March 6, 2026 • 12 mins
A big athletics meet is taking place in Auckland this weekend – the Trackstars Meet.
Tonight some of the biggest track and field athletes will be hitting The Trusts Arena, vying for the title of Track Star.
One of the competitors is running prodigy Sam Ruthe, who joined D’Arcy to preview the event and chat about the early stages of his career.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the All Sport Breakfast podcast with Darcy
Waldgrave from News Talk ZEDB.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Going to talk though to one of the new superstars
coming up in the world of athletics. He's made quite
the splash over the last year. His name is Sam Ruth.
Competing tonight the track Stars Athletics meet the National Champs
at the Douglas Track and Field and his name is
Sam Ruth. It's a huge event that he's going to
(00:33):
be at. Some of the best athletes in New Zealand
will be at the Trust Arena vying for all sorts
of titles and a man who's going to be competing
as the Prodigy, the running Prodigy, Sam Ruth, and he's
with us. Now, okay, Sam, Look, last year it's been
outrageous for you. Do you take stock and it's like
(00:55):
look back and think, Lordie, what have I done?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Ah?
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Yeah, thank you so much? Not really, to be honest,
I don't really like looking back. I kind of just
like moving on towards the next thing, and I feel like,
you know, that's just what I enjoy doing.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
You pick up playingly a lot of lessons from what
you've been doing, though, but you don't you don't dwell
on that, you leave that with Roth Craig and your dad.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Yeah, I mean I take some lessons with me just
from the experiences and some of the bad experiences I've
had in races, and I definitely put it towards the
next races. But you know, I don't really look back
towards a good race and really look at it too
much because I don't really want to be too caught
up in the past when I've got it, when I've
got a hopefully long future.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Head you sound like an all Black. The All Blacks
all remember their losing games. They don't remember their winning game.
So that's it's a good attitude to have, right.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Yeah, I really like thinking that way, you know, even
even if it probably doesn't make me as happy, it
just makes me more controlled when I have a bad race.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
I guess what's your drive? Plainly, you've got it in
your family, your parents, your grandparents like that. They're all
being runners, so it's part of your DNA. But when
you pick that up and started going what drives you
on each race through on for the last what five
teen years?
Speaker 4 (02:14):
Yeah, I feel like most people there'll be a tricky
question and you know, there'll be a lot of motivation
for lots of people, But for me, I think I
really just enjoy running, Like every time I step on
the track, I'm having a good time.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
You know.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
There's no periods of my life where I'm like, oh no,
I've got to go running. I just enjoy it every
day somehow, So I guess I guess it just comes naturally.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
They mentioned your family, your dad and you Mum and
dad been just grandparents, trev and Rosemary. Did you ever
feel like you're having to live up to what they achieved,
any family pressure around what you're doing.
Speaker 4 (02:50):
I don't think there's any family picture at all. Well,
I feel like there's you know, they're less incline to
talk about running rather than talk about running like whenever,
especially my my nan and mum, whenever I talk about running, know,
they kind of just they kind of days off and
want to change topics. So I feel like that's a
(03:11):
really good environment to be in. And you know, I'm
so grateful to have people around me that aren't putting
too much pressure on me.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
You must want to pick their brains though, about the
experiences they've had and how to apply what they've learned
to what you're doing. It's got surely that's something you've
got to do, mam ma'am.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Yeah, yeah, definitely.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
I really really wish I could, but you know, it's
really really hard to get anything out of my family
maybe apart from my dad. My dad definitely loves talking
about his running, so anyone apart from my dad will
be pretty hard to get any words out about their running.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Though your dad's been great. He's created a real barrier
between you and the general media. In fact, he initiated
this phone calling for that. I'm very appreciative. That's an
important part of what he does. Because you're still having fun.
How do you talk about that much, about the gap
between yourself and the overwhelming interest in what you're doing.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
Yeah, I'm really really grateful for my dad and everything
that he does, you know, even with like the media
and like sorting out all the sponsorships and everything like that,
because you know, I really wouldn't even know where to start.
So Okay, if someone like my dad who just sorts
out of the media makes it makes it life.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
So much easier. I mean, I guess I just can
focus on my running. So yeah, Sam Ruth.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Joins the program, Sam, When did you start noticing that
you had a lot of toe and that you were
actually running pretty quick? When did that become a realization?
