Inside Running Podcast

076: Benita Willis (Part 2)

076:
Brad jogs around the Canberra mara course and still doesn’t slow down.Julian finds appreciation in his run/walks, and the process of slowly getting back into it.Brady does a manual Mona and more speedwork for the Bendigo Dragon Mile.
Catriona Bisset breaks 2 minutes in the 800m at Uni, clocking the fastest time in 10 years and 4th fastest of all time in Australia.
Women’s Game Report
 
Nick Earl and Steph Auston win the 2019 Canberra Marathon
Canberra Times ReportAsh Watson wins 50k, although not in record time while Zoe Hawkins takes the women’s title.
Liam Adams & Milly Clark took out the Half Marathon while Leanne Pompeani Aaron Parker 10km. Featuring post-race audio taken live from the event with Nick Earl, Steph Auston, Liam Adams, Milly Clark and Ash Watson.Results
 
Nic Harman wins Kasumigaura 10 mile in Japan in what might be an exciting lead up to Gold Coast.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwQJqN8pWzf/
 
2 listener questions ask firstly about the hype around the latest Nike Free, and secondly, what could be done to raise the profile of athletics before Moose On The Loose exploiting the handicapping system in this weekend’s Stawell Gift.
 
Benita Willis continues her interview with Brad from where she left off last week, talking about the impact her World Cross victory had in the lead up to the Athens Olympics, before carrying an injury into the 10000m.
She talks about life as a full-time athlete, travelling on the international circuit and moving to Boulder and the different coaches and training systems she had over the years as well as running her marathons in 2008 and 2012 and why track speed was an important component of her training before her final marathon at the London Olympics and the decision to retire from professional competition. From there Benita talks openly about the challenges in transitioning from professional athletics into the workforce, getting into coaching and her roles in Queensland Athletics, organising training groups and role as a Gold Coast Marathon ambassador as well as addressing issues in the IAAF Commission, giving her thoughts on the newly implemented ranking system and Diamond League removing 5000m races from the program.
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075: Benita Willis (Part 1) feat Isaac Heyne/Ash Watson

075: Benita Willis Part 1 feat.  Isaac Heyne, Ash Watson
 
Brad’s still off from running and following his rehab processes.Julian’s resting his hips after some analysis and takes some perspective.
Brady reintroduces double-run days and is slowly back into full training.
Australian National Track & Field Championships took place over the first week of 2019, featuring Isaac Heyne winning the U20 5000m in a thriller and gives a short interview with Brady about his race, a little personal history and the story behind all his tattoos - you can learn more about his fundraiser here at Do It For Cancer. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv2zgOFBUC4/
-800m races won by Catriona Bisset & Peter Bol, both qualifying for Doha
-Men’s 1500m won by Luke Mathews
-3000m Steeplechase won by Paige Campbell & Max Stevens
Full Results
The pointy end of Run For The Kids featured a who’s who in the local running scene with Harry Summers fresh off the plane from Denmark taking the win over Liam Adams and Andy Buchanan, with Tarli Bird taking the win over Charlotte Wilson and Karinna Fyfe.
Run For the Kids Results
 
Listener Lachlan favourite race irrespective of the result while Moose On The Loose hands it over to Paula Radcliffe about a possible loophole exploitation in qualifying Boston Marathon.
 
Ash Watson has a short chat with Julian about attempting the 50km national record at Canberra, what it would take and the training that’s gone into it.
 
Benita Willis talks with Brad this week to coincide with the 15th anniversary of her World Cross Win at Brussels 2004, talking about the recent championship at Aarhus and her particular takeaway from the junior performances. Benita goes over growing up as a hockey player, in a sporty family in Mackay and how her love of team sports evolved into getting into running at school and running to race.She goes into the progression of training, coaches and training partners that influenced her form as she represented Australia in the World Junior Track & Field and then onto the 2000 Sydney Olympics, recounting the experience of the Opening Ceremony and the atmosphere in the stadium running her 5000m.
Benita talks about moving from Australia to the UK to compete on the professional circuit, and the drive she had in taking every national record she could while running the 1500 and 5000 at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.The first half of this interview concludes with the 2004 World Cross Country Championship in Brussels, how she was suited perfectly for cross country running, going over the championship races in the lead up, how the race unfolded and how she processed the race afterwards.  

