Athletics Ontario Running Podcast

We all deserve a safe and welcoming place to enjoy the sport that we love - for the queer running community in Toronto, that place is the Queer Run Club. This week on the Trillium Running Podcast, host John Shep connects with QRC founder MK to learn about their passionate run club who are celebrating their Two-Year Anniversary this week(!) and what we all can learn about supporting the queer runni...

"Put on your shoes and run." This is not the experience for all bodies, all genders, all abiliites. Women are vastly underrepresented in the marathon distance and experience barriers to running that often go unnoticed. We take this week on the Trillium Running Podcast to notice and speak deeply with an amazing guest, Amanda Richardson, founder of Chix Run The 6ix. Her story and insights, along wit...

On our Mount Rushmore of running podcast guests is Alex Hutchinson. The author and award winning journalist speaks wtih host John Shep on this week's episode of the Trillium Running Podcast about enduring messages of his book Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance on its five-year anniversary. What has he changed his mind about and what global running events have...

We are alive, we are running! Wallace Wong, the Six Pack Chef of Top Chef Canada fame and new Guinness World Record holder, joins us on the Trillium Running Podcast to run through his life and accomplishments, along with some practical tips for staying healthy and balanced as foodie runners. Connect with Wallace on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/w2sixpackchef/ Register to be an Athletics...

Connect with Noel on Instagram at:  https://www.instagram.com/canadianracewalking/ Register to be an Athletics Ontario member:  https://athleticsontario.ca/2022-ao-membership-registration/

Register to be an Athletics Ontario member:  https://athleticsontario.ca/2022-ao-membership-registration/

Register to be an Athletics Ontario member:  https://athleticsontario.ca/2022-ao-membership-registration/

We run with PRIDE at Athletics Ontario and this week on the Trillium Running Podcast, we celebrate the 2SLGBTQ+ community and allies with Gabriel Jarquin, co-president of the Pride and Remembrance Association. His story and path to running is inspirational and we dive deep into his devotion to the sport and the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Connect with Gabriel on Instagram at:  https://www.instagram.com/ga...

We have Chris Johnston, TSN Hockey Insider to talk about... running? Yes!!! The Stanley Cup Playoffs are all wrapped up and Chris Johnston is joining us on the Trillium Running Podcast to chat about his relationship to running and an over 1300 day running streak. Connect with Chris on Instagram at:  https://www.instagram.com/reporterchris/ Register to be an Athletics Ontario member:  https://athle...

Register to be an Athletics Ontario member:  https://athleticsontario.ca/2022-ao-membership-registration/ Thank you to WealthSense https://wealthsense.ca/ and Marsquest https://www.marsquest.com/ for their support of Athletics Ontario.

Food, glorious food! On this episode of the Trillium Running Podcast, we treat ourselves to an appetizing conversation with Chuck Ortiz, founder of Food Runners Toronto. Listen to find out how the Food Runners infuse running to support the physical and mental well-being of those in the hospitality industry. Connect with the Food Runners on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/thefoodrunners_/?h...

The second-ever World Mountain and Trail Running Championships will be held in Innsbruck-Stubai, Austria from June 6-10, 2023 and on this episode of the Trillium Running Podcast, we have one of the representatives from Team Canada, Kerri Labrecque. Kerri is a runner, mother of 2 daughters, nature lover and dietitian, who shares her thoughtful and elegant approach to running and the trails. Connect...

Brian Bondy wanted to know what running for over 48 hours felt like! So the ultrarunner, who also represented Team Canada at the 2022 Big Dog's Backyard Ultra National Championships, tested himself at the 2023 Cocodona 250 mile run in Arizona. He's here on the Trillium Running Podcast to tell us his tale! Connect with Brian online at: https://brianbondy.com/ Check out FAwR (First Annual weUltra Ru...

All around the world, Kevin MacKinnon is the voice of endurance sports, in digital media, in coaches' corner and in the announcer's booth. What makes the man behind the microphone, whose 30 year career has included being the Editor in Chief of Ironman, the founding editor of Triathlon Magazine Canada and the VOICE of the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon? We find out this week on the Trillium Runnin...

 What can we learn from one of the most impressive first years in the world of 100 milers? We find out from Marianne Hogan, ultrarunner and coach, who made the podium at both the 2022 Western States Endurance Run and Ultra-Trail Mont Blanc. She smiled, she learned, she grew, and she is gearing up for an impassioned future in the sport. Find out what Marianne is up to on Instagram:  https://www.ins...

His full title is Event Supervisor for Happy Trails Racing, but informally, Byron Guptill is THE supporter of the sport of running and the people in it. On this episode of the Trillium Running Podcast, he shares his over ten year ultrarunning journey, crewing and pacing experiences (including for 200 milers) and quite a few laughs. Connect with Byron on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/byro...

Bart Yasso, the Mayor of Running, the retired Runner's World Chief Running Officer and the creator of the "Yasso 800's," was an absolute treasure to have on the Trillium Running Podcast.  He joins us this week to chat about the runs he's taken and the paths he's crossed, reflecting on the people and places he loves in the world of running. Find Bart Yasso online at: https://www.bartyasso.com/ Conn...

From racing in the legendary streets of Boston to the frozen and chilly Antarctic, Matt West of DMSE Sports has given runners all over the globe the opportunity to fulfill their running dreams. On this week's episode of the Trillium Running Podcast, we learn from his experiences, his passions and his desire to see the running industry thrive. Find out more about Matt West and DMSE Sports at: https...

In Part Two of our discussion with Sabrina Pace-Humphries, co-founder of UK's Black Trail Runners, we learn about the reasons behind the Black Trail Runners movement, the positive impact they are having on the UK trail racing scene, and what we in Ontario can learn about championing diversity and inclusion in our wonderful sport. Find Sabrina on IG:  https://www.instagram.com/sabrunsmiles/?hl=en F...

Get ready for a great one. Sabrina Pace-Humphries is an ultrarunner, a force for diversity and inclusion, author, and co-founder of UK's Black Trail Runners. Listen to her inspiring story of life, recovery and running in some of the world's toughest ultramarathons in part one of our interview on this week's edition of the Trillium Running Podcast. Find Sabrina on IG: https://www.instagram.com/sabr...

Kevin Coffey is inspiration and perseverence personified. This week on the Trillium Running Podcast, host John Shep speaks with professional coach and runner, survivor of a brutal Traumatic Brain Injury, who became 2022 Male Winner of the Around the Bay 30k. Find out all about Kevin on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/coffeyrunner/  

Rising costs, construction, post-pandemic recovery - all of these are impacting the landscape of local marathons in Ontario. Kerry Gillespie is a sports reporter for the Toronto Star, who wrote an extremely insightful article on this exact topic and she is here on this week's episode of the Trillium Running Podcast to discuss! Link to the article: https://www.thestar.com/sports/2023/01/14/how-the-...

We made it! Host John Shep and the Tailgate Night Runners (Byron, Louis, Ken, Chris and Jeff) stumbled to the finish line of the Chilly Half Marathon to cap off their 2023 Goggins Challenge (run 4 miles every 4 hours for 48 hours) in support of the Maddie Project. Hear about our adventures and the power of community to raise awareness for mental health and support the North York General Hospital....