Run Culture Podcast
by Dane Verwey
Welcome to the Run Culture Podcast. In this podcast I discuss the fundamental principles that underpin pain free successful distance running. My name is Dane Verwey, I am an experienced running physiotherapist and distance runner of 20 plus years.
Episodes
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Ep 208 - MIKE SMITH | THE ART OF GREAT COACHING
What separates a good coach from a great one? I had the absolute privilege of chatting with Mike Smith, former NAU coach and now leading Nike Swoosh TC, coaching some of the world's best distance runners. We chatted about Parker Wolfe, Ethan Strand and Nico Young, their transition into…
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Ep 207- Shannon Thompson | Race With Freedom, Not Fear
What if your biggest race-day limiter isn’t fitness- but your mindset?In this episode, Shannon Thompson, a mental performance coach for elite distance runners in Flagstaff, shares practical tools to help you race with less fear and more freedom.We explore: The mountain and the weather -...
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Ep 206- Archie's Road to the '2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games'!
In Ep 206 of the Run Culture Podcast, Archer Hewett joins host and training partner; Liam Hemmingway and his coach Dane Verwey for a chat about his recent 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games experience! Over the past 4 years there have been several points where Archie wasn’t sure he wanted to…
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Ep 205- Chris Miltenberg: Coaching Excellence in a Noisy World
Sometimes you finish a conversation and just sit with it for a while.That was this one with Coach Chris Miltenberg.Chris is one of the most respected coaches in American distance running - currently at UNC, with previous stops at Stanford and Georgetown - but what stood out most in this chat…
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Ep 204 - RE-RELEASE (2023) The Wisdom of Not Always Knowing | Dr Carl Woods
For those of us living in a society that increasingly prioritises productivity, speed, efficiency and endless optimisation… this episode of the Run Culture Podcast feels more relevant now than ever. Honestly, this is still one of my favourite conversations I’ve had on the podcast. In a world...
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Ep 203 - The Other 22 Hours: The Real Secret Behind Faster Running (with Dr. Marc Bubbs)
A few years ago, US run coach; Brad Hudson told me to read 'Peak' by Dr. Marc Bubbs - and it genuinely changed how I think about performance. So it was pretty special to finally sit down with Marc. For those who don’t know him - Dr. Bubbs is a performance nutritionist who’s worked with Olympic...
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Ep 202- What it really takes at the elite level — with Nike coach Alex Ostberg
Have you ever been curious what actually happens at the top end of the sport?This week I sat down with Alex Ostberg - professional assistant coach at Nike Swoosh Track Club in Eugene under Jerry Schumacher - fresh off Charlie Hicks’ phenomenal 2:04:35 at the Boston Marathon, one of the fastest...
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Ep 201- The Gut-Performance Link: How Better Gut Health Can Improve Recovery, Energy & Adaptation — with Sonia Savage
EPISODE 201 IS LIVE! This week I’m joined by Sonia Savage from @balanced_life_nutrition to chat about something that probably deserves way more attention in running circles: gut health. The bias amongst runners when it comes to performance is to over index the 'work' proponent of training...it's...
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Ep 200- From No Nationals to NCAA Champions: The Wingate System with Coach Pol Domenech
How does a team go from never making NCAA Nationals… to becoming D2 national champions? That’s what I wanted to understand in this episode, when I sat down with Wingate Head Coach @poldomenechf In 2021 Wingate had never made the national championships. Two years later they won the whole thing.…
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EP 199 – Value-Led Coaching for Elite Runners | Jack Mullaney NAZ Elite
In distance running it’s easy to chase splits, mileage and PBs — and let your happiness depend on them.But the best teams build culture.On the Run Culture podcast, Jack Mullaney — Head Coach of Northern Arizona Elite, one of the premier professional running teams in the world — shared how he...
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Ep 198: 'In Command, Not in Control.' - How Flow Emerges When You Stop Forcing Performance with Richy Bennett.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why some athletes can train well but struggle to express it on race day. This conversation with Richy Bennett on the Run Culture Podcast goes deep into that space. Richy hails from Torquay, Victoria and is a highly respected performance psychologist turned...
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Ep 197: The Coach’s Eye. What the Best Coaches Notice That Others Miss — with Sean Brosnan
The best coaches don’t just follow programs — they see things. They can watch a runner jog in warm-up and know when today’s session needs to change. They read belief, energy, confidence, and tension —not just splits and data. In this episode, I sit down with Sean Brosnan — best known for...
