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The Stronger Stride Podcast — 266 episodes

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268. We Changed Our Minds About Running. Here's Why.

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267. Chronic Fatigue, Mara Training + The Data Obsession Era

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266. From Rural Ireland to 2:36 Marathon Elite: The Grace Lynch Story

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265. Marathon Training Guide - Periodidation, Long Runs, Shoes, Pacing & Gels

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264. Sophie is Unemployed?! And UTA 2026 Recap

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263. Plyometrics, Longevity & Athleticism with Angus Bradley

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262. Tim Ashelford - UTA100 Prep & Trail Running with Purpose

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261. Sub-2hr marathon, walkers tolerated & getting "chicked" - Running News

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260. ICYMI - Diagnosis and Management of Tibial Stress fractures with Physiotherapist Beau Tyrrell

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259. Implementing Best Practice Plyometric Protocols

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256. ICYMI - Dr Izzy Smith , Endocrinologist - Hormones & Injuries

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255. The Balanced Runner: Unlocking Optimal Running Technique with Paul McKinnon

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254. ICYMI - Andrea Doney "The Slow Coach"

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253. Debating Most Common Running Tropes

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252. ICYMI - Nick Jankovskis: VO2 max + Blood Lactate Analysis for Peak Performance

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251. Why we get fit faster than our tendons adapt & worst running trends online

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250. ICYMI - The Science of Flow State & Goal Setting for Runners: Scott Goddard PhD

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249. Why Do I Keep Getting Running Injuries? (And How to Break the Cycle)

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248. Understanding Plantar Fasciopathy: Causes, Treatment & Prevention with Joe Keain

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247. ICYMI - Pelvic Floor Health for Runners | Madison Cutmore - Physio

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246. The History & Evolution of the Sport of Running

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245. Josh Kwan - Beginner Cycling Guide

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244. Training Updates & Hot Debates - Q1 Catch Up

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243. ICYMI - Sports Podiatrist Ian Griffiths - Running Biomechanics & Lower Limb Injury

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242. The Key Considerations of Return to Run Post-Injury - Luke Nelson Sports Chiro

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241. ICYMI - Disordered Eating in Runners w/ Dietitian Maddi Parsons

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240. Can We Visualise Our Way To Improved Running Performance?

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239. ICYMI: Flow State + Goal Setting for Runners w/ Scott Goddard PhD

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238. Triathlon Training, Volume & Longevity with Coach Jack Saunders

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237. ICYMI - Andy Bryant - Barefoot Podiatrist

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236. Dr Bill Evans (PhD) - The Physiology of Running - Fatigue, Adaptations & De-Training

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235. ICYMI - Adam Didyk: The Art of Coaching Australia's Fastest Marathon Runner

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234. Why your personality type could be ruining your performance

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233. ICYMI - Tom O'Halloran (Mechanics of Movement) - The Achilles Spring

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232. Fueling Performance: Nutrition Insights for Runners | Bec Haslam (Sports Dietitian, PhD)

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231. Our Ins & Outs for 2026 - Runna, Pilates & Garmins?

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230. Running Economy: Why Strength & Plyometrics Matter More Than You Think

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229. How to create your perfect running program - periodisation, intensity & structure

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228. 2025 Wrap Up - BEST & WORST moments of the year

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227. Will Running Ruin My Knees or Make Them Healthier? (send this to anyone who told you that running is bad for you)

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226. Key Strategies to Maximising Training During the Holiday Period

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225. Calling Out Misinformation

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224. Reflecting on an Injury Chapter w/ Psychotherapist Freya Bronwin

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223. Running Biomechanics, Gait Re-training, Training Load & Injury Risk in Runners

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222. How to improve your running economy & become a better runner

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221. Glorified Suffering & Misinformation in the digital running world (PART 2)

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220. PART 1; Bone Stress Recovery, 5km Time Trial + Injury Reflections

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219. Comprehensive Guide to Training Zones - Lactate, Zone 2, 80/20

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217. Structuring Your Training Week + Your Most Common Questions

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216. The Physiology of Altitude & Heat Training - Dr Katie Slattery

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215. Lydia’s return to run and Sophie’s injury journey continues

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214. Fueling Performance: Sports Dietitian Hanah Mills on Carbs, Electrolytes & Nutrition Science

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213. Meeting Eliud Kipchoge & Sifan Hassan

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212. Returning To Running After 6 Months Off: Bone Stress Diaries

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211. Nutrition Insights for Ultra Runners: Research, Misinformation & Balance with Mick Chapman

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210. How Sophie ended up with TWO bone stress injuries

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209. Phil Gore - Backyard Ultra WORLD RECORD holder!

