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Peak Endurance — 319 episodes
Last podcast before Tor des Geants!
Strength training for runners
10 ways to spice up your running!
Are you really recovered? Or is your CNS fried?
Elephant trail race and Tor Des Geants training update!
Do You Actually Need a 'Why'?
The Lost Art of Running by Feel
Training for Tor Des Geants
Interview with Kerryn Bell, RD of Southern Lakes Ultra
Running and Hiking adventures: The Camino Trail with Elizabeth Bespalov
Eat Like a Runner: The Nutrition Fundamentals That Actually Support Your Training
How to Brief Your Crew So They Don't Cost You the Race
Why Racing More Is Making You Slower (The Cake Analogy Every Ultra Runner Needs to Hear)
Grit Season: Why Winter is Where the Real Work Happens
What It Really Takes To Race A Half, Marathon, 50K, 100K, And Miler
Coping With Injury When Everything Is On The Line
How to Choose the Right Running Coach (And Avoid Wasting Your Time)
Buffalo Stampede to NZ 6 Day
We Ranked Cross Training So You Don’t Waste Time
Why your running isn’t improving (and it’s not fitness)
How to Arrive at the Start Line Fresh and Fast
If You Love Ultrarunning, Do This
Meet Coach Daniel!
Returning to Running After Injury: What Actually Works (And What Keeps You Stuck)
The Truth About Sleep Deprivation Training for Ultras
Disordered Eating in Runners: The Hidden Cost of Endurance Culture
Appropriate Expectations: Why Your Training or Races Keep Falling Apart
Mountain Ultra Training: What Actually Matters.
Why Taking Time Off After a Race Won’t Make You Slower
Heat Acclimatisation: Your Guide to Running Success
Running Isn’t Your Therapy: The Hard Truth Most Runners Don’t Want To Hear
Active vs Passive Recovery: Are You Recovering Wrong?
How Road Running Makes You a Better Trail Runner
How to Get Back Into Speedwork Without Getting Injured (Or Overwhelmed)
Ultra Running Q&A: Part 2
Ultra Running Q&A: Overtraining, DNFs, Pacing, and more!
VO₂ Max vs Lactate Threshold — What Actually Matters for Ultra Runners
10 Running Myths That Need to Die (and What to Do Instead)
10 Things Smart Runners Don’t Do (And What to Do Instead)
Coaching Won’t Make Ultras Easy (and That’s the Point)
Expect the Unexpected: How to Handle Curveballs in Your Ultra
Ultra Endurance: Built, Not Born — The Science & Art of Going Long
Run Safe: Essential Tips for Staying Safe on The Roads & Trails
When to Listen to Your Body (and When to Push Through)
Every Run Feels Hard? You’re Not Unfit—You’re Under Recovered
Ultrarunning Over 50: Thriving, Not Just Surviving
🎧 Why Your Training Isn’t Working—And How to Fix It | Peak Endurance Podcast
Ultra Adelaide 100 Miler: Triumphs, Challenges, and Lessons Learned | Running in Your 50s
Post-Run, Jet-Lagged, and Shoe-Worn: Lessons from the UK
Reflections on running in Scotland and The Lake District
Battling the Elements: Isle of Skye DNF, Scottish Adventures & The Power of Your 'Why'
Train Smart, Race Strong: Why You Shouldn’t Race Your Training
Aaron Crook: winner of the 6633 Arctic Ultra 2025
The importance of 'suffering' training
Motivation vs Discipline
Special guest! Elizabeth Bespalov talks Barkley!
The power of carbs for runners!
Barkley Marathons reflection
Pushing Limits: Chris Harris on Ultra Running, Mountaineering & GoNutrition
Race-Ready Running: Mastering Course-Specific Training
Runners, listen to your body!
9 things runners over 50 should NOT do
Quadsaw update and the magic of Magnesium
Boost Your Running with Smart Cross Training
Choosing your goal race for 2025
Fuel your runs with... chocolate?
Injury Comeback for Endurance Athletes
Ultrarunner's Guide: Bouncing Back from a DNF
Mastering Race Recovery: Essential Tips for Ultra Athletes
MASTERING THE ART OF TAPERING: Boost Your Race Performance!
Heat-Proof Your Runs: Essential Tips for Summer Running
What pace should you run your long runs?
Ethan Fleming: creator of Hardcore Harry's
The Ultra Runner's Guide to Training Principles: Intervals, Tempo, Easy, and Long Runs
13 warning signs you need to revamp your nutrition Part 2
13 warning signs you need to revamp your eating habits: Part 1
Canada recap!
