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.[…]