The Aussie Runner Podcast

May 31 2024 100 ep. 65 mins 154
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The Aussie Runner Podcast covers the Australian running scene via trail, road and track. If you love running as much as we do, then join us on your next run as we talk to real Aussie runners and learn about all the things that make running great. Presented by Damon Roberts & Jeremy Francis.

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SE8 EP123 TEMPO : Jerome Dupuy (Delta Running Project)

May 31 2024 72 mins  
Geoff & Neil speak to the French man responsible for one of Sydney’s booming performance focused running clubs, Jerome Dupuy. Hear how the Delta Running Project has scaled from 4 to 100+ members over a short period of time, how they fill a pre-elite inclusive performance based niche in the community & amazingly how all 70 of their runners managed to run sub 40 min at the recent

SE8 EP122 Peter Bromley (CEO, AA)

Mar 30 2024 60 mins  
It’s not often you meet someone who landed their dream job … but that’s true of Athletics Australia CEO Peter Bromley. Jez & Damo chat with the man that’s presided in the top job during some amazing times for our beloved sport … a rich upward streak of success for our athletes, COVID & recently the puzzling Peter Bol testing story. Learn about Peter’s athletic past, h

SE8 EP121 Dave Proctor (FKT across Canada)

Feb 29 2024 78 mins  
Damo and Jez talk to cowboy hat wearing, holder of the fastest known time for running across Canada, previous World Record for 24-Hour Treadmill Run champ, Author, charity founder / fundraiser, master of the mind trick, massage therapist and all round nice guy Dave Proctor … hear about his mammoth crossing of a continent, his book ‘untethered’, the vault, his four mind animal

SE8 EP120 TEMPO : Jay Stone

Feb 23 2024 68 mins  
Geoff & Neil talk to Tamworth local & gym owner, 400m Masters athlete, strength & 100m - 5000m running coach, past Athletics NSW Club Coach of the year & TV’s Ultimate Tag semi-finalist … Jay ‘Carved from’ Stone. Learn if spewing during training is a good thing, why a kettle ball is his go to & why you really shouldn’t play join the dots with Neil.

SE8 EP119 Dave Ridley

Jan 31 2024 66 mins  
Jez & Damo chat to Nike Head Coach, elite marathoner with a handy 2:17:20 PB, Melbourne based Kiwi Dave Ridley. Learn how he’s leveraged consistency to keep injury at bay, how trail running is easy :-) … why his clients must have a long term training mindset if he’s going to work with them, why his wife put him in a wheelchair the day before the Seoul marathon and how drafti

SE8 EP118 TEMPO : Andrius Ramonas

Jan 26 2024 75 mins  
Neil & Geoff chat to elite trail runner, coach, sports doctor, sport nutrition company co-founder and, until recently, UTA 50k record holder Dr Andrius Ramonas. The boys learn about the ethos behind Roam’s all natural alternatives to the dreaded sports gel, how Andrius incorporates sports medicine into his & his clients running and provides a fascinating insight into how you sho

SE7 EP117 Carley Thomas

Dec 30 2023 60 mins  
Jez & Damo round out the year by chatting to up & coming Castle Hill local 800m speedster, National Champ, 2 x World U20 Championships Silver medallist, European Diamond League competitor & US University of Washington Athlete Carley Thomas. Learn the tips & tricks she learnt at the elite Diamond League, how she recovered from a horrific leg injury involving a speed boat, rubber rin

SE7 EP116 TEMPO : Wayne Spies

Dec 26 2023 72 mins  
How do you take 5 hrs 12 mins off your 88 km Comrades time? ... by running a smoking 5 hrs 42 mins, coming first in the 50 year-old + age group and breaking an 11 year old masters record … that’s how! Geoff & Neil talk to Aussie 50k World Champs rep Wayne Spies, a man who just seems to get better the older he gets, who embraces a highly endearing & infectiously positive mindse

SE7 EP115 Steve Solomon

Nov 30 2023 57 mins  
Jez & Damo speak to Olympic, Commonwealth Games & 6 time defending Australian 400 metres champion speedster Steve Solomon. Learn of his meteoric rise at a young age, his junior records, US College time at Stanford, being the first Aussie man in 24 years to reach the 400m Olympic final & also the first Aussie since Cathy Freeman to do so. Steve lays out exactly what he needs to do

SE7 EP114 TEMPO : Chris Turnbull Part 2 (Perth to Sydney DONE)

Nov 06 2023 77 mins  
Geoff & Neil reappear from a mysterious hiatus and sit back down with ‘The Bull’ Chris Turnbull after his epic 3856 km, 100 km+ per day (!!!), 39 day record run from Perth to Sydney. Learn about the logistics, the closed road, the emotional, physical & mental stresses, how he worked through them plus the thousands of boiled eggs and A LOT of sandwiches.