Run With It

Haftu Strintzos spent the first years of his life as a shepherd in mountainous Tigray in northern Ethiopia. He cared for sheep and cows and played hopscotch (the Tigrayan version) with the other shepherds.

Now an Asics-sponsored athlete, with his sights on representing Australia in the marathon, Haftu has the most incredible story brimming with resilience and perspective. But to understand how he got from A to B, you’ll just have t...

In this episode of Sole Sisters, Alice and Elise share the latest happenings, laden with innuendo and a few existential musings. The conversation kicks off with Alice’s new bangs (fringe) and some brutally honest family reactions to her new hairdo. EB and AB engage in some tattoo “show and tell” (terrible radio), and Alice announces signing up for an ultra-marathon, which is the final piece of the puzzle in her early onset mid-life...

Kate Mason was found dancing with tambourines and maracas in a Ballarat carpark just hours after she won the marathon there. And with a win, a course record and a PB of 2:33:55, why wouldn’t you?!

In this episode of Run With It, Kate recaps her race, including some critical changes she made to her fuelling this time around, and the post marathon carpark DJ set with her training mates. The full-time secondary school teacher (Outdoor...

In this BIG episode of Sole Sisters, marathons are front and centre! 

Elise Beacom recaps her Ballarat Marathon experience two weeks ago where she ran a PB of 2:49:15. She takes us through the race week nerves, the highs and lows, epic crowd support, new friends she made on course and how deep she had to dig in the back half. Marathons are HARD! 

Meanwhile, Alice Baquie has returned from her worldwide marathon tour, sharing her hot...

Before Andy Buchanan’s iconic 2:06:22 at Valencia last year, he often found himself lost in daydreams of breaking the Australian record while running in the bush. But as soon as the run was over, the thoughts would dissipate like a mirage.

In this episode of Run With It, Andy shares the feeling of actually crossing the blue carpet at Valencia and experiencing time slow down in that moment. He talks about how mental training has tra...

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...