
The Aussie Runner Podcast
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The Aussie Runner Podcast covers the Australian running scene via trail, road and track. If you love running as much as we do, then join us on your next run as we talk to real Aussie runners and learn about all the things that make running great.
The Aussie Runner Podcast
6d ago
4 years, 1 baby, another on the way & a scintillating Commonwealth Games Gold victory … Jez & Damo once again catch up with Lululemon ambassador, Olympian, mum & proud South Australian running gem, the delightful Jess Stenson. Find out how motherhood has given her running/training an extra edge, hear a fascinating blow by blow trip through her Commonwealth Games Gold medal run, what baby #2 means for Paris & what the future might hold ..read more
The Aussie Runner Podcast
3w ago
It’s Australia’s biggest trail running festival week! … it’s time for the amazing Ultra Trail Australia and Neil & Geoff catch up with a UTA legend Scotty Richmond … 10 x UTA 100km with 3 finishes in the top 10 … but wait, this guy’s no slacker … graphic designer, children’s entertainer 'Ozzie', YouTube sensation, AFL coach & local Shire boy. Will he add Guinness World Record holder to that list? … find out how he’s planning on combining 300km, 43 km a day & dribbling a football to make history, his tips for competing/completing UTA 100 km & the moving reason that k ..read more
The Aussie Runner Podcast
1M ago
He’s off!!! Aussie ultra-running’s most prolific living legend, Pat Farmer, has kicked off a monster run around Australia … AGAIN … this time he’s running to help raise awareness for The Voice referendum and Jez & Damo catch up with him just before he grabs his runners and gets going. Learn what it takes to plan & train for a 14,400 km 6 month multi-day ultra-run, what he’s been doing since we last spoke in 2019 (spoiler:a lot), how time & action have become his most important tools, what changes in his training have been driven by age and how the secret to being an ultra-run ..read more
The Aussie Runner Podcast
2M ago
Jez & Damo speak to ‘Boobs on the run’ founder Mel Warman, a fantastically unique spin on a running group & a lovely human being to boot. Learn how her Mum inspired her to set it up, how it works, the success stories & why pace / distance are importantly, not a thing. Learn how they keep their members going mentally, avoid common pitfalls of getting started with running, the magic number of runs per week and the self care required to keep on running. Learn why determination trumps motivation every time, why you should steer clear of Mel & her morning tea & ..read more
The Aussie Runner Podcast
2M ago
Geoff & Neil speak to the one & only Claudine Chicheportiche, the high performance mindset coach behind many successful athletes, leaders & entrepeneurs. It is no coincidence that this karate mad mind boggler has coached the last two male Coast to Kosciuszko 240km winners. Learn exactly what mindset training is, how to become a super-coachable human, what winning from freedom not fear is, the secret of mindset by design, what real self-awareness & growth mindset is & ultimately how to both know & create the runner you want to be. Jump on the comfy chai ..read more
The Aussie Runner Podcast
3M ago
Jez & Damo go way back to the beginning, chatting once again to local Sydney marathon legend & speedster David Crinti … learn how his ground breaking Run Beyond Project has developed, how fatherhood has impacted his running, answer: he now has a 17 min park run with a pram PB :-), his thoughts on the coast to Kosciusko reboot, Deeks record going, our first Kona-ironman-poo story and we create a new & exciting niche area for data analysis, poo-nalytics ..read more
The Aussie Runner Podcast
4M ago
Episode 100!!! … Jez & Damo mark the occasion by chatting with one of Bondi Rescue’s favourite Lifeguards, Andrew ‘Reidy” Reid. This guy packs a lot in to life, runner, cyclist, swimmer, open ocean paddler, ironman, TV star, Dad, MC, event director, photographer, ex garbo & a genuine true blue top Aussie bloke. Amongst many fascinating insights & stories learn how Reidy transformed from a 120 kg chain smoking drinker to what he is today, how Bondi Rescue & running changed his life and … !newsflash! … do we finally have an origin story for the infamous poo jogg ..read more
The Aussie Runner Podcast
5M ago
It’s not often you hear someone unpack how they went from back-of-the-pack to podium athlete, a truly fascinating insight for runners of all distances ... hear Geoff & Neil discover an emotional love story starring the premier invite only 240km Coast to Kosciuszko (c2k) ultramarathon & its 2022 winner, athlete, fireman, passionate husband & Dad, Rob Mason.
A story 12 long years in the making, 6 c2k finishes later, 12 hours off his first attempt of nearly 40 hrs & ultimately sowing the seed that led to an ‘all in’ declaration in 2022 to not just take part, but to win.
Fin ..read more
The Aussie Runner Podcast
6M ago
3 years on, Geoff & Neil sit back down with Australian Ultra running’s equivalent of Russell Crowe, prolific International podium snatcher & super-coach, bro from across the ditch, Scotty Hawker (NZ). With a recent 2nd spot at UTA100 the boys speak to Scotty about the changing landscape of UTA, what he’s learnt about training, injury, nutrition, check-point tips/tricks & multiple cycles of plant vs meat based diets (may include traces of egg :-)).  ..read more
The Aussie Runner Podcast
6M ago
Jez & Damo chat to the ACT Brumbies most capped player, publican & parkrun fanatic Ben Alexander, a power-house prop with 154 Brumbies appearances & 72 Wallabies caps. Learn how his parents steered him from the precipice of Uni & Rugby abject failure to a barn-storming 10 year career in the top flight, how running helped him through retirement & some tough times, what a PB leg press attempt & diarrhoea have in common & which Royal survived a meet & greet with the Wallabies on neat gin :-)  ..read more