Run Culture Podcast

Today’s interview is with Justin Rinaldi a man who has lived and breathed the 800m event for the past 30yrs! He is currently the coach of the Fast 8 Track club, a squad based in Melbourne that specialises in the 800. He has been the coach of the past two Australian 800m record holders; Alex Rowe and Joseph Deng. In his own athletic career he was the 1997 Australian 800m champion, won a Victorian 8...

Episode 28 is with a coach that needs no introduction, Adam Didyk! However for those that don’t know, Adam Didyk is a highly distinguished Australian distance running coach hailing from South Australia! He is the founder of the highly successful elite running group ‘Asics Team Tempo’. The personal coach of star athletes such as; Jess Trengove, Jared Tallent, Max Stephens, the Cocks brothers, Caitl...

Rod Griffen is a prominent Australian distance running coach hailing from Ballarat. He has coached for 30 plus years, having coached 2 of the past 3 Australian men 10,000m record holders- Collis Birmingham and Stewart McSweyn amongst many other amazing athletes. In this episode Rod portrays the friendly, approachable and relaxed nature that I feel has made him such a successful coach. He generousl...

This week I interviewed Sean Williams a highly experienced fulltime running coach! He has coached runners of all ages and ability levels (from Olympians to hobby runners) for 20 years. He was also quite a distinguished runner himself running 14:09 for 5k and 29:31 for 10k. Back in 2004 he started ‘Sweat Sydney’ a highly successful running group and then over the past few years has established the...

Hey guys, after documenting my 8 week build up to the event, here is my play by play wrap of how my race went at the 2020 2Bays 56k Trail run! I Absolutely had a ball!! 4:01:34 and the win, so happy. Unfortunately got DQ’d though as my bottle over the final 18kms was too small. Ah well a rules a rule! Still had a blast. I thought I could run low 4hrs but I wasn’t sure, it was a perfect goal and I...

Today, I go over my final race plans/preparations and taper week leading into the 2 Bays Trail Run, which excitingly is on tomorrow! I want to wish all those that are doing it a huge ‘Good-luck!’ It’s going to be a fun/epic day! I also want to promote and encourage everyone to jump on board the fantastic initiative David Mc Neil started this week. ‘Let’s donate a dollar per kilometre run this week...

Today, I catch up with Jess (one of the athletes I coach) to get his view on how the first half of his track season went, we also chat about this mornings park run, his involvement for team Maurten in the steigen1 meet and where to from here!

Sorry guys no interview today, just a run down of my last week of training. Hope everyone had, is having, an enjoyable Christmas and new yrs break! Only 9 days till #2bays56!

This week I had a great chat with Jai Edmonds about his goals for the 2Bays56km Trail run, his love of ultras, what a typical training week looks like for him, his role in health promotion and much more! I also personally go over the ins and outs of my 6th week of training too!

Today I had a great interview with Campbell Maffett about a mix of things including; his running journey, coaching, running as a masters runner, juggling running with kids and his experience with the two bays trail run! I really enjoyed chatting to Campbell his passion for the sport shines through, so I hope you all enjoy the listen! Oh, and I also cover another week of training in my lead up to t...

This morning I had a 60 minute yarn with the ever inspiring Jaryd Clifford. Jaryd is a ‘blinky’ as he affectionately calls it, an athlete with a visual impairment and recently he became a dual World Champion at the 2019 Dubai Paralympic World Athletics Champs in the 1500m and 5000m! I was fortunate to be but a small part of his build up to the event (as physio on Pre-event Flagstaff altitude train...

A great episode for any of the 1,400 participants in this years Two Bays 28/56km events! This week I quizzed race director Rohan Day for 40 minutes on the ‘ins n outs’ of the event. I then go on to detail my 4th week of specific training for the event.

Today I catch up with Damien Clark one of the athletes I coach from the Run Culture Owls. This is the third time over the past 6 months I have caught up with Damien (hark back to episode 2 and 9 for more on Damien’s story) and as you will see this episode is a little different to the previous two. Damien is injured! I love this particular episode because it demonstrates how far Damien has matured...

