourne Track Classic in 1999
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Kerryn McCann wins the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games MarathonVSPeter Bourke wins the gold medal at the 1982 Brisbane 800m Comm Games
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Lisa Martin wins solo at the women-only 1988 Osaka MarathonVSPat Carroll wins the 1995 Beppu-Oita Marathon in 2:09:39-
Margaret Crowley runs 4:01.34 in the 1996 Bislett Games, OsloVSAndrew Lloyd wins the 5000m in the 1990 Auckland Comm Games
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Ryan Gregson sets the 1500m National Record 3:31 in 2009VSMerv Lincoln runs the second fastest mile of all time in Dublin 1958
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John Landy is the second human to break the 4 minute mile in Turku, FinlandVSGen Gregson sets the Australian Steeplechase Record, at the Paris Diamond League 2016
Steve Jones and Sophie pick up from where they left off last week, seeking redemption after pulling out of the Chicago Marathon in 1983 by returning the next year by breaking Rob De Castella’s World Record while still working full time for the RAF and running the 10 000m in the Los Angeles Olympics along the way.Steve goes into his “recovery” after that iconic Chicago Marathon, his training philosophy at the time and partnership with coach Bob Wallace before going into the much-hyped 1985 London Marathon where he raced against Charlie Spedding and a dodgy quiche to take out the win in a course-record time.Steve and Sophie then recount the famous 1985 Chicago Marathon where Steve obliterated the field, breaking both the pacer and out of Deek’s shadow to a comprehensive victory and then witnessing Deek’s best performance at the 1986 Boston Marathon.Steve then recounts 1987 Boston Marathon where he faced off on a stacked field and the 1988 NYC Marathon where he ran 2:08:20 going into a typical training week of that era.
This great conversation concludes with his role in modern running passing on his coaching philosophy and experiences, what he would change looking back and what he’d relive.
1985 London Marathon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipG2VJx4II4
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