Speaker 4 (04:41):
That's a tricky question because I guess all through primary
school and stuff, i'd probably win a cross country by
by about like thirty seconds.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Or like quite quite a large margin.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
But you know, my first like great competitive race that
I guess like I knew that it could like I
could sort of go down towards like a more professional
career was probably when I ran eight or nine as
my first race as a fifteen year old. So that's
probably the turning point of my career.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
When you start noticing more and more attention. Though when
to that lift It has been the last year or
so since you started doing things like I don't know
how fast a sub form minute mile. I'm not even
going to list the records you've got an age group,
because there are so many you would have seen that
you talk about your father. How do you cope with
the attention and the expectation, because whether you like it
(05:29):
or not, people have got big tickets on you for
the black singlet.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Yeah, I feel like the attention all definitely started coming
probably after the sub formute mile, because you know, that's
probably more generic to the general population because everyone can
really understand how long a mile is, especially internationally. So
that's probably the first time I got international exposure. And yeah,
since then, there's definitely been a bit more pressure and
(05:56):
a few more people watching my races expecting big results,
and I guess I just I just really like feel
like real happy that I've got I've got to the
stage where people are watching my races. You know, there's
not very many people in track and field that you know,
have a following with people that are always wanting to
(06:16):
watch the next race. So you know, I actually really
take it for take it for what it is, and
I'm I don't really mind it too much.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
You keep saying happy, You keep saying joy. This is
such an important part of anyone's life and any sports
person's life that you do it because you love it.
Do you ever have any self doubts or do you
just constantly go, no, this is fantastic, I'm doing this.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Yeah, that's probably what me and my coach shruggle with
because I enjoyed running so much. Without my coach, i'd overtrain.
I'd probably do too much running. So that's probably the
part which I struggle with the most. Is like today
my session which I just finished thirty minutes ago, I
was going too fast to my coach really has to
like tell me to dial it back, just so I've
got more room to improve.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
When it looks at improvement and the you're at now,
what are you nearly seventeen, I thinks about a month away.
How do you measure your food intake, your training expectations
Because you're still a relatively young man. That's got to
be managed, I'd suggest very carefully, because you don't want
to blow out, you don't want to injury yourself. You
(07:25):
don't want to leave it all out there too early.
So talk to us about that management, nutrition, gym, amount
of races you do. How's that managed?
Speaker 4 (07:35):
Yeah, I feel like it hasn't really managed too well,
like too seriously, probably until the last six months. But
I feel like, you know, I'm still young. I don't
really have the experience to be able to manage it
all myself. So I've won a great team around me,
you know, a great physio, great coach, and they all
kind of just work together and just make sure I'm
(07:57):
on the right track, and yeah, I feel like.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
I'm not really even training at the level right.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
Now where I need to be watching out for injury
proven and all that sort of stuff, just because you know,
I'm probably not training as much as what most professional
athletes are.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Well, because you're still going to school. How do you
get that balanced. You've got this career, you've got your school,
you're maturing, you're a teenager. Now you've got to be
a kid too. This is a this is a hard
thing to manage all at the same time. I remember
when I was your age. Actually I don't reven what
I was doing at your age, but there's a lot
on your plate. Is that you're going okay.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
No, no, I'm it's great. School.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
School was interesting though, because I took a month off
obviously in the US, and then first day back I
had a double Calculus test and as year twelve, I've
never done Calculus before, so I sat down in Calculus
and just looks like a whole new language. So that
so that's always hard trying to catch up in all
my subjects. And you know, I've sat down with all
my teachers, have been They've they've handled it real well,
and I've decided I'm gonna I'm gonna drop two subjects,
(09:00):
which is real good, so I can just you know,
come to school a bit later and then have some
more times focused on my running.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Been looking at garment. Are you training for a triathlon
or something?
Speaker 4 (09:13):
Yeah, you know, just because running every time I sleep
on the track is probably there's probably a bit of
expectation for me to do well, and you know, I
can't just really hop on.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Without without thinking.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
So I kind of wanted to go back to a
triathon and just hop on a start line where it's
not very much expectation on me and I can just
go out there and have fun without you know, like
people being like, Oh, there's there's Sam. He's gonna he's
gonna do something amazing. So when it's gonna be real fun,
when is it? Oh, it's two weeks now, which is
(09:47):
which is real scary because I obviously only just got
back from the US and I've been like I haven't
even really been biking much or something, much like last
time I did swim was probably two years ago. So
it's gonna be interesting to see if I can actually
actually swim seven hundred and fifty meters.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
I think and you've got a small case of the
National Track and Field Champs coming up this week, in
which is part of your program? Where does that sit
in your development? How much important does this have?
