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The Aussie Runner Podcast covers the Australian running scene via trail, road and track. If you love running as much as we do, then join us on your next run as we talk to real Aussie runners and learn about all the things that make running great. Presented by Damon Roberts & Jeremy Francis.

Dec 16, 2022

3 years on, Geoff & Neil sit back down with Australian Ultra running’s equivalent of Russell Crowe, prolific International podium snatcher & super-coach, bro from across the ditch, Scotty Hawker (NZ).  With a recent 2nd spot at UTA100 the boys speak to Scotty about the changing landscape of UTA, what he’s learnt...


Nov 24, 2022

Jez & Damo chat to the ACT Brumbies most capped player, publican & parkrun fanatic Ben Alexander, a power-house prop with 154 Brumbies appearances & 72 Wallabies caps.  Learn how his parents steered him from the precipice of Uni & Rugby abject failure to a barn-storming 10 year career in the top flight, how running...


Nov 14, 2022

Geoff & Neil catch up with Allicia Heron, the up & coming star of Aussie 24/48hr track running who recently took home the bronze medal at the IAU 24hr Asia and Oceania Championships in India.  Learn how her 15+ years in military service has helped give her the edge, how she deploys the Buddha/Bad arse strategy, how the...


Oct 24, 2022

Jez & Damo speak to a lady who in the 1988 Seoul Olympics delivered one of Australia’s finest gold medal performances … it’s the final straight of the 400m hurdles final, Debbie Flintoff-King OAM faces a Russian runner with a seemingly insurmountable lead, and BOOM, with ‘a heart bigger than Phar Lap’ she...


Oct 16, 2022

Neil & Geoff speak to back yard ultra specialist & champ Phil Gore.  A man that’s won the last 10 ultra marathons he’s taken part in over the last 2 years, learn how COVID transformed this 5k streak runner (1132 5k days in a row!) and park run fanatic in to quite possibly Australia’s best last man standing...