Run With It

On the show this week, we recap an epic nighttime race in Sydney, reflect on the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth and preview Boston Marathon (where Alice is now on-the-ground).

Alice and Elise were in Sydney on the weekend for the Nike After Dark Tour, a 21.1k race celebrating 7,000+ women taking over the streets. Elise talks through the experience as a runner on the course, which felt like traversing through an urban a...

If Gen Gregson and husband Ryan could take turns being pregnant, Gen would happily have five kids. But in the absence of this sci-fi parallel universe, the four-time Olympian is extremely excited to be expecting baby number two – a new brother for Archer!

This episode is part of a mini-series featuring some of our mighty marathon mums. In this wonderful conversation, Gen opens up about training while pregnant – a lot of what she do...

In this episode of Sole Sisters, training has hit a slight road bump for Alice and Elise. Elise is in the barrel of the beast, training for Ballarat Marathon. She’s facing a minor hurdle this week with a calf niggle but remains upbeat and positive, and hopes it’ll settle quickly with some deloading and extra TLC. Meanwhile Alice has some foot issues of her own to contend with which may rule her out from racing the Nike After Dark T...

From running on a treadmill in a hot air balloon, to becoming a dad, Reece Edwards is always the first to put his hand up for a new adventure.

In this conversation, we talk about his new running life as a dad to Oliver, what dad strength means to Reece and how his perspective on running has changed since his son arrived. Between constant sickness, reduced sleep and balancing family and work life, it’s not easy to train at such a hi...

Happy International Women’s Day! This episode of Sole Sisters is an ode to women runners! Alice has a lot of time to think as she bunkers down for Cyclone Alfred. She unearths the memories of two pioneer marathoners - Bobbi Gibb and Kathrine Switzer who were the first women to run the 42.2k distance in the late 60s, despite many people trying to stand in their way.

Elise has done some modern-day research and found that women’s mara...

How fast can Ryan Reynolds, Oprah and Gordon Ramsay run a marathon?

On this week’s episode of Sole Sisters, Alice and Elise dig into which tinsel town heroes are the best athletes, and who tried so hard they peed their pants? (Big kudos from us for digging that deep!)

We also cover a couple of recent World Records (honestly, there’s been too many to mention all of them), and some outstanding Australian performances on the indoor tr...

Ellie Pashley is one of Australia’s most popular runners, and it’s easy to see why! The Tokyo Olympian and mum comes on for a candid conversation about her running career, pregnancy and balancing mum life with her athletic pursuits.

This episode is part of a mini-series featuring some of our mighty marathon mums. We talk about some of Ellie’s most memorable races like New York Marathon, where she and Sinead Diver got lost on the co...

Sometimes it’s easier to learn from your f**k ups than your successes!

This episode of Sole Sisters kicks off with a recap of Alice’s victory at the Cape Paterson Aquathon. Despite some trash talking from her sister on the start line, Alice came away with the win. On the flip side, Elise describes a horrendous 10k time trial which left her feeling defeated and deflated.

We then jump into the main topic of the day – the biggest mist...

From returning to running post pregnancy (x2), to infinite pros and cons lists, yoghurt explosions and orangutan drawings, we get personal with three-time Olympian, Jess Stenson. This episode is part of a mini-series featuring some of our mighty marathon mums. Jess and I chat about the many challenges women runners overcome after having kids, including navigating changes to the body, toddler meltdowns (always timed to perfection ...

Alice and Elise are back from their summer holidays, which involved plenty of family time, beach dips and Australian wildlife. The pair recount highlights from their time off, before breaking down their running and life goals for the year ahead. Elise talks about getting stuck into some 5k track races and Alice reveals her big plans to race the Cape Paterson Aquathon and win another coveted gin glass for her mum. (Editor’s note: Al...

If you’re thinking about New Year’s resolutions or setting new running goals for 2025, this is the episode you’ve been waiting for!

In this final edition of Run With It for 2024, we’re talking about goal-setting with Christian Swann, Professor of Psychology at Southern Cross University. Christian offers so many great pointers on how we can set flexible running goals that account for life’s curve balls.

We discuss the importance of ...

In this episode of Soul Sisters, hosts Elise and Alice discuss their highlights, challenges, and key learnings from the year, covering personal anecdotes and reflections on running and life. It gets bit deep, reflective and vulnerable, actually! But the conversation is still never too far from a ridiculous detour about sporks, etc.

The team also discuss holiday plans, including the Grinch’s (Alice’s) strong opinions on snowy Christ...

This episode of Sole Sisters kicks off with some misguided Black Friday purchases from Alice; and Elise battling lack of sleep thanks to her kelpie’s bout of doggy gastro. Elise recaps her recent 10k race, while Alice has been shopping around the run club scene.

For the main topic, Alice and Elise dive into the importance of cross-training to complement any running program. With fewer road running events on the calendar this time o...

London is one of the most diverse and vibrant cities in the world, but only about 5% of the championship or “good for age” places for London Marathon are filled by runners from ethnic minorities.

Marcus Brown is making strides to change that. He is the founder of One percent Running Club, which aims to bridge the gap between traditional athletics clubs and run crews, creating a space where runners from diverse backgrounds feel comf...

In this episode of Sole Sisters, Alice and Elise start off with some “pits and peaks” of the last two weeks, including an ill-fated train journey and Alice’s aqua aerobics debut. The topic of the day is how to choose your next race. The duo go through all the key considerations including, bucket list marathons, weather conditions, and how to incorporate a holiday into a marathon trip without pissing off your partner (actually, they...

Matt Fox has been chasing a sub-2:20 marathon for the past few years, and after about eight attempts, he finally did it this year in Chicago, running 2:19:31. And after toiling so long to hit that mark, he managed to do it again four weeks later in Indianapolis where he ran another PB of 2:18:41!

In this conversation, we talk about some of the factors that led to these results, including speed work, nutrition, weight training and i...

Alice and Elise are back for another edition of Sole Sisters. This week the focus is the “offseason”, which is the wedge of time for recovery, relaxation and fun (non-running) activities after a key race.

Not going to lie, this episode is slightly manic – the duo go from talking about Alice’s experience with ritualistic burnings under a full Costa Rican moon, to that time Elise ended up in Costa Rica after being deported from a nei...

Vanessa Wilson describes herself as a mum and PE teacher from the outer burbs of Melbourne who likes to run. But Vanessa is seriously downplaying her ability – perhaps because she’s genuinely shocked by how far her running has come.

She’s almost unwittingly just become the 13th fastest Australian woman marathoner of all time, running 2:28:34 at Berlin Marathon this year, which she achieved after breaking her wrist at the 2km mark o...

Elise Beacom and Alice Baquie have teamed up for a new fortnightly series called Sole Sisters. Tune in for running insights, sisterhood vibes, life misadventures and many detours along the way.

In episode 1, the duo discuss Alice’s unconventional preparation for Melbourne Marathon. In her debut marathon build up, Alice ran no more than 10km four times per week, with a hell of a lot of pilates, swimming, cycling and surfing in betwe...