054: Lisa Weightman

054 Lisa Weightman

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Julian hits up the Sunshine Coast and is surprised by the hills before a long road trip back.

Brad’s off Strava but still running, working through the tightness and vanilla slice.
Brady puts in a hilly tempo before working through a busy social calendar.

Paige Campbell and Joe Burgess of Sydney University both take out the NSW 3000 champs
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqA9AeohQXo/?hl=en

VIC Milers Club series for 2018-19 kicks off at Lakeside Stadium, with Harry Summers and Whitney Sharpe taking out the 3000m A Heats

800m Results
3000m Results

Jai Edmonds and Tarli Bird take out the Pub2Pub Run Albury
http://tomatotiming.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16&RId=28876

IAAF Backflips on ranking system reverting to previous selection process for Doha World Championships https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/revised-qualification-system-for-iaaf-world-a

Listener Brendan asks about the practice of rotating shoes to prevent injury while Moose On the Loose over all the trails getting paved over.  

Lisa Weightman comes straight off the New York City Marathon to talk with Brad about a wide variety of topics, starting with her silver in the Commonwealth Games Marathon at Gold Coast and how it lead to her invitation to New York.
Lisa recaps the New York City Marathon and the preparations leading up to it, keeping to her own training and not comparing it to her peers on social media and explains wearing the green & gold kit on race day.
Lisa and Brad talks about how she got into running, competing with the boys at Preston and dealing with multiple stress fractures in her junior days before progressing to the athlete she’s become today through her many career highlights.

Brad asks about the frustrations of results based funding at the cost of competing against dopers and how it turns into a positives before Lisa answers listener questions about fueling for marathons and how raising a child has impacted her training and life.

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