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Never Run Alone
by Never Run Alone
Never Run Alone is a podcast exploring the definitions of the word "run", through the eyes, mind and souls of humans refusing to stand still.
Episodes
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Izzi Batt Takes The Crown as a Special Seth Dominates in Melbourne Mara Madness
It is Never Run Alone. Well then. What a week! And a huge episode of Never Run Alone to boot. Firstly, thanks to all who came out to our live show on Friday night pre the weekend - we failed to mentioned it on the call, but it was a great show and we loved chatting with you all afterwards.…
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LIVE SHOW: Pre Melbourne Marathon @ 19-21 w/ Tempo Journal, Steve McKenna and Mack Dewar
It is Never Run Alone. A live show at 19-21, the home of Tempo Journal ahead of this weekends Melbourne Marathon. Thanks to all who attended! We chat the rise of running and if it's ever going, the media opportunities in the sport, of course this weekends race as well as some rad audience...
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A Marathon Weekend in Melbourne and Chicago as Records are Set to Fall
It is Never Run Alone. A short and sharp episode this week ahead of a marathon weekend with Melbourne and Chicago happening this Sunday. We've also got our live podcast happening tomorrow night (Friday night, 9th of October) at the home of Tempo Journal in Collingwood. Full details can be found...
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Big Marathon Energy - From Berlin To Melbourne And A Trip Down Boston Memory Lane
The team recap the chaos of Berlin, hear from Queen Sissi about the girls on parade at the Nike After Dark Sydney Edition, chat about the Melbourne Marathon course updates and reminisce on their Boston Marathon journey as entries have just been confirmed for the 2027 edition. We also of course...
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A Marathon Journey, From Berlin to Sydney with Charlotte Veitner-Rösch
It is Never Run Alone. A full house + a brilliant guest this week as we welcome Charlotte (Char_running) onto Never Run Alone. We chatted of course about her running journey, her life prior to it spent playing high level field hockey in Germany and how she managed an incredible debut marathon in...
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Women in Sports, Developing Speed and the Long Game of Ultra & Trail Running
It is Never Run Alone. This week on the pod we’re joined once again by former guest, all round legend, co-founder of Femmi and Nike Pacific Head Run Coach, Lydia ODonnell! Lyds joins us ahead of a big period for Nike in Australia, with After Dark later this month and the Melbourne Marathon taking...
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Special Live Pod: Fuel Your Race 2.0 with Grams of Health and Friends of the Pod
It is a special live edition of Never Run Alone. Last week in Sydney, we co-hosted our very first live podcast with the legends at Grams of Health, Nikki and Grace, during their Fuel Your Race 2.0 event. After a brilliantly led information session by Grace, Cam and Sissi were joined by 4 experts…
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How We Think About Our Running Recovery and Mental Resilience
It is Never Run Alone. This week on the pod we’re sans Kris for a 2nd week (running?). We discuss the importance of running recovery with our sweet prince Cam fresh off running home from work, as both Sissi and Rien share more learnings post their Sydney marathon experience. There’s a few rogue...
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Sydney Marathon Recap and How To Fuel your Running post Marathons
It is Never Run Alone. We’re off the back of the 2026 Sydney Marathon and coming to you with a slightly lesser team than usual. Sissi Bergman is out post her enormous effort pacing on Sunday. Kris is out being a Dad / logistics. Hosting is Rien lower on energy than usual, but thankfully with the...
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Sydney Marathon Race Week, Strava Fines and Phil Gore Going for 7 Whole Days
It is Never Run Alone. It is Sydney Marathon Race Week! The vibes are high already and how could they not be with an in person podcast, a marathon to run on Sunday and 40,000 runners converging on one of the worlds greatest cities. There’s plenty happening and we do our best to cover some of it...
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Hugo Fry on Sub-Elite Running & The Creator Game as Sydney Marathon Nears
It is Never Run Alone. Some say it’s the eve of the Sydney Marathon - most know it’s over a week away. Good thing we’re a podcast and can edit things out… Whether we do or not is an entirely different proposition. This week, the full squad goes back to back and are joined by the Rice & Repeat…
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Personal Running Warnings, City2Surf Recap and the Sydney Marathon 2 Weeks Out
It is Never Run Alone. A full house this week for the pod as we recap an epic City2Surf and discuss the Sydney Marathon now just over 2 weeks out. Crazy how it always sneaks up - or is that just us? As ever we answer some listener submitted warm-up questions and a great trio this week will have…
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Notes on Running with Special Guest Josh Lynott ahead of City 2 Surf & Syd Mara
It is Never Run Alone. The full squad are almost back this week, and we’re joined serendipitously with someone we’re all a big fan of, the creatively omnipresent Josh Lynott. Josh joins the fun as we chat our weeks in running, City2Surf this coming weekend in Sydney, Sydney Marathon being just 3...
