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Ep 22- Tom Denniss- Run around the world- 26,000km

Athlete, inventor, scientist, professional musician, entrepreneur and author. A Doctor of Mathematics and Oceanography, Tom invented a technology to convert energy in ocean waves into electricity (more info about that on the link below).

In 2012 (at the age of 50), Tom embarked upon a charity run around the world to raise money for Oxfam. The run was expected to take just over 18 months, and cover 26,000 km.

In this Podcast, Tom talks about his record-breaking adventure, overcoming injuries, enduring extreme temperatures and a near death experience.

Enjoy this incredible accomplishment.

Pictures and videos of Tom’s journey can be found on www.tomsnextstep.com

www.waveswellenergy.com.au

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Ep 21 Nicole Bunyon- Founder of Running Mum's Australia

Matt is joined with Co Host Paul Hadfield to interview Nic Bunyon who is the founder of Running Mum’s Australia.

Nic talks about the origins of her running group and how she has built it into a National Membership of thirty six thousand people. She explains her motivation for starting the group and why it has been so well received and adopted. She explains how she balances her busy lifestyle, training, RMA and kids.

She shares motivating stories of women from the group and explains how RMA serves to support Mum’s from anywhere in Australia to reach their goals.

Nic chats about her upcoming events in New Zealand and talks about other projects she is the ambassador for.

I hope you enjoy this as much as we did!

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Ep 20 Scotty Hawker- Ultra-Marathon Trail Runner

Matt is joined with Michel Haenggi to interview ultra-marathon runner Scotty Hawker.

The International Trail Running Association rates Scotty in the top 6 of NZ trail runners. Scott completed his first marathon when he was just 17, since then he is a regular top 5 finisher in 100km races around the world.

As a Coach for Mile 27, Scotty shares a lot of knowledge and advice in this interview to anyone interested in improving their performance. Below is a snapshot of his results.

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2014- Tarawera, NZ, 69km, 5th Place

2014- Mt Solitary Ultra, Australia, 45km, 1st Place (2nd in 2016, 3rd in 2018)

2015- Ultra Easy NZ, 100k, 1st Place

2015- Lavaredo Ultra Trail, Italy, 118km, 4th place (7th in 2014, 5th in 2016, 19th in 2018)

2015- UTA 100 here in Katoomba, 2nd Place (7th in 2014, 6th in 2016)

2016- The North Face Lavaredo Ultra Trail, 122km -5th Place

2017- Ultra-Trail Cape Town, 100Km- 3rd Place

2017- Eiger Ultra-Trail, 100km- 5th Place

2017- Montreux Trail Festival La Villars, 60km, 4th Place

2017- Ultra-Trail Du Mont-Blanc - UTMB - Chamonix, FRA- 11th Place

2019, Jan- Hong Kong 100, 100km- 5th Place (5th place in 2014)

Ep 19- 2019 Six Foot Track Marathon recap

Team NORG and friends recap the 2019 Six Foot Track Marathon at the Bank Hotel Katoomba. Everyone is relaxed discussing what they did well and what they can improve on for next year.

Ep 18- The Florist (Peter Hamilton)- Breaking4

Matt is joined with Co Host Paul Hadfield to interview Peter Hamilton also known as The Florist. Stu Rennie also drops in.

Pete talks about his learnings over the past five years to transition from an average weekend warrior to a competitive ultra-runner. He shares what has worked for him along the way while also applying principles from his road cycling background.

Pete talks about the Six Foot Track Marathon and his project to break 4 hours.

The interview is light hearted but there is certainly plenty of takeaways that people can apply to their weekly training program.

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Ep 17- Steve Southwell- Race Director of the Royal Challenge

Matt is joined with Matt Sheather (Strava Matt) to interview the Race Director of the Royal Challenge, Steve Southwell.

Steve talks about growing up in the Sutherland Shire and being active in local Surf Clubs and the Cronulla Triathlon Club. He chats about his family’s long association with the tri club and how his father Bob didn’t start racing until he was in his late 50’s and went on to race in Hawaii’s Ironman and dominate his age group for the next twenty years.

Steve talks about the race he started called the Royal Challenge, now in its eighth year, the non-profit event has raised one hundred and eighty thousand dollars for children’s charities.

He shares the challenges and learnings he has made as an Event Manager, including some funny stories about participants sneaking a beer in between legs.

Click on the link below to watch the 3min trailer for the race.

Strava Matt shares some valuable advice about maintaining a regular stretching routine to improve performance. The boys also chat about upcoming events, listener question, podcasts and YouTube shows worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srv_18j90jE

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Ep 16- Eloise Wellings- Dual Olympian and four times Com Games athlete

Matt is joined with Paul Hadfield to interview dual Olympian and four times Com Games track runner Eloise Wellings.

Eloise shares her incredible journey over the past twenty years, in which she has competed in two Olympic Games and Four Commonwealth Games. During that time, she has had her fair share of injuries, including eleven stress fractures in ten years, consequently she had to wait twelve years from when she first qualified for an Olympics to when she could compete in Rio in 2016.

In a very open interview, Eloise explains how she overcame these injuries and managed the disappointment of the setbacks along the way.

We chat about her transition into the Marathon for the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year and what the qualification criteria is.

She shares some valuable training advice to minimise injuries and tips to assist with recovery after races.

As the co-founder of the Love Mercy Foundation, Eloise talks about her charity that assists communities in Northern Uganda to overcome poverty caused by war.

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Ep 15- Steve Redfern- Ultra-Marathon Runner

Matt is joined with Paul Hadfield to interview ultra-marathon runner Stephen Redfern.

Steve is relatively new to running, having only started five years ago. In a short period, Steve has developed an impressive resume of ultra-marathon achievements including running 245km in 24hrs.

Steve chats about his favourite milers in Australia and abroad including Western States. He talks about his race nutrition, recovery, his vegetarian diet, running shoes and his training program.

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Ep 14- Bushies Running Group

Matt is joined with Danny Toole to interview two of the founding members of the Bushies, John Masters and Bill Hick.

The boys discuss how the group was founded back in the late 60’s and share the funny stories and characters who have been part of the group’s unique history.

They chat about some of the events the group has run, including the National Park Triathlon and the National Park Ultra Marathon.

They discuss the Bushies cycling group that rides to Canberra over two days and then competes in the Canberra Marathon on Day 3.

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Ep 13- Brendan Davies shares advice on race nutrition and running programs

In this episode Brendan talks about his running origins as a weekend warrior to representing Australia in the road 100km ultra marathon.

Brendan shares advice on sessions to include in your weekly program, he gives nutrition advice to maintain your race weight and optimize your performance.

He discusses the six foot track marathon in detail including; the course, nutrition prior to the event and during, his competition on the day and of course post-race beers.

He offers nutrition and hydration advice to people completing ultra marathons and he discusses the highs and lows of Western States.

Finally, Brendan talks proudly about his business Up Coaching.

I finish the Podcast with a post-race wrap up with Strava Matt from Ep 12.

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