074: Brett Robinson & Alan McCubbin

74: Brett Robinson & Alan McCubbin
Brad’s recovery takes a step back and the boys try to sort it out once and for all.Julian’s searching for the flats for the sake of his hips, with an update on Ellie Pashley. Brady’s patience pays off, getting back into a regular training week.
The World Cross Country Championship was held on a tough course in Aarhus, Denmark and victory was taken out by Joshua Cheptegi of Uganda and Hellen Obiri of Kenya. The Men’s team featured Brett Robinson coming in at 30th, a surprise performance from Matt Ramsden in 39th, while Melissa Duncan came 26th in women’s race. The Australian Men’s team placed 8th while the Women’s team placed 5th.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/cheptegei-obiri-win-world-cross-aussie-recap/
Brett Robinson calls in for an exclusive interview to recap his race, what the feeling around the team was in the lead up and he’s tracking into the London Marathon in 4 weeks time.
Australia’s newest distance running power couple Ben take out the inaugural Australia RunWest despite some hiccups.
Official Report
Jessica Hull takes out the 5000m Stanford Invitational
Oregon Ducks Report
Moose On The Loose handles the tricky topic on athletes lying about their age.
Alan McCubbin PhD at Monash University and previous guest returns to shed some light on the latest in Maurten’s patented hydrogel, explaining how it works and the history of the hydrogel before going into detailing a gastrointestinal study conducted to better understand the application of hydrogels in long endurance exercise and whether or not it lives up to the marketing hype.
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073: Ray Boyd

Brad’s hitting up 1st Birthday Parties and still getting treatment, this time on his back.
Julian’s back running but is stopped with tight hips, arranging an immediate massage.
Brady’s been up all night with his legs still cooked and also gets an immediate massage appointment.
Sean Whipp adds some clarification on placing in IAAF Gold Label races with respect to points ranking from last week’s discussion.
Catriona Bisset of MUAC runs 21st fastest 800m at Vic Milers Club Women’s A Race, beating Georgia Griffith
https://youtu.be/RJGK0U3-jjQ
Two listener question asks about tapering for a first half marathon, and hydration for Great Ocean Road Marathon, then Moose on the Loose takes it out on impatient recreational runners not appreciating the development process for short-term overreaching.
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Ray Boyd, 2:13 Marathoner and Western Australian Principal of the Year Winner joins Brady about his career in distance running and particularly the marathon starting with how his quest to qualify for the Sydney Olympics involved getting to Chicago by winning the Canberra Marathon.
Ray recounts his experiences with the Chicago Marathon that lead to his lifetime personal best, then follows up with running the 2000 Olympic Marathon Trial in Sydney, explaining the challenges with training for a marathon in Perth and the necessity in racing in the eastern states. Ray talks about balancing his high training with his career as a teacher, the reliance on modern technologies and the stories around Falls Creek training camps and the 1995 International Chiba Ekiden, closing with how his retirement from professional sport channelled his energy into teaching and mentions Lee Troop’s cheeky unofficial record at Falls Creek as well as the contemporaries he looked up to and who in Western Australian running excites him.
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072: Grant Giles