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (10:18):
Yeah, so National check and Field I'm kind of more
on my baseboard up now, and I feel like I
just really want to try and get through National Track
and Field the best I can, because you know, I'm
still recovering from travel, and you know, the body is
not one hundred percent after coming back and having a
few days off after the after you know, doing a
(10:38):
whole bunch of racing back to back as a big
toll on your body. So Track Track Nationals might not
be the fastest race I've done, but you know it's
gonna be. It's gonna be a great race. And you
know I always loved racing in New Zealand hometown.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
One last thing, and thank you so much for joining us.
Been a real pleasure. How's Daisy? Because you got a
younger sister who's also fairly fleet footed as well. She
enjoying how you're performing, and do you see a big
future for her as well?
Speaker 3 (11:07):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
I don't know what she thinks about my performance today
because I feel like she hasn't like feels a bit
of pressure, even though maybe she doesn't, but she feels
like she's kind of got to live up to live
up to my reputation. So yeah, I don't know how
she took feels too about my performance too much, but
she's definitely she's definitely also got a lot of talent
(11:29):
and you know, the drive to do as well as
what I've done.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
So we be really interesting to see how she develops.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
I think she'll be absolutely unbelievably super proud of what
you're achieved. We all are. It's been in phenomenal watching
the last like twelve months or so. Thanks so much
for joining us. Now you better get home study hard
because I think you've got to be got to hit
the books again tomorrow before you get to this this
Track Stars event on Saturday. Sam Ruth say you very
(11:58):
much for your time. It's been an absolute pleasure.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
For more from the Your Sport Breakfast with Duarci Watergrave
and live to news talks that be on Saturday mornings,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the All Sport Breakfast podcast with Darcy
Waldgrave from News Talk ZEDB.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Going to talk though to one of the new superstars
coming up in the world of athletics. He's made quite
the splash over the last year. His name is Sam Ruth.
Competing tonight the track Stars Athletics meet the National Champs
at the Douglas Track and Field and his name is
Sam Ruth. It's a huge event that he's going to
(00:33):
be at. Some of the best athletes in New Zealand
will be at the Trust Arena vying for all sorts
of titles and a man who's going to be competing
as the Prodigy, the running Prodigy, Sam Ruth, and he's
with us. Now, okay, Sam, Look, last year it's been
outrageous for you. Do you take stock and it's like
(00:55):
look back and think, Lordie, what have I done?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Ah?
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Yeah, thank you so much? Not really, to be honest,
I don't really like looking back. I kind of just
like moving on towards the next thing, and I feel like,
you know, that's just what I enjoy doing.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
You pick up playingly a lot of lessons from what
you've been doing, though, but you don't you don't dwell
on that, you leave that with Roth Craig and your dad.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Yeah, I mean I take some lessons with me just
from the experiences and some of the bad experiences I've
had in races, and I definitely put it towards the
next races. But you know, I don't really look back
towards a good race and really look at it too
much because I don't really want to be too caught
up in the past when I've got it, when I've
got a hopefully long future.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Head you sound like an all Black. The All Blacks
all remember their losing games. They don't remember their winning game.
So that's it's a good attitude to have, right.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Yeah, I really like thinking that way, you know, even
even if it probably doesn't make me as happy, it
just makes me more controlled when I have a bad race.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
I guess what's your drive? Plainly, you've got it in
your family, your parents, your grandparents like that. They're all
being runners, so it's part of your DNA. But when
you pick that up and started going what drives you
on each race through on for the last what five
teen years?
Speaker 4 (02:14):
Yeah, I feel like most people there'll be a tricky
question and you know, there'll be a lot of motivation
for lots of people, But for me, I think I
really just enjoy running, Like every time I step on
the track, I'm having a good time.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
You know.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
There's no periods of my life where I'm like, oh no,
I've got to go running. I just enjoy it every
day somehow, So I guess I guess it just comes naturally.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
They mentioned your family, your dad and you Mum and
dad been just grandparents, trev and Rosemary. Did you ever
feel like you're having to live up to what they achieved,
any family pressure around what you're doing.