Macca's Marathon recap
Kelvin Yip: Creator of Endu1 Endurance sports fuel and hydration.
Trail Blazers: Rekindling Your Ultra Running Fire When the Spark Fades
Bouncing Back: The Runner's Guide to Post-Illness Training
The Unsung Heroes: Easy and Recovery Runs
WandiCross debrief!
Ultra Running: A Global Phenomenon
To Run or Not to Run: Navigating the Confusing World of Running Injuries
Bend It Like a Runner: Mastering the Art of Stretching and Mobility
Sleep Deprivation Training in Ultra Running: A Dangerous Game?
Trust the Process: Surviving and Thriving in Ultra Running
We're back! Run Tarra Bulga and general update, and why you shouldn't always listen to your watch!
H2H plus more Ramblecast!
Emma Parsons: Mountain to Melbourne: 170km run to raise funds for our sick kids!
What exactly is the taper and why is it crucial for runners?
Elise Marcanti: 300kms for Eating Disorders Families Australia (EDFA).
Is motivation important for running?
Warmups, cool downs and stretching.
Running in the Summer heat.
Christmas ideas for runners!
Come run with us!
We're back!
Dr. Ricardo Costa discusses low carbohydrate, high fat (LCHF) diets for ultra runners.
Brooke runs 1600kms for mental health awareness.
12 in 12 becomes 7 in 7
Race number 6 of 12: The Swiss Alps 100
Ron and I are in Germany!
Ben Hirst just completed a double Everest!!
Harrison Malcolm for Go The Distance.
Getting out there in the cold to train!
100k No. 5: Ultra Adelaide
Phil Gore: 102 hour world record holder of the Backyard Ultra
Yoga, should you cut back on food when injured or tapering, and how to bounce back mentally and physically from a big race?
100k No.4 is done and Ron and I discuss a post on the '10 things All Runners Love'...but do they??
The 10 commandments of ultrarunning (According to Isobel and Ron)
"Ten Commandments for the Runner": a discussion.
Reframing 'failure' in training and racing.
Who needs a coach? You do!
Consistency is key to lifelong running!
100k race Number 3: Running Wild's The Prom.
Lourdes goes Burro racing!
Episode 200!! Ramblecast about running...and podcasting!
Joffrid Mackett breaks the Australian 48 Hour Walk Open Record!
12 in 12: race number 2 Buffalo Stampede 100k
12 in 12: Number 1, Melbourne Oxfam Trailwalker.
Dr. Zulia Frost: FLEXBEAM red light therapy.
The 12 in 12: Isobel's 100's challenge!
Lourdes talks menopause!
Hills: in long runs and as part of training.
H2H sweeping and the benefits of an off-season.
Drills Vs Plyometrics: What's the difference and which should you do?
Erchana ran from the tip of Australia to the toe!
Shorty episode: Mastering your menstrual cycle for female athletes.
Brooke is planning on running 1600kms in 30 days!
Meghan Canfield talks accepting getting older in ultra racing
Lessons from 2022: Listeners share what they learnt!
10 things runners should do
Andrew Perry: PREPD, the system designed for advanced hydration effectiveness.
Coast to Kosci 2022
Nigel Hill: winner of GSER 100 miler
Stephen Redfern ran the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100-mile run.
Scott Beams; the nicest guy in ultrarunning!
Lourdes talks about Tor Des Geants 2022
Ron and I ran the Bright Alpine Climb Four Peaks race!
10 things runners need to STOP doing!
Paul Watkins is The Rogue Scholar!
Karin Traeger ran the length of the Yarra River!
Matt Fitzgerald; how to run every race at your real limit!
Lincoln Quilliam on the state of European racing and how that can be applied to Australia, with the Churchill Fellowship.
Pam Muston on longevity in running, and a quick update from Erchana Murray!
Ron and I ran the Sri Chinmoy 100k!
The Ten Guiding Principles of Training.
Wonderland Ramblecast!!
Mindfulness for Runners: how it helps and how to start!
Erchana Murray is running from the tip to toe of Australia!
Using poles in training and racing.
Work + rest = success!
Sam Suke; Exercise Thought Physiotherapy.
Tomas Drybala: keynote speaker, flow and mindful runner, extreme runner and author.
Marijke Walshe: Female winner of the Unreasonable East 100 miler
Sean Bell runs from Cairns to Melbourne!!
Tom Dade wins the Unreasonable East 200 miler.
Coping with injuries.
Mental toughness for ultra-runners.
The 10 mistakes runners make and how you can avoid them!!
Down Under 135 special!