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Aussies Dominate the Comm Games and Real Talk on Our Own Running
It is Never Run Alone. This week on the pod Rien returns for the final Cam 1 on 1 as the boys chat Australian dominance at the Comm Games. The Harbour 10k brought about an Instagram story post from an elite runner prompting Rien to question his running performance and Cam delivers some real talk…
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Vocalising Goals, Overcoming Plateaus and a Record Breaking Mile
It is Never Run Alone. Another combo this week, with a Swedish nature to it as Sissi joins came from her mother land and Cam dons his Swedish hoodie as the pair discuss your weekly dose of running news. They also unpack a slew (that sounds Swedish, right?) of listener questions as well as the big...
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Comparison Culture in Running and a Deep Dive on London Diamond League!
It is Never Run Alone. A deadly duo this week of Cam and Kris as the boys discuss a number of topics across the field of marathon, track and even a bit of trail can you believe? They discuss the comparison culture in running, a deep dive on the Diamond League and how some of the elites are faring...
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Records on the Gold Coast and Building a Running Academy in Tanzania With Cougar Lutze
It is Never Run Alone. An enormous weekend on the Gold Coast as several records drop including Izzi Batt ripping the half and the Australian male marathon record being eclipsed by 2 seconds! We discuss that, as well as the iconic Prefontaine Classic in Oregon where Cam Myers became the first…
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2026 Gold Coast Marathon Finish Line Recap
It is Never Run Alone. Cam Merrick leads the pod from the finish line of the 2026 Gold Coast Marathon as he’s joined by Sissi Bergman and a dozen other runners in reflecting on the day. Thanks to all who listened, shouted and supported over the weekend, and congratulations to all runners on…
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2026 Gold Coast Marathon | Western States & Tipping in the USA
It is Never Run Alone. We are just hours out from the 2026 Gold Coast Marathon with both Cam and Sissi aiming to rip the half on Saturday along with a huge contingent of you listeners also running the half. The Sunday, the full marathon and a select group of savages do the double, aiming to...
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The Band Is Back Together! Gold Coast and Sydney Marathon Previews and a New Race Enters The Chat.
It is Never Run Alone. The full squad returns this week as Rien’s 4 week hiatus at the World Cup ends. We answer some cracking warm-up questions at the top before discussing a big 2nd half of 2026. Gold Coast Marathon weekend in just over a week. Sydney Marathon 9 weeks away. London doubling…
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Trackflation and the Ever-Changing Life and Standards of Elite Sport with British Heptathlete Holly Mills
It is Never Run Alone. This week Cam and Sissi are joined by British Heptathlete turned Marathon runner (via Zone 2) and now aspiring Ironman triathlete, Holly Mills. The three chat multi-sport preferences, personal reflections as well as unpacking Holly’s athletic career which has seen her...
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Iron Deficiency Epidemic, Pre Race Fuelling and Navigating Injuries
It is Never Run Alone. Don’t be fooled by the line up this week, these 3 know the score. Kris hosts the content queens on all things iron deficiency, fuelling and navigating marathon injures. They discuss upcoming races (a few big trips on the cards) and as ever your favourites top and bottom.…
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International Running Day with Four Time Olympian Lisa Weightman
It is Never Run Alone. This week we’re joined by four time Olympian, Commonwealth Games Medallist, mother, wife and all round legend Lisa Weightman. We chat through her biggest running learnings and failures, the journey of longevity in running - she ran her first marathon at 29 and completed...
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Audience Mailbag: Running Hot Takes and Horror Stories
It is Never Run Alone. This week we’re sharing our running hot takes and horror stories as well as reading yours. Everything from barefoot running, the Enhanced Games and the influence of social media on running culture. All that and more with Kris Farrenkothen and Sissi Bergman. Hosted by Cam...