72: Grant Giles
Brad continues to test the waters with his body, enjoying the running he can manage.Julian & Brady come down with post-Lake Biwa Fever.
Chris Rancie asks about a possible scenario for Julian and Doha World Championships launching into the discussion into the new IAAF Ranking systems factoring in for qualification time, race selection and points allocation based on performances at select meets and races.
IAAF Qualification Press Release
List of 2020 Olympic Athletics Qualification Standards
Diamond League to drop the 5000m from 2020 season onwards, replacing it with the 3000m.IAAF Press Release
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvFRwe9ge2f/
Luke Mathews wins the 800m Jandakot Airport Track over Joseph Deng, Georgia Griffith edges Morgan Mitchell in the Women’s RaceAthletics Australia Report
Courtney Atkinson and Steph Auston take out 6 Foot Track MarathonResults
Matt Ramsden selected to represent Australia for the World Cross Country in Aarhus, Denmark replacing an injured Pat Tiernan.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu7oNXZHZcF/  
Listener Richard asks about how the boy’s perspective on their running goals has changed over the years and Moose on the Loose sets into the post-marathon blues.
Grant Giles chats with Brady about the importance of the mental aspect performance, touching on his career as a triathlete and coach before making the transitioning to ego psychologist. In this fascinating conversation, Grant covers a variety of topics from forming and managing your belief system, anchoring yourself to the flow of the process, accepting discomfort and the dark places when you get there and what can be learnt from observing Eliud Kipchoge.
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071: Lake Biwa Recap & Rochelle Rodgers

71: Lake Biwa 2019 Recap | Rochelle Rodgers
Brady & Julian recap their respective races at Lake Biwa marathon and are joined by guest host Ellie Pashley, who ran the 9th fastest Female Australian Marathon at Nagoya Women’s Marathon on the same day. The three competitors give insight into their respective weeks leading in and detailed accounts of each of their races.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu0qUT-h1I8/?hl=en
Other results from Lake Biwa features Nick Earl edging Julian in 2:14:38, plus the results of Aaron Pulford, Brad Milosovic, Brad Kahlfeldt and Reece Edwards as well as Tom Do Canto who was a withdrawal in the later stages of the race.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu8VZVugUB4/?hl=en
Keeping with the theme of Japanese marathons, this week's special guest is Rochelle Rodgers from Western Australia, off her 2:34 personal best at Shizuoka marathon joins Brady to give a recap of her own race that happened a few weeks before Lake Biwa & Nagoya, including how she even chose Shizuoka and the preparations after her second place at Melbourne Marathon 2018. Rochelle provides some insight into the WA running scene and how she got started via Little Athletics as well as her involvement with Front Runner Sports and coach Raf Baugh, what a typical training looks like, why she comes back to Melbourne Marathon as well as racing in Bali and how she spends her time outside of running.
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070: Pat Carroll

070: Pat Carroll
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Brad’s back jogging, doing his exercises, biding his time to get his body right.Julian’s taking in the sights, gets his back straight and cheering Bri in Tokyo.Brady’s comes second to Marty Hore in an awards gala and watches the Echuca-Moama Gift
Tokyo Marathon played out in dour, rainy conditions with previous guest-host Craig Appleby setting a new Personal Best, while Japanese National Record holder Suguru Osako dropped out before 30km.IAAF Report
Bathurst, New South Wales announced to host 2021 World Cross Championships, with the boys frothing about the potential for both local and global talent.
IAAF Press Release
Yomif Kejelcha sets World Record for Indoor Mile of 3:47.01 in Boston.
IAAF Report
Listener Callum asks about training and runner biographies the boys recommend reading while Moose on the Loose draws the line on personal bests set by your GPS watch versus the ones set in reality.
Pat Carroll joins Brad to look at his career in running, making the transition from karate into running, recounting his inspiration from Rob De Castella, what training and nutrition for marathons involved back in his prime and highlights balancing his apprenticeship in cabinet making with winning the Gold Coast marathon.
Pat talks about who he likes in the current crop of distance running and his opinions on what they need to succeed to be top marathoners before setting most of his personal bests in domestic racing and then recounts his best marathons at Beppu-Oita and Lake Biwa in Japan only to deal with the absurd politics involved with organisers, Athletics Australia and the Olympic selection process.
The conversation wraps up with the transition from athlete to coaching and getting involved with charity fundraising and emceeing events to engage with the wider running community.
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069: B. Tokyotalk- Moose, Ellie, Bri & Jarrod