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208. Challenge for Change

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207. REDs in Men: Luke Vanderfeen’s Story of Recovery, Identity & Overtraining

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206. Quick Fixes for Knee Pain That Aren’t a Waste of Time (a running physios perspective)

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205. DNF'ing + working hard vs. having fun + training updates + we're cyclists now?

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204. REDs in Runners + Female Athlete Physiology with researcher Melissa Lodge

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203. Blood Clots and Running: What Every Runner Needs to Know About DVT

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202. Greta Truscott - The Philosophy Behind One of Sydney's Best Running Coaches

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201. Should I change my cadence? Performance vs Injury Prevention

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200. Bec Putna on Life After Elite Sport: Identity, Balance & Motivation

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199. The Running Questions YOU want answered!

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198. UTA100 Recap | Lydia's Injury Update | Our thoughts on pushing yourself in endurance sports

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197. What is Rhabdomyolysis? + Sophie's doing UTA100?!

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196. Katey Molenaar - Women's Health Physio | Running Pre & Post-Natal

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195. Stress Fractures and Bone Health in Runners

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194. Breathing Physiology For Runners: Performance, CO₂ Tolerance & Inspiratory Muscle Training with James Fletcher

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193. Backyard Ultra Recap - 125km / Q&A

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192. Running, Identity & Community with Grace Wearne

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191. Q1 Catch-up-isode - Stress Fractures | Training | Mental Prep | Episode recaps

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190. Personality Traits, Motivation and Running Performance

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189. Mr Top Run - Paddy O'Brien

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188. Backyard Ultra Training Update - How it compares to training for other events

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187. Josh Phillips: The Mindset & Training Behind one of Australia's Best Middle Distance Runners

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186. Should Runners Be Stretching? What The Science Says On Flexibility, Performance & Injury Prevention

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185. The biggest mistakes we made

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184. I'm doing less strength training now? Why lifting more isn't always the best way

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183. Catch Up: Training / Injuries / Running News

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182. I've torn my calf...now what?

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181. Multiple stress fractures to podium finish at UTA100k with Juliette Soule

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180. How to select your next pair of running shoes

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179. Psychotherapist Freya Bronwin on navigating the non-physical challenges of injury

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178. Abandon Your Goals in 2025

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177. Wrapping Up 2024

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176. Tia Bool - Ultra Trail Kosci 100km Recap

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175. How to survive training through Summer

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174. Brian Lichi: skimo athlete + outdoor adventure enthusiast + trail runner

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173. Diversify Your Training for Peak Performance

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172. Nat Heath - Empowering First Nations people to improve their health & wellbeing

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171. Should Runners Have an Off-Season?

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170. Sydney Running Community + Volunteering w Michael Distefano

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169. Should Runners Ice Bath? Recovery Recommendations For Runners

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168. Your Most Frequently Asked Questions! Shoes, injuries & over-training!

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167. Comprehensive Breakdown of Sophie's Backyard Ultra Attempt

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166. Performance Nutrition with Sammy Staines APD

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165. Lydia's (almost) Shark Attack & Sophie's Backyard Ultra Plan!

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164. Chronic Fatigue, Ironman Training + Inner Voice w/ Sally Wood

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163. Strength Principles For Runners

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162. Felix Oates - Finding Purpose in Endurance Sport

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161. Sydney Marathon - Last Minute Prep! Course Preview, Pacing & Nutrition Tips

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160. Sleep, Nutrition + Gut Health with Rachel Cunard

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159. Sauna Therapy, cardiovascular health, athletic performance + depression

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158. Europe Trip - Part 2: Insane race in Austria and Ultra-Marathons in knee-deep mud

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157. Sophie Lane's European Trail Running Recap - Part 1: The Dolomites

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156. Important considerations if you're getting into trail running

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155. Double Threshold Training w Matt Hansen

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154. Plyometrics for Running Performance

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153. Sammy Schultz - Mental Health & Disordered Eating within Elite Sport

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152. Footwear Q&A w/ Expert Podiatrist Blake Withers

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151. Kevin Luu - From Traumatic Brain Injury to Ultra-Marathon

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151. Sleep Science on Running Performance and Injury Risk + Heart Rate Variability followup

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150. James Constantine | Sydney Marathon Major

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149. Finding "balance" within endurance sport/running & why do we all keep getting injured?

