Kiwi Running Show – 026 – Speed Golf World Record Attempt

With the Kepler Challenge and The Goat and National Secondary Schools Track and Field Champs coming this weekend, we catch up with Brad Luiten who is hoping to become NZ’s next world record holder … in the rather obscure speed golf. He has a seven handicap and is a 1:11 half marathoner so has the[…]

30-Day Challenge: No Treats Till Christmas

The festive season has arrived and, with it, the double jeopardy of less time to train and more temptations to indulge. It’s little wonder that come January we’re often beating back the battle of the bulge. So here’s a challenge for getting a major head start on those New Year’s resolutions … the No Treats[…]

Rotorua Marathon Blog: Do Run to Eat or Eat to Run?

By Hayden Shearman // I love to eat. But I also love to run. And it just so happens that, on the whole, these two pastimes have an incredibly complimentary relationship. But, with the festive season upon us, this relationship, and our waistlines, can get a little strained. So here are some tips for balancing[…]

Kiwi Running Show – 025 – Mel Aitken & Andrius Ramonas

This week we catch up with Mel Aitken fresh off a win at the Queenstown Marathon and trail/ultra runner Andrius Ramonas after his win at the Tarawera 50k. Both are in training for the upcoming Kepler Challenge. We also dive into the news including Matt Baxter’s incredibly result at the NCAA Cross Country Champs. Andrius[…]

Kiwi Running Show – 024 – Running Biomechanist Kelly Sheerin

Kelly Sheerin is the director of the Running and Cycling Clinic at Auckland’s AUT Millennium. He knows his stuff about running technique, performance and injury prevention and joined us to chat about the latest research he’s working on in the field of running technology and wearable devices. We also catch up on the news from[…]

Kiwi Running Show – 023 – Joseph Millar and Andrew Matsuoka-Webber

Two of NZ’s fastest human beings, Joseph Millar and Andrew Matsuoka-Webber, chat to us about their goals for the upcoming athletics season. And we hear the incredible story of Mike Wilkinson who suffered a debilitating brain injury just days out from competing in New Zealand Ironman. He learnt to walk again and then run and[…]