Run Culture Podcast

Run Culture Podcast Episode 79: The Lockdown 50km Challenge Ep. 6. Welcome back to Episode 6 of; 'The Lockdown 50km Challenge!’ This week, Dion, John, Craig and Dane, go over their training weeks and how they are tracking with 5 weeks to go till their Aussie record tilt! Thanks once again to the Australian Sports Brewing Company for throwing their unwavering support behind the boys with this chall...

Welcome back to another episode of the Run Culture Podcast. Today I am extremely privileged to be chatting to Dr Jeff Moreno. Jeff is a highly established and renown Physical Therapust from Santa Cruz, California. In 2005 Jeff became the team Physical Therapist for Nike Team Run Los Angeles, a post collegiate running team sponsored by Nike. Dr Moreno’s running clientele have included; US, Canadian...

Run Culture Podcast Episode 77: The Lockdown 50km Challenge Ep. 5 Welcome back to Episode 5 of; 'The Lockdown 50km Challenge!’ This week, Dion, John, Craig and Dane, go over their training weeks and how they are tracking with 6 weeks to go. The boys open the show with a special mention to the Australian Sports Brewing Company for supporting the podcast again with another batch of Zero Plus ‘Alcoho...

Today on Episode 76 of the Run Culture Podcast I have Ben Green, he is a full-time World Athletics Level 4 Middle and Long Distance Coach and the Coaching Manager at 'Front Runner Sports'. He also has a Bachelor of Sports Science with First Class Honors in Biomechanics to his name as well as a deep seated love for the sport of running himself. As a coach he manages all levels of athletes; from rec...

Welcome back to Episode 4 of; 'The Lockdown 50km Challenge!’ This week, Dion, John, Craig and Dane, go over their training weeks and how they are tracking with 7 weeks to go. John ‘Dormant Beast’ Dutton continues to enjoy the hills of Gembrook averaging 4:05/km for the week with a heap of climbing, Dion labour’s through the mental rigours of stage 4 Lockdown and nails a monster of a session on the...

After a rain check as of essential London marathon viewing, then some recording difficulties, Episode 3 of; 'The Lockdown 50km Challenge' is out a touch late this week. This week, Dion (Loco), John (JD), Craig (Apples) and Dane go over their training weeks and how they are tracking with 8 weeks to go. John keeps collecting ‘elevation’, Dion discusses his 5km timetrial, Apples shares an injury scar...

This week on the Run Culture Podcast I chat with Max Paquette a lead Biomechanist and Running researcher from the University of Memphis.  He has over 95 research publications and recently along with Chris Napier, Rich Willy and Trent Stellingwerff published a commentary about optimising the way runners monitor training load.  Max is a wealth of knowledge, he is a great follow on Twitter for any fe...

Firstly, speaking on behalf of the other boys, I just want to say how we have been absolutely blown away by the positivity, support and buzz our 'crazy' idea created last week! In Episode 2 of; 'The Lockdown 50km Challenge'; Dion (Loco), John (JD), Craig (Apples) and I go over our training weeks and how we are tracking with 9 weeks to go. We also discuss how we are progressing with the many 'movin...

This week I was incredibly fortunate to chat to: Sam Parsons @par_sam_sons ⚒ He is a Professional Athlete for @adidasrunning. He is one of the original founders of @tinmanelite the professional running team from Boulder, Colorado. He has run 3:55 for a mile and 13:22 for 5km. We talk about; the teams origins, empowerment, moving the sport forward, the importance of mindset/’mamba mentality’, the b...

G'day everyone! Today and over the next couple of months I've got something a bit different for you all. Each week I am going to catchup with good friends; Dion Finocchario, John Dutton and Craig Appleby as we train towards; 'The Lockdown 50km Challenge' I asked Dion (Loco), John (JD) and Craig (Apples) if they were at all interested in this crazy project a month or two ago in the height of Melbou...

Welcome back to another episode of the Run Culture Podcast, today I'm incredibly fortunate to be chatting to Canadian Sports Physiotherapist, author, biomechanist and researcher with a special interest in running; Chris Napier. Known as @runnerphysio on twitter, Chris is a 2:33 marathoner, he finished his Masters in Physiotherapy in 2003 in Perth, Australia and his PhD in running biomechanics and...

What an enlightening chat I had with Jono Hall, I was utterly transfixed to his every word and I have to admit I’ve re-listened to this chat several times since! “Jono” is a renowned Coach in the world of Triathlon. He is the head coach of Triathlon Canada's National Performance Center. He coaches top Canadian athletes such as Tyler Mislawchuk, plus a handful of international world class athletes...