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148. UTA Recap & TCA Preview w/ Dave Stewart

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147. Heart Rate Variability Training Optimisation For Runners

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146. Running Q&A with Brodie Sharpe

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145. What you should think about when training for a marathon

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144. Run 4 Resilience

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143. Lauren Marshall - Sydney Backyard Ultra Last Female Standing (201km)

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142. Optimising Tendon Adaptations To Load For Runners

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141. Johanna Garton - All in Stride

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140. Canberra Half Marathon Race Recap

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139. Running A Marathon With Parkinsons Disease

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138. Returning to running after nearly a year off!

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137. Jamie Mittleman - Women In Sport

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136. Is Zone 2 Training Overrated?

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135. Lachy Cameron Running 1000km for mental health

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134. Ultra Trail Tarawera 50k race recap & what's next?

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133. Tim Locke - Coaching Philosophy & 50k Ultra Tips

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132. Should you hire a coach?

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131. Nick Youngquest - Make Sydney a Major!!

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130. Race Day Preparation | Get to the start line confidently!

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129. Diagnosis and Management of Tibial Stress fractures with physiotherapist Beau Tyrrell

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104. Aidan The Dietitian - enhancing running performance through food

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128. Why does intensity matter? And how to measure it

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127. The next big thing in Australian trail running w/ Vlad Shatrov & Tom Batrouney

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126. Hugh Mason - A Holistic Approach to Injury Rehab

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125. 2023 Recap

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124. Harry The Physio - injury prevention + strength essentials

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114. Dr Izzy Smith - hormonal function in sport + stress fractures + optimising bone health

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123. Top Shoes of 2023

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122. Power data with Andy Dubois: prescribing + measuring running intensity

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121. The Impact of Running in the Heat

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120. Training for your first ultramarathon

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119. How to taper properly

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118. Ben Peterson - Can we really prevent running-related injuries?

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117. What even is the "Runners High"?

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116. More Than A Run - Running for Mental Health

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115. Running & GI Issues

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113. Why does recovery actually matter?

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112. The Sports Medicine Project - Kelly Kortick & Blake Withers

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111. How cadence can transform your running

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110. Paige Penrose - Champion Trail Runner, “Fighting Forward”

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109. How to breath while you run

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108. Sophie Lane & Lydia Mckay - get to know us!

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107. Managing Running Related Bone Stress and Stress Fractures

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106. Dan Cavanagh Podiatrist - all things fixing your tibialis posterior tendinopathy

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105. The Benefits of Hybrid Training + Soph's HYROX Recap

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103. Why do runners get injured? The ULTIMATE RUNNERS GUIDE to injury prevention

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102. Woz & Jordan Williams - Heartbreak Hill 100k Challenge

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101. Five reasons why you're not improving!

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100. Christine Yu - UP TO SPEED: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athlete's

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99. Shin Splints (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome)

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98. Jenny Valentish - Author + journalist dives deep into why some people like to push their bodies to extremes

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97. Double Threshold Days?

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96. Jono Ridler swims 100kms for the Gulf

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95. Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy Guide for Runners

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94. Andrea Doney - The Slow Coach

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93. How to run your first 5km

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92. Sota Maehara

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91. Achilles tendinopathy guide for runners

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90. Kev Ground Up Physio; acute injury management

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89. Ep. 26 - Run With Us #2

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88. Nick Jankovskis, VO2 max + Blood Lactate Analysis for peak performance

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87. Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITB) SUCKS and this is how to fix it

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86. Tyler Eng: Resistance Training Specifics, Plyometrics & Periodisation

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85. Why running alone is ruining your progress!

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84. Sports Podiatrist Ian Griffiths - Running Biomechanics & Lower Limb Injury

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83. How to select running shoes?! Basic shoe 101 with injury prevention in mind!

