Wow, what an Olympics! New Zealand finish with four athletics medals with veterans Nick Willis and Val Adams coming through yet again and new kids on the block, Eliza McCartney and Tom Walsh, picking up two fabulous bronze medals. We recap the action breaking down how each of the Kiwi medals unfolded, taking a moment[…]
At the midpoint in the Olympics, Hamish and Hayden take a moment to reflect on the highs and lows of the Rio Olympics and discuss if it’s possible for Usain Bolt, Mo Farah, Almaz Ayana and Wayde van Niekirk to be clean. We also catch up on local results and do a little feature on[…]
The trail running legend Mal Law joins the show to talk about his adventures in the mountains and the exciting things he has coming up including an online directory of all the best running trails in New Zealand. We also share what we love about cross country before the National Cross Country Champs at the[…]
It’s all about Rio this week! With microscope on our stellar team of Olympians heading over to do battle with the world’s best. Hamish and Hayden banter about their picks for medals and do their best to avoid dropping the d-word. We also catch up on news from regional cross country events, the London Diamond[…]
Angie Petty, NZ’s number one 800m runner and Rio team member, joins the show to talk about her training and how she dreamt of running at the Olympics as a kid. We also catch up with Gareth Thomas, the organiser of the Wellington Urban Ultra 2k, which was run for the first time ever at[…]
This week we catch all the action live at the Auckland Beer Mile Champs and catch up with serial marathoner, fundraiser and all-round good guy Olivier Lacoua. Plus, we catch up on local news and all the kiwis who are dominating overseas in the quest to make the Rio Olympics. Hayden also shares experience of[…]
This week we catch up with Julian Matthews, the final member of our male NZ’s Next Top Miler series as he builds up to a (probable) selection for the Rio Olympics in the 1500m. We’ve also hunted down the two winners of the a very windy Wellington Marathon: Katie Wyrill and Ciaran Faherty. Athletics New[…]