WA Running Podcast
A podcast by WA runners, for WA runners. Join non elite runners Chris, Simon & Vici as they cover the roads, trails and track scenes in Western Australia, as well as interviewing notable personalities of the WA running community.
Episodes
Monday 29th September 2025
Chris and Vici are back on the weekly pod minus Simon as they cover the 6th annual Denmark Half Marathon to cover over the weekend just gone, the Collie River Ultra (we found the results!) and track the moving dots of Aaron Young and Mackenzie Burgoyne in midst of potentially breaking the Bibbulmun Track FKT.
Chris tries to run a 5km Time Trial, Vici has entered a last man standing event, and Simon is pro...
Monday 22nd September 2025
This week we chat to Sarah Paduano a weapon in her own right who recently ran Run Brittania, an event that covers 1,600km running the entire length of Great Britain, from Lands End in Cornwall to John O’Groats in Scotland. We find out what keeps Sarah lacing her shoes and how running has become both a way to challenge herself and a source of strength.
In local results, we cover the single result we know o...
In episode 02 of our Perth Running Festival Training Series, we're joined by the self-confessed Queen of Kwinana and previous winner of the Perth Marathon Kat Watt as she prepares to return to Perth to take on the half marathon, a steppingstone to a big marathon major later this year. We're also joined by young gun Denzel Gould who has seen a huge progression in the marathon running a 2:58 at Bibra Lake Marathon earlier this year w...
Monday 8th September 2025
We’re joined by Dubbel’s Mackenzie ‘Coach Macka’ Burgoyne as he finalises his preparations before his Bibbulman Track FKT attempt starting on the 26th September 2025.
Chris is back from his European adventures trying to emulate Vlad with his running before succumbing to another toilet story on Father’s Day. Meanwhile Simon ponders on whether he should be a sandbagger or go for it at the Melbourne Marathon...
Monday 1st September 2025
We’re back with our weekly episode with Vici joining Simon to recap this little event that happened over the weekend otherwise known as the Sydney Marathon.
We recap the spectacle, Vici ignoring the advice of her physio and her Wolves RC peers, and some weaponry performances from Kate Baker, Lauren French and Lisa Tyack along with some notable WA performances.
At home, we had our very own Temu Sydney Mar...
Welcome to 'Road to Kwinana Freeway' Episode 01.
This WA Running Podcast Training Series follows 4 athletes as they work toward their goals at the 2025 Perth Running Festival. The training series title pays homage to the infamous out and back along Kwinana Freeway is in our opinion the toughest segment of any road race in WA.
In episode 01, we're joined by the poster girl of the WA Marathon Club Nita Traeger as she prepares to tak...
Monday 18th August 2025
With Chris on WARP annual leave, relief guest hosts Vici Richardson and Curtis McEntee from Wolves Run Club joins Simon this week as we talk about their final preparations leading into Sydney Marathon on the 31st August.
We recap what is quickly becoming one of the biggest races in the WA running calendar, the 5th edition of Transcend and find out whether Team WARP finished the race or whether they DNF’d du...
Monday 11th August 2025.
This week we’re joined by former NCAA Div 1 athlete and fresh off his stellar half marathon debut at the state half marathon championships just over a week ago, Frontrunner's Max Mahon.
This episode we also cover the Backroads Gravel Ride & Run (well the run bit anyway) up in Chapman Valley as well as the Birdy's Backyard Ultra down in Lake Towerrinning.
We cover some WARP admin that includes our next ...
Monday 4th August 2025
This week, we’re joined by accomplished trail runner, exercise physiologist, recent podcaster and race director of Transcend Shane Johnstone as we preview the 2025 edition of Transcend Trails.
We also recap the State Steeplecha…wait no it was the State Half Marathon Championships aka. the WAMC Perth Half down at the WAMC clubrooms that saw Dean Menzies and Lauren French take out the wins in brutal conditions...
Monday 28th July 2025.
The man with the hair, and this year's inaugural Todd Ingraham Legacy Trophy winner Max Davidson joins us on the pod to chat about his 2025 Rotto marathon win, his running journey and progression, and the story behind the inaugural Rotto marathon bib on his back.
