WA Running Podcast

Welcome to the first episode of our new Bunbury 3 Waters Running Festival training block series in honour of the glorious landmark that is the Bunbury Lighthouse.  In episode 01, we introduce you to four athletes who we will be following on their journey towards Sunday 13th April 2025.  Ashlee Ritson, fresh from a great half marathon performance at the recent Busso Bay Run will be looking to conti...

Our most unhinged episode to date with Chris’ comments about those who attended the John Forrest Trail Run and Hayden joining us via a 3G internet connection in his front yard, this week we’re joined by the stars of the Casual Runners Appreciation Podcast (CRAP), Shannon Beattie and Hayden McGregor fresh from their Busselton Bay Run adventures over the weekend.  A chockablock weekend of results as...

Happy Lunar new year everyone as we celebrate the Year of the Snake with a number of Year of the Brown Snake references across Strava this week.  This week we had results from the Twilight Peninsula Run at the WAMC, Impressive WA performances from the Marugame Half before previewing the Busso Bay Run this Saturday.  In this week’s interview we were fortunate enough to talk to the very passionate S...

We hope you survived last week’s 40-degree weather and those moist 95% humidity mornings.   This week we had results from Strive Program A and the Bunbury Australia Day Fun Run, organised by friends of the show the Bunbury Runners Club.  In this week’s interview, we were fortunate to chat to some of the team from BM Running, freshly back from a stint over at Falls Creek altitude camp in Victoria r...

We hope you’re keeping yourself cool and hydrated this week with Kipchoge’s cooling headband, Coach Macka’s ice baths and your kids’ pop tops full of Vlad's Bix concoctions. This week, we recap the Athletics West State 5,000m State Championships with Sian Munks and Max Shervington taking out the women’s and men’s open titles. In other results, we recap the True Blue Ultra which included a course r...

Happy New Year everyone!  In this week's interview we chat to Gaby Villa, sports nutritionist and dietician and founder of Intenseatfit, where we talk all things nutrition and fuelling your next big race  In results we recap Parlouf Relay on Boxing Day and find out if Henry and his dad had to buy milkshakes for Team Yelo. We also recap the Perth Trail Series Wallygrunta and the Matilda Bay Run to...

In this first Time WARP episode, WARP chats to Keely Waters, Kai Metzner and Jesse Hunt in a special 2024 WA Middle Distance Compilation Episode.  Keely Waters and Kai Metzner joined Dan back on the 29th July 2024 as co-hosts in Episode 042 and shared their expertise on all things middle distance.  We finish the episode with an interview with Jesse Hunt who spoke with Sinead, Matt and Dan back on...

In our last record of 2024, we want to thank you for listening to us this year and in particular during this transitional period over the last 8 episodes.  In the last Strive event of the year (Program C) we fail to acknowledge someone's time in their Steeplechase debut but congratulate Ethan Harbison taking out the men's Javelin event (we think that's a good throw).  In this week's interview, we...

This week we recap results from the 2024 edition of the 6inch Marathon down in Dwellingup and WA performances at Zatopek.  We were fortunate to chat to Sam Burke, cofounder of Runners Tribe and Tarkine Athletics. Along with some questionable information about upcoming events and our inability to quote Vlad’s total elevation this year, who will be this week's weapons of WARP?    Reach out and conne...

Hope you’re surviving in what will be a spicy hot week in running! This week we recap results from the WAMC Founders Cup as it was Simon's turn to crush the dreams and souls of children taking part in the 4km. The Strive Program continued on Saturday night in the 800m & 5,000m. And finally some impressive performances from Jackie, Kat, Karlos and the Smithie brothers on the international stage...

As a special bonus episode, we release the full interview with friend of the show, Vlad Ixel. Appearing for the first time since Episode 024, we talk about his recent run of victories overseas, his short and long-term plans, his YouTube channel, Bix Nutrition and the launch of BIX’s new 40g gels.   Reach out and connect! Instagram: @warunningpod Email: warunningpod@outlook.com Strava: https://www....

Hope you’re having a wonderful start to your running week.  Much to cover this week which includes results from Perth Trail Summer Series, UTMB Kosciuszko, Strive Program A, and of course the WAMC Applecross Shoreline Run with a 37 year old beating a bunch of kids to win the 3km World Champs.  We welcome back Vlad Ixel for the first time since Episode 024, to talk to us about his recent run of vic...

