The Shakeout Podcast

The Rundown returns for this week's episode of the Shakeout Podcast. John Gay is joined by Canadian Running staff writer Marley Dickinson to recap the action from last week's Canadian National Championships and do a deep dive into who's in, who's out, and who's on the qualifying bubble for the 2025 World Athletics championships in Tokyo next month. Later on the show, we catch up with newly-minted...

This week on The Shakeout Podcast we bring you a conversation between Brian Beckstead , founder of pioneering low and no-drop running shoe maker Altra , and Canadian Running staff writer Marley Dickinson.   Brian joins the show for a conversation about his own journey in the sport, recapping how his years-long struggle with recurring injuries and decade-plus of experience in the run specialty reta...

This week on the  Shakeout Podcast  we're joined by Kelowna, BC's Jerome Blake , a member of Canada's Olympic Gold medal-winning 4x100m relay and the fastest man in Canada this year in the lead up to this weekend's Canadian Track & Field Championships in Ottawa. A core member of Canada's dominant 4x100 relay team throughout its multi-year global medal streak, Blake has announced himself as a conte...

In part 2 of our series on gender equality in road races we sit down with Canada Running Series CEO and TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon race director Charlotte Brookes .  After noticing a sharp drop off in female marathon participation post-pandemic, Charlotte and her team at CRS set out to address the decline, with the aim of bringing more gender parity to starting lines across CRS events. At the...

Despite rising total participation in road races, the gap between male and females toeing the line is growing.  This week on the Shakeout Podcast we bring you part one of our two part series examining the gender gap in road race participation. Joining the show today is Dr. Sasha Gollish , co-host of the “Strong Girl Talk” Podcast, author of the Yellow Running Shoe newsletter, and Chartered Profess...

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With the long-time challenges faced by the queer community being amplified by increasingly hostile rhetoric at home and globally, and the shocks of lost funding as many long-time Pride sponsors dial back or withdraw corporate donations, the Toronto run club community has taken a stand, serving as a driving force in the fundraising efforts long at the heart of Toronto’s Pride & Remembrance Run. Thi...

With hotter temperatures arriving across Canada, runners from Coast to Coast are being reminded of the added toll heat takes on their bodies. From easy jogs to all out races, the summer sun can prove to be the greatest competition many athletes will face, but might it also hold the potential to be their biggest ally? This week on The Shakeout Podcast we welcome back Dr. Trent Stellingwerff , renow...

Last year at the Paris Olympics, just 7 of the 17 distance runners on Canada’s Olympic team were training at home. Faced with limited opportunities in their home country, many of Canada’s best and brightest track stars have made the decision to move elsewhere in search of better competition, warmer weather, and the chance to make a viable career out of running fast.  Yet while athletes from the re...

This week on The Shakeout Podcast we sit down with Brad Culp , author of the newly released book The Norwegian Method: The culture, science, and humans behind the groundbreaking approach to endurance training.  Brad takes us on a deep dive into how a tiny Scandinavian country has managed to produce such world beaters as Double-Olympic champion Jakob Ingebritsen and why the same principles that hav...

This week on The Shakeout Podcast we sit down with Kelowna BC's Emilie Mann , one of the top Canadian's on the Ultra scene today. Fresh off a podium performance at the Desert Rat's 100km in Utah, Emilie joins the show to talk about her ascent on the ultra trail running scenes, from initial success at "shorter" distances to finding her stride as the miles drag along into triple-digit territory. Emi...

The Shakeout Podcast returns with a special Boston Marathon-edition of  The Rundown , featuring Canadian Olympian and 2025 Boston Elite-field competitor Rory Linkletter . This week on the show, Rory joins host John Gay to discuss his training leading into Boston, and what makes the 129-year old event like no other marathon in the world. As part of this  Rundown  episode, John is also joined by fir...

This week on the Shakeout Podcast   we welcome back Jennifer Sygo , registered dietitian and sports nutritionist to the Canadian Olympic Track & Field teams in Tokyo & Paris. Jen joins the show to discuss her work in helping athletes of all ability levels reach their goals through nutrition, offering tangible, real world advice to put food to work towards training, recovery, and race day performan...