#Tokyotalk with Moose, Ellie Pashley, Bri Hook & Jarrod McMullen. + MOTL.
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069: Aaron Pulford

069: Aaron Pulford
Brady pushes through his marathon simulation workout through the wind.Craig Appleby fills in for Julian ahead of Tokyo Marathon, talking about how he’s trained and structured his sessions and what his final preparations and race plan entail.
Brad takes the week off to work on his glute and core exercises.
Sydney Track Classic proved to be a blockbuster night in athletics, with Melissa Duncan edging Paige Campbell & Sinead Diver in a windy Women's 5000m before Jordan Gusman broke clear of Stewy McSweyn for the upset of the night with Liam Adams 3rd in the Men's 5000m, while Ryan Gregson wins another 1500m title.
Athletics Australia Results
Rochelle Rodgers makes improves on her 2nd place at Melbourne Marathon, winning Shizuoka Marathon and setting a massive personal best.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuQUZUDAgII/?hl=en
Listener, Tyson asks about how to best mix training for running and footy throughout the year.
Aaron Pulford joins Brady over from Kenya as he puts the final touches ahead of Lake Biwa Marathon. Aaron talks about his approach to running, spending the last 4 months in Kenya, and how the culture and overall philosophy around running differs between Kenya and his native New Zealand, recounting his time spent in Kenya as well as immersion in the workouts and nightlife, as well as providing insight on Jake Robertson’s impact on the local community.Aaron also shares how having an active childhood and his junior coach influenced his running, the big names he raced in a World Junior 5000m, the years he raced the Zatopek Junior 3000m before going on to race instead of pace track meets in the United States, slipping all over in Christchurch then explains why the Kenyans don’t rate the Commonwealth Games and who he rates in the Australian scene. 
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068: Mario Fraioli

068: Mario Fraioli
Brady’s living it up in Byron Bay still trying to get it done to the delight of onlookers. Julian recreates a training session from Boulder and fits in some banter with Watto.Brad attempts another session and catches up with previous guest Chris Hamer.
Brett Robinson gets chased by Harry Summers sets a new record for the Run The Bridge course while Millie Clark makes a return to form.
Event Report Results
Joseph Deng sets a new Australian 800m Indoor National Record.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/watch-birmingham-indoor-grand-prix-800-metre-joseph-deng-australian-nr/
Stewy McSweyn chases Samuel Tefera and Yomif Kejelcha to set a new National Record for 1500m Indoor, paced by Jordy Williamsz.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/video-samuel-tefera-3-31-04-1500m-indoor-wr-birmingham-2019/
Julien Wanders and Sifan Hassan set new post-2018 road 5k World Records.
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/wanders-and-hassan-set-world-5km-records-in-monaco/
Listener questions from James ask the boys about their current shoes in rotation while Paul asks about coaching relationships, what they get out of them and why they have/don’t have coaches. Moose on the Loose against professionals (or non-professionals) espousing advice out of their realms of expertise #stayinyourlane
Brady catches up with coach and writer Mario Fraioli of the Morning Shakeout newsletter & podcast about training and running California International Marathon in 2:27, setting his first PB in 11 years. Mario takes it back to getting into running via basketball and pursuing a professional running career to working at a newspaper part-time while dealing with malnutrition, injuries and the mental demons associated with bad eating habits.
Mario talks about his break into athletics journalism working on Competitor magazine covering race reports and training articles, with Brady picking his brain on interviewing athletes and uncovering their stories, before going into how he got into coaching and writing the Morning Shakeout and the transition to pursuing both full time.
Mario discusses having the tact and honesty to articulate opinions on athletics and marathoning, going into detail about who he thinks will make the USA Olympic Marathon teams and what needs to change in athletics.
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