This week we cover results from the City to Surf Karratha edition, the State Cross Country Championships with some close results, and PTS Truth an...
Monday 21st July 2025
The ‘man who doesn’t breathe’ Matt Smerilli joins us this week as we cover results from the Kalgoorlie Pipeline Marathon with course records in the men’s 50km and marathon falling as part of a Rams Running sidequest that also included Smithie taking out the Cable Beach 5km dash for cash up in Broome.
Meanwhile course records continue to fall in Perth with Dean Menzies breaking the 10km WAMC Shelley course reco...
So did Karlos' aura farming work? In our final episode of the Road to Paradise Training Series, we check in with the team 10 days after the Gold Coast Marathon to debrief the aura, the good, the bad and the outright cruel.
We break down Karlos’ PB of 2:27, Lauren’s 2:50, Rosie’s 3:17 and Simon’s 3:01, their race weekend experiences, key takeaways, their upcoming plans for the rest of 2025 and find out who had the worst accommodatio...
Monday 13th July 2025.
We’re back with our weekly episode of the WA Running Podcast and as Chris prepares for his colonoscopy and Simon recovers from Bluey World, we reflect and recap a huge weekend in the Gold Coast, our Gold Coast Marathon performances along with some listener questions about the weekend's festivities.
Locally, a big couple of weeks in WA running that included the Bibra Lake Running Festival, WAMC King of the Mou...
A special interview only episode this week as we chat to the wonderful Gaby Villa from Intenseatfit to recap a whirlwind week for her as she subbed in for Gemma to crew the backyard ultra GOAT Phil Gore at last week’s Dead Cow Gully BYU.
We chat to her about her official crewing debut, what it takes to fuel a body...
Our third episode of the Gold Coast Marathon training series, the 'Road to Paradise' checks in with Karlos, Lauren, Rosie and Simon deep in the taper and final preparations before the big dance on Sunday 6th July 2025.
In Episode 03, we:
- learn about aura farming and aura maxing from Karlos Aquino
- find out our athlete's pre-race plans, traditions and race kit
- find out whether their goals have changed since the start of the ser...
Monday 23rd June 2025
This week we cover results from the Ultra Series Cape to Cape Ultra Marathon, and the Runningworks Heaven & Hell Trail Marathon.
We discuss our current state of maranoia, which includes Chris taking a rest day for the first time in 8 weeks, and Simon’s potential toilet issues on Saturday, before his body and mind crumbling at the thought of doing a trail run with Shane Johnstone at the Transcend x WARP Co...
Monday 16th June 2025
This episode is dedicated to the great Todd ‘the tractor’ Ingraham. Todd was a trailblazer and a weapon in the WA running world, holding state titles from the 1500m all the way to the full marathon, and even a sneaky 2000m steeplechase. Todd loved to race and loved to win, Todd’s superpower was his grit, determination and out hurting his competitors.
Todd sadly lost his battle to Motor Neuron Disease last wee...
Monday 9th June 2025
We’re back with our weekly WARP episode with some big events in the WA running calendar in what was phenomenal running weather, the State Short Course XC Championships down in Burswood and of course Ultra Perth this weekend.
In this week’s interview, we chat to someone who makes our marathon training weeks look like absolute piss, the formidable weapon in Aaron Young as we chat about his stellar 2025 so far wit...
Our second episode of the Gold Coast Marathon training series, the 'Road to Paradise' checks in with our athletes (minus Simon) 5 weeks out from the marathon on Sunday 6th July 2025.
In episode 02:
- The guys talk about the biofit process with Sam Simek from The Running Centre and the shoes they'll be using during their peak training weeks.
- Lauren French recaps her back-to-back wins in two weeks at the Joondalup Half and HBF Ru...
A huge episode this week as we recap WA’s biggest event in the running calendar, the HBF Run for a Reason, with big numbers, nearly $2million going to local charities, and an abundance of weapon-like behaviour crossing the infamous blue carpet finish line.
No better way to recap the weekend’s event than the reigning Sand Queen, the future substitute WARP guest host when Chris goes to Europe, but more importantly HBF’s Head of Bran...
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