194: Gateshead Diamond League

194: Gateshead Diamond League

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Julian pops in and out of Cairns to get Ellie through a tough workout. Brad recalls what he asked on the show as the snow hits Canberra. Brady begins a marathon block of training with some trepidation.

Stewy McSweyn clocks 7:28.94 in the London Gateshead Diamond League 3000m, less than a second off his PB just behind winner Mohammad Katir. Matt Ramsden set a new PB of 7:35.65 finishing 5th in the race and 4th fastest of all time while Dave McNeill ran 7:49.32.

Peter Bol comes 3rd in the 800m in 1:45.22 while Jeff Riseley 1:50.05

Rorey Hunter sets a Personal Best in the Emsley Carr Mile in 3:57.39 London Diamond League Results https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/katir-mcsweyn-battle-in-gateshead-muller-british-grand-prix-recap/

Rose Davies and Izzi Batt-Doyle placed first and second in the 1500m at the Joensuu Games, Finland with times of 4:12.30 &4:12.53 respectively. Ben Buckingham ran a 3000m best in 7:49.85. Davies and Doyle then backed up at the Savo Games 5000m in Lapinlahti, Finland with Izzi this time taking the win and meet record off Gen Gregson in 15:16, ahead of Rose in 15:32 Joensuu Games Results Savo Games Results https://www.instagram.com/p/CRcLufyLiXr/

Two of Australia’s 1500m women are in fine form leading into the Tokyo Olympics, Linden Hall running 4:00 in a 1500m time trial, while at the Sound Running Sunset Tour Jessica Hull also ran 4:00 for 1500m. Sound Running Sunset Tour Results

Tasmania Cross Country Championships taken out by Dejen Gebreselasse & Meriem Daoui. 2021 Tasmanian Cross Country Championship Results

Jetty 2 Jetty Fun Run up in Queensland had the half marathon won by Liam Boudin and Jacqui Swindale, while the was 10K won by Jack Bruce and Olga Firsova. Jetty 2 Jetty Results

Timothy Cheruiyot was added to Kenyan Olympic Team after Kamar Eitang had insufficient out of competition tests supplied. https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/cheruiyot-added-to-kenyan-olympic-team/

Listener Question asks about how to go about preparations for racing at different times of the day, then Moose on The Loose goes on the Olympics infamous Rule #40 restricting athlete’s capacity to make a living, then Brady on the Loose on countries snubbing their athletes after meeting the Olympic qualifying standard. Rivalbet link: https://app.rivalbet.com.au/signup/insiderunningpodcast

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