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Ep 196: Unlocking Efficient Running: Nervous System, Trust & Joy in Movement with Lawrence Van Lingen
What if running better wasn’t about doing more…but about feeling safer, calmer, and more connected in your movement?In Episode 195 of the Run Culture Podcast, I sit down with movement specialist and running coach Lawrence Van Lingen to explore:• the nervous system’s role in injury recovery• why...
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Ep 195: The Valencia Breakthrough — When Less Became More (with Sim McInnes & Ned Verwey)
Kicking off 2026 with a special one.I sat down with my sister-in-law Simone McInnes andmy brother Ned Verwey, fresh off the Valencia Marathon — where Sim had an incredible performance (running 2:34), capping off a genuine breakthrough year!In 12 months she’s taken ~8 minutes off her marathon PB,...
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Ep 194: 'A Journey of Growth Beyond Running' with Pete Dutton
🎙️ Today’s episode of the Run Culture Podcast is a little different. A few weeks ago, I sat down with @petedutton_runs — someone I’ve coached for the past 5 years — for a conversation that goes far beyond running. We talked about identity beyond sport, the weight of expectations, managing...
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Ep 193: 'Marathon Excellence for Everyone' with John Davis, PhD.
NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY!‘Marathon Excellence for Everyone’ — with John Davis.Back by very popular demand… John Davis returns to the Run Culture Podcast!Last month, John released his new book ‘Marathon Excellence for Everyone’, and today we dive straight into how to build a smart, adaptable marathon...
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Ep 192: Learning the Marathon: with Ned Verwey
Run Culture Podcast — Episode 192“Learning the Marathon: with Ned Verwey”This week I sit down with my brother and fellow Run Culture coach, Nedra (Ned Verwey), who just ran a five-minute PB at the 2025 Melbourne Marathon — 2:31:02!We talk about the journey from his Ballarat “Boom or Bust” build...
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Ep 191: RE-RELEASE (2023): - ‘Everyone is depleted of energy!’ With Jozef Frucek (Fighting Monkey)
Ready to SLOW DOWN and truly SEE? In our fast-paced world, revisiting past insights can be a game changer! This year, I’m excited to re-release some of the most impactful episodes of the Run Culture Podcast! This week's episode is the unforgettable conversation I had with Jozef Frucek, the…
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Ep 190: Finding Balance: Introspection and Hennie's Journey
*New Episode Alert!* Join us on the Run Culture Podcast as we dive deep with the incredible @hennie_bridgman! Hennie shares her inspiring journey through the highs and lows of running—from early successes to overcoming osteoporosis and navigating a tumultuous relationship with the sport. Discover...
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Ep 189: The Psychology of Performance: Race Day Revelations with Charlie Kyberd
🌟 Exciting news from the Run Culture Podcast! 🎙️ Today, I had an incredible conversation with Charlie Kyberd, an athlete I've had the pleasure of coaching as part of the Run Culture Owls over the past two years. It's been a journey of mutual growth, where Charlie has taught me just as much…
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Ep 188: "Boom or Bust- Ballarat" 11
Welcome back to the 11th and final “Boom or Bust” Podcast, where we document the incredible journey of four runners to the 2025 Ballarat Marathon! I’ve been eagerly looking forward to this episode, and it’s going to be a blast! We have so much to celebrate today: a Ballarat Marathon champion…
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Ep 187: "Boom or Bust- Ballarat" 10
Welcome back to Episode 10 of the Boom or Bust podcast! With just six days to go until the 2025 Ballarat Marathon, this is our final episode before the big dance! Today, Kate, Throbber, Noodles, and Dane discuss how their taper weeks are going. The four of them go over race day goals, plans and...
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Ep 186: "Boom or Bust- Ballarat" 9
Today marks Episode 9 of the ‘Boom or Bust’ podcast, and with just 12 days to go until race day, our four runners are in the 'tapering phase!' Join us as they chat about their training weeks—sharing both the ups and downs. The conversation takes some fun turns, covering everything from 'cask wine...
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Ep 185: " Boom or Bust- Ballarat" 8
*Boom or Bust Episode 8 Update* In today’s episode, we faced a tough moment as Aaron "Throbber" Sim has had a hard time shaking off his sickness and has opted to rest and recuperate, aiming for a strong comeback at the Gold Coast marathon. The bright side? Kate has scored a solid pacemaker to...
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Ep 184: " Boom or Bust- Ballarat" 7
Last night, we recorded Ep. 7 of the “Boom or Bust- Ballarat” Run Culture miniseries, where four athletes share their journeys as they prepare for the 2025 Ballarat marathon. With just 4 weeks to go and with our athletes very much in the thick of it, it was a ‘mixed bag’ of a week! 🏃♀️ Kate is...