This week on the  Shakeout Podcast  we're joined by  Evan Dunfee , 3xOlympian, Global medallist and, as of last week, World Record Holder in the 35km Race Walk. A Canadian National Team standout for well over a decade, Evan owns national, area, and world records in the race walk in distances ranging from 3000m all the way to 50km and has been at the forefront of Canadian athletics as a role model...

The return of the Rundown! In this special edition of The Shakeout Podcast, host John Gay is joined by Canadian Running staff writers Cameron Ormond and Marley Dickinson to recap an exciting winter of racing on the indoor oval and set the stage for the fast-approaching spring season on the track and roads. 2025 got off to a flying start and the team at CR takes you through their favourite moments...

This week on the Shakeout Podcast we sit down with Jake Barraclough , the man behind the wildly popular YouTube channel  RanToJapan . Looking to take his running to the next level, Jake uprooted his life in the UK to move full-time to Japan and embrace the country's unique approach to marathon training, all while documenting the journey on YouTube. 16 months, and many thousands of kilometres of tr...

This week on the Shakeout Podcast we sit down with bestselling author, researcher, and performance coach Steve Magness to discuss his new book "Win the Inside Game: How to Move from Surviving to Thriving, and Free Yourself Up to Perform". Steve shares with us his own journey from high school phenom to coach to author and how his own experiences grappling with extrinsic motivators led him towards e...

The founders of Toronto's Girls Run the 6ix Run Club join the show to discuss the importance of creating spaces for women to foster female friendships in the running world. Jill Amirault and Claire Milburn met through a shared desire to find more female friends to run with amidst a lack of opportunities in the run club scene. What began as a few women getting together to brave the early morning co...

On this week's episode Canadian Age Group record holder Stuart Galloway joins the Podcast to discuss his recent marathon performance, extending his streak of sub-2:52 Marathons to 5 decades. He also shares his path to longevity in the sport, his philosophies on training, and his experiences from decades of youth coaching, including his formative role on the career of Canadian Record holder and Oly...

The Shakeout Podcast is back with new host, Olympic Finalist and multiple time Canadian Champion John Gay. In his inaugural episode John is joined by Canadian Running Staff writer Marley Dickinson to discuss the return of the Podcast,  recap his recent career highlights, and give a sneak preview of what listeners can expect in the next chapter of the Shakeout! Subscribe to The Shakeout Podcast fee...

In this archived episode, Canadian Running Magazine cover star, elite ultramarathoner, and documentarian Jeff Pelletier joins the podcast to discuss his second-place finish at the notorious Moab 240 race. He discusses the biggest challenges in creating a documentary amidst one of the world's most challenging ultramarathons, how his training shifted to allow for an incredible improvement in the dis...

In this archived episode, ultramarathon coach, athlete, and influencer Nik Golymbiowsky joins the podcast to discuss how he fell in love with the sport, his unorthodox coaching methods, his most challenging races to date, and how he's helping the amateur running community fall in love with extreme races. Subscribe to The Shakeout Podcast feed on Apple, Spotify, SoundCloud, or wherever you find you...

Ben Blankenship joins the podcast to discuss his transition from 1500m US Olympian to elite 100-miler, which culminated in his second-place finish in the Rabid Racoon 100 Miler on March 16. Throughout the episode, Blankenship discusses his winding road to professional running, why he almost gave up the sport following his collegiate career, the greatest challenges endured in his 100-mile debut, an...

Professional runner Rory Linkletter joins to discuss becoming the second-fastest marathoner in Canadian history with a time of 2:08:01 in Seville, Spain. Ahead of his eminent 2024 Team Canada selection, Linkletter explains the training behind his Olympic standard marathon time, the impact of being coached by 2:04:58 marathoner, Ryan Hall, and what adjustments he'll make ahead of the Paris Olympics...

Canadian ultrarunner Ihor Verys joins to discuss his finish at the 100-mile Barkley Marathons. In his debut at the iconic ultramarathon event, Verys became one of just 20 individuals to complete the race in its 38-year history. We discuss the many intricacies that go into planning for such a gruelling race, the unforeseen challenges along the way, and why he got accepted into such an exceptionally...