WA Running Podcast

Monday 6th July 2026 Welcome to Episode 02 of Trail to Transcend, the WARP Training Series following 4 athletes as they train for the 2026 edition of Transcend Trails on Saturday 22 August. Last episode we met Victoria Hunn and Michael Edgar, where Vic spoke about qualifying for the 2027 edition of CCC and Mike shared stories of Feral Pig 2025 where he got to taste his breakfast and his gels - twi...

Monday 29th June 2026 Vici & Chris are joined by women’s winner of this year’s Cape 2 Cape 100 miler Nancy Shaw. Nancy chats about her 4am training and what drew her to running the 100 miler. Nancy also shares a new chafing location for the pod.  Chris recaps the WAMC King of the mountain that had a marshal call him ‘that WARP dog’ and in other results we had the state cross country champions...

Monday 22nd June 2026 The gang is joined by Liam Kamudu to help recap Ultra Perth that featured impressive runs by Nera Jareb and Joel Gray in the 50km and some big dogs in running with a hefty prize pool across the distances. We hear about Liam’s progression from a 12km win at Bibra Lake in 2024, to a sub 2:30 marathon debut in Frankfurt in 2025, and big things to come in 2026.  We had PTS Snakes...

Monday 15th June 2026 Simon and Vici are joined by the President of the WA Marathon Club - Kim Vivian to talk about the club’s beginnings to where it is now as Australia’s largest running club organising some of the biggest events in the WA Running Calendar.  Kim is also a World Athletics Level A certified course measurer, so we delve into the principles and steps behind certifying a course, how t...

Monday 8th June 2026 Welcome to Episode 001 of Trail to Transcend, the latest WARP training series following the 2026 edition of Transcend Trails coming up on Saturday 22 August 2026. In the first episode we meet two weapons on the trails in their own right - Victoria Hunn and Michael Edgar.  Vic is relatively new to the trail scene but in a very short period of time has gone from strength to stre...

Monday 1st June 2026 The whole gang is back with some special guests as we are excited to announce the 2026 WA Women’s Track Night scheduled for Saturday 24th October 2026. In this episode we focus on female physiology, bone stress injuries and RED-S as we think it's a conversation every runner can learn from. Ella talks about the science and contributing factors, while Sav shares her journey with...

Monday 25th May 2026 With Vici catching up on some well earnt rest, we recap the biggest event on the WA Running Calendar, the HBF Run for a Reason. We had 40,000 participants, $1.7million raised to local charities and some weapon like performances across the 3km, 12km and Half Marathon. In other results we had the Sydreh Back to Frontyard Ultra (Herdys but in reverse) with Shane Aris and Phoebe H...

We’re joined by Tim Leith, a sports chiropractor, endurance sport enthusiast and someone with a pretty unique perspective on movement, recovery and performance. Brace yourself, you’re going to want to hear his story. In local results we unpack the WAMC Joondalup short course but somehow long course Running Festival which featured perfect conditions but less than desirable course directions. Simon...

Monday 11th May 2026 The team is back together this week as we recap the much anticipated Margaret River Ultra & Wings For Life Perth over the weekend. Ben Leeson breaks the 80km course record by 19 minutes in 6hr16min, the Ogging Squad Girls and Boys dominate the team relays and Crystal Lyons and Ethan Stirrat take out the grand slam. Jess from Ogging Squad recaps the girls’ win in the team r...

Monday 4th May 2026 No Vici with us this week but Chris and Simon are joined by Coach Josh Tighe. Josh is a running and athletics coach, personal trainer, he heads up the training group Herdsman Harriers and has a pedigree as a British Mountain Runner and 2:26 marathoner. In local races we had the Soul Runners Swan River Half, the inaugural Ultra Series OMFG Trail Running Festival and the inaugura...

Monday 27th April 2026 Simon’s in the middle of moving house so it’s just Vici & Chris as they recap the Lake Rumble Run up in Joondalup, the supposed ‘Valencia of the South’ Ballarat Marathon, along with Boston and London Marathons with some WA peeps taking part. Chris is back to triple digits in mileage, whilst Vici struggles with sickness but manages to punch out 30km on her last person sta...

Monday 20th April 2026 Simon, Chris & Vici are joined by Ella Eastaugh from Frontrunner Physiotherapy to recap a glorious morning of running with the Bridges Fun Run aka the State 10km Road Championship on Sunday. From Chris’ content creation on the bike, Vici’s spectating on her long run to Ella and Simon running the event, we have all bases covered. Ella talks about her own running journey f...

