Run Culture Podcast

This is a great book/podcast for any runner out there that is intrigued to hear how an elite professional distance running group trains! Or any runner out there that has or still does dream about taking running all the way! In this interview I talk to renown endurance sport writer, Matt Fitzgerald about his latest book; 'Running the Dream'. In this book he details the 13 weeks he spent training an...

On episode 53 of the Run Culture Podcast I interviewed Jay Dicharry. Jay Dicharry is a US Physical Therapist and world renown researcher specialising in running biomechanics.  He was the Director of the Speed Clinic at the University of Virginia and now is the Director of the Rep Biomechanics Lab in Bent, Oregon. Jay consults for a variety of footwear companies and many US Olympic track and field...

In this weeks episode of the Run Culture Podcast I have the pleasure to talk to renown Running Physio and Director of Physio@CentralPark; Kevin Lieberthal. Today, we talk everything and anything running biomechanics! We quash more myths! Kevin has been a physio for 19 yrs, he has run 16 marathons; including the Berlin marathon and 2 Comrade marathons! In 2015 he also finished a masters in research...

Today I had the pleasure to talk to Caleb McInnes a renown Podiatrist of 10 years and Director of Thrive Sports Medicine, Croydon. Caleb is also a competitive triathlete/duathlete and runner himself. In this podcast we talk about: - How important is load management in runners, when it comes to injury? - The 7 negatives of shoes that most can’t go without? - How do you answer: ‘what shoe is best fo...

Episode 50 of the Run Culture Podcast: One of the most informative yet, for any keen runner trying to master the balance between optimal running performance and minimizing the risk of injury, this is another must listen! Last week I had a great yarn with good friend Kevin Craigie; an APA titled Sports Physiotherapist. Kevin has been part of the physiotherapy team for Athletics Australia since 2011...

Andy Walling is not just the lead Endurance physiotherapist at British Athletics, he also has been a running coach since 1994 and was a respectable runner himself winning a couple of Wales National titles on the track and running a highly respectable 3:47 for 1500m. Since 2007 Andy has been a Physiotherapist for UK Athletics. He has been a physiotherapist at many Major Championships over this time...

A couple of weeks ago I caught up with Nick Cross; Aths Aus Physio and Director of MelbourneCBD Physio again and I was rapt with our chat! ‘The topic was; ‘Rehab versus Performance’ It’s certainly a topic that is close to my heart. So often I see runners while they are in pain and we rehabilitate together back out of pain. Once the pain goes away however, time and time again I see runners stop the...

Wow, solo training can be hard, especially with no clear race in sight! It was great to catch up and chat to Damien Clark and Pete Dutton (a couple of guys I normally see face to face 3-4 times a week, they are key members of the group I coach, the Run Culture Owls!). It was great to chat about the challenges of this time but also the positives that can come out of it. We go over how/why we have c...

Last week I got interviewed with Tyson Popplestone on the Relaxed Running Podcast. Here's the Brief. Dane Verwey is an Australian Running Physiotherapist. His mission is to help distance runners prevent common running-related injuries. In this episode, Dane talks about the common running injuries he deals with daily and his best advice when it comes to preventing running injuries . This is a great...

Today I had a great chat with David Costello better known as TheRightFitPT! Dave is a Strength Coach and avid runner. As you will soon hear he knows his stuff! In today’s episode we discuss topics such as; How important is plyometric training for the distance runner? We talk about the concept of core stability? How important are biomechanics when it comes to running? We talk about the anabolic eff...

Today we are joined by Nick Cross, the director of Melbourne CBD Physiotherapy. Nick's experience professionally is extensive. He trained originally as a sports scientist, completing undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Exercise Physiology. He then went on to complete a Doctorate of Physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne. Upon graduating Nick has worked in Sports Medicine clinics for ma...

It was an absolute honour/thrill this week to interview a man I’ve looked up to my whole running career! Chris Wardlaw/‘Rab’ is a runner and coach who’s impact/influence on the Australian distance running scene over the past 40 years is near on unparalleled. Chris came 12th in the 1976 Montreal Olympic 10,000m and competed in the marathon at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He was the career coach/mentor...