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Ep 183: "Boom or Bust- Ballarat" 6
Episode 6 of the "Boom or Bust" Podcast is here! Join us as we follow the journeys of our four runners training for the 2025 Ballarat Marathon. With just 5 weeks to go, the training grind is real, and as always, our runners share their ups and downs filled with a bit of a laugh. A huge shoutout…
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Ep 182: "Boom or Bust- Ballarat" 5
Welcome to Episode 5 of ‘Boom or Bust’! A podcast documenting the build ups of 4 athletes aiming to run the 2025 Ballarat Marathon! There was a bit happening this week!Aaron and Dane kick things off by sharing their experiences from the Inverloch Half Marathon. Despite falling ill right after…
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Ep 181: "Boom or Bust- Ballarat" 4
Welcome back to Episode 4 of the Run Culture podcast mini-series, “Boom or Bust!” Join us as we track the journey of four athletes gearing up for the 2025 Ballarat Marathon, just under seven weeks away! This week, we have Kate Mason sharing her experience from a tin shed during a storm at school...
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Ep 180: "Boom or Bust - Ballarat" 3
Kate, Ned, Aaron, and Dane not only recorded episode 3 of the "Boom or Bust" podcast—locking in its new name and thanking listeners for their suggestions and questions—but also powered through another eventful week of training for the 2025 Ballarat Marathon. Ned notched up a couple of big…
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Ep 179: Ballarat Marathon Build-ups 2
Guess what? It’s time for Episode Two of “Ballarat Marathon Buildups!” I’m excited to have Aaron, Kate, and Ned back on the show. This episode starts with our favorite training sessions and workouts that help us gauge our fitness. Ned and Aaron then detail their first marathon-specific workouts,...
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Ep 178: Ballarat Marathon Build-ups 1
Today and over the next couple of months I've got something a bit different for you all! Each week I am going to catch up with my brother; Ned Verwey and good friends from down here on the 'Ninch'; Kate Mason and Aaron Sim, as we all train towards the 2025 Ballarat Marathon in just under 10 weeks...
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Ep 177: RE-RELEASE (2020): Dr. Keith Livingstone- An amazing insight into the Principles of Arthur Lydiard.
For the first few months of 2025 I am going to re-release some of the most listened to Run Culture Podcast Episodes over the past 5 years! We live in a fast paced, information dense world, attention spans are fleeting. Sometimes we ‘look’ but do we ‘see?’ Lately, I have loved slowing down and...
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Ep 59- A coaching masterclass with American Distance Project coach: Scott Simmons
Today on the Run Culture Podcast I had the privilege to chat with Scott Simmons a professional running coach of the American Distance Project, the US Army World Class Athlete Program and Team India, based in Colorado Springs, USA. Scott has over 30 years of coaching experience! He shared so many...
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Ep 58- How Modern elite training has changed in 2024? Why we should all be 'Experimenting, Innovating and Evolving' our training with Brad Hudson
Today on the Run Culture Podcast, I chatted to one of the most ‘well read, knowledgeable and innovative’ coaching minds in current day distance running; Brad Hudson. The interview was quite high level, it covered a lot of territory and did bounce around a fair bit, many times I didn’t know what...
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Ep 57- An insight into elite marathon performance with Nike Breaking 2 Physiologist Andy Jones, PhD
Today on the Run Culture podcast I was extremely fortunate to chat to Andy Jones. As a sport scientist he has worked with many elite athletes over the years. Including, the former womans Marathon World Record Holder; Paula Radcliffe, along with also being employed by Nike to help Eluid Kipchoge…
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Ep. 56- How Running groups have helped resurrect US distance running! Peter Rea | Head coach of ZAP Endurance |
Today, I had an amazing chat with Peter Rae, the head coach of ZAP Endurance! We explored the history of ZAP and its mission to boost US distance running since the 90s. It was so interesting to hear his thoughts on why US distance running has made such great strides in the last 8 years and how…
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Ep. 55- How to better Individualize your training plan? with Greg McMillan
Today on the Run Culture podcast I chat to renowned exercise physiologist and running coach; Greg McMillan. We specifically talk about the importance of individualizing training. Over the years Greg has used a simple evaluation to help thousands of runners train more effectively, avoid injury and...
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Ep. 54- High Intensity Interval Training: "So many ways to skin a cat!" | with Paul Laursen PhD
Today on the Run Culture Podcast I was very lucky to chat to Paul Laursen. Paul is a renowned sports scientist and expert in high-intensity interval training (HIIT). His extensive research and practical experience (as a runner, triathlete and coach) have made him a pivotal figure in the...
