Jake Robertson from Hamilton is one of New Zealand’s fastest runners of all time.
Jake and his twin brother Zane moved to Kenya when they were 17 to train with the world’s best runners.
And it paid off, big time. Jakes times are some of the fastest ever recorded by a kiwi over 10km, half marathon and the marathon.
Then in 2023, Jakes twin brother Zane received a lengthy ban for doping. An indiscretion that has also had huge negative repercussions for Jake
This podcast is part of the Jake Robertson story.
+ His early years in Hamilton being bullied for looking different.
+ His reflections on moving to Kenya as a teenager and getting so sick he almost died.
+ Training with Eliud Kipchoge and other world champions.
+ The impact his brother’s doping ban has had on him. And much more.
Jake is for the most part pretty media shy and reserved- this is maybe the most open and reflective he has ever been in an interview before.
He was back home in New Zealand for some cancer treatment which we touch upon in this episode.
I hope you like it.
Listen to his brother Zane’s side of the story here, where he spoke exclusively to The Dom Harvey Podcast just 24 hours after news broke of the ban: RO! EXCLUSIVE - Disgraced athlete Zane Robertson shares his story | Runners Only! wth Dom Harvey
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Huge thanks to my friends at Radix for sponsoring this episode.
Like Jake, Radix is made in the Waikato. Unlike Jake, Radix have no plans to relocate to Kenya at 17.
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You can literally just tear the bag open, pour water in and eat. That one meal will give you 21g of protein and 1 and a half of your 5-a-day.
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Try it once and I promise you’ll be a fan for life.
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