WA Running Podcast

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Episode 86 | Shane Johnstone & the 2025 Transcend...

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2025/08/04

Monday 4th August 2025 This week, we’re joined by accomplished trail runner, exercise physiologist, recent podcaster and race director of Transcend Shane Johnstone as we preview the 2025 edition of Transcend Trails. We also recap the State Steeplecha…wait no it was the State Half Marathon Championships aka. the WAMC Perth Half down at the WAMC clubrooms that saw Dean Menzies and Lauren French take out the wins in brutal conditions. Loz French, Ashlee Ritson and Adam Loughnan feature in this week’s

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01:00:58

Episode 85 | Max Davidson | State Cross Country...

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2025/07/28

Monday 28th July 2025. The man with the hair, and this year's inaugural Todd Ingraham Legacy Trophy winner Max Davidson joins us on the pod to chat about his 2025 Rotto marathon win, his running journey and progression, and the story behind the inaugural Rotto marathon bib on his back. This week we cover results from the City to Surf Karratha edition, the State Cross Country Championships with some close results, and PTS Truth and Consequences. We preview the upcoming state half marathon

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01:00:10

Episode 84 | Goldfields Pipeline Marathon | WAMC...

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2025/07/21

Monday 21st July 2025The ‘man who doesn’t breathe’ Matt Smerilli joins us this week as we cover results from the Kalgoorlie Pipeline Marathon with course records in the men’s 50km and marathon falling as part of a Rams Running sidequest that also included Smithie taking out the Cable Beach 5km dash for cash up in Broome. Meanwhile course records continue to fall in Perth with Dean Menzies breaking the 10km WAMC Shelley course record in 30:47. We discuss a final change to our Transcend team who not

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01:32:50

Road to Paradise Episode 04 | 2025 Gold Coast...

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2025/07/19

So did Karlos' aura farming work? In our final episode of the Road to Paradise Training Series, we check in with the team 10 days after the Gold Coast Marathon to debrief the aura, the good, the bad and the outright cruel.We break down Karlos’ PB of 2:27, Lauren’s 2:50, Rosie’s 3:17 and Simon’s 3:01, their race weekend experiences, key takeaways, their upcoming plans for the rest of 2025 and find out who had the worst accommodation in the Gold Coast. In the finale, we: learn about the importance

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01:28:47

Episode 83 | Gold Coast Marathon Recap | Bibra Lake...

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2025/07/14

Monday 13th July 2025. We’re back with our weekly episode of the WA Running Podcast and as Chris prepares for his colonoscopy and Simon recovers from Bluey World, we reflect and recap a huge weekend in the Gold Coast, our Gold Coast Marathon performances along with some listener questions about the weekend's festivities. Locally, a big couple of weeks in WA running that included the Bibra Lake Running Festival, WAMC King of the Mountain, WA Coastal Running Festival, Bravehearts 777 Marathon, Red

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Episode 82 | Gaby Villa Returns | Backyard Ultra...

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2025/06/30

A special interview only episode this week as we chat to the wonderful Gaby Villa from Intenseatfit to recap a whirlwind week for her as she subbed in for Gemma to crew the backyard ultra GOAT Phil Gore at last week’s Dead Cow Gully BYU.We chat to her about her official crewing debut, what it takes to fuel a body for 119 yards, and the state of Phil’s feet deep in a back yard ultra. We also chat to her about sweat testing, Simon’s sweat test results and final tips as he gears up for Gold Coast

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01:00:16

Road to Paradise Episode 03 | 2025 Gold Coast...

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2025/06/28

Our third episode of the Gold Coast Marathon training series, the 'Road to Paradise' checks in with Karlos, Lauren, Rosie and Simon deep in the taper and final preparations before the big dance on Sunday 6th July 2025. In Episode 03, we: learn about aura farming and aura maxing from Karlos Aquino find out our athlete's pre-race plans, traditions and race kit find out whether their goals have changed since the start of the series assess the current state of their maranoia. The Road to Paradise

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Episode 81 | Cape to Cape Ultra | Heaven & Hell Trail...

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2025/06/23

Monday 23rd June 2025 This week we cover results from the Ultra Series Cape to Cape Ultra Marathon, and the Runningworks Heaven & Hell Trail Marathon. We discuss our current state of maranoia, which includes Chris taking a rest day for the first time in 8 weeks, and Simon’s potential toilet issues on Saturday, before his body and mind crumbling at the thought of doing a trail run with Shane Johnstone at the Transcend x WARP Community Run. We were meant to chat to Gaby Villa this week to

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01:38:56

Episode 80 | Wadjemup Rotto Running Festival | Dr...

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2025/06/16

Monday 16th June 2025This episode is dedicated to the great Todd ‘the tractor’ Ingraham. Todd was a trailblazer and a weapon in the WA running world, holding state titles from the 1500m all the way to the full marathon, and even a sneaky 2000m steeplechase. Todd loved to race and loved to win, Todd’s superpower was his grit, determination and out hurting his competitors. Todd sadly lost his battle to Motor Neuron Disease last week. His stories, mantras and his legacy will live on in the WA running

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01:31:41

Episode 79 | Aaron Young Returns | Ultra Perth

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2025/06/09

Monday 9th June 2025We’re back with our weekly WARP episode with some big events in the WA running calendar in what was phenomenal running weather, the State Short Course XC Championships down in Burswood and of course Ultra Perth this weekend. In this week’s interview, we chat to someone who makes our marathon training weeks look like absolute piss, the formidable weapon in Aaron Young as we chat about his stellar 2025 so far with a FKT and back-to-back 300 and 250 miler races in the US. The

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Road to Paradise Episode 02 | 2025 Gold Coast...