Today, on the podcast I had such a fun, relaxed and genuine chat with former Aussie 1500m record holder, three time Olympian and 2006 Comm Games silver medallist; Sarah Jamieson. This interview is an incredible insight into Sarah’s career, the persistence she showed to get through 7 surgeries in her early 20’s, the lessons she learnt throughout her running career, how she tailored training to suit...

Today, I really enjoyed getting deep into the nerdy running details of how US elite Hoka one one sponsored marathoner/ultra runner Tyler Andrews prepares for a 50km race! Tyler is a 2:15 marathoner, was the 2016 Doha 50km World Championship Silver medalist, is the current US 50 mile National champ and has the fastest known time for 50km on the treadmill (2:42:51 June 2020). He is also a coach at C...

In this weeks episode I had a ball chatting to former Australian distance running superstar; Susie Power. In this chat, Susie details her incredible running journey, the many ups and downs and some major learnings. Some key takeaways I took from this chat included: ‘the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.’ Or that, for most runners; ‘good life balance often parallels optimal performance....

A few weeks ago I was incredibly fortunate to have a good chat to highly regarded Australian Walks coach; Brent Vallance. Brent was a fantastic walker himself representing Australia in the 20km road race at the Kuala Lumpar Commonwealth Games in 1998. Unfortunately, a chronic Hamstring injury ended his career prematurely but fortunately for the walking world he turned his attention to coaching! Af...

Hi guys, something a bit different today! A few weeks ago Damien Clark (a vital member of the Run Culture Owls, the squad of athletes I coach), asked if he could kindly take over as host of the podcast and interview me! So, I was suddenly thrust into the hot seat while he relished the opportunity to throw me a few curly ones! Here it is, it was a bit of fun. A good insight into my life as a marath...

Today, I was fortunate enough to chat with Kiwi Lorraine Moller; she shares her journey, stories from her amazing career and an abundance of sage learnings and wisdom along the way! Lorraine Moller is a 4-time Olympian, Olympic bronze medalist (in the marathon, Barcelona 1992), a world track and field finalist, multiple Commonwealth Games track medalist and winner of 16 major international maratho...

"Champions are everywhere....they just need to be trained correctly." -Arthur Lydiard If you want to hear a fantastic insight into the history, training and coaching philosophies of Arthur Lydiard and his pupils, then there is no better man to chat to than Keith Livingstone and that's who we have on the show today. This is a lengthy one, Keith's a fantastic story teller, I was spell bound, ideal f...

Today in episode 60 of the Run Culture Podcast I chat to Thomas Do Canto, who not only is a distinguished runner (a 2:14 marathoner & 2016 Melbourne Marathon winner) but also a highly sort after Sports Podiatrist and is one of the Directors at Walkers Street Sports Podiatry in North Sydney. In the podcast, Tom talks about how his own running is currently going, how he’s coping with COVID-19 and ho...

Today I chew the fat with Chris Pilone. I’ve got to thanks Chris for this chat again, it was one of the most; fun, wise, enlightening, gripping and honest chats I’ve had on the podcast. Chris is a New Zealand based athletics and triathlon coach, who has had tremendous success at the international level. Chris has been a professional coach since 1997 and has guided many national champions in a rang...

Rehab and Conditioning Specialist from the UK; Claire Minshull. Claire has been apart of 30 plus research papers (including a PHD), most of which were in Strength and Conditioning. Her website; www.getbacktosport.com has many great blogs and courses about strength and conditioning. Claire also has personal experience not just as a researcher and clinician but on the other side of the fence as a su...

Today in the Run Culture Podcast I chat to Tom Goom the Running-Physio, from Brighton the UK! His website; www.running-physio.org has so many fantastic resources, blogs and videos for sore/injured runners! Tom, as you will hear is fully abreast all the latest running research! Today we focused on a wholistic look of running injury and pain. We talked about the importance of training structure, pla...

This week I chat with US physio; Chris Johnson. Chris is a highly acclaimed physical therapist from Seattle, that specialises in treating endurance athletes. He has a background in research, is well abreast the latest evidence based literature and has been a physical therapist for 19yrs. He is the owner of Zeren PT, has completed 2 Kona Ironman triathlons, 1 in under 10 hrs! He is a triathlon coac...

With COVID-19 restrictions easing slightly in recent weeks, it was great to catch up with Pete Dutton and Damien Clark two of the Run Culture Owl athletes I coach! We debrief the last 6 weeks, how good it is to be back out there as a group and we discuss how everyone is chugging along!