Speaker 4 (02:50):
I don't think there's any family picture at all. Well,
I feel like there's you know, they're less incline to
talk about running rather than talk about running like whenever,
especially my my nan and mum, whenever I talk about running, know,
they kind of just they kind of days off and
want to change topics. So I feel like that's a
(03:11):
really good environment to be in. And you know, I'm
so grateful to have people around me that aren't putting
too much pressure on me.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
You must want to pick their brains though, about the
experiences they've had and how to apply what they've learned
to what you're doing. It's got surely that's something you've
got to do, mam ma'am.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Yeah, yeah, definitely.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
I really really wish I could, but you know, it's
really really hard to get anything out of my family
maybe apart from my dad. My dad definitely loves talking
about his running, so anyone apart from my dad will
be pretty hard to get any words out about their running.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Though your dad's been great. He's created a real barrier
between you and the general media. In fact, he initiated
this phone calling for that. I'm very appreciative. That's an
important part of what he does. Because you're still having fun.
How do you talk about that much, about the gap
between yourself and the overwhelming interest in what you're doing.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
Yeah, I'm really really grateful for my dad and everything
that he does, you know, even with like the media
and like sorting out all the sponsorships and everything like that,
because you know, I really wouldn't even know where to start.
So Okay, if someone like my dad who just sorts
out of the media makes it makes it life.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
So much easier. I mean, I guess I just can
focus on my running. So yeah, Sam Ruth.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Joins the program, Sam, When did you start noticing that
you had a lot of toe and that you were
actually running pretty quick? When did that become a realization?
Speaker 4 (04:41):
That's a tricky question because I guess all through primary
school and stuff, i'd probably win a cross country by
by about like thirty seconds.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Or like quite quite a large margin.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
But you know, my first like great competitive race that
I guess like I knew that it could like I
could sort of go down towards like a more professional
career was probably when I ran eight or nine as
my first race as a fifteen year old. So that's
probably the turning point of my career.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
When you start noticing more and more attention. Though when
to that lift It has been the last year or
so since you started doing things like I don't know
how fast a sub form minute mile. I'm not even
going to list the records you've got an age group,
because there are so many you would have seen that
you talk about your father. How do you cope with
the attention and the expectation, because whether you like it
(05:29):
or not, people have got big tickets on you for
the black singlet.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Yeah, I feel like the attention all definitely started coming
probably after the sub formute mile, because you know, that's
probably more generic to the general population because everyone can
really understand how long a mile is, especially internationally. So
that's probably the first time I got international exposure. And yeah,
since then, there's definitely been a bit more pressure and
(05:56):
a few more people watching my races expecting big results,
and I guess I just I just really like feel
like real happy that I've got I've got to the
stage where people are watching my races. You know, there's
not very many people in track and field that you know,
have a following with people that are always wanting to
(06:16):
watch the next race. So you know, I actually really
take it for take it for what it is, and
I'm I don't really mind it too much.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
You keep saying happy, You keep saying joy. This is
such an important part of anyone's life and any sports
person's life that you do it because you love it.
Do you ever have any self doubts or do you
just constantly go, no, this is fantastic, I'm doing this.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Yeah, that's probably what me and my coach shruggle with
because I enjoyed running so much. Without my coach, i'd overtrain.
I'd probably do too much running. So that's probably the
part which I struggle with the most. Is like today
my session which I just finished thirty minutes ago, I
was going too fast to my coach really has to
like tell me to dial it back, just so I've
got more room to improve.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
When it looks at improvement and the you're at now,
what are you nearly seventeen, I thinks about a month away.
How do you measure your food intake, your training expectations
Because you're still a relatively young man. That's got to
be managed, I'd suggest very carefully, because you don't want
to blow out, you don't want to injury yourself. You
(07:25):
don't want to leave it all out there too early.
So talk to us about that management, nutrition, gym, amount
of races you do. How's that managed?
