309: Zach Facioni | World Road Running Championships

309: Zach Facioni | World Road Running Championships

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Brad checks in from Melbourne after his heart procedure. Julian goes through his shoe rotation to find what works. Brady gets heart rate up after a late-minute call up to watch the Grand Final. Jess Hull placed 5th in 4:32.45 in the Road Mile at the World Road Running Champs in Riga, Latvia, with Sarah Billings coming in at 4:38.97. Diribe Welteji of Ethiopia set a World Record of 4:20.98 to take out the race with Faith Kipyegon of Kenya in 3rd. Hobbs Kessler also ran a World Record in his victory of the Road Mile, in a time of 3:56.13. Jack Anstey was the first Australian in 3:58.30, followed closely by Matt Ramsden in 4:00.32. Caitlin Adams 15:41, Lauren Ryan 15:59 Beatrice Chebet 14:35 Kenya Hagos Gebrehiwet of Ethiopia won the Roak 5km in 12:59 in a close race over Yomif Kejelcha, Morgan McDonald was first Australian in 7th with 13:26 ahead of Stewart McSweyn in 13:39. Sebastian Sawe led a Kenyan podium sweep winning the title in 59:10, with Australians Tim Vincent 1:03:40 and Ed Goddard 1:05:53. Peres Jepchirchir wins the Half Marathon World Championship title in 1:07:25 to also lead a Kenyan podium sweep, with Izzy Batt-Doyle the first Australian in 1:10:08 five weeks after the World Championship Marathon in Budapest, with Sinead Noonan in 1:15:29 and Tara Palm in 1:16:18 World Road Running Championships Results

Listener Question asks how the debrief with you coach should go after a race, then Moose shares the joys of a cold one post-run from his new bar fridge. Brady then debuts his new segment “Weekly Whispers” to chat about some of the rumours flying around the scene.

Zach Facioni is this week’s guest and chats with Brady about his personal bests and returning home to Melbourne, and his initiation to the local scene at Bundoora. Zach talks about joining On Athletic Club Oceania and navigating the pro-running world post-college. Sharing his insight about running under Ken Green at Randwick Botany, John Hayes at Wake Forest and Craig Mottram at OAC, differences in training methods. Spending some time on the roads City To Bay, whether he would consider running the marathon as well as what he studied in college, and his other interests outside of running.

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