WA Running Podcast

Monday 9th November 2026 Vici’s mingling with the masters in the Gold Coast, so we’re joined by Ritto Ritson to help us recap the weekend’s worth of racing across the track, road and trail. We had Strive Program #5, Feral Pig Ultra and the Fremantle Running Festival. Ritto chats to us about the Bunbury Runners Club Women's Fun Run and the upcoming 7-7 Run for Ahlia, and Chris and Simon recap their 10km and team relay races at Fremantle Running Festival. In a made-up segment called Ritto’s Rambles, we delve into the history, challenges and controversy of the Blackwood Relay. Vic Hunn, Vici’s Pan Pacific Games pal, and Dan Moore are this week’s Weapons of WARP.   Casual Kudos.  Reach out and connect! Instagram: @warunningpod Email: [email protected]  Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WARP

Monday 2nd November 2026 A lot of to cover in the last couple of weeks of running that featured the 1500m at Strive Meet #4, the WAMC John Gilmour Track Race, the Pemby Trail Fest weekend, the Run Bibbulmun Track Stage Race and the Perth Duathlon & Runningworks Festival.  Vici sandbags her chances of running a sub 20 5km at the Pan Pac Masters Games, Chris’ status of topping the WhatsApp group mileage chart is under threat following Jurien Bay, and Simon looks to respectfully run faster than planned this weekend at the Freo Running Festival.  Brendan helps us recap the Perth Duathlon & Runningworks Festival, we talk about our upcoming Community Run with the guys from Perth5k on Sunday the 15th November 2026 at 7:15am, and Vici and Chris review the latest Altra Vanish Carbon 3s thanks to Stu Caufield from the Running Warehouse. Reach out and connect! Instagram: @warunningpod Email: [email protected]  Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WARP

Monday 26 October 2026 Welcome to the final episode of Road to WA Women’s Track Night. In this episode Vici’s pressing the buttons and joined by Sav and all four athletes Jessica Papa, Nikita Fredonnet, Angela Boys and Vic Burrows Bilton to recap the WA Women’s Track Night in what was a resounding success on Saturday Night. We chat about the athlete’s week leading in, their respective races, and what they’re most proud of. We recap all 6 races from ‘Shine’, ‘Bold’, Prime’, ‘Strong‘, ‘Spark’ to ‘Fierce’. Beyond the race itself, we talked about the event, the atmosphere, what made the event different and what they want to see next time. Chris and Simon drop some voice memos on their experience, and we hear what’s next for the WA Women’s Track Night. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who’s supported the event, presenting partner Reclab, Ogging Track Club, Pentanet and Tyack and Co. Supporters Town of Cambridge, Athletics West, LSKD, Bix plus many other brands who provided awesome goodies for our goody bags as well as prizes. Thank you also to our official charity partner Worthy Australia who helped us understand more about what they do to support women and children. Reach out and connect! Instagram: @wa_womens_track_ and @warunningpod Email: [email protected]  Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WARP

Monday 19 October 2026 We welcome back Shannon Burgoyne to catch up on married life, missed marathons, podcasting and her journey to starting a family. In local results, Vici & Simon recap their Perth Running Festival Half Marathon run, along with Strive Program A, Manning Park Trail Run & the annual feast that is WAMC Wally Cairns Pancake Run. Shannon’s training for the Freo 10k, Vici aims to have a go in a 5k in her busiest week, Simon hopes to be the fastest 10k in his chat group, and Chris continues to be the oldest runner in his Saturday training group. Leah Birch, people who sell free running merch on Facebook marketplace, the chocolate milk man, Daniel Taborsky and Kristy Oliver feature in this week’s Weapons of WARP. And for the agricultural enthusiasts out there, listen to Shannon on the WeedSmart Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1foyTkmyy6fIVVyucdZTIU?si=x5JFgtJbTIWqcfNW6eVk-w&utm_source=copy-link  Reach out and connect! Instagram: @warunningpod Email: [email protected]  Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WARP

Monday 12th October 2026 Welcome to Episode 03 of Road to WA Women’s Track Night. This series will bring you stories from four women who will be running in the inaugural WA Women’s Track Night. In this episode we’re joined by two more participants taking part in just under two weeks’ time and also chat to Michelle from The Digestion Co about all things nutrition and fueling for runners. Victoria Burrows-Bilton is a mum of four, triathlon teacher and head coach of Girls Like Us Performance. Originally from Yorkshire, Vic was a competitive cross-country and track runner back in the UK before moving into triathlon and longer-distance events. It's been around 20 years since Vic’s last track race, so WA Women's Track Night has inspired her to dust off the interval sessions and get back on the track. Angela Boys grew up surrounded by marathon runners and spent plenty of Sundays at WAMC events as a kid. But rather than follow in the family footsteps, she rebelled against running! It wasn't until after the birth of her second son in 2023 that she properly caught the bug, finding running became her much needed 'me time'. This year she's chasing the WAMC Half Marathon Slam Dunk Medal and joining us for her first-ever track race. -------- This training series is brought to you by the WA Women's Track Night, a celebration of women's running and the community around it. An inclusive event designed to empower women to get on the track. It all happens on Saturday the 24th October at the WA Athletics Stadium from 5pm featuring races under lights, a DJ, food trucks plus much more - creating a real festival atmosphere. Everyone is welcome to come down - so head on down to lift up women's running in WA. The WA Women's Track Night is possible thanks to the support of presenting partner RecLab, and our community partners Ogging, Pentanet, Tyack & Co, and supporting partners the Town of Cambridge and Athletics West.  Reach out and connect! Instagram: @warunningpod Email: [email protected]  Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WARP

