In our RT Snap Q&A series, we’ve had the privilege of interviewing some of the world’s best runners, delving into their extraordinary journeys, celebrating their achievements, and exploring the unwavering dedication that defines their careers.
Georgia Griffith
- Georgia Helen Griffith, born on December 5, 1996, is a notable Australian middle-distance runner with a distinguished international career.
She has represented Australia at several prestigious events:
- 2014 World Junior Championships in Eugene (USA), competing in the 800m and 4 × 400m relay, achieving 4th place in the 800m and reaching the relay finals.
- 2017 World Championships in London (UK), competing in both the 800m and 1500m events.
- 2017 World University Games in Taipei (Taiwan), achieving 4th place in the 800m.
- 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast (Australia), competing in the 800m and 1500m events, achieving 5th place in the 1500m.
- 2019 World University Games in Naples (Italy), achieving 2nd place in the 1500m.
- 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha (Qatar), reaching the semi-finals in the 1500m.
- In 2021, she represented Australia at the Tokyo (Japan) Olympics in the 1500m, finishing 14th in her heat with a time of 4:14.43.
- 2024, Oslo Diamond League 2024 in Norway, 1st place in the women’s 3000m
RT : Can you describe your typical weekly training regimen, including mileage, workouts, and rest days?
- Monday:
AM – Easy run & gym
PM – Elliptical
- Tuesday:
AM – Track session
e.g. 4x800m, 3 sets of 3x300m (1min rest between reps, 3 min between sets)
PM – Elliptical
- Wednesday:
AM – Gym
- Thursday:
AM – Threshold
E.g 5x5min with 1 min easy
PM – Elliptical
- Friday:
AM – Elliptical & gym
PM – Easy run + strides
- Saturday: Hills
E.g. 2 sets of 3x 300m hill + 2km threshold
- Sunday: 70min run
RT : What motivates you to keep pushing yourself in your training and races?
Georgia: I really enjoy the feeling of pushing myself in a workout or race and seeing what I can get out of myself. Whether I run well or not, I like how it sets a benchmark and find that a big motivator to keep pushing myself throughout training.
I also have a really supportive and positive training group which makes turning up to training easier.
RT : How do you approach setbacks or challenges in your running journey?
Georgia: It definitely sucks having setbacks or injuries, and unfortunately athletics seems to be a sport where there can be a lot of them. I think what has helped me has been trying to find things that I can learn from each obstacle.
For example, when I tore my Achilles in my first overseas race last year (and struggled throughout the season before eventually having to take 12 weeks off running) I tried my best to find things that I could take away from it. From that, I found I needed to work on improving my calf strength in the gym and subsequently made that a key focus over the back half of last year.
I also have kept cross training in my program this year after I found it quite beneficial when I wasn’t able to run as much last year. Both these tweaks I think have definitely helped me be more resilient this year.
But whilst staying that, sometimes the best thing to do can be to take a step back completely from the running bubble and put my energy into things that make me happy.
RT: Could you share a memorable race experience and what you learned from it?
Georgia: I feel like I have learnt more from a culmination of races rather than any standalone race. The biggest thing for me is to make sure I really appreciate the feeling of being on a start line fit, healthy and knowing I have the potential to run a PB. Athletics can be a bit of a slog at times so I think it’s really important to enjoy the moments when it’s going well, whilst also appreciating that it’s thanks to the slog that makes the good results possible and more exciting.
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RT: Looking ahead, what are your goals and aspirations in running for the coming year?
Georgia: This year a massive focus has been trying to do everything I can to make the Olympic 1500m team. I also want to finish the year knowing that I gave it my all but also enjoyed the process along the way.
