Inside Running Podcast

IRP with Soph, Jess and Eloise

Sophie Ryan returns to take control this time with Jess Stenson and Eloise Wellings who are both coming off their fun weekend at the Gold Coast 10k.
 
Jessica gets in a Mona on the elliptical before running in the rain on Saturday, then commentating the marathon on Sunday.Eloise tries to keeps to the routine of her last pregnancy and gets dipped on the line.Sophie fits in her training around moving house and dodges FOMO
 
The girls pay tribute to Gabrielle Grunewald who lost a ten-year battle rare cancer while competing as a professional athlete and starting the Brave Like Gabe Foundation.
 
Recap of the Gold Coast Marathon starts off with Milly Clark making a successful return to the marathon distance
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/kenyas-jepkorir-holds-out-australias-milly-clark-in-womens-gold-coast-marathon/
Madison di Rozario wins the wheelchair marathon replicating her Commonwealth Games success
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/chaffey-and-de-rozario-collect-more-gold-coast-gold/
Sinead Diver, Ellie Pashley and Lisa fill the podium in a close Half Marathon.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/australias-rayner-and-diver-victorious-in-asics-half-marathon/
Leanne Pompeani takes line honours in the 10k over Casey Woods and Charlotte Wilson.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/pompeani-and-barber-win-southern-cross-university-10km-run-titles/
 
Sandown Relays saw Athletics Essendon take the win over Glenhuntly and Melbourne Uni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbxCzueb-RM
 
Catriona Bisset’s good year continues taking home the Gold Medal in the 800m World Uni Games in Naples, Italy
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/catriona-bisset-wins-world-university-games-800m/
https://www.athletics.com.au/news/gold-silver-for-australia-on-day-3/
 
With two expecting mothers Eloise and Jessica share give anecdotes and experiences in pregnancy, and how women should training while expecting, being adaptable with schedule and demands of their bodies where Jess shares where to get advice from and both in terms in general women’s health and in physio exercises, while Eloise recounts the experiences in the different trimesters and returning to running after pregnancy, closing with what advice they give to any expecting listeners going through pregnancy.

088: GC Marathon Live & Bernard Lagat

88: Gold Coast Marathon Live / Bernard Lagat
 
Brad throws up the wings in the Gold Coast marathon pacing duties.Julian blows up in the half marathon making the predictions come true.Brady gets through the 10K ahead of Lakeside of the Inside Running head-to-head-to head.
Barber and Leanne Pompeani each won the 10k in windy conditions.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/pompeani-and-barber-win-southern-cross-university-10km-run-titles/
Jack Rayner defends his title while Sinead Diver finally takes line honours over a tight contest against Ellie Pashley in the half marathon. Ellie joins in to debrief her race and the 10K at Oceania.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/australias-rayner-and-diver-victorious-in-asics-half-marathon/
Gold Coast Marathon taken out by Japanese former national record holder Yuta Shitara, setting a new Australian All-Comers record. New Zealand’s Zane Robertson runs 2:09:19 besting his twin brother Jake’s national record. Liam Adams sets new PB of 2:11:36 just missing the Olympic standard.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/race-record-destroyed-by-shitara-in-gold-coast-marathon/
Milly Clark makes an impactful return to the marathon distance behind Rodah Jepkorir. 
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/kenyas-jepkorir-holds-out-australias-milly-clark-in-womens-gold-coast-marathon/
 
The boys field live questions on whether they’d pursue running as professional athletes and if they’d get into the competitive trail scene.
Sinead Diver, Ellie Pashley, Jack Rayner, Bernard Lagat and Liam Adams after their respective races and give recaps on their days, how their training went and plans for the future.
Recorded ahead of the running 2:12:10 ahead of Gold Coast Marathon, Brady hosts the interview with Bernard Lagat hosted by Maurten, second fastest over 1500m. Bernard talks about his extensive career covering the goal to make the podium in the 1500m for the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, racing El Gourrouj and trying to replicate the success at Zurich at the Athens for Silver. Bernard recounts his long career starting with athletic family and the influence they had and the significance of the family record in the marathon. They chat about switching allegiances from Kenya to USA and a typical training week for the 1500m before dealing with the challenges for the 2008 Olympics running with Achilles problems in the 1500m and 5000m, then attempting to transition to the 10000m for 2016 before focusing on the 5000m.
Bernard share his special relationship with his coach James Li and stepping up to the marathon after Rio Olympics and what the tactics were ahead of choosing and racing the Gold Coast Marathon and his history with Eliud Kipchoge, giving his thoughts on the future track and field before fielding some audience questions including what he learnt from New York City Marathon and the best piece of advice he’s been given. 
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzmlqZ6FeAx/?hl=en
(The audio is all live so apologies for the changes in volume at times but hopefully you get that 'live' feel when listening)
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087: Eloise Wellings (Part 2)