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Best Overlooked Marathons as Aussie Athletes Shine Across the Globe
It is Never Run Alone and this week we’re chatting marathons outside of the seven majors. Our favourites, what you should look for and plenty more. We surveyed via our Instagram during the week and there’s a load of you running across Gold Coast half and full, Sydney and Melbourne half and full.…
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Ethiopian Running Secrets, The Norwegian Method and Why You Should Never Run Alone
This week on the pod we unpack a brilliant article titled The Ethiopian Running Secret. In a world where running is becoming increasingly competitive with data and tracking enabling greater and greater performance through things like the Norwegian Method and companies like WHOOP, it is perhaps…
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The Art of Spectating, Back Yard Ultras and Cocodona 250
This week on the pod the gang discuss the art of spectating as the weekends activities of supporting the latest half marathon in Sydney bring out some fun stories. We unpack a few audience questions during our warm-up as ever to kick things off, along with the pressure to bounce back quickly post...
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A World Record Week as Two Go Sub 2:00 in London Town
Well then, what a week of running. Incase you’ve somehow missed it; two incredible men ran under 2 hours in the London Marathon whilst the female record was also broken on an incredible day in this years 3rd Major marathon. All of that plus a few final words on our Boston Build thanks to Oakley...
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2026 Boston Marathon Recap | Our Post Race Reaction From Boston
It’s finally here - our post race reaction from Boston. Coming to you a little later than usual given the logistics of all of us running and then travelling a day later, but nonetheless a great summation of an incredible day here in Boston, and really, an incredible few months of work. Thanks for...
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Race Week | For the 130th Boston Marathon
WE’RE IN BOSTON! It’s the 130th Boston Marathon and our first as race week is here and it’s a stacked line up on the couch here on Boylston street just 1km (0.6 miles) from the finish line as we unpack the journey to get here. Excuse the interesting audio at the beginning but we hope you enjoy…
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Taper Time | Two Weeks Out From The Boston Marathon
A 5 star line up this week as Ash returns a mere 12 days (at the time of recording) out from the 130th Boston Marathon. It’s taper time and the team chat their highs and lows of the block along with how they’re dealing with the taper. Our next episode will be from Boston so if you have any...
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Running Longevity | Olympian Eloise Wellings and 2 Weeks to Boston
On the pod this week we welcome two-time Olympian and five-time Commonwealth Games runner, mother of 3 and charity co-founder, Eloise Wellings! In the conversation with Elzy we unpack her incredible journey to representing Australia in the 2006 Commonwealth Games after years of heartbreak through...
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Boston Beckons | Our Marathon Mindset Mailbag
This week on the pod, we break down the marathon mindset, answering a slew of questions in an old fashioned mailbag style. Thank you all so much for the incredible questions! We got through most but the others we didn’t, we’ll do our best to answer over the coming weeks as Boston Marathon looms....
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Boston Marathon Building & 3 Time Australian Olympian Pat Tiernan
This week on the pod, we’re joined by Australian elite runner, Pat Tiernan. Pat is a 3 time Australian Olympian amongst a host of other impressive feats in the running world, and we were stoked to spend some time with him on the podcast unpacking a bit of his running career, plus previewing…
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Runner First, Influencer Second | Mary McCarthy on Fractures, Content and Online Haters
This week on the pod, we’re joined by Mary McCarthy who has graced the shores of Australia for the past few months, and our screens sharing her running journey for the last few years. But as it turns out, she’s been running for a tad longer than a few years. We unpack that as well as her recent...
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Harry Styles is One Of Us and Our Favourite Running Creators
A full cast this week on the podcast as we discuss our favourite running content and creators in the space, an area we’ve all dabbled in more so in the past few months. We also unpack the incredible Harry Styles x Haruki Murakami interview on Runners World Magazine and the implications it has for...
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Tokyo Marathon Breakdown | Why Discipline Matters
Join us as we delve into the Tokyo Marathon, our Boston Blocks and another week of Sissi's Speed Round.In this episode, the crew discuss their marathon training progress, the challenges of weather conditions, mental discipline, and the importance of consistency. Thanks for listening and watching....
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The Underfuelling Epidemic with Nutritionist Grace Liebelt and Bergman, Merrick and MacDonald
PLEASE NOTE: In this episode of Never Run Alone, it includes discussion about body image, eating habits, calorie counting, and other topics that might be triggering for some listeners. Please take care while listening, and if you need support, we’ve included some helpful resources in the show...
