The Shakeout Podcast

Camille Herron is one of the most accomplished ultra runners of all time. Famously fuelled by tacos and beer, Camille crushes world records and demolishes her competition. Two weeks ago she broke the 48-hour women’s world record at the Sri Chinmoy 48-hour Festival and in doing so became the first woman to set an outright American record at any distance.  In this episode we chat about this most rec...

Each week Canadian Running staff writer Maddy Kelly and Shakeout host Kate Van Buskirk update you on the exciting world of running. This week: Canadian men dominated the sprints in Florida, kicking off the season with a blazing 4x100m relay win. Former University of Toronto mid-distance stud Tamara Jewitt ran a ridiculous half-marathon split to win 70.3 triathlon in California. And Karla Del Grand...

This episode is a rebroadcast of conversation from last year with Olympians Maddy Price and Georgia Simmerling . Georgia had just launched her company AG Sports Inc , which is the first female driven, female powered sports agency in Canada. Maddy, who was part of the Canadian 4x400m relay team that took 4th at the Tokyo Olympics, was one of AG Sports’ first clients. Georgia and Maddy talk about th...

Each week Canadian Running staff writer Maddy Kelly and Shakeout host Kate Van Buskirk update you on the exciting world of running. In this episode we cover thrilling results from the USports, NCAA and Canadian National indoor championships, including a new 400m national record by Savannah Sutherland. We break down two world record near-misses on the roads. And we discuss another wild doping ban i...

Harvey Mitro has been running for 45 years.  He was a standout mid-distance competitor in his youth, and last year he published his first book, Taking Life in Stride . From staring down a charging dog, to moments of glory from some of Canada’s greatest athletes, Harvey shares memoirs from his 4 decades in the world of Canadian running that embody the strength and beauty of our community.  Learn mo...

Cam Levins lowered his own Canadian marathon record in Tokyo last weekend, running 2:05:38 and placing a close 5th in a tight finish. This was a massive improvement on his previous record of 2:07:09, set at the World Championships last summer. After Cam broke the Canadian half-marathon record last month he said that he was ready for something special in Tokyo. He’s been making history on the Canad...

Eilish McColgan is one of the best distance runners in the world. The 32-year-old is a 3-time Olympian, a European and Commonwealth Games champion, and holds numerous British records. Last weekend, she added another record to that list, running the 10,000m in 30:00.86 as she prepares for her marathon debut in London next month.  But despite her impressive athletic resume, Eilish frequently finds h...

Retired Olympian Matt Hughes and race director Stephen Andersen met a year ago thanks to their shared concern about the dismal state of the Canadian pro running system. In this episode we chat about how Matt and Stephen are working to disrupt this system and to give Canadian runners more opportunity for excellence and stardom.  You can reach Stephen Andersen at stephen.athleterep@gmail.com and Mat...

Last weekend Cam Levins shattered the Canadian half-marathon record running 1:00.18 at the Vancouver First Half. Not only was this a 42 second improvement over the previous record, but Cam did it completely solo, on a challenging course in rough conditions.  Cam is racing the Tokyo Marathon on March 5th, and says that this result in Vancouver indicates that he’s ready for something really special...

Tréchelle Bunn is an athlete and activist. Until recently, she wasn’t much of a runner. But in May of 2021, when 215 unmarked graves were discovered on the former grounds of the Kamloops Residential School, Tréchelle decided to take action. She founded a Healing Walk and directed the first Reconciliation Run Half-Marathon , using movement as medicine to empower her communities and reclaim space. T...

Each week Canadian Running staff writer Maddy Kelly and Shakeout host Kate Van Buskirk update you on the exciting world of running. In the first month of the new year we have already seen several Canadians set World Leads on the track, including Kieran Lumb in the 3000m and Regan Yee in the mile. At only 18 years old, Christopher Morales-Williams set a blazing new Canadian U20 indoor 300m record a...

Just over a year ago, Luc Zoratto wrote a post on LinkedIn sharing with the world that he was celebrating 5 years of sobriety. The runner from Toronto didn’t expect what happened next: his post went viral, viewed by millions of people. In our first new interview of 2023 Luc talks about his journey to sobriety and his evolution from running-adverse gym rat to Boston Marathon qualifier. In light of...

