Better with Running

On this weeks ep, Matt and Zacca catch up about how they are going in the 7 day lockdown. Matt goes through how his sessions have gone in the lead up to the Gold Coast Half Marathon, working his way through a tempo/hills/tempo session and a solo long run attacking some hills. Whilst Zacca goes in depth discussing his marathon specific workout, 30min pickup at the back end of his long run. Trialing...

Zacca and Matt chat about one of the most brutal cross country courses on the Athsvic calendar, Lardner Park. Zacca goes through his week leading up to the big race, taking it as an opportunity to have a down week. He loses count of his reps in his 4 x 4km session, but still finishes excited with how it felt. On the back of losing count, Zacca nearly loses his show in the mud pits of Lardner Park,...

Matt continues his build back up, discussing how he’s now added a couple of sessions into the week and steadily got the long run out. As well as jumping on the bike to help pace Gemma and Karinna on their kick down at the back of their long run. Matt also delves into his week of heart tests, including an echo stress test. Zacca knocks out another big week in prep for the Gold Coast marathon. He ge...

Zacca discusses his week, one of the biggest he's done for a very long time. Hitting a big session in the middle with 5km at marathon pace, 4 x 5min, 5km at marathon pace. Matt chats about changing his Gold Coast marathon to a half marathon, as he steadily builds back up and is enjoying the process of that feeling of getting fitter.  Run2PB coach and shoe dog, Sammy Mclean jumps on for an upd...

Zacca ups the mileage this week and incorporates a marathon specific session of 3 x 5km (1km float), along with having a crack at the first round of the Athletics Victoria XCR at Jells Park. Matt makes a last minute decision to do his long run at the Mornington Running Festival half marathon and enjoys the buzz from the event, watching some of his athletes race along with others from Run2PB and Th...

With Zacca’s Gold Coast Marathon prep in full swing, this week he dials it back with a planned down week. Zacca and Matt chat about how it went, with Zacca still getting a quality 20min fartlek, a parkrun with his fellow Melbourne University athletes and a solid 2 hour long run. Matt chats about how his recovery is going and tests how his feeling over the Hastings Foreshore parkrun. They also disc...

Zacca and Matt catch up on a huge result from our very own Run2pb junior development recipient Kiara Flavel. Who in her under 17 age group, placed 1st in the 800m and 4th in the 1500m at the recent national track and field championships in Sydney. They discuss what an amazing result for Kiara and her coach Brendan Dixon. Run culture founder and gun physiotherapist Dane Verwey drops in for a chat,...

Zacca and Matt catch up on what's probably the biggest week in Zacca's life as well as Matt detailing how his post Hobart Half stay in Tasmania went.  Run2PB coach and Canberra Half Marathon winner Brady Threlfall jumps on to discuss how not only his, but other Run2PB athletes went over the weekend across numerous races, along with recapping his own race. Run Creature founder and Canberra Mar...

Zacca is joined by Run2PB Coach and Stawell Gift Mile Winner, Jack Davies who steps in to replace Matt as co host for this week, whilst matt takes a well earned break down in tassie after racing in the Easter Marathon Festival. Zac and Jack relieve the glory days of a Stawell Victory and discuss how exciting it is to have some of Australia’s best distance runners lining up in this iconic event in...

Zacca and Matt catch up on how their past couple of weeks have been. Matt goes through some of his specific sessions in the lead up to next weeks Hobart Half Marathon. Hitting a morning hills and tempo session to practice running hard, to replicate the early race start. Along with a long warm up into 5 x 1km alterations sessions and 3 x 2km reps into 6 x 400m session. Zacca goes through the sessio...

Zacca and Matt give a run down of some big results that have come through in the last couple of weeks, in their around the grounds segment. Run Culture coach, Run Therapy physiotherapist, host of the Run Culture podcast, 2.22 marathoner, training partner and great mate of Zacca and Matt, Dane Verwey jumps on for a chat about how he's tracking for the upcoming Athletics Australia Elite Marathon. Da...

In this weeks episode, Zacca and Matt catch up about their weeks. Matt talks about getting a cold, taking it easy, before hitting a half marathon specific session of 3 x 10min and rolls a group long run around Red Hill. Zacca progresses his training with a solid 4 x 2km session, 70min pickup run then jumps in on his Sunday run to pace one of his athletes, Will, over a 10km time trial. Zacca and Ma...