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Developing Speed, Deload Weeks, Winter Olympics and Ultimate Running Tunes with Bergman Farrenkothen Merrick and MacDonald
Mac is back this week hosting a trio of legends to unpack a host of listener questions as well as how speed work for the crew has developed over the years. We also discuss training with Boston Marathon less than 10 weeks out, our Winter Olympic sport and ultimate running tunes along with the...
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Never Have I Ever Been An Instagram Doctor....
The crew dive into all things Boston Marathon prep, Australian Athletics and a deep-dive on the rise of instagram doctors diagnosing every man and their dog.
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Race Prep, Fuelling and Building a Successful Training Plan feat Run Coach Matty Abel with Bergman Farrenkothen Merrick and MacDonald
Things are heating up ahead of Boston as we get run coach Matty Abel on to discuss all things running preparation, fuelling and how to approach training for a race. Matty is generous with his time and in answering your questions - we hope you enjoy and find them useful in future! All that and…
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Big Boston Breakdown and What NOT to do at the Start of a Training Block with Farrenkothen Merrick and MacDonald
The boys are back with a big Boston breakdown this week, along with sharing personal running goals for this calendar year. In it, they share some key mistakes and learnings they’ve made at the start of training blocks as well as buy/sell and some interesting would you rather’s to kick things off....
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An Aussie Win at WXC plus the World’s Fastest 10k? with Farrenkothen Merrick and MacDonald
Just the boys on this weeks ep as we unpack a a fast week of running with 3 major talking points. The World Cross Country Championships in Florida, the Valencia 10k and Houston’s Marathon. As always, a few warm up questions to get us going and a buy/sell that’ll get you talking. All that and more...
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Are We Sleeping on Japanese Running & The World Cross Country Championship with Bergman, Merrick, Wiseman and MacDonald
Our first outing for 2026 as we discuss plenty already happening in the world of running with the Hakone Ekiden last week showcasing the best of university running in Japan and a truly elite level across the nation, we discuss how it’s come to be at a high level. The team also preview the World...
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Building the Ultimate Runner and our 2026 Preview and Predictions with Bergman, Farrenkothen, Merrick, Wiseman and MacDonald
We round out 2025 with a full house to preview and predict plenty that is awaiting us in the new year. We discuss building the ultimate runner from other sports, what Aussie records could fall and running trends closer to home. Thanks for listening along with us this year and we hope you all have…
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The 2025 Never Run Alone Christmas Quiz - "Quizmas" with Bergman, Farrenkothen, Merrick and MacDonald
A special edition of the pod this week, as we hosted inaugural Never Run Alone Christmas Quiz, or as Sissi Bergman delightfully dubbed, "Quizmas". Joined by a few dedicated listeners with plenty of others missing through having dinner plans or sleeping (odd) we ran through a series of questions...
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The biggest moments in running in 2025 and the Australian Prefontaine with Farrenkothen, Merrick and MacDonald
This week on the podcast the boys reminisce over a big 2025 and recap the best moments in running. We also answer a few Christmas related questions, along with one from YouTube on what to do in a 18-20 week block leading in to a marathon. Amongst all of that, Zatopek over the weekend threw up an...
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Records Fall in Valencia and the Long Run to Boston Begins
5 on the pod this week in an expansive show with 3 guests in Sydney, 1 in Dubbo and another on the Sunny Coast coming together to discuss the Valencia Marathon with Jess Stenson taking the Aus Record as well as a debut pop quiz from the Sweet Prince. We also preview our builds with the girls...
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Valencia Marathon Preview with Australian Record Holder Andy Buchanan along with Farrenkothen, Merrick and MacDonald
We’re back with a bang as we preview this weekends Valencia Marathon with a very special guest, the Australian marathon record holder, Andy Buchanan. Andy ran a 2:06:22 in this race last year, eclipsing the previous record held by Brett Robinson from 2022 by over a minute. Joining Andy via the...
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An Open Conversation on the Future of Never Run Alone
A different episode this week as we hit ep 51 and some sad and simultaneously exciting news. The boys sit down in Cam's living room (disco ball and all) to discuss the future of the podcast and invite your feedback ahead of 2026 and beyond. All that and more with Cam Merrick, Kris Farrenkothen…
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