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Ep 53- Pete Dutton: 2024 Melbourne Marathon wrap!
Yesterday I caught up with Pete Dutton after we both ran the 2024 Melbourne marathon! We chat about; the preparation, how the race went, his mindset throughout both and what’s next! Pete finally can call himself a marathoner! Like many people’s journey it’s been a long time coming. I have coached...
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Ep. 52- What is Full Spectrum Training? with John Davis, PhD
Today, I had the distinct pleasure of engaging with the insightful John Davis on the Run Culture Podcast. We ventured into his coaching techniques, influenced by the greats like; Arthur Lydiard, John Kellogg, and Renate Canova. Our dialogue then largely focused on the groundbreaking concept of...
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Ep. 51- 'Another year wiser!' Coach-Athlete chat with Pete Dutton
Peter Dutton is one of the Run Culture Owl athletes I coach, we have worked together for the past 5 years! The hidden advantage of doing a podcast with an athlete you have coached for that long is that you have an incredible audio time capsule to re-visit! In fact, as I write this blurb I am...
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Ep. 50 - Individualizing Training using Muscle Fibre Typology with Dr. Phil Bellinger.
🎙️🏃♂️ In today's episode of the Run Culture Podcast, I had an enlightening conversation with Dr. Phil Bellinger, a researcher and teacher from Griffith University in QLD, Australia. We delved into the fascinating world of muscle fiber phenotypes and how understanding them can revolutionize...
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Ep. 49- Physiological Testing: 'A peak under the hood' with Nick Jankovskis METS Performance Consulting
Ok, I raced well or I raced poorly but what’s the ‘how’ and ‘why’ behind this?? How good would it be if we could peak under the hood? This is exactly what Nick Jankovskis @nj_sportscience does for a living. Nick is a Sports Scientist and endurance performance coach at METS Performance Consulting.…
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Ep. 48- How does our physiology adapt to different types of endurance training? with Dr. Phil Batterson PhD
On today's episode of the Run Culture podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Phil Batterson, the founder of Critical Oxygen. Dr. Batterson holds a PhD in human bioenergetics and is an avid endurance sports enthusiast himself. His passion lies in helping athletes and coaches optimize…
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Ep. 47- Key principles to better running! with Hugo Van Den Broek
Calling all runners! This one has to be up there as one of my all time most enjoyable Run Culture Podcast conversations! This is part 2 of the conversation I had with Dutch Kenyan coach: Hugo Van den Broek about his key training principles for running! Hugo’s passion, knowledge, thirst for…
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Ep. 46- How do the Kenyans Train? with famed Dutch Kenyan coach: Hugo Van den Broek
What an insightful conversation with renowned Dutch Kenyan coach Hugo Van den Broek! In part 1, we delved into the secrets of Kenyan training methods and explore the polarised training literature. Stay tuned for part 2, where we'll dive into Hugo's key principles for running training. A former…
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Ep 45- The Athletics Skill Model with Rene Wormhoudt
Today on the Run Culture Podcast I had the privilege to chat to Rene Wormhoudt, the Dutch national soccer team strength and conditioning coach and a physical therapist. Rene is also one of the founders of; ‘The Athletic Skill Model’, a model designed to create more ‘adaptive/creative/versatile...
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Ep 44- Kenyan Training, Norwegian Double Threshold Method and Callum Jones
I first came across Callum Jones only recently when I was trying to find out more about the ‘Norwegian double threshold method’ and I came across his and Gavin Smith fantastic podcast called ‘Conversations About Running.’ Callum Jones is a competitive runner himself over 1500m to 10km and also a...
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Ep 43- The Norwegian Double Threshold Method and Matthew Hansen
Just had an inspiring chat with Matthew Hansen, a talented Aussie distance runner from the Bert Squad in QLD! He's making waves on the US college circuit and has seen incredible progress recently with 'The Norwegian Double Threshold Method'. Tune in to hear what Matt has to say about this…
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Ep 42-The Balanced Runner- Jae Gruenke: (Feldenkrais practitioner, former professional dancer, and running form coach of over 20yrs)
I just had an incredible conversation on the Run Culture podcast with Jae Gruenke, a certified Feldenkrais practitioner, former professional dancer, and running form coach of over 20yrs. We discussed the fascinating concept of Feldenkrais and how it can benefit runners. Jae shared how her dance...
About this show
Welcome to the Run Culture Podcast. In this podcast I discuss the fundamental principles that underpin pain free successful distance running. My name is Dane Verwey, I am an experienced running physiotherapist and distance runner of 20 plus years.
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