Matt Fitzgerald: Run Like A Pro (Even If You're Slow)
DU and race-specific training.
Staying motivated to train through winter!
Cross training options for runners.
What does a training program for a race consist of?
Do you need a coach? And if you do, how do you choose one?
Isobel answers questions about her Barkley prep!
Ultraworking: a startup researching peak performance.
Lincoln Quilliam chats all things Tassie trail running and the new Kunanyi mountain race!
Deb Sharp: founder and owner of Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Karl Meltzer: 100 miles is not that far.
Sun Sachs: Founder of the Rewire Fitness App
Pete Ripmaster: 2018 Iditarod Trail Invitational Champion.
Tom Dade: racing machine!!
Shaun Kaesler: Race Director
Patrick McKeown: The Oxygen Advantage
Jane Trumper: Legendary Australian ultra-runner finishes her 10th C2K!
Coaching Q&A Number 2!!
Nikki Wynd prepares to race C2K!
Jesse's Run for Red Nose Day
Tom Dade has some races planned!!
GSER athlete podcast #2
Patrick Wilson: Author of The Athlete's Gut.
Nikki Langman: How to be a BADASS: Navigating Your Road to Self-Mastery.
Coaching Q and A
Shawn Butler: Author of Run Lab Rat Run
Mark Grima: an everyday runner who is anything but everyday!
Luke Nelson: Ankle Sprains
Brodie Sharpe: How to strive for an injury-free PB!
Ross Jenkin: The big 4 at 40
Kellie Macknamara: Runner and breast cancer survivor.
Peter Defty: Optimising your fat metabolism.
Suki Singh: How running has helped him live a more meaningful life and how it can for us too!
Pat Farmer: 1000 miles to LightPat Farmer: 1000 miles to Light
GSER 2021; four athletes share their story in this first episode of a 3 part series.
Kirrily Dear and Mark Grima are Running Against Violence.
Luke Nelson: Hamstring Tendinopathy
Louise Burke: world leader in sports dietics shares her expert knowledge on carbo-loading, fasted running and iron stores in athletes.
Ruth Croft: NZ running sensation comes 2nd at Western States!
What's the best running advice you have ever received?
Andrew Wynd: Sports physiotherapist and foot specialist.
Dean Karnazes; A Runner's High.
John Stocker: world record holder of 81hrs at the Suffolk Backyard Ultra.
Stephanie Case: ultra runner and founder of 'Free to Run'.
Beau Miles: The Backyard Adventurer
Luke Nelson from Health and High Performance: Shin Pain
Race directors Megan and Matt on all things GSER and on raising female participation rates in ultra running.
Lessons from 2020
Maggie Guterl wins the inaugural Cocodona 250!
Down Under 135 special: Tom Cullum, Nigel Hill and Tom Dade.
Breaking the Barrier Collaboration
Bernadette Benson: Multiple National Record Holder
Why do we run?
Victorian High Country 7 Peaks FKT record holder Isobel Ross
48 Hour Track Championships chat with Stephen Redfern and Nikki Wynd with guest host Ron Tait
Bich Jennings; mountain athlete and inspring human.
Nikki Wynd comes back for the 100th episode!!
ITB pain with Luke Nelson
Kay Bretz is Turning Right
Annabel Hepworth; Helen Stanger award and Ultra Performance of the year award recipient.
Luke Nelson: Runner's knee
Caroline Bertrand: Surviving and thriving through tough times.
Nick Fuller; Researcher into preventing weight re-gain
George Dyer and The Great Train Run
Damian Hall runs an FKT on the Pennine Way!
Ben Lindsay talks shin splints.
Tegan Geall; winner of The Two Bays Trail Run 56k female event.
Matt Whitaker; winner of The Two Bays Trail Run 56km men's event.
Matt Fitzgerald: The Comeback Quotient
Luke Nelson; Dealing with Plantar Fasciitis
Maggie Guterl; amazing ultra runner and first woman to win Bigs Backyard.
Abby Coleman; sports scientist
Catra Corbett: Reborn on the run.
Adharanand Finn; Rise Of The Ultra Runners
Luke Nelson: 4 mistakes runners make with calf strains.
Lazarus Lake; creator of The Barkley Marathons and The Big Backyard Ultra.
Matt Fitzgerald: How Bad Do You Want It?
Scott Douglas: Running Is My Therapy
Brodie Sharpe is busting running myths!
Tristan Miller: 52 marathons in 52 weeks
Dave Alley's 2015 record run around Australia.
Donnie Campbell ran all the Munros in 31 days!
John Kelly completes The Grand Round!
