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The Surf Coast Century 100km and 50km ultra trail marathon has received the green light to proceed on 5 - 6 December 2020 in Anglesea, Victoria, with limited entries remaining for solo competitors and 90 relay teams remaining
This episode is brought to you by our coffee partners at St. Ali - Listeners can use the code "IRP25" for 25% off discount on online purchases. Visit www.stali.com.au Julian struggles with pacing and direction out on the rail trail. Brad’s Fashions off the Field campaign comes to an anticlimactic end.   View this...
Nairobi, Kenya - After Joan Massah Cherop broke the tape to win the 2019 Detroit Marathon, she knew 2020 was going to be a year of even bigger races and greater opportunities. Soon, an invitation to the Paris Marathon confirmed her hopes, and she stepped up her training. We all know what happened next through: race delays and cancellations. Like many athletes, this left Joan not just feeling let down, but struggling financially. Her main sponsor, the Kenyan running company Enda, jumped into action to help. Following the Kenyan running tradition of working with others to lift each other up, Enda built a coalition of brands in the running space to sponsor Joan and fellow Enda Elite Athlete Kenneth Kemboi to lead an attempt to set new fastest known times (FKT) running up Mt. Kenya.
This episode is brought to you by our coffee partners at St. Ali – Listeners can use the code “IRP25” for 25% off discount on online purchases. Visit www.stali.com.au Brad paces his athletes through a solid track session and makes his return to parkrun. Julian talks about the shoe industry in...
The race is back on among Australia’s top triathletes to secure a place at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics. A host of talented hopefuls will also be vying for a place in the mixed replay team this time around. The event, consisting of a 33m swim, 6.6km bike and 1k run, will...
The Boys review the Hyperice Hypervolt massage gun in the middle of the episode and for a limited time IRP Listeners can get 15% off the entire range with the discount code IRP15 at checkout at hyperice.com.au Brad stays out the sun and feels at home in the gym. Julian gets...
Entries are now open for the fourth edition of the Margaret River Ultra Marathon on 1 May 2021 in south-west, Western Australia. After a record field of 1,300 participants turned out for the 2020 (postponed) event last month, organisers are expecting the running community to once again embrace the magnificent course by confirming their entries now and avoid missing out.
Melbourne, November 30 2020 - The competition calendar for the 2021 Australian Summer of Athletics has today been confirmed by Athletics Australia. Beginning in Melbourne on Australia Day (January 26), with the famous Zatopek: 10, the Australian Summer of Athletics will then travel to the nation’s capital to kick off the State and Territory Championships, before culminating in the nine-day festival that is the 2021 Australian Track and Field Championships on April 12 – 21.  With a total of 20 events taking place between that time, athletes of all levels will have multiple opportunities to compete as they aim to qualify for the 2021 Australian Track and Field Championships, while Australia’s elite athletes also aim to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Competitors in the Surf Coast Century presented by MINI saw their dreams become a reality over the weekend in one of the first mass-participation events post-COVID-19 in Victoria.
When organisers of the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso EDP announced the high calibre field they had attracted for their 6 December event, expectations were high that an assault on Geoffrey Kamworor's 58:01 world record would be a very real possibility. After all, the field included an impressive 'big three': Jacob...
                   

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