Rob talks Running

Quick little hitter today for post SunRun recap, Pre BMO thoughts, Shanimal gives us an update on her training and we discuss a few other things including my thoughts on Strava's ridiculous AI race predictors. Thanks for tuning in and I hope you enjoy the episode!

This week Justin Kent joins me to talk all about his amazing 2:09:29 Marathon performance at the McKirdy Micro Marathon. We take a deep dive to talk about training and racing while trying to life a somewhat balanced life.  I also indulge in a solo training update this week as Shannon is eyeballs deep in 12hr workdays and kicking ass in other areas of life.  Thanks for tuning in and I hope you enjo...

This week I chat with 2 x Olympian Luc "Mud Truck"  Bruchet. We touch upon life after elite running, getting into cycling, coaching, teaching and all sorts of other good stuff.  After chatting with Luc Shan and I will get into a training chat update, so stay tuned into that as well.  Thanks for listening!

This week Shan and I tackle some listener Q & A- thanks to everyone who submitted questions! We chat triathlons, Best Canadian Marathons, Tapering, Mental strategies to get through the grind and a few other things. It's a nice little hit, throw this on during an easy run and have yourself a lovely day.  Shout-out to Blonyx for the support: ROBTALKS @ Blonyx.ca will get you 10% off.

This week we recap the First 1/2, Half Marathon which took place here in Vancouver over the weekend. It was a hot race on a chilly day and Shanimal came home w/ a shiny new PB! We discuss her race and how it all played out both mentally and physically, along with general race chatter and a random tangent or two. It was a good day. I hope you enjoy! As always, thanks to Blonyx.ca for their support....

It is First 1/2, 1/2 marathon race week here in Vancouver and who better to talk about the race then 4 x champion Dylan Wykes? Dylan is a 2012 Olympic Marathoner w/ a 2:10:47 PB. He is also the co-founder of M2M, the father of two, husband to one and he possesses an abundance of knowledge on all things running. We cover a whole lot of this and that on this weeks show including a trip or two down m...

This week on the podcast we have M2M's newest coach Michael Suey. Michael is a rad dude who came to running from the world of Soccer, Badminton and competitive cheerleading. It was great to talk to him about his journey through running and the learnings along the way.  Afterwards Shan and I hit ya with a two week update of training talks where we cover what we got up to running wise and a tan...

This week on the show Shanimal and I chat about her highly successful season debut at the Steveston Icebreaker 8km road race, and some other training chats before pivoting into our 2nd edition of the RTR book club where we chat about the book "Choosing to Run" by running legend Des Linden. It's a good episode check it out! Also - if you want / need some sports nutrition check out Bl...

This week Shan and I review our years in running from 2024. We both had our ups and downs, but overall it was a fantastic year. We chat Highlights, lowlights, favourite races, memorable runs and future goals amongst other things. Check it out! Oh, and happy new years!

This week I chat with Colleen Quigley: Olympian, lululemon ambassador, mentor, advocate and so much more.  Colleen shares the story of her rise in the sport, from her collegiate days to becoming one of the top steeplechasers in the world. We talk about the tough lessons learned from injury setbacks, and how those challenges have shaped her approach to training, competition and leadership. We also...

Rob and Shan drove down to Sacramento for the California International Marathon and Rob dropped and absolute stinker, but it was still pretty fun. Listen as we breakdown the trip and our theories on what might have gone wrong.

It's race week, and before we get in a car and head on south to CIM Rob and Shanimal take a trip down memory lane to discuss the highs, lows and everything in between of Rob's marathon Career up till now. We touch upon Houston, Boston, Moscow, Vancouver and other highlights of his Marathoning Journey. It's kinda interesting- give it a listen!

This week, Shan and I dive into Meb Keflezighi’s 26 Marathons for the inaugural edition of the RTR Book Club. Shan takes the lead as we unpack the book’s key themes, invaluable lessons, and inspiring takeaways from the extraordinary career of one of America’s greatest marathoners. After the book discussion, we switch gears and dive into training talks. Thanks so much for listening!

This week I am joined by Canadian Olympian and 2:08 Marathoner Ben Preisner. Ben is a highly accomplished runner and I really enjoyed chatting to home about his running journey and the lessons and insights he has learned along the way. We chat about training through Covid, Solo 2:15's, His Tokyo Olympic experience and his chase for Paris. Ben is a smart guy with a lot of valuable take aways....

This week, I’m joined by my friend Matt James, a guy with a lot on his plate! (pun intended) We dive into his journey from collegiate football to his ongoing quest to break the 3:00 mark at the New York City Marathon. Along the way, we chat about his love for cookies, the rookie mistakes he’s made as a marathoner, and how his passion for the sport has grown not only through his successes but throu...

This week we catch up with Justin Kent to break down his fantastic performance at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon where he ran a PB of 2:12:17 and won the Canadian Marathon Championship. We cover the last few weeks of hit training before digging into race day specifics. After chatting with Justin Shannon jumps on the Mic and we go over our training weeks. Thanks for listening!

This week Rob and Shan sit down and chat running. We touch upon Mile Repeats, Long runs and the general grind as she gets ever closer to the Chicago Marathon. We also recap Rob's Whistler Granfondo bike race as he thrashed himself to keep up with the younger guys in a literal and metaphoric sense. 

This week we have Justin Kent on the pod to chat all sorts of good stuff. Justin is a 2:13 marathoner, 62min 1/2 marathoner and all around great dude. We talk about the Olympic qualifying grind, dealing with injury, fatherhood and coaching. Lots of good stuff in there.  Then Shannon jumps on in and we talk about our training weeks and try to keep things civilized while we do it.  Thanks so much fo...

Rob and Shan sat down for their weekly training recap and basically ended up talking about all sorts of running things for an hour or so and thus it became the entire show for this week.  We chat Rob's marathon plan, our 5000m race experience, Shan talks about her shoes and training gear and we also cover our training weeks.  I hope you enjoy it, thanks!

This week Shannon pops in to ask for some "Tips & Tricks" for beginner runners where we cover everything from running in the heat, how to overcome low motivation and even the pre-run poop. We have it all covered, folks.  Then we do our training chat and discuss strategy for Shan's upcoming 5000m track debut. Turn up the volume and enjoy the show. Thanks!

Today Rob covers the last couple days of Olympic track and field (and roads), it was a tremendous competition and now he's quite sad that the games are over. Then Shan stops by for another training chat as they go over what they both got up to last week including Rob's bike race up Seymour mountain where he performed decently well but kinda acted like a dick along the way. 

I just needed to talk about how amazing the competition on the Track at the Olympics has been, so here's my brain dump on that. I love track and field.

Today we're chatting the first weekend of Olympic track, including the exciting and controversial Women's 5000m final and Canada's first gold of the games in the men's Hammer.  In the second segment my lovely partner Shannon stops by for a training chat where we discuss what we both got up to in our training last week. Shannon has Chicago coming up and I have all sorts of rando...

Finishing up the Olympic Athletics Preview. Check it. 

First episode of a new season and we're gonna chat Olympics. Basically just some previews/Predictions and rambling thoughts about some of the marquee track and field events. Maybe I'll do a part 2 to cover the events I missed, who knows. Anyways, I hope you enjoy it!