258: Reece Edwards | Pat Tiernan’s 2:11 debut at Chicago Marathon

258: Reece Edwards | Pat Tiernan’s 2:11 debut at Chicago Marathon

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Brad comes across the first two snakes of the season. Julian gains a real insight of how Little Athletics compares to senior athletics. Brady recovers off Melbourne Marathon to win another Sweat Vs Steam.

Reece Edwards, 3rd placegetter in the Melbourne Marathon in 2:14:41 and National Marathon Champion joins the boys to talk about how he’s recovering from multiple marathons to the lead up to the Ultra Trail Australia 100k. Reece recaps his performance at Melbourne and how he rates it in context to his build up, what impact racing the Sydney Marathon had and dabbling ultras. Reece shares how the Melbourne running scene compares and how his recruitment into the St Stephens Harriers came about before rounding out with his background in endurance.

Pat Tiernan ran 2:11:02 on debut at the Chicago Marathon placing 16th overall. Pat’s time was the second fastest Australian debut of all time behind Jeff Hunt. Ruth Chepng’etich ran the second fastest marathon of all time in 2:14:18, 14 seconds behind Brigid Kosgei’s 2019 World Record at Chicago. Em Sisson broke the American Women’s Record for 2:18:29 while Conner Mantz ran the second fastest American debut in 2:08:16. Benson Kipruto won outright in 2:04:24. https://www.instagram.com/p/CjjJS53vllM/ Official Chicago Marathon Results https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/sisson-breaks-american-record-at-bank-of-america-chicago-marathon/

CJ Albertson of the US set a new 50k World Record, running 2:38:43 at the Ruth Anderson Memorial Endurance Run in San Francisco. World Athletics Report

This past week marks the fortieth anniversary of Rob De Castella winning the 1982 Brisbane Comm Games Marathon. https://www.instagram.com/p/CjbQv_IPSlg/

NSW State 10000m Titles won by Drew Fryer and Imogen Gribble in the pouring rain at the Treloar Shield. Athletics NSW Report Results

Queensland State 10000m titles won by Gus Gannon and Caitlin McQuicklen-Bell at the Benita Willis Shield. Results

The boys put the Asics Gel-Kayano Lite 3 through its paces, talking specs, how they’ve been running in the shoes and where it fits in the rotation. Listener Question asks about getting the most out of treadmill running and Moose goes Loose on the media blow-up around a 2k time trial.

Catch up in the latest shoe news with Nitta, Moose and TDC as they discuss their last month of running shoes.

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