Cheeky Run Club

Gooood morning cheeky chums 🍌   In our final episode of season 2 we demystify how to prep for a race. We talk through how to taper, carb load, manage pre-race nerves, and plan out a race strategy. We also bust some race day myths and answer some race-related listener questions. We then let rip three (3) SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!!!! Very excited to share with you all. 👉 Register to join us on our...

Oh helloooo cheeky chums!   This week we chat to our friend Bronte to showcase a different model for why people run.  We talk about running to explore whilst travelling and then explore different theories for how running boosts your creativity. We finish with a listener question from Bronte where we unpack how to level up your long runs. This episode of Cheeky Run Club is brought to you by Pillar...

Helllooooo cheeky friends! Hope you had a lovely weekend! This week we chat through the lessons we have learnt from our worst races (there are many-just ask us) and how they have helped us in the long run.  During this weeks rundown segment we give you a little update about what is happening with the selection of the Australian Women's marathon team for Paris 2024.   If you want to support th...

Oh helloooo cheeky chums! Today we are chatting about running in the coldest season (topical!!). We go through ten of our best tips and tricks to keep you motivated and moving in the cold/dark/gloomy weather. In the Rundown we discuss a divide that's opened up in the running world, and we finish with a new segment - the Hot Seat - where we put each other on the spot with a running-related dil...

Happy Monday cheeky pals!  Today we dive into running burnout, a surprisingly undiscussed dimension of running life. We look at what it is, why it happens, how it impacts you and how to recover from it. We also tell some stories of running burnout to give more colour to the facts, some from our community and some of our own. Notable runs include a recap of Anna's cross country race and a runn...

Helllooooo cheeky friends! Happy Monday! We often say that running is forever teaching us lessons on and off the track so today we are going to discuss our learnings and insights about what running has taught us recently. We then answer TWO listener questions about running through sickness and how to introduce strength work from home.  If you want to support the show, please follow us wherever you...

Helllooooo Cheeky friends! This week we will once again be talking to pelvic floor physiotherapist (and founder of Physio for Women ) Rachel Fitt about the journey back to running after giving birth. If you haven’t already, we advise going back to last weeks ep and listening to that first to give you a better understanding of some of the themes we chat about today. We then bring you The Run Down f...

Happy Monday cheeky pals! Today we explore the nuances of running during pregnancy with the help of Women's Pelvic Floor Physio (and founder of Physio for Women ) Rachel Fitt. We break down what happens to your body in each trimester and then understand how that impacts our ability to run. We wrap up with some all-time running recs. If you want to support the show, please follow us wherever y...

Helllooooo cheeky friends! Today we are going to discuss our learnings and insights into how best to stay healthy and run consistently without getting injured. We then  introduce a new segment (drum roll!!!), The Run Down, which we think will be a crowd favourite and finish off with season two's first Weekly Weapon. If you want to support the show, please follow us wherever you listen to your...

WE'RE BACKKKKKKK!!!  Season two kicks off with a BANG with a dive into our most requested running topic: running fuel. After discussing worst and best runs of the break (including a big debrief of the first ever cheeky club run that morning) we welcome our expert guest Em Massey, who helps us unpack how eating impacts your running and vice-versa. We then finish on some helpful albeit very cha...

Well cheeky friends, the day is here... and we don't just mean the final episode of season one. The time has come to enlighten the world on SPORTS BRAS, which possibly top the charts in terms of most impactful/least understood aspects of running. We kick off the episode a little bit differently with a race recap, as we both did 5k races the night before recording. We then dive deep into sport...

Helllooooo cheeky friends! Today we are breaking down the different kind of runs we do, why we do a variety and how to do them well. We then discuss  the idea of belonging to a wide variety of run groups in our No Stupid Questions segment brought to you by KICRUN and finish it off with a (moderately) BIG announcement. 👉 End of Season 1 Survey link here ! Big thank you to the wonderful Gary Howard...

HI CHEEKY FRIENDS! Today we are chatting all things running etiquette . We then answer questions on dating run clubs and other such hot topics in our No Stupid Questions segment brought to you by KICRUN , before Anna launches a surprise new segment 🧐 and we bring it home with this week's weapon. If you want to support the show, please follow us wherever you listen to your podcasts or on soci...

Helloooooo cheeky listeners!  We are SO excited to introduce our first ever guest of the pod, the  extraordinary and inspiring Laura Henshaw , the CEO and co-founder of the Australian health & fitness app, Kic. We unpack her relationship with running, how it has changed over the years, and the lessons learnt on the way. We then jump into our No Stupid Questions segment brought to you by KICRUN...

Hello cheeky friends!  Today, we are keeping our authenticity in check and starting a conversation about the darker side of running. As the great Rocky Balboa once said - "...the world ain't all sunshine and rainbows." There's a good chance he was talking about running when he said this, and if sometimes you feel like your relationship with running isn't as positive as you...

Hello cheeky friends!  Today, we go through why running makes us feel so good.   We shake things up a little bit by answering a couple of listener questions and introduce our own cheeky idea for new running friendships. You can find the article that we strongly (!!!) recommend reading below: https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/february/grace-tame/running-out-trouble#mtr Instagram : https://ww...

Hello friends! Today we dive into the age-old question: how should you prep for your run? Should you eat? Drink? Stretch? Brush your teeth? What the heck are 'activations' and how do you do them?! We discuss all of the above and talk through our own pre-run routines. Or if none of that is enough - our weekly warrior this week is calling in all the way from Antarctica, so you don't w...

Hello cheeky friends!  Today, we’re talking about RUNNING SHOES. Hopefully after listening to this episode you will be better positioned to find your perfect pair.  And don't worry, we've brought in someone who knows a lot more about this topic than us to answer some of your frequently asked questions! Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/cheekyrunclub/ Tiktok : https://www.tiktok.com/@...

Look out, you're about to fall in love with running.  We've put our heads together to come up with our top ten tips for how to get started, keep going, or just enjoy your runs even more than you already do. Some of these tips will be useful, some of them will not... you be the judge. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts + Instagram , TikTok , Substack , Phoebe's Strava + Anna&ap...

We start this year's podcast series by discussing the most popular topic of January and least popular topic of February - New Year's resolutions. Should we make them? Are they good or bad for us? How do we set ourselves up for success? (Is this podcast a New Year's resolution we took too far...?) In for 2024: Listening to Cheeky Run Club Out for 2024: Silent Discos (hopefully) and n...

Welcome to the unofficial meeting place for the amateur runner! Meet your hosts and find out why we're rebranding running 🍌 Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/cheekyrunclub/ Tiktok : https://www.tiktok.com/@cheekyrunclub Phoebe's Strava : https://www.strava.com/athletes/38116199 Anna's Strava : https://www.strava.com/athletes/38585924   Music produced by Hugh Raper Logo design b...