Monday 13th April 2026 Simon, Chris & Vici recap one of our favourite events on the WA running calendar, the Bunbury 3 Waters Running Festival. From rogue 10km lead bikes, Bryan Lip, house music on the balcony to hamstring cramps at the checkered bastard - the event had it all. Massive thanks to the Bunbury Runners Club for putting on such an amazing event and we look forward to the 45th editi...

Monday 6th April 2026 The gang is back together with our regular programming as we gear up for our respective pacing gigs at Bunbury 3 Waters Running Festival this weekend with Chris pacing 3 hours, Vici pacing 4hr30 and Simon pacing a couple of pals in the half marathon. In local results we had the WA Coastal Running Festival Whitfords Nodes, XTERRA Dunsborough, PTS Stay Puft , the last Strive Pr...

In Episode 5, Chris chats to the official marathon pace team ahead of the Bunbury 3 Waters Festival on Sunday 12th April 2026. As part of our discussions with Bunbury Runners Club last year during the planning phase for 2026, we agreed to aid the club in sourcing pacers for the marathon which would be a first for the event. We have: - Joel Gray and Chris Shaw steering the coveted 3hr bus, - the re...

Welcome to Episode 4 of The Road to the Checkered Bastard, the WARP training series following the 2026 Bunbury 3 Waters Running Festival. Last episode in our chat with Ian and Megan, you will have heard us reference the second seminar hosted by the Bunbury Runners Club in the lead up to 3 Waters, featuring inspirational runners from within the region talking through their stories and the challenge...

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Road to the Checkered Bastard where Chris chats to Ian Gibbs and Megan Gianfrancesco from the Bunbury Runners Club ahead of the 44th edition of the Bunbury 3 Waters Running Festival on Sunday 12 April 2026, chatting race logistics, course records and what makes Bunbury a special race on the WA running calendar. With all distances officially sold out, we dive into why th...

Monday 16 March 2026  With Chris on annual leave downing ice cream sandwiches, Vici & Simon are joined by Savannah Rayner - who wears many hats in the running community, is one of the coaches of the Ogging Track Club, and on the comeback, trail following a big injury last year and hoping for big things in 2026.  Vici & Simon recap their Herdys Frontyard Ultra experience after Vici breaks h...

Monday 9 March 2026  The gang are joined by Front Runner Performance coaches Zander Mostert and Raf Baugh to talk through the science of running and in particular lactate threshold testing, training zones and using data to help with your training goals.  We had the State Senior Track & Field Champs that featured the 1500m, WA runners running Shizuoka Marathon over in Japan and we talk Herdys F...

Monday 2nd March 2026 Chris, Vici & Simon are joined by one of the most positive guys in the WA running community, Ashul Shah who recently won the WAMC’s inspirational runner of the year with Bryan Lip a couple of weeks back. We chat about Ashul’s love of running and one of his favourite quotes - “It’s never too late to start, and clearly, you can’t keep a good cockroach down” In results we ha...

Monday 23rd February 2026 Andy Carrington joins Chris, Simon & Vici as we chat all things backyard ultras ahead of Herdy’s Frontyard Ultra that starts on Friday 13th March. In local results we had the Yaberoo Twilight Trail Ultra on Saturday 15th February, and Olivia Holmes and Daniel Ma help us recap the WAMC Point Walter Run. Is Chris a running coach? Is Simon training for a secret marathon?...

Chris travelled down to the Bunbury Runners Club last week to record Sean Cowan & Ashlee Ritson of Koombana Physiotherapy present a live seminar to the members of Bunbury Runners Club entitled ‘Going the Distance’, talking all things brain, body, fuel and how these work together in endurance training. Apologies for the first 7min with audio issues which are resolved shortly after.  Follow the...

Monday 9th February 2026 Chris & Simon are joined by the new Queen of Busso - Ash ‘Ritto’ Ritson taking out the women’s marathon in what some people call the hottest event in the WA Running Calendar, the Busselton Bay Run. Some impressive performances across the marathon, half marathon, 10km and 5km distances in mint conditions. We had foreign correspondents Ella Eastaugh and Matt Smith recapp...

Sunday 1 February 2026  Vici & Simon are joined by Sean McCrory - the brains behind the WA Coastal Running Festival, with a new suite of running events in the WA running calendar. We recap the last couple of weeks in local running that included the State 5,000m championships, Bunbury Runners Club Australia Day Fun Run, PTS Swissmurdie and Sandman. We preview the Busso Bay Run with some wild pr...

Welcome to Episode 01 of the Road to the Checkered Bastard, the latest WARP training series following the 2026 Bunbury 3 Waters Running Festival coming up on the 12th April 2026. We’re joined by Koombana Physio’s Ash 'Ritto' Ritson and Alice Luscombe, training for her first ever half marathon under Ash’s guidance. We follow Alice’s journey to running with her background in water polo and as a phys...