087: Eloise Wellings Part Two
Brad takes a while to warm in a handicap 5000m.Julian leads the loops with Mona
Brady deals with drive-bys doing strides
Oceania Championships over the past saw
Andy Buchanan finishes third in the 5000m and joins in for a chat to give an update and report on the atmosphere of the event and what his plans for the next few weeks are.
Sinead Diver, Ellie Pashley, Emily Brichacek podium in the Women’s 10,000m.
Harry Summers runs clear of Jack Rayner in the Men’s 10000m.
Melissa Duncan takes gold over Paige Campbell in the Women’s 5000m
Men’s Steeplechase Ben Buckingham, Max Stevens, Matt Clarke
Catriona Bisset leads from gun to tape in the Women’s 800m.
Matt Ramsden over Rorey Hunter in the mens 1500m.
Georgia Griffiths won the womens 1500m over Bernadette Williams
Oceania Results Full Results 
 
The Pre Classic Diamond League in Stanford saw Jessica Hull in her first race as a pro run the 1500m in 4:02, setting a new personal best and Tokyo Olympic qualifier. Stewart McSweyn features in the 2-mile race.Pre Classic Results
 
Western States 100 Mile ultramarathon in California USA taken out in a course record time of 14:0928 by Jim Walmsley, while previous guest Lucy Bartholomew comes 14th female in 21:19.
Official Results 
Listener question from Steph Auston asks whether the IR boys combined could break sub 2 hour and Moose gives a Pre Classic-themed Merber tweet of the week https://twitter.com/TheRealMerb/status/1120650058217787392 
With Gold Coast Marathon next week, the boys close with their final predictions.
Eloise Wellings and Brad pick up from last week, heading into 2012 after the heartbreak of 2008 and talk about meeting Julius Achon from Uganda learning about his story and how it started Love Mercy. She shares how training with Julius, getting in rest days and less training days lead to winning Zatopek 2009 
Eloise eventually made it to the Olympics and talks about the differences in training and preparation for London in 2012 and Rio in 2016 and how their performances differed and being in the state of flow for the Rio 10000m. Eloise also compares the Olympics and Commonwealth games and her life changing before and after becoming a mum.
She talks about her coaching under Nic Bideau in terms of session structure and mileage management, before talking about what the mission and programs of her foundation Lover Mercy do in Northern Uganda, the impact she’s had as a role model and who she takes inspiration from, her activities post Gold Coast Comm Games and making the move towards the marathon and what it means being a Shire girl.
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IRP with: Soph Ryan + Ellie Pashley

Sophie Ryan and Ellie Pashley along with Brady take the reins on this new podcast, starting with updates on what they’ve been doing since their previous appearances on the show;
 
Sophie’s looking to regain her form after Nagoya Marathon earlier this year at Lakeside:10.
Ellie’s leading astray on the trails of Anglesea ahead of the 10000m at Oceania Championships.
The team give a new perspective highlights some of the performances at the NSW Cross Country Championships at Nowra and the Victorian Cross Country Championships at Bundoora, featuring promising returns from names such as Jenny Blundell and Bec Lowe as well as going into the conversations between Ellie and Makda Haji Harun during Bundoora.
 
A big discussion is around women runners dealing with harassment and criminal incidents, with Sophie sharing some difficult experiences, how she and her family worked through it and what actions that both women and men need to be doing to ensure better runner safety. 
The show ends on a positive note, giving a preview the elite women’s field at Gold Coast Marathon doubling as the Oceania Marathon Championships featuring the likes of Milly Clark and Mel Panayiatou before discussing the other events and what Sophie and Ellie plan for the week ahead.
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NEW SHOW - PROMO

We're launching a new fortnightly podcast with some of our female, friends of the show. 
This short promo is a look behind the scenes of how it came about and hopefully lets you know what to expect.
The first ep is dropping this weekend. 
Cheers, Brady, Moose & Brad

086: Eloise Wellings (Part One)

086: Eloise Wellings Part One
Brad has a successful return to racing, placing 4th at XC NSW State Championship leading to some intense banter and comparisons between Bundoora and Nowra.
Julian works through the stresses of work the body and mind.Brady gets into the clay at Anglesea Ekiden Relays.
Anglesea Ekiden Relays saw the Men of St Stephens Harriers and Women’s team of Athletics Essendon take out their respective premier divisions.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Aj3wZaIIIk
 
Ben Buckingham posts Steeplechase Personal best and 13th best all time at the Sollentuna track meet in Sweden.Results 
Luke Mathews narrowly misses a World Qualifier by the barest of margins in Belgium
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzBjx-FApPO/
NSW XC Championships held at Nowra over 10km taken out by Jenny Blundell & Ed GoddardNSW Athletics Report
Morgan McDonald & Jess Hull turn professional signing with totalsportsus
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/mathews-336-03-mcdonald-signs-with-totalsportsus-hall-hull-line-up-for-pre-classic/
 
Listener questions ask about how much heat affects a marathon perceived effort, whose responsibility is it to marshal the course, pushing through recreational ranks to better running - smarter training and when we can expect Brad, Brady and Julian to go head to head.
Moose on the Loose echoes the sentiment of athletes putting their family through the heavy costs of spectating the Olympics.
 