Monday 5 October 2026 We’re back with our weekly record as the gang chats about their training of late. Chris has a coach for the first time having completed a couple of sessions with the Frontrunner group, Simon prepares for John Gilmour 10,000 stringing together a couple of consistent weeks, and it's only 39 days until Vici attempts a sub 20min 5K at the Pan Pacific Masters Games. In local results we had the Denmark Half with some great social media coverage by the Denmark Running Club, track season officially starts with Strive Program A on Saturday and the Perth Kilt Run down in Armadale. We had a Perth contingent running Berlin Marathon with Riley Hulbert dropping us a voice memo on his race experience.  We talk about the upcoming Perth Running Festival and the lack of hype on what is meant to be our biggest event in the WA running calendar, and Jack Lister-Buttle and Jeremy Ng feature in this week’s weapons of WARP. Reach out and connect! Instagram: @warunningpod Email: [email protected]  Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WARP

Monday 29th September 2026 Welcome to Episode 02 of Road to WA Women’s Track Night, the training series where we hear from four women taking part in the inaugural event, our physio and fueling experts and from our awesome presenting partner for the track night. With 26 days to go until the inaugural track night we check in with Savannah from the organising team on the latest developments including the announcement of the track night’s charity partner, Worthy Australia. In this episode we chat to Pete Carbone, the founder of Reclab and presenting partner for the WA Women’s Track Night. Pete shares the humble beginnings of Reclab which involved helping a mate out - and the concept of making people feel good to becoming Perth’s premium recovery centre. We chat about recovery, the sense of community that’s been key to Reclab’s success, the story behind Pete running City to Surf in an ice bath and the reason behind supporting the WA Women’s Track Night. Follow Reclab on Instagram @_reclab or book your next recovery session at https://www.reclab.com.au/  -------- This training series is brought to you by the WA Women's Track Night, a celebration of women's running and the community around it. An inclusive event designed to empower women to get on the track. It all happens on Saturday the 24th October at the WA Athletics Stadium from 5pm featuring races under lights, a DJ, food trucks plus much more - creating a real festival atmosphere. Everyone is welcome to come down - so head on down to lift up women's running in WA. The WA Women's Track Night is possible thanks to the support of presenting partner RecLab, and our community partners Ogging, Pentanet, Tyack & Co, and supporting partners the Town of Cambridge and Athletics West.  Reach out and connect! Instagram: @warunningpod Email: [email protected]  Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WARP

 Monday 21st September 2026 We’re joined by Vlad Ixel and Josh Tighe who have joined forces to put on a new flat and fast closed roads 5k event on Sunday the 6th of December. We also catch up on what’s new with the guys that includes upcoming races and what Vlad is cooking in the Bix Nutrition Lab that includes new types of gels and flavours. A big week in running with a tonne of results that included the Mighty Jarrah Trail Run, the Bibra Lake Fun Run, the Beachside Runningworks Festival, the Sunset Coast Running Festival and the WAMC Women’s Classic Chris signs up to Masters Athletics in the hope of beating a bunch of 60-year-olds, Vici talks about her favourite EPL team and Simon loses half of his audio but is at least the top dawg in his private Strava group leaderboard. We pay tribute to Jayme Bergman who is this week’s weapon of WARP. Remember listeners you can sign up to the fast and flat 5km on Sunday 6th December 2026. Register now at perthrun.com!   Reach out and connect! Instagram: @warunningpod Email: [email protected]  Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WARP

Monday 14th September 2026 Welcome to Episode 01 of Road to WA Women’s Track Night, the first installment of the series. This series will bring you stories from four women who will be running in the inaugural WA Women’s Track night, hear about their running journeys and how they came to enter this event. Over the course of the series, we’ll also hear from physio and sports nutrition and fueling experts along the way and chat to our awesome presenting partner for the track night Pete from RecLab. In this episode we meet the first two of our participants Jess and Nikita. Jess has represented Australia in the Backyard Ultra scene and came second in the Delirious WEST 100 miler in 2022. Life looks a bit different now with Jess recently becoming a mum and the WA Women’s Track Night will be her first race back. Nikita Fredonnet is an elite surf lifesaver turned runner, taking out the 2023 Transcend 65km and strong performances in UTA. Nikita joins us fresh off the UTMB 100 miler in Chamonix. We’re also joined by Savannah Rayner, Vici’s partner in crime behind the WA Women’s Track Night as well as WARP’s favourite physio Ella Eastaugh who shares her insights on training load and strength work for women runners. -------- This training series is brought to you by the WA Women's Track Night, a celebration of women's running and the community around it. An inclusive event designed to empower women to get on the track. It all happens on Saturday the 24th October at the WA Athletics Stadium from 5pm featuring races under lights, a DJ, food trucks plus much more - creating a real festival atmosphere. Everyone is welcome to come down - so head on down to lift up women's running in WA. The WA Women's Track Night is possible thanks to the support of presenting partner RecLab, and our community partners Ogging, Pentanet, Tyack & Co, and supporting partners the Town of Cambridge and Athletics West.  Reach out and connect! Instagram: @warunningpod Email: [email protected]  Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WARP  

Monday 7th September 2026 With Vici having the week off, it’s just Chris and Simon this week as we cover the WAMC Col Junner Spring To It Fun Run, the Ultra Series WA Light Horse Ultra and the Running Works 3 Valleys Marathon.  Chris and his family provide a movie review as Chris continues to recover from Transcend, Simon is back to 90+ weeks (and never getting injured again), and Bryan Lip is back with his 3rd Voice Memo in as Many weeks.  We have the 'Road to the WA Women’s Track Night' series that starts next week, and we find out about an upcoming special relay race called ‘the Dash’ that’s on the streets of Leederville on the 15th November.  Deon Pollard, James Payne and influencers that doctor their times feature in this week’s Weapons of WARP. Reach out and connect! Instagram: @warunningpod Email: [email protected]  Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WARP