Brad gets the lactate meter and keeps it under control.
Julian arrives from London and talks about Puma, the marathon and his comeback.
Brady recaps his memorable Boston Marathon experience.
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John Currier ran a track record of 2:01:51 to win the Boston Marathon in a row, while Alphonse Sembo was second and former winner Benson Kipruto was third. Sharon Lokedi took first place with a time of 2:18:51, Lois Chemnong came in second place, and Mary Ngugi Cooper took third place. Among Australia’s elite in action are Izzy Pat Doyle who ran in 2:25:06, Lisa Whitman in 2:32:41 and Pat Tiernan in 2:09:59.
Boston Marathon results
Sebastien Sawi breaks the marathon world record and becomes the first person to run a legitimate marathon in under two hours at the London Marathon, rewriting the books in 1:59:30. Right behind him was Yomev Kegelsha on his marathon debut in a time of 1:59:41, with Jacob Kiplimo in third place in 2:00:08, also short of the previous world record.
Tigist Assefa defended her title with the only women’s world record of 2:15:41, ahead of Helen Obiri in 2:15:53 and Joycelyn Jepkosgei in 2:15:5.
The Australians included Tim Vincent in 2:09:41 in 17th place and Liam Bowden in 2:12:55 in 23rd place.
Official results
Caden Shields won this year’s Ballarat Marathon in a time of 2:18:06 over Tom Do Canto and Jacob Cox. Eli Pashley won in 2:30:47 over Donvi Viljoen and Radka Kalfeldt.
Brett Robinson won the half marathon in a track record time of 1:03:58 ahead of Ryan Gregson and Nathan Stoate. General Gregson won in a time of 1:10:49 ahead of Danette Sheehan and Nicola Sheridan.
Brayden Noonan won the 10km race in 29:58 ahead of Andre Waring and Will Lovett, while Sinead Diver won 33:22 ahead of Tara Palm and Catherine Dowie.
Jack Rayner won the men’s elite 5K in 14:07 ahead of Ben Stevens and Ben Murnane, and Georgia Grejic won in 16:08 ahead of Stella Radford and Stephanie Kelly.
Judd Thomas won the National Road Mile Championship in 4:03.6 to beat Connor Whiteley, Luke Shaw and Gayle Hancock-Cameron in 4:26.7 ahead of Georgia Griffiths and Izzy Thorton-Butte.
Official results
Linden Hall had the fastest lap in Run The Tan with a time of 11:31, equaling Jess Hull’s 2023 record, ahead of Cara Feain-Ryan and Izzy Thorton-Bott. Callum Davies ran 10:31 to take the win ahead of Ed Marks and Jonathan Harris. Michael Roger ran fastest in the special needs division in 10:53, as did Annabelle Coleman in 13:07.
results
Whispers touches on Puma letting go of a few Australian athletes, while the Aussie name looks set to be ready for this year’s Sydney Marathon.
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