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This weeks episode is sponsored by Precision Fuel & Hydration,  their free online planner has you covered! It calculates exactly how much carb, sodium, and fluid you need to smash your goals. Listen to the show for an exclusive discount. Matt Clowes returns to the show, calling in from his holiday in Portugal to...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (11-May) -- Eleven times over a 12 year period, South African athletes manager Dewald Steyn brought elite runners to the Mangyongdae Prize Pyongyang Marathon North Korea in April.  By his own reckoning, he supplied 60% of the foreign athletes...
Green light for ISTAF 2020: the oldest athletics meeting in the world will take place as planned on Sunday, September 13. It will be one of the first sports events where spectators will be present despite measures in force because of the Coronavirus. Thanks to a detailed shielding and...
Virginia Moloney (Vic) and Thomas Do Canto (NSW) are Australia’s marathon champions after taking line honours on the hallowed turf of the MCG at the Medibank Melbourne Marathon this morning. Clocking 2:34:27 and 2:20:53 respectively, Moloney’s result delivers her maiden national crown, while Do Canto’s run is made even more...
Three-time Olympian, Jared Tallent OAM (SA) has arrived in Taicang this week for a now-familiar procedure, a medal upgrade ceremony. Tallent will be awarded two gold medals from the 2012 and 2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships 50-kilometre race walk, following the recently confirmed positive doping test of the...
Last year’s women’s champion and course record holder Meskerem Assefa will return to run the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon while another world-class Ethiopian distance runner will also be on the start line on October 27: Tsegaye Mekonnen, the junior men’s world record holder in the marathon. In addition to these...
This week's episode is sponsored by Pillar Performance. To find out more about their range of products, visit www.pillarperformance.com.au. John Landy, the second man ever to run a mile in under 4 minutes, passed away on 24th February 2022, aged 91. John Landy set the world record for the mile...
Kenyan middle-distance maestro Faith Kipyegon regained the world 1500m title with yet another imperious display at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon today.
Gennadii Zuiev has been named as the recipient of the Coaching Achievement Award, the first winner to be announced as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022. Despite the conflict in their home country of Ukraine, Zuiev continued to guide high jumper Andriy Protsenko to world and European medals in 2022,...
The picturesque landscapes of Southern France are about to bear witness to the triumphant return of trail running sensation, Jim Walmsley, at the upcoming 'Roubion-Nice' race. This event, an integral part of the UTMB World Series, is poised to deliver a thrilling weekend of endurance challenges against the stunning backdrop of Nice Côte d'Azur. Complementing the marquee 100-mile Ultra Trail Métropole Nice, there are equally enticing races, including the 50km Menton-Nice and the 20km Saint-Jean Cap Ferrat-Nice.