With the Chiefs

In this episode we were joined by Sami Danckert, a talented distance runner who recently ran a breakthrough 2:43:01 at the Melbourne Marathon, finishing as the 8th female. We were also joined by Chris Gatt, who paced Sami. During the episode, we explored Sami’s sport background, training, and the journey that led to the marathon performance, as well as recapping the race.

In this episode, we catch up with Chris Gatt from Delta Running Project, who ran 2:41:29, and Adrian Caputo, who completed his first marathon in 4:57:09. We also recap Dom’s impressive half marathon performance of 72:44.

In this episode, we caught up with Jonathan Muncey. Jono is a member of Delta Running Project and has personal bests of 15:18 in the 5k, 31:45 in the 10k, 1:10:11 in the half, and now a brand new PB of 2:27:55 in the marathon, which he ran at the Ballarat Marathon. We recap the race and discuss the training that led up to the result. Dom and Luke also discuss their own races — the Newcastle Half (75:01) and the Ballarat Marathon (2:43:47).

This week we were joined by Leo Peterson. We last caught up with Leo three years ago in Episode 19, just after he broke 30 minutes for the first time—and since then, he’s gone on to represent Australia multiple times, including at the 2022 Mountain & Trail Running Champs in Thailand, where he placed 40th in the up-down race, and in 2023 in Austria, placing 80th. In 2024, he shifted focus to the Golden Trail Series, winning the national series and earning a spot at the world final in Switzerland.

In this episode, we recapped the recent Port Macquarie Running Festival with fellow delta runners Matt Ho (1:10.15 Half Marathon), Jonathan Muncey (1:10.11 Half Marathon) and Chris Gatt (2:20.32 - Treble)

In this episode, we caught up with Sam Clifford, a professional runner from Tasmania and member of Team Tempo. Sam shared his experiences from recent standout races, including his first-place finish at the Burnie 10k where he ran 28:17, and his second-place finish at Zatopek 10 where he ran 28:29. We also discuss how Sam’s training has evolved over time, dating back to the training that led up to his 14:07 in the 5k that he ran when he set an U18 national record in 2019.

In this episode we caught up to discuss our training over the last few weeks, and recapped the 2025 Sun Run 10k event.

In this episode, we preview the upcoming training blocks for the Ballarat Marathon (Luke) and the Newcastle Half Marathon (Dom).

4 weeks until Gold Coast Marathon.

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In this episode, we caught up with Matt Gore to recap the Sydney Hoka Half Marathon, where Matt ran 69:57, taking 2 minutes off his PB, and coming in 5th place. Luke also ran 72:06, taking 40 seconds off his PB, and coming 10th place. We also spoke about some of the training that led up to these performances.

In this episode, we caught up with DELTA runner Anthony Wood. We discussed his running journey so far, including the training that led up to his 2:45 marathon PB in December 2022. Ant also shared his inspiring road to recovery from a near death snowboarding accident, which occurred in the build up to the Chicago Marathon in July 2023.

In this episode we recapped the recent 2024 Buffalo Stampede with race director Joe Dorph. We gained insight into each event, ranging from the 10k sprint, up to the 100k, while also covering the grand slam and relay races.

Matt is a very talented member of DELTA Running Project with personal bests of 14:53 in the 5k, 31:35 in the 10k, 1:09 in the half marathon and 2:28:00 in the marathon. In this episode, we spoke about his recent first place finish at the Canberra marathon where he ran 2:32:13. We also spoke about Matts experience balancing family life (raising 6 kids), a busy work schedule and running.

In this episode, we recapped Doms recent trip to Tasmania, where he raced the Kunanyi Mountain Run, competing in multiple events over 3 days, including the Vertical Kilometre, 9km, and 25km races. We also discussed the last 2 weeks of training, including a fun day out at Rhodes Parkrun, where many DELTA squad mates took home 5k personal bests.

In this episode we previewed our plans for the next 16 weeks leading into Gold Coast Marathon. Within this, we covered off topics such as: what we are doing differently (Given Dom has UTA mid block), some of the potential challenges, the gear choices — shoes, diet, race nutrition — and the overall goal for the marathon.

In this episode we recapped Tarawera Ultra-Trail UTMB 50k with Delta Running Projects Georgia Barr and Michaela Franz. We also explored both of their approaches to training for the race. Side note: we recommend listening to the inspiring outro, kindly presented to you by Aaron Skinner.

Matt Taylor has made rapid improvements with his fitness over the last 12 months, taking his 5k time from 15:57 at last years state 5K, down to a whopping 15:03 in the recent state 5K a few weeks ago. We spoke about the training that went into these results, along with his previous marathon in the Gold Coast in 2023. We also gained a preview into his next marathon, where he plans to race in Boston.

Zach Johnson is a very talented middle distance runner, who under the guidance of Run Crew, has achieved personal bests of 1:52 in the 800, 3:51 in the 1500, and 8:27 in the 3000. We spoke with Zach about some of the training that led up to those performances, along with the exciting plans he has moving forward in the sport.

This episode is all about one of the deepest, most challenging trail races in Australia - Buffalo Stampede.

We caught up with race director/course designer Joe Dorph to pre-view this year's fields and courses as well as reminisce over some of the most memorable moments of the event in the past few years.

There are still a few entries floating around for this years event 22-24 March 2024 we would definitely recommend!

Hope you enjoy

2023 review: Highlights, Low points, Plans for 2024, Key learnings. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. See you in 2024.

In this episode we were very lucky to be joined by Georgia Barr — Georgia is a talented athlete who has improved quite rapidly in the sport since starting. We talked about the training and experiences which led up to her personal bests, which include - 81:41 in the half and 36:06 in the 10k. We also touched on a range of different topics, including: Shoes, the differences in the Melbourne and Sydney running scenes, training for a debut trail race, working at pace athletic, and more.

Keith is a one-of-a-kind person whose innovative spirit and dedication to running has likely had an impact on almost every runner in Sydney. We were incredibly lucky to be able to sit down with Keith and hear his thoughts on:

• His running and coaching philosophies
• What he has learned from over 20 years of running experience and event management
• Where the Australian running community is heading
• What it takes to host and manage some of the biggest running events in the world, such as City2surf, UTA, Sixfoot track, Gold Coast marathon, Bondi to Manly, the Sun Run, and many more!

Nick Jeffree is a retired elite Australian diver. After retiring from diving, Nick took up running and has already achieved a sub 3 time in the Melbourne marathon. In this episode, we explore a wide range of topics related to his athletics background, including both running and strength training, nutrition, injury battles and prevention, and more.

Chiefs Chatting.

In this episode we recapped the recent Bondi to Manly Ultra Marathon with Dom and Chris.

In this episode we caught up with local running legend Ian Zhou, who recently ran 2.38 at the Melbourne marathon. We discussed his textbook build up to that race, along with Ians running background which dates back to high school cross country.

Hi Guys - this episode is a little different as it is not focused primarily on running. We interviewed Adrian Caputo, one of our friends from primary school (and fan of the show), who has been a key part of both of our running journeys — hope you enjoy.

We recap Doms race in Berlin.

Chiefs Chatting

In this weeks episode we caught up with our second ever international guest John 'the hippy runner' Meade from Cork, Ireland.

John is one of the fastest guys in Cork (half marathon PB of 69mins) and you can usually find him on the podiums at local Irish races.

We delve into John’s running journey as he found the sport later in life as well as exploring how despite his successes he draws more purpose from being apart of the local running community than setting ambitious goals and chasing faster times.

Thanks for the great craic John!

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