RAMS Running took out the Big 6 Invitational Elimination Mile with Rebekah Newton & Max Shervington winning the women’s and men’s race.  Thomas Cross & Kyra Pilmer win the 800m with Angie Ross & Dante Armstrong taking out the 3000m at the Strive Friday Night event.  Shane Johnstone, Kate Timmons, Bryce Turvey & Ariarn Huston doing WA proud at the Grampians Peak Trail 100 Miler in b...

Chris and Simon get back on the training bandwagon as Chris solves the mystery behind his son's sleep issues.  We recap the Sandman 50 with Ethan Stirrat and Vici Richardson taking out the win, which included our favourite name, Zacheus Gildersleeve coming second in the team relay with Shelley Smith.  Joel Gray and Victoria Cole takes out the Long Course Run Bibbulmun Track Stage Race, and we disc...

The WARP overlords survive their debut episode, however the dads struggled to get going this week in their training (are they crumbling under the podcast pressure?) We recap the 2024 Freo Running Festival and WA performances at the New York Marathon last week. We interview Shane Johnstone as entries to 2025 Transcend open this Friday at 10am.  We'll do the usual WARP admin and answer the important...

In a corporate restructure here at WARP, the company has new overlords. We take the time to re-introduce ourselves and our running origin stories. Karlos wins the State 10,000m Championships in an eventful night on the track. We cover the usual results and next week's sold out Fremantle Running Festival.  We also cover some WARP admin, including whether we'll finally get a Community Run (#002). Re...

Well you'll never believe it, but Sinead is back! She joins Matt and Dan to help cover a big fortnight of results in WA running. We discuss her return to running since the birth of Ava and her running plans and goals for the next 12 months. Results: Backyard Ultra Satellite World Champs - Phil Gore is the last man standing for Australia as they finish second by just 2 yards over the USA https://do...

2 episodes in 2 days for you WARP'ers Dan is back with Matt and they're joined by Phil Gore, the Australian Backyard Ultra record holder, to help preview next weeks World Backyard Satellite champs. WA has 5 representatives as part of the 15-strong Australian team. Best of luck to Phil, Aaron Young, Michael Bellmon, Rob Parsons and Chris Martin. It kicks off next at 8pm next Saturday, October 20 at...

Apologies for the delay in getting this one out, but better late than never! Matt is joined this week by WA Marathon stalwart Jon Pendse, who celebrated his 100th marathon at last weekends Perth Running Festival, an incredible feat. We discuss his introduction in to running, his approach to training and the highs and lows of his running career so far. Jon gives us his marathon race recap, resultin...

Dan in is back on the WARP this week with Matt to take you through another big week in WA running. Both hosts do very little running this week, with Dan still nursing a sore knee post charity run and Matt getting distracted by a new fascination in Golf and cross training. Arguably Perth's biggest day on the running calendar is on next weekend with the Perth Running Festival. Matt and Dan are joine...

Matt is joined by two guest hosts this week. Two of the nicest guys you'll meet in the WA Running Community. - WARP employee 004, meme-maker extraordinaire and long distance runner Simon Pham - Newly crowned Sub-3 marathoner, Chris 'Metronome' Shaw In the episode: - Matt debriefs his Sydney Marathon and enjoys a light week of recovery - Simon has his first week under new coach Tina Ingraham with 3...

Matt is off doing the podcast proud racing for WA at Sydney Marathon, so Dan is lucky to be joined by reigning WA Marathon (& 10k) State Champion Lauren French, and her up and coming training partner, Tom Tedge. Loz talks about her experience racing Munster Marathon in Germany last weekend.  The mens’ WA team podiums (we think) as many other WA runners compete in Sydney Marathon. The Mighty Ja...

Welcome back WARP listeners! Dan and Matt are very lucky to be joined by Aaron Young, the Ultra Runner extraordinaire who has recently completed the trifecta of winning all 3 Ultra Series 200 milers this year. We have a fantastic in-depth discussion covering training specificity, the importance of nailing nutrition and what makes him so strong mentally over the course of multi-day races. Matt fini...

Happy Fathers Day to all the Dad's out there and a happy welcome to Spring! Matt is joined by the ever lively Karlos Aquino and Nik Jon Aarland, two of the nicest guys you'll meet in the WA running scene. They discuss their recent training, upcoming races and more. Nik explains in depth the 'Norwegian Method' of endurance running, made popular by the famous Ingebrigtsen family. Results: Matt Smith...

Matt is back and so is the show after a 2 week break, our apologies! In this episode: - Dan head out for a tough long run in Mount Helena with the Trail Kings and Queens of Perth - Matt is back to Perth and doing what he can to prepare for the Sydney Marathon after receiving the news whilst away that he's made the WA team for the first time Results: - James Shuck and Katherine Stockwell win the Cy...