The boys give a preview of the Gold Coast Marathon’s elite men with the women’s field on next week.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/oceania-flavour-adds-extra-spice-to-gold-coast-marathon/?fbclid=IwAR2eUVi0WE5tL988fdVk6BdC41htn8TgmFjHLCUhTv3f-DNI38SUsuop5vI
 
This week’s guest is Eloise Wellings who joins Brad in the first of a two-part interview about both her career in running and philanthropy, starting with the influence her family on her budding running passion. Eloise looks back at her formative junior years, dealing with injuries and mental battles, discussing what the right amount of mileage for a young age is and influences within the sport. She talks about dealing with first stress fracture ahead of Sydney Olympics and the importance of strength training as well as the drive to keep persisting with the dream of making the Olympic stage.
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085: Len Johnson

085: Len Johnson
 
This week the Inside Running Podcast are sponsoring Catriona Bisset who is fundraising for her trip to compete overseas and the charity Lifeline which you can find out about here. https://www.gofundme.com/support-catriona-in-europe-and-lifeline
Brad gets ready for his first race since October, while getting through report-writing season. Julian has an injury scare but gets cleared in the span of a week.Brady has a consistent day out on the Bundoora Cross Country 10K.Diamond League at Oslo and Rabat features big performances from Stewart McSweyn, Matt Ramsden and Ryan GregsonOslo Bislett Games Diamond League Official ResultsRabat Diamond League Official Results
Brett Robinson and Jack Rayner both go sub-28 in the Next Generation Athletics 10000m in Nijmegen, NetherlandsResults
Ellie Pashley edges Makda at Bundoora 10K, while Harry Summers continues his good form over Andrew Buchanan ahead of the Oceania Championships.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rChBVgH3Ry0
 
Listener questions ask about the motivations of trail-ultra runners dipping their toes into road marathons and the best gear suited for wet weather running, while Moose is on the Loose on someone saying something over twitter.
 
Brady chats with Runner’s Tribe columnist, journalist and author Len Johnson about his time in running and how he got into it via footy. Len shares with Brady how he made the transition from the 400m to marathon running via amateur footy, and the factors and series of events that lead to running his personal best of 2:19:32 at Fukuoka.
Len recounts his days of training alongside Rob De Castella under Pat Clohessy then answering how the stars of the 80’s would fair against the Africans of the modern era before looking back at his favourite moments from the 5 Olympic Games he was fortunate to attend as a journalist, as well as the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne with a cameo from Brady on Len’s hotel room floor. What stands out for Len was watching Cathy Freeman deal with the pressure before winning Gold in Sydney 2000. Brady asks Len his view on a number of topics revolving around athletics before closing with his recommendations for running related books, on what running means and has given to him.
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084: Jessica Stenson (Trengove)

084: Jessica Stenson (Trengove)
 
This episode is sponsored by the 7 Sunshine Coast Marathon Festival, featuring an AIMS Certified Bronze Label Half Marathon, hosting the Australian Half Marathon Championships on a flat course and perfect weather.
 
Julian’s up on the Gold Coast and driven batty by the locals and concrete.Brad hits another milestone clocking his biggest week since Melbourne Half last year.
Brady takes the win in the 10000m at Bankstown.
 
Aussies dominate at the NCAA Finals in Austin, with Morgan McDonald winning the 5000m in a tactical affair over rival Grant Fisher, while Jessica Hull places second in the 1500m but scores a Doha World Qualifier.https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/aussies-invade-the-ncaa-final-recap/
 
Bankstown saw our own Brady Threlfall win the 10000m over a duel to the end against Dave Criniti while the headline event was the Women’s 5000m saw Emily Brichacek edge Paige Campbell in a tight contest. Women’s 5000m - Bankstown Sports Athletics Facebook
Listener Questioner from Roly asks about what correspondence coaches would like to see from their athletes online.
Moose on the Loose goes off on claiming PBs off the watch instead of from race results.
 