Speaker 4 (07:35):
Yeah, I feel like it hasn't really managed too well,
like too seriously, probably until the last six months. But
I feel like, you know, I'm still young. I don't
really have the experience to be able to manage it
all myself. So I've won a great team around me,
you know, a great physio, great coach, and they all
kind of just work together and just make sure I'm
(07:57):
on the right track, and yeah, I feel like.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
I'm not really even training at the level right.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
Now where I need to be watching out for injury
proven and all that sort of stuff, just because you know,
I'm probably not training as much as what most professional
athletes are.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Well, because you're still going to school. How do you
get that balanced. You've got this career, you've got your school,
you're maturing, you're a teenager. Now you've got to be
a kid too. This is a this is a hard
thing to manage all at the same time. I remember
when I was your age. Actually I don't reven what
I was doing at your age, but there's a lot
on your plate. Is that you're going okay.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
No, no, I'm it's great. School.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
School was interesting though, because I took a month off
obviously in the US, and then first day back I
had a double Calculus test and as year twelve, I've
never done Calculus before, so I sat down in Calculus
and just looks like a whole new language. So that
so that's always hard trying to catch up in all
my subjects. And you know, I've sat down with all
my teachers, have been They've they've handled it real well,
and I've decided I'm gonna I'm gonna drop two subjects,
(09:00):
which is real good, so I can just you know,
come to school a bit later and then have some
more times focused on my running.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Been looking at garment. Are you training for a triathlon
or something?
Speaker 4 (09:13):
Yeah, you know, just because running every time I sleep
on the track is probably there's probably a bit of
expectation for me to do well, and you know, I
can't just really hop on.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Without without thinking.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
So I kind of wanted to go back to a
triathon and just hop on a start line where it's
not very much expectation on me and I can just
go out there and have fun without you know, like
people being like, Oh, there's there's Sam. He's gonna he's
gonna do something amazing. So when it's gonna be real fun,
when is it? Oh, it's two weeks now, which is
(09:47):
which is real scary because I obviously only just got
back from the US and I've been like I haven't
even really been biking much or something, much like last
time I did swim was probably two years ago. So
it's gonna be interesting to see if I can actually
actually swim seven hundred and fifty meters.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
I think and you've got a small case of the
National Track and Field Champs coming up this week, in
which is part of your program? Where does that sit
in your development? How much important does this have?
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (10:18):
Yeah, so National check and Field I'm kind of more
on my baseboard up now, and I feel like I
just really want to try and get through National Track
and Field the best I can, because you know, I'm
still recovering from travel, and you know, the body is
not one hundred percent after coming back and having a
few days off after the after you know, doing a
(10:38):
whole bunch of racing back to back as a big
toll on your body. So Track Track Nationals might not
be the fastest race I've done, but you know it's
gonna be. It's gonna be a great race. And you
know I always loved racing in New Zealand hometown.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
One last thing, and thank you so much for joining us.
Been a real pleasure. How's Daisy? Because you got a
younger sister who's also fairly fleet footed as well. She
enjoying how you're performing, and do you see a big
future for her as well?
Speaker 3 (11:07):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
I don't know what she thinks about my performance today
because I feel like she hasn't like feels a bit
of pressure, even though maybe she doesn't, but she feels
like she's kind of got to live up to live
up to my reputation. So yeah, I don't know how
she took feels too about my performance too much, but
she's definitely she's definitely also got a lot of talent
(11:29):
and you know, the drive to do as well as
what I've done.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
So we be really interesting to see how she develops.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
I think she'll be absolutely unbelievably super proud of what
you're achieved. We all are. It's been in phenomenal watching
the last like twelve months or so. Thanks so much
for joining us. Now you better get home study hard
because I think you've got to be got to hit
the books again tomorrow before you get to this this
Track Stars event on Saturday. Sam Ruth say you very
(11:58):
much for your time. It's been an absolute pleasure.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
For more from the Your Sport Breakfast with Duarci Watergrave
and live to news talks that be on Saturday mornings,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by Audiochuck Media Company.
Betrayal Season 5
Saskia Inwood woke up one morning, knowing her life would never be the same. The night before, she learned the unimaginable – that the husband she knew in the light of day was a different person after dark. This season unpacks Saskia’s discovery of her husband’s secret life and her fight to bring him to justice. Along the way, we expose a crime that is just coming to light. This is also a story about the myth of the “perfect victim:” who gets believed, who gets doubted, and why. We follow Saskia as she works to reclaim her body, her voice, and her life. If you would like to reach out to the Betrayal Team, email us at betrayalpod@gmail.com. Follow us on Instagram @betrayalpod and @glasspodcasts. Please join our Substack for additional exclusive content, curated book recommendations, and community discussions. Sign up FREE by clicking this link Beyond Betrayal Substack. Join our community dedicated to truth, resilience, and healing. Your voice matters! Be a part of our Betrayal journey on Substack.