This week we catch up with Mel Aitken fresh off a win at the Queenstown Marathon and trail/ultra runner Andrius Ramonas after his win at the Tarawera 50k. Both are in training for the upcoming Kepler Challenge. We also dive into the news including Matt Baxter’s incredibly result at the NCAA Cross Country Champs. Andrius[…]
Kelly Sheerin is the director of the Running and Cycling Clinic at Auckland’s AUT Millennium. He knows his stuff about running technique, performance and injury prevention and joined us to chat about the latest research he’s working on in the field of running technology and wearable devices. We also catch up on the news from[…]
Two of NZ’s fastest human beings, Joseph Millar and Andrew Matsuoka-Webber, chat to us about their goals for the upcoming athletics season. And we hear the incredible story of Mike Wilkinson who suffered a debilitating brain injury just days out from competing in New Zealand Ironman. He learnt to walk again and then run and[…]
We catch all the action at the 2016 Auckland Marathon including a sit-down chat with men’s winner and debut marathoner Oska Inkster-Baynes. We also catch up on news from the World Masters Athletics Champs and fast flying juniors in local athletics. In training talk Hayden shares his tips for recovering from a major race like[…]
Nick Symmonds is one of the global stars of middle distance running and this week joins the show to chat about how he’s gone from viewing running like a form of torture to winning six USA 800m titles and now is transitioning into the life of an entrepreneur with Run Gum. We also catch up[…]
Breakfast radio DJ Dom Harvey (of The Edge) comes in studio to chat about his stellar run at the Berlin Marathon coming very close to breaking three hours. We also catch up with local news from the Southland Marathon and Taupo Ultra. Then Hayden and Hamish chat offer their top four tips on tapering for[…]
The Ekiden, it’s possibly the most fun you can have at a running race (where else do you see a life-sized hot dog running a marathon!?), and we catch all the action at this year’s Rotorua Ekiden. We also discuss Zane Robertson’s incredible 10k NZ record, which also doubles as an Oceania record and 2016[…]
Hayden covers all the action from the 2016 New Zealand Road Relay Championships in Rotorua and training talk focuses on how to stay positive when injury strikes. We also chat about the mega-running fraud that has just been unearthed from UK ultra runner Robert Young’s attempt to race across America. Athletics Weekly Round-Up: http://athletics.org.nz/News/athletics-nz-weekly-roundup-3-october-2016 The Robert Young[…]
The research tells us that talent doesn’t respond well to a cushy, cotton-wool upbringing. Instead hardship and trauma and the experience of working through them are characteristics of almost all successful sports people. So this week, Hamish and Hayden talk about ways to do something scary everyday in your training in order to develop resilience.[…]
NZ’s distance running team coach, Steve Willis, joins the show to talk about the Rio Olympics and the keys to reaching your potential as a runner. He also provides details about some upcoming running hubs/camps (Hanmer Springs Labour Weekend and Wellington from 12 Dec through to end of Jan). We recap the incredible success that[…]