Jessica Stenson (nee Trengove) joins Brady for a chat about getting into podcasts and on expecting her first child with husband Dylan before diving into her career of 12 marathons, starting at age 24 and making the debut at Nagoya 2012 that saw her qualify for the 2012 London Olympics. Jess talks about transitioning into the marathon at an earlier age and the relationship with coach Adam Didyk and having a moment in the middle of an Olympic Marathon. She talks about dealing with hot conditions in the Moscow World Championships and going through some injuries on the lead up to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, before going into her victory at Melbourne Marathon in 2015 and running the Rio Olympic Marathon while dealing with the ongoing fallout from that race as well as her two London marathons in 2017.
Jess then talks about her busy 2018 that saw her win another Commonwealth bronze before setting a personal best at the Gold Coast Marathon and then going on to set another personal best of 2:25:59 at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in October, going into the preparation of each one, while having the support and mentorship of some of Australia’s most storied runners.
The chat closes about what her plans for running post-pregnancy are, her favourite sporting autobiographies, being balanced both in running and in her career and the importance of giving attention to the running community.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxo6QkshN3_/  
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083: Melissa Duncan

This week’s episode is sponsored Upwell Health Collective, award-winning healthcare in physio, pilates & podiatry.
Brad starts training with Emily Bricachek, finding the slow warm-up and cooldown awkward. Julian deals with the infamous cold of Ballarat while immersing in crime podcasts. Brady braced for rain and pain in the St Anne’s cross country.St Anne’s 8km XC had a new course with Joel Tobin-White backing up from Sydney Half, over Andy Buchanan and Dave McNeil. Alex Pattinson won a tight women’s race over Charlotte Wilson and Kiah Fry.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB7msdGOshg
Leonora Gift street mile won by Stewart McSweyn & Georgia Griffith. https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/mcsweyn-and-griffith-reign-supreme-in-leonora/
Shaun Creighton sets a new Australian 50-54 age group marathon record in wet conditions at the Christchurch Marathon. Christchurch Marathon Press Release
Rio Olympics Marathon silver medalist Eunice Kirwa hit with doping ban, becoming the second podium member after gold medalist Jemima Sumgong of Kenya was served an eight doping ban earlier. Runners World Report
Australian team selection for Doha World Championships pushed back to July 1st.
Listener question from Mick ask about how to best integrate nutrition into marathon training and Moose’s Tip of the Week advises how to create safer, friendlier running experience for everyone out on the trail.
Melissa Duncan joins Brad about her stellar start to 2019 that saw her headline at the National 5000m Championships, and World Cross Country in Aarhus, Denmark and how she came for running for Shiseido, how the corporate ekiden league works as a competition and in its recruitment as well as how she addresses the challenges of living in Japan.
Melissa takes it back into getting into the sport via her sister and dad, being varied throughout her school life and then the path to representing Australia at the World Championships, Relays and Commonwealth Games, ticking them off one by one. After 2014 she made the move to Canberra and training with Philo Saunders, qualifying for the Rio Olympics but dealing with the foot fracture that ultimately forced her to withdraw despite her best efforts. From that moment Melissa talks about taking the time to decompress, trying to enjoy getting back into running with a new perspective gained that shapes her future direction.
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByNBPqhp7v0/?hl=en
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082: Rod Dixon (Part Two)

082: Rod Dixon Part 2
Julian gets his volume up to scratch and has another run-in with Ballarat’s underside.Brad makes a big call on the direction of his running futureBrady rolls out another session with Andy Buchanan and gets a 10K locked in.
Malcolm Hicks returns to talk about his World Championships marathon qualifier at Dusseldorf marathon, what the leadup of the race looked like with World Cross, Doha selection
Dane Verwey and Bec Rosel take out the 41st Adelaide MarathonResults
Runaway Noosa Marathon featured stack fields in the half marathonResults
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx4cll7HEk-/
Ben St Lawrence's Run Crew makes a challenge at Bankstown at the NSW XC RelaysNSW Athletics Report
Moose picks another Kyle Merber Tweet of the Week: https://twitter.com/TheRealMerb/status/1122457578594762753
The interview with Rod Dixon continues from the Munich Olympics where he won a bronze medal and then onto the Montreal games where he competed in the 5000m. Using a mixture of tactics throughout leading into it, observing the differences in European and Kenyan racing styles and how it came to blows and friendship with Steve Prefontaine. Rod then talks about his transition to road racing after New Zealand’s Olympic boycott of 1980, winning his weight in beer in Adamstown to then getting courted by Fred Lebow after placing 3rd in the 1982 World Cross Country and making the decision after absorbing the atmosphere of the New York City Marathon.
From that moment Rod made the commitment to getting absolutely focused on running the perfect race, training in Amish country and taking homemade gels to culminate in his iconic victory in the 1983 New York City Marathon.Rod’s interview concludes with the story of giving Sir Edmund Hillary a house call to remember and answering the challenge to inspire the next generation that became the genesis for the Kids Marathon Foundation, fundraising to save the local school and getting kids active while working with the Hillary Foundation, how it’s expanded over the years and why its importance is paramount to children’s development. You can find out more about Rod Dixon’s KiDSMARATHON here.  
 
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