Kyle Burgess: Cougar Guy
Julie Emmerman; sport psychologist discusses Covid and ultrarunning.
Ryan Twist; Podiatrist at Bayswater Ankle and Foot Clinic
Travis Macy: Team Endure at eco-challenge Fiji, the World's Toughest Race.
Bern Dornum: member of Team Thunder AR in Eco-Challenge.
Rob Preston; Reflections on Eco Challenge; the toughest race in the world.
Richard Xerri: Race director
Alex Hutchinson; author of the book 'Endure. Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance'.
Andre La Gerche; sports cardiologist
Bonus episode: Isobel Ross Part 2, developing mental strength.
Gene Dykes: Sub 3-hour marathoner and ultra-marathon runner in his 70s!
Bonus episode! Karen Barrett; Everesting challenge completed!
Sean Bell; running around Australia in 2022
Andy Blow; Precision Hydration Co-Founder, CEO and Sports Scientist
Isobel (Izzy) Ross: Nicole Kew turns the tables and interviews me!
Meghan Laws (Arbogast)
Buzz Burrell: Fastest Known Times
Mosi Smith; endurance athlete wins Diesel Day Grit Check in 62 hours!!
Amy Bender; PHD and sleep researcher.
Stacy Sims: Women Are Not Small Men
Ricardo Costa; ultra-marathon nutrition expert
Joe Friel; Faster After 50.
Sam Suke; physiotherapist at 'Exercise Thought Physiotherapy'
Christie Aschwanden; author of 'Good To Go, How to Eat, Sleep and Rest Like a Champion.'
Trang Nguyen; Physio and Strength and Conditioning Coach
Kelly Starrett: mobility expert and author of Ready to Run and Supple Leopard.
Matt Fitzgerald; 80/20 Running
Lanny Bassham; Olympic Gold Medalist and Mental Management System Creator.
Kate Smyth: Sports Naturopath
Nicole Kew: An elite athlete's story of rhabdomyolysis (commonly known as Rhabdo).
Dion Finocchiaro: Male winner of the Hoka One One 100k slam
Hoka One One IsoRun Festival Special: Jim Walmsley, Darcy Piceu, Tim Tollefson and Mike Wardian
Travis Macy: the ultra-mindset applied to the COVID crisis.
Lucy Bartholomew; an amazing athlete with such a positive outlook!
Stuart Hinds: soft tissue therapist
Mike Wardian: Quarantine Backyard Ultra Winner.
Coaching Roundtable
Quarantine Backyard Ultra wrap-up with Dave Proctor
Brooke Stratton; Olympic Athlete
RED-s discussion with Brodie Sharp from the The Run Smarter Podcast
Dr Tracy Alloway, PhD
Dave Proctor: Outrun Rare and Quarantine Backyard Ultra
Beer mile!! With breaking the Barrier Podcast.
Leigh Iacovangelo: Physiotherapist at Rise Health Group
Coaching roundtable special. Coronavirus: how do we reframe our running goals becaus of Covid 19, showing compassion for race directors and trying to stay positive in these difficult times
Luke Nelson; Sports Chiro
Delirious West special: Interviews with Sarah Foster and Kirsten Maplestone
Coaches Roundtable Number 3!
Lucy ran the length of New Zealand!!!
Hong Kong Four Trails Special: with Stephen Redfern and Andre Blumberg.
Running chat...with Andrew Lorenzo
Coaching Roundtable with Daniel Farrugia and Ashley Druve.
Caroline Gavin: female winner of the Two Bays 56km trail race
Ashley Druve; runner and inspirational guy!
Ozgur (Oz) Begen: The benefits of altitude training for runners.
Jason Karp: Running coach who shares his knowledge of the effect of the female cycle on athletes.
Daniel Farrugia and Ashley Druve: The first of a monthly mentoring chat!
How do runners control themselves around all the food and alcohol at Christmas time?
Craig Harper; Keeping Sh*t (and Ultra running) real.
How do I train for a hilly race if I live in a flat area?
GSER: Race recap!
How can you make your drop bags more efficient?
Andrew Lorenzo: Runner and mindfulness coach
Do trail runners need to run on the road as well as the trails?
Kellie Emmerson
What are the quality sessions runners need to do?
Lucy Clark AKA Adventurous Lucy is running the length of NZ!
Do ultra-runners need to do speed work?
Stuart Cox on multi-day and bucket-list races
What can you do to keep your fitness when injured?
Pam Muston: extraordinary ultra-runner, race director and human being!
Why is rest for endurance athletes so important?
Nikki Wynd: ultra-champion and all round nice person!