Episode 7: 1 February, 2019.

In Episode 7 Sean & Tim re-live the action from the World Cross Country Selection in Canberra.  We interview the winners Brett Robinson and Charlotte Purdue from the UK, together with first Australian female Melissa Duncan.  Jack Rayner and Jack Bruce also take time to chat to Down the Track while Australian distance running legend Liam Adams reflects on his race and also talks up what could be a resurgence in Australian men’s marathon running. Jackson Sharp and Sarah Schiffman talk to us about their good wins in the U20 trials and Abbey Caldwell discusses just how important it was to snare fourth position. Sean provides an overview of the Hunter and Canberra Track Classic results, including the 600m events at Hunter where the men were gunning for the Australia record.  The VAL Gifts moved to Wangaratta and Maribyrnong over the long weekend and Tim reviews the performances. For AV’s regional clubs the Australia Day long weekend is the chance to get together at the Victorian Country Championships.  Bendigo played host this year and the highlight performances including an incredible 10 gold medals to Eaglehawk AC’s David Chisholm are reviewed. Coach Education is now in full swing in Victoria so Sean & Tim discuss the merits of the various courses and provide details of the courses available until May. And with the XCR’19 calendar released, the various dates and venues are announced and the constraints/challenges experienced pulling the calendar together are discussed. Following on from our interview with Tim Erickson about the change to international race walking distances, we get to hear response submitted to the IAAF RWC by Race Walking Australia. Don’t forget to subscribe and keep up to date across everything Athletics Victoria: www.facebook.com/athsvic/ www.instagram.com/athleticsvictoria www.twitter.com/athsvic  www.youtube.com/user/athsvictv