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2025/06/01

Our second episode of the Gold Coast Marathon training series, the 'Road to Paradise' checks in with our athletes (minus Simon) 5 weeks out from the marathon on Sunday 6th July 2025. In episode 02: The guys talk about the biofit process with Sam Simek from The Running Centre and the shoes they'll be using during their peak training weeks. Lauren French recaps her back-to-back wins in two weeks at the Joondalup Half and HBF Run for a Reason Half with a 1:22 and 1:20 respectively Rosie Spurling,

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01:13:39

Episode 78 | Vici Richardson Guest Hosts | HBF Run...

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2025/05/26

A huge episode this week as we recap WA’s biggest event in the running calendar, the HBF Run for a Reason, with big numbers, nearly $2million going to local charities, and an abundance of weapon-like behaviour crossing the infamous blue carpet finish line. No better way to recap the weekend’s event than the reigning Sand Queen, the future substitute WARP guest host when Chris goes to Europe, but more importantly HBF’s Head of Brand and Growth Vici Richardson as we recap, the performances, the

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01:36:25

Episode 77 | Aaron Pyke | Joondalup Running Festival...

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2025/05/19

We’re back with our weekly episode as we catch up a huge couple of weeks in the WA running calendar, which included yesterday’s WAMC Joondalup Running Festival, Freo Harbour Masters Classic, the very popular and much anticipated Margaret River Ultra and the PTS Chitty Chitty Run Run. Last week we had the opportunity to chat with local runner, friend of the show and The Shaka Project ambassador Aaron Pyke, one of the nicest blokes you will come across in the running community with plenty of

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Road to Paradise Episode 01 | 2025 Gold Coast...

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2025/05/12

Welcome to the first episode of our new Gold Coast Marathon training series, the Road to Paradise. In episode 01, we introduce you to four WA athletes who we will be following on their journey towards Sunday 6th July 2025. Lauren French, reigning WAMC club champion and potentially the fastest easy runs of anyone in Perth, looking to head back to the GC to run a marathon PB. Rosie Spurling, a hurdler and triathlete back in the day, the 'neighbourhood pram lady' is looking to build on her marathon

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01:08:16

Episode 76 | Ashleigh Yee & Ben Tay | Lake Rumble...

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2025/04/28

Monday 28th April 2025. A jam-packed episode this week as we cover local results that include the Anzac River Run on Friday and the Lake Rumble Run on Sunday. We had WA runners flying over to Ballarat to compete in the ‘Valencia of the South’, otherwise known as the Ballarat Running Festival. We also had some WA runners who spent copious amounts of money buying Tracksmith, rabbit, adidas and New Balance merch and gear, with impressive results in the Boston and London Marathons over the last two

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Episode 75 | Sarah Greenwood

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2025/04/21

Monday 21st April 2025. Happy Easter everyone! No results to cover this week, but on this Easter Monday we got chatting to the wonderful Sarah Greenwood, winner of last weekend’s marathon at the 2025 Bunbury 3 Waters Running Festival. Chris continues to run despite a dodgy knee and Simon survives his first hills and alternating km workout sessions as part of the Gold Coast build. Phil Gore and Chinese Robots feature in this week's Weapons of WARP, and we announce an upcoming series. Reach out

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Road to Bunbury Lighthouse Episode 04 | Bunbury 3...

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2025/04/19

In our final episode of the Bunbury 3 Waters Running Festival training block series, we check in with Ashlee Ritson, Hannah Paget, Jackson Lemin and David Perich as we debrief their performances at the Bunbury 3 Waters Running Festival over the weekend.After coming third in the women's marathon but failing to run sub 3 hours, did Ashlee have to go work in the physio tent post-race? Did Hannah do too many yoga lunges pre race and did she follow the race plan? Will David sign up for another marathon

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01:05:55

Episode 74 | Matt Smerilli Guest Host | Bunbury 3...

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2025/04/14

Monday 14th April 2025 This week we are joined by Matt Smerilli as we cover some big running events in WA, the most important of all - the Bunbury 3 Waters Running Festival with Karlos Aquino and Sarah Greenwood taking out the Marathon, along with results of our Bix bet with the Easy Double Podcast. We also cover results from the Delirious West 200/100 Milers, the Australian Track and Field Championships, and in some bonus content, we are joined by our friend, the oracle and the person with the

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01:34:08

Episode 73 | Jack Sirett | Bridges Fun Run Recap |...

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2025/04/07

Monday 7th April 2025. This week we cover results from the Bridges Fun Run with Dean Menzies and Lauren French taking out the State 10km Road Championships and our much anticipated Bix four scoops bet. We also cover results from the Runningworks 3 Valleys Ultra and the Soul Runners Swan River Half. We preview the upcoming Bunbury 3 Waters Running Festival with a potential bet in the works with our podcast pals, the Easy Double podcast. And finally, we get to sit down with Jack Sirett, part time

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01:04:43

Road to Bunbury Lighthouse Episode 03 | Bunbury 3...

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2025/04/05

In Episode 03 of our Bunbury 3 Waters Running Festival training block series and with just a week to go, we catch up with Ashlee Ritson, Hannah Paget, Jackson Lemin and David Perich as we discuss our goals and race plans as head to the start line on Sunday. We go through the course profile, prize money and what's in stall at the Bunbury Runners Club event village over the weekend. Will Ashlee Ritson and David Perich reach their Sub 3 hour marathon ambitions or will Ashlee be forced to massage

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