Run Culture Podcast

Today on episode 10 of the Run Culture podcast I interview Klarie McIntyre! Klarie has battled with Rheumatoid Arthritis since he was 7 and in 2013 was also diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. He got into running roughly 10yrs ago in a bid to lose some weight and improve his fitness. This year he broke 2:30 in the Vancouver marathon and recently ran an incredible 66:40 at the Burnley Half marathon! Today he opens up about the challenges he faces with Rheumatoid Arthritis, as I try to get an insight into how he has achieved what he has achieved!? It’s another inspiring story by one super positive person, it’s well worth a listen!

Today we catch up again with Damien Clarke 1 month after first introducing him to the podcast listeners. It’s been a productive month, as Damien continues to run PBs galore, over 800, 1500 and 5k. We speak about his training and reflect on his races! Damien wants to take a further minute off his Pb over 5k over the coming yr or so, so he’s one to watch! Enjoy our coaching call!

Earlier this week I caught up with elite New Zealand marathoner; Caden Shields, just 2 weeks out from the 2019 Doha World Marathon Championships! Caden qualified for this race with an amazing 2:15 debut at the Gold Coast marathon earlier this year. In the podcast we discuss Caden’s training regime under his long term coach Chris Pilone, his goals and thoughts in regards to Doha and some challenges he has had along the way! So, tune into this one, as not only is Caden’s story a great example of resilience but he also is a wealth of knowledge given his time in the sport and because he is an established running physio. Longterm, I plan to catch up with Caden after Doha to debrief on his race and chat all things running physio! Enjoy guys!

In this episode of the Run Culture podcast I sit down with elite female distance runner, physiotherapist and strength & conditioning coach; Anna Kelly. It has been great to work alongside Anna this year at SSPC (Southern Suburbs Physiotherapy Centre) as not only is she super passionate about physio and all things running, she also just a great person and loves to have a laugh! In 2017 Anna came an astonishing 32nd at the World Cross Country Championships in Uganda. However, since then it has been a tough road! Here we openly discuss Anna's injury riddled past couple of years and what she has learnt and continues to learn. We talk about what she is trying to do to avoid injury this year as she strives to become a more 'robust athlete' that will be around in years to come. We then went on to discuss 2019, her 8th place in the half marathon at the World Uni games in Naples, running a 74:20  (2min PB) half marathon at the Werribee Mansion fun run and her recent convincing win in the Burnley Athletics Victoria Half Marathon Championships. There's a lot of good stuff in this one, so give it a listen!!

Today I’m back with Jess Dunsmore, one of the athletes I coach at the Run Culture Owls! Jess featured in the very first episode of the Run Culture Podcast, so for a refresher be sure to listen to that one. Jess is only 1 yr out of school and in his first yr studying engineering at University. He recently ran an amazing Pb of 69:52 at the Victorian Half marathon Championships in Burnley! An effort that definately justified getting him back on the coach to have a chat! Today we talk about, his training for this event and his aims for the front end of the track season! Enjoy

Today I interview Brent Lalor! I’ve know Brent for a number of years now, he’s an established and extremely passionate physiotherapist from Geelong! We chat about Brent’s days as a gun junior distance runner, how he gave up running to focus on his physiotherapy studies. His triathlon career. How he was stuck in a never ending injury cycle for a couple of years and what he has done to get out of this rut. We chat about how Brent has overcome his own anxieties about injury, how he is now doing mileage he never believed his body would handle and how he is now doing Pb after Pb!!!!Brent is a wealth of knowledge and this hour is full of absolute gems. Plug those headphones in or turn this up loud and enjoy:)

Welcome to episode 4 of the Run Culture Podcast! Here I interview another one of the up and coming athletes I coach for the Run Culture Owls; Lachlan Enno! In today’s episode I introduce Lachlan to the listeners, as I plan to catch up with him every 3-4 weeks over the next 12 months. We discuss how he got into running, his achievements so far, his goals for the 2019/20 season, his recent success up at the under 20 championships in Wollongong, his plans for next yr post school and his infatuation all things Nike running shoes! Lachie is certainly an athlete with stacks of ability and his progress over time will be great for all of us to track! Lach wants to get the WJ steeple qualifier of 9:07 by March 2020, so enjoy the ride!

Today I chat to David McNeill, 1 week after winning the 2019 Mens Open Australian 10km XC championships in Wollongong! The win bookmarks another great comeback from injury for the dual Olympian. Today, David was incredibly generous with his time, the chat goes for just on an hour. We discuss a range of topics, including; the injury he has come back from, how he has done it, his new wholistic approach to training, his goals for 2020. He even divulges his favourite coffee retreats in Melbourne and Portland, bring the coffee connoisseur he is. David was 16th at the Rio Olympics and has a 5k PB of 13:18 and 10km PB of 27:45. This aside, he is such a humble champion and friendly soul. He is in his final yr of his physiotherapy degree and is incredibly knowledgeable as you will soon finds out about all things sports medicine! He is quite the philosophical thinker and there are just so many ‘pearls of wisdom’ in this interview! So, I encourage as many runners as possible to listen to this one!

Coach Dane Verwey introduces the second of his (Run Culture Owl squad) to listeners, Damien Clarke! Here Dane and Damien go over training, goals, why the ‘owl’ logo?and lots more!!! Over the next 12 months we will track Damien’s progress monthly!

Welcome to the first episode of the Run Culture Podcast! After 60 odd running related blogs over the past 12 months I’ve decided to try my hand at this podcast thing! I will continue my blog as I do enjoy writing however podcasts are certainly a more time efficient means for me to create content and are far easier for subscribers to readily consume! In this podcast over the next 12 months I plan to follow the running careers of a few athletes I coach (the Run culture owls), as well as several running friends. The podcast will cover the ups and downs of a half dozen athletes, which I’m sure will be as equally inspiring as it is educational! I also plan to chat to a few fellow running physios about all things running injuries! The idea of this podcast will likely evolve and change with time. Anyway, I have really been enjoying these chats I have had so far, they are very rough to start but I am new to this, the product will become more polished with time! I hope this running podcast becomes a regular on your drivetime or easy run listening rotation!