370: Andy Buchanan Interview after he runs 2:06:22 NR at Valencia Marathon | Izzi Batt-Doyle | Victorian 5000m Championships

370: Andy Buchanan Interview after he runs 2:06:22 NR at Valencia Marathon | Izzi Batt-Doyle | Victorian 5000m Championships

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Brad strings his athletes out on the long run after their night track races. Julian gets out on the paddle board and rediscovers box jumps. Brady makes some observations on the organisation of a Melbourne fun run.

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Andy Buchanan set a new National Record, running 2:06:22 at the Valencia Marathon, placing 16th overall. Izzi Batt-Doyle ran 2:22:59 for third all time, 8th in the race. Both qualify for next year’s Athletics World Championship in Tokyo.

Izzi joins in early to chat about going for the Australian record and recaps her race, the pace planning involved and giving the race as an emotional tribute to her friend Bailey.

https://runnerstribe.com/news/buchanan-shatters-australian-marathon-record/?fbclid=IwY2xjawG6aHRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZ6o2lfmwyFAc1HWRVqdCwnK5R5xm6dEEmX-JddaQrFbcI-GNeQ_BlB2Eg_aem_0U9_sQLfnyra2uCJH9ULHQ

Sebastian Sawe in his marathon debut won in a world leading time of 2:02:05, the 5th fastest of all time and second fastest debut ahead of the 5th-placed Olympian Deresa Galeta of Ethiopia and Daniel Mateko of Kenya. Megertu Alemu of Ethiopia won in 2:16:49, ahead of Stella Chesang setting the national record for Uganda and Tiruye Mesfin of Ethiopia. Official Results https://runnerstribe.com/news/sawe-and-alemu-steal-the-spotlight-at-the-valencia-marathon/

Victorian 5000m State Championships Matt Buckell 13:49.46 Haftu Strintzos and Dale Carroll. Amy Robinson won the state title in 16:10.77 ahead of Sarah Klein and Georgia Hansen. AthsVic Results Hub

Yuya Yoshida won the Fukuoka International Marathon in 2:05:16 in Japan, with Michael Marantelli was the best Australian in 2:21:02. Jack Rayner paced half way through to 62:57. Results

Sifan Hassan was awarded overall Women’s World Athlete of the Year, as well as best Out of Stadium athlete. Tamirat Tola was awarded best Out of Stadia Athlete for 2024. World Athletics Press Release

Gjert Ingebrigtsen to stand trial for accusations of alleged physical violence towards Jakob Ingebrigsten. Citius Mag Report

The Listener Question asks what the best way to add cross training in a busy schedule. Brady wonders what the etiquette is in acknowledging your national record getting beaten, then Moose on the Loose on the heightened consumerism that comes along on this weekend every year.

At the end of the show Andy Buchanan joins Brady and Moose to recap his amazing new Australian Marathon Record of 2:06:22 in a long form interview.

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