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82. Disordered Eating in Runners w/ Dietitian Maddi Parsons

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81. Interval Training Fundamentals

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80. Flow State + Goal Setting for runners w/ Scott Goddard PHD

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79. Tendons, rehab, pathophysiology, injury prevention + load management

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78. Mike James - The Endurance Physio

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77. Nutrition, hydration vest tricks, tendon resilience and trail running injuries

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76. Dan Chang: The Flexing Physio

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75. More shoes = less injuries? Shoe rotation, footwear influenced biomechanics, load distribution and more!

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74. Physio Mads - The Pelvic Floor + Running

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73. Sophie Lane is doing WHAT in 2023?!?!

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72. Leah Fitzgerald - Marathon Majors

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71. Seven Tools to improve your running without ACTUALLY running!!

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70. Hilary McAllister: For Wild Places

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69. Understanding VO2max

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68. Bondi to Manly 80km Ultra Recap

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67. Calf Tear Rehab for Runners

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66. The Sprinting Physio

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65. How to Run

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64. Dr JP Gloria - Expert Running Physical Therapist and Performance Coach

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63. Motivation vs dedication and the path to sustainable success.

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62. The Run Smarter Physio Brodie Sharp

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61. Strength Training 101

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60. Returning to running postpartum with Claire Paterson

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59. Why does running hurt my knees? Diving into Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome!

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58. Andy Bryant: The Natural Podiatrist

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57. Run With Us: Session 1

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56. Adam Didyk: The Art of Coaching

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55. Does running cause arthritis?

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54. Training, Shoes & Deloads

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53. What is an EP? + a few would you rather's

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52. Chris Huang - Pro Triathlete to Full Time Photographer

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51. When should I see a physiotherapist?

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50. Who is TURBO + UTMR25 Race Preview

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49. Random Q&A

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48. Tania Dalton: Thrive in your 50's

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47. Getting Started In The Trails!

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46. Peter Hancock - Swimming 3000 days in a row!

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45. Biomechanics & Running Technique

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44. Brad Farley Photography - The Ability to Endure

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43. Why do you run? Find your purpose!

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42. Tom O'Halloran (Mechanics of Movement) - The Achilles Spring

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41. How to structure your training week

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40. Kate Walton - Head of Saucony

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39. Just a bit of healthy competition right?

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38. Luke Murfitt - Strength Training for the Endurance Athlete

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37. Is every run meant to feel good?

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36. Margaret English-Aurisch - Running Legend

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35. Tom Batrouney - Project: Run Forever

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34. Identity, Ego & Comparison

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33. Blake Withers - Orthotics, Toe Yoga and Footwear

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32. Dan Price on mental health + the power of a running community

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31. Running to save the rainforest - Matt Gore & Giles Penfold

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30. Sophie Lane: Isolation Ultra

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29. Hip Biomechanics + debunking myths w/ Sports Chiro Luke

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28. Chris Murphy - Taking on Big's Backyard Ultra

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27. Greg Pearson - How to get your training back on track

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26. Strava Chat

242

25. 2021 Wrap Up

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24. Elle Kuhta: Running Byron to Bondi

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23. Suey Cooper - The Benefits of Running Barefoot

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22. Tom Williams - Breathing for Running

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21. Bradley J Dryburgh - The challenges of running with cystic fibrosis

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20. Joasia Zakrzewski - The ups and downs of elite distance running

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19. Tyson The Trainer - Nutrition, habits and motivation

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18. Drew Fryer - How to make athletics sustainable for young competitors

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17. Sam Hopper - Running, shoes and laughs

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16. Pat the Podiatrist - Foot strike, orthortics and lower limb injuries

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15. Corey Phillpot - Pushing the limits of human potential

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14. Pat McNamara - Physiotherapist and running enthusiast

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13. Keelan Birch - the logistics of event organisation

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12. Mackenzie Baker - Evidence-based Sports Nutrition and the dangers of social media advice

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11. Ben Lindsay - Shin Splints and Solushin

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10. Tony Stephton - Strength & Conditioning

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9. Injury Prevention + Running Myth-Busting w/ Brodie Sharp

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8. Tailwind Nutrition - The only fuel you need, all day

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7. The 2520 Movement - Running and Mental Health

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6. Mick Chapman - Fuelling for Ultra-Endurance

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5. Melissa Robertson - GNW 270km Fastest Known Time

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4. Laragh McCabe - From Park Run to Ultra-Marathons

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3. Meet Your Hosts

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2. Strength Training Fundamentals

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1. Goal Setting