We’re kicking off 2023 by revisiting one of our favourite episodes from 2020 with coach and marathoner Paddy Birch. Paddy is an Irish ex-pat who didn’t start running until he moved to Toronto a decade ago. But in that time he transformed himself from a mid-pack rec runner into an elite marathoner. During the pandemic, Paddy decided to mix things up and test himself over some shorter distances. As...

Each week Canadian Running staff writer Maddy Kelly and Shakeout host Kate Van Buskirk update you on the exciting world of running. In our final Rundown of the year, we recap thrilling results from the track, road and trail from the first full year of racing since the start of the pandemic. In an unprecedented year of competition, Canadians secured over 50 national records and 27 global championsh...

Each week Canadian Running staff writer Maddy Kelly and Shakeout host Kate Van Buskirk update you on the exciting world of running. This week on The Rundown we're joined by Julie-Anne Staehli . Staehli had a breakthrough year in 2021, winning the Canadian 1500m title and competing at her first Olympic Games in the 5000m. She built on that momentum this year, adding national road 5K and cross-count...

The cross-country championship season is in full swing. This week is bookended by the NCAA Division 1, and Athletics Canada Cross-Country Championships. And going back just over a week, on a blustery day in Halifax, Max Turek and Glynis Sim crossed the line victorious at the U Sports XC Championships. They lead their teams - the McMaster Marauders and the UBC Thunderbirds - to 1st and 2nd, respect...

This week we're joined by Lucia Stafford who won the elite 5K women's race at the Road to Hope Marathon weekend in Hamilton, ON, last Saturday. Her time of 15:20 in her debut at the distance was only 4 seconds off the Canadian record set in 2004 by Emilie Mondor.  In this episode Lu shares her insights about the value of racing off-distances, and why a happy runner is key to being a successful run...

Each week Canadian Running staff writer Maddy Kelly and Shakeout host Kate Van Buskirk update you on the exciting world of running. This week on The Rundown we're joined by track specialist Corey Bellemore . Corey is not only a sub-4 minute miler and owns a national 800m title, he's also the official beer mile world record holder. Over the weekend he added a second world record to his resume at th...

Each week Canadian Running staff writer Maddy Kelly and Shakeout host Kate Van Buskirk update you on the exciting world of running. This week on The Rundown we recap an exciting weekend of racing in Toronto and Amsterdam. The TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon, which doubled as the Canadian Marathon Championships, returned after a three year hiatus and made for a day of thrilling racing. The TCS Amst...

The TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon is returning in-person this weekend for the first time in 3 years. Over 22,000 runners will take to the streets of Toronto to celebrate on course, and 4 of those runners are some of Canada’s very best marathoners. Dayna Pidhoresky and Trevor Hofbauer return as defending Canadian champions from 2019. Malindi Elmore , whose Canadian record was just broken last mon...

In this very special episode of The Rundown we recap the historic results from the 2022 Berlin Marathon. Eliud Kipchoge broke his own world record and Tigist Assefa ran the 3rd fastest women's marathon of all-time. But most excitedly for us, Natasha Wodak demolished the Canadian women's marathon record, running 2:23:12. This was not only a huge improvement on the previous record, it was also over...

Yesterday marked the 42nd edition of the Terry Fox Run . In 1980, just 2 years after losing his leg to cancer, 21-year old Terry Fox set out on his Marathon of Hope to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. It's been over 4 decades since that heroic attempt, but Terry’s dream of eradicating cancer lives on. This episode is a rebroadcast of an interview we did in 2020 with Fred Fox , Terry’...

Each week Canadian Running staff writer Maddy Kelly and Shakeout host Kate Van Buskirk update you on the exciting world of running. This week on The Rundown we chat about Canadian success at the Zurich Diamond League final and the takedown of Moh Ahmed's North American 5000m record. We celebrate Viktoria Brown 's crowning as 48-hour World Champion. And we grieve the loss of Eliza Fletcher , who wa...

Rory Linkletter has had an extraordinary year: he’s run personal bests in everything from the mile to the marathon and clocked a stunning 2:10:24 at the World Championships this summer. He’s also a good friend of our podcast. The last time we had him on the show, he had just broken the Canadian Half-Marathon record. He had also just changed coaches and started working with decorated US distance ru...

Each week Canadian Running staff writer Maddy Kelly and Shakeout host Kate Van Buskirk update you on the exciting world of running. This week on The Rundown we recap Team Canada's success at the World Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games . We celebrate two Canadian track records, plus Ben Flanagan 's winning streak at the prestigious Falmouth Road Race. And we cover some remarkable feats...