Today, I had a ball chatting to Dr Richard Hansen, head coach of Boulder Colorado’s @roots_running project! In this episode we talk about how the Roots running group formed, how they are going now, his coaching/training methodology (his learnings from Joe Vigil), sponsorship chat and how he tries to avoid injury and maximise performance with his athletes! Richard is a prominent Sports chiropractor...

This weeks episode of the podcast is with renown Sydney physiotherapist, director of the Central Performance Physiotherapy clinic, head coach of the Central Performance Track group (an elite running squad in Sydney) and high level runner himself; Ben Liddy! I’ve known of Ben for a long while now and respected what he was doing from afar, so it was great to finally catch up and have a chat! Ben tal...

For those runners struggling to get their heads around injury and poor performance this one is for you! This is ever green content. Being the running physio nerd I am this podcast is exactly the podcast I envisioned delivering to educate the running public on a concept I want more runners to understand. It’s absolute gold, some runners should listen to it three times over... it’s all about injury...

Today, I chewed the fat with two of my closest running mates over the past 20 years, Zacca Newman and Matt Davy. We chat about some of the ‘key moments’ in their running journey, some of their biggest ‘learnings’, their most memorable running moments and at the end of the chat delve into their highly successful online run coaching business; Run2Pb (www.run2pb.co). Just like it always is with these...

This weeks episode is with Tim O’shaughnessy. Tim’s life has been just so intertwined with running and athletics! He is currently a running coach at Wesley College and outside of this his running group works very closely with Nick Bideau’s guys at the Melbourne Track Club. In this episode I quiz him on the inner workings of MTC and why he believes they have been just so successful. We hark back to...

With everyone’s lives in a degree of limbo and uncertainty at the moment. Today, I caught up with a couple of the Run Culture Owl athlete’s I coach; Peter Dutton and Damien Clarke. We discuss how their running has gone over the last few months, how the rest of the squad went and how we currently plan to tackle the uncertainty of the future. It’s the first time I’ve had 3 people on the podcast, we...

Wow, it has been an indifferent week! I encourage everyone to stay safe, look out for each other. It’s a perfect time to focus on things outside of running or areas in your running that you wouldn’t normally! In this episode, I have the privilege to chat to coach of the Brisbane Athletics Academy: Jayden Russ. We go into his experiences as a talented distance runner, how he struggled with the tran...

Richard Huggins was recommended by 3 of the previous coaches I have interviewed on the podcast as a coaching mentor! Richard has an outstanding coaching record with an uncanny ability to harvest an amazing club culture down at Knox athletics track which has seen many Australian junior star distance runners stay in the sport to become senior superstars! Richard has coached amazing athletes such as:...

In this episode I firstly detail my last 2.5 weeks of my Canberra 50km preparation, as race day gets closer. Then I had the privilege to interview Lisa Verstraten, not only a lovely person but a highly credentialed distance running coach from Geelong of the past 20yrs. She was the formative coach of Isaac Hockey and Lachlan Barber! She has been the team coach on numerous Australian athletic and cr...

On this week’s episode of the Run Culture Podcast, I had the pleasure to chat to Dr Philo Saunders. Philo is a senior sports physiologist at the AIS (he has worked at the AIS for 19yrs). His research has largely looked at; running economy, altitude training, heat training, plyometric/strength training, iron supplementation and the minimalist footwear movement. Philo is also an incredibly distingui...

This is the first Run Therapy episode where I delve into some of the common myths/misconceptions or frustrations I see runners face as a ‘physiotherapist that specialises in treating runners. In this episode I chat with Brodie Sharpe fellow ‘running physiotherapist’, host of the Run Smarter Podcast and owner of the Breakthrough Running clinic about one of the most frustrating topics a runner has t...

Today I interview highly distinguished US marathoner Nate Jenkins! Nate is a 2:14:56 marathoner, and famously came 7th in the 2007 US Olympic marathon trials after a relatively modest high school and college career. He represented the USA at the 2009 World athletic Championships in the marathon! He noticed an incredible spike in his own performance off a ‘Renate Canova’ inspired program! We will c...

In this episode I firstly go over the last 10 days of my training as I build up to the 50km ultra at Canberra marathon and have an enjoyable chat to new Run Culture owl athlete; Pete Dutton. We introduce him to the listeners, go over how he is finding training in the group, his recent race results, short term/ long term aims and what we are working on in training so far!