Mega Episode! The Zacca and Matt talk about their recovery week post Sandy Point 10km. Zacca shows his recovered well by hitting a solid Threlfall Fartlek, while Matt takes on half of Josh Harris' hour of power (30min of 1min ON, 30sec float fartlek).  Run2PB coach Andy Buchanan joins in to discuss his recent 13:42min 5km PB at the Box Hill burn. Andy goes into the details of some of his sess...

In this weeks episode, Zacca and Matt recap their epic showdown at the Sandy Point - 10km, discussing how the race unfolded for both of them and then how they both plan to recover as they head into their marathon specific blocks as they build towards the Gold Coast Marathon. They also recount the excitement of catching up with other Run2PB athletes at the event. In a big weekend of racing around t...

In this weeks episode, Zacca and Matt catch up about how their training has gone this week. Zacca goes into detail about his 4 x 5min and 3 x 10min sessions, in the lead up to his showdown with Matt at the Sandy Point 10km. Matt discusses hitting another hills session, building into 4 x 3min and 2 x 1min hills. Along with a 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 fartlek session, to close out another 140km week. They al...

In this weeks return episode, Zacca and Matt catch up about how their last month of training has been. Zacca nails a 4k/3k/2k session in the lead up to his showdown with Matt over 10km, this time at Sandy Point 10km. Matt discusses how he was put back over the Christmas period due to illness and took a few weeks to build back up. Zacca and Matt also have a chat about their hills session they did d...

Zacca and Matt catch up for a run and record their Launceston race debrief on the ground. They discuss how the race went for each of them, how Zacca charged past Matt at 3km and got him by 30 seconds. Zacca goes into his lead up training week and Matt chats about one of his taper sessions. They also talk about how their recovery has been and what’s in store for 2021.  Myles Gough, founder of...

  One week out before the Launceston 10km, Zacca and Matt dissect their latest sessions. Matt talks through how his specific 10km session, 5 x mile reps and then discusses how he changed his training to ensure recovery and adaptation from that. Zacca nails a strong progression run and 6 x 4min reps as he gets more specific in his training.  Fresh off her win in an Australian record...

Zacca and Matt talk about the latest training weeks, dealing with a few bumps in the road and managing their ageing bodies, but both seem to have managed their niggles and crank out some good training ahead of their 10km race down in Launceston in a few weeks time. Myles Gough, founder of RunCreature, jumps on again to chat about his latest feature article on one of Australia’s best ever marathone...

Zacca chats about an epic session he rolled out, hitting a 5 minute tempo into 6 by 90sec ON/OFF. Dodging packed paths of cyclists, runners and walkers in the process. Matt details how he went over the 5km time trial he helped pace for Jake, going in depth about how they attacked the 5km and adjusted paces on the fly to get the optimal result.   Zacca and Matt chat about their excitement and...

In this weeks episode, Zacca and Matt discuss a couple sessions they each hit through the week. Zacca picks the pace up in his 4 x 4/2/1min, dipping into the low 3min/k for the shorter reps, in prep for his race against Matt in the Launceston 10km! Zacca lets us know the thoughts behind the session and how it’s progressed to being a part of his week. Zacca also notches up his biggest week for a wh...

Madeline Heiner, Gemma Maini and Sophie Fitt n jump on the podcast this week to takeover!  They give us an update on how they are tracking at the moment, how their athletes are performing, how they have dealt with and worked around the craziness of 2020 and answer some listener questions. Partners Yarraville Running Company, shop online @ https://www.therunningcompany.com.au/yarraville/ https...

Zacca and Matt discuss a couple sessions they each hit through the week. Zacca dabbles in his favourite, the progression run around the tan, along with enjoying getting out with Frankie for his 12 / 8 / 4min efforts session. Matt rolls out his 29km long run from Devilbend to Dromana and hits a 6 x 1km reps with a couple of Peninsula's finest. Big week around the tracks recapping some exciting perf...

Zacca and Matt talk about his latest session, including 400m and tempo efforts. Matt quizzes Zac on his massive upcoming  session with training partner - Frankie Conway. Zacca and Matt chat with founder of RunCreature, Myles Gough - Australia's newest online running magazine. they discuss his own running journey, what prompted him to start the website/publication, some of the interviews he ha...

Zacca and Matt talk about how they have recovered from their Run2PB Virtual 5km went with both getting back into sessions and talk about how they have both are excited for more races ahead, they chat over a potential pacing gig on the track.  Zacca catches up one of his athletes based in Tasmania, Matt Morgan, fresh off a new half marathon P.B, they talk about his transition into running, &nb...