It’s a lengthy one this week guys, definately Sunday long Run material! On the show this week is Nike ambassador and trail running superstar; Ashley Raymond Bennett or lilashtrailboy as he is known on Instagram! Boy he knows how to tell a story! He had me engrossed for 90 minutes. He certainly taught me a lot about trail running; be it shoes, nutrition, down hill technique, his sky running experie...

In this episode I detail week two of my training for the 2020 Two Bays 56km trail run. It’s was an up and down week but we all have them! I also have a chat with 2019 Two Bays 56km champion and course record holder, Ash Watson!

Tune in to listen to week 1 of my training for Two Bays 56. I tried to share the nitty gritty training details that all us running nerds love! I also catch up and get some tips from dual Two Bays champion and former course record holder, Dion Finocchiaro!

The ever humble Jess recently ran the Vic 5000m B division champs where he ran a 22 second Pb to run under 15 minutes for the first time. This was a goal 6 months in the making. We talk about the training, the race and where to now in this quick 20 minute chat.

In a bid to fill episodes with more gritty training detail and to make them more consistent and frequent I’ve decided to document my weekly training as I lead into my first ever ultra trail run! I will continue to have catch ups with guests on the Run Culture Podcast whilst I simultaneously record this mini series #twobays56. I don’t want this to come across as self indulgent or self promoting, I...

Today I catch up with Caden Shields once again, this time 1 month after the 2019 Doha World Championships marathon where he put in an effort that not only did himself but his team and the whole of of New Zealand incredibly proud! He came 30th place in 2:18:08 (just 2.5 minutes off his PB) beating not only the conditions (29 degrees Celsius, 50% humidity) but a lot of runners that on paper he shoul...

Today on episode 10 of the Run Culture podcast I interview Klarie McIntyre! Klarie has battled with Rheumatoid Arthritis since he was 7 and in 2013 was also diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. He got into running roughly 10yrs ago in a bid to lose some weight and improve his fitness. This year he broke 2:30 in the Vancouver marathon and recently ran an incredible 66:40 at the Burnley Half marathon! To...

Today we catch up again with Damien Clarke 1 month after first introducing him to the podcast listeners. It’s been a productive month, as Damien continues to run PBs galore, over 800, 1500 and 5k. We speak about his training and reflect on his races! Damien wants to take a further minute off his Pb over 5k over the coming yr or so, so he’s one to watch! Enjoy our coaching call!

Earlier this week I caught up with elite New Zealand marathoner; Caden Shields, just 2 weeks out from the 2019 Doha World Marathon Championships! Caden qualified for this race with an amazing 2:15 debut at the Gold Coast marathon earlier this year. In the podcast we discuss Caden’s training regime under his long term coach Chris Pilone, his goals and thoughts in regards to Doha and some challenges...

In this episode of the Run Culture podcast I sit down with elite female distance runner, physiotherapist and strength & conditioning coach; Anna Kelly. It has been great to work alongside Anna this year at SSPC (Southern Suburbs Physiotherapy Centre) as not only is she super passionate about physio and all things running, she also just a great person and loves to have a laugh! In 2017 Anna came an...

Today I’m back with Jess Dunsmore, one of the athletes I coach at the Run Culture Owls! Jess featured in the very first episode of the Run Culture Podcast, so for a refresher be sure to listen to that one. Jess is only 1 yr out of school and in his first yr studying engineering at University. He recently ran an amazing Pb of 69:52 at the Victorian Half marathon Championships in Burnley! An effort...

Today I interview Brent Lalor! I’ve know Brent for a number of years now, he’s an established and extremely passionate physiotherapist from Geelong! We chat about Brent’s days as a gun junior distance runner, how he gave up running to focus on his physiotherapy studies. His triathlon career. How he was stuck in a never ending injury cycle for a couple of years and what he has done to get out of th...