Good Good Running
3 amateur runners based on the Gold Coast, Australia. Chatting all things running, running gear and how they fit training into their busy schedules. We delve in detail about what we are wearing, why we are wearing it and how we empathise cramming big training weeks and Sunday long runs into a recreational runners life
Ep 4: The Bridge Build - Boudin gets Pulled Over & ASICS Novablast 6
Thanks to ASICS for sponsoring The Bridge Build.
Today, Nath, Bec and Liam chat all things Novablast 6.
Officially 2 weeks out from Sydney Marathon, last long workouts have happened and the team are starting to think about what the taper looks like.
Nath got his scans back which is a step in the right direction.
Liam got pulled over for running on the road (assuming too fast) and we finally get to hear Bec's week of hills (strava private)
Ep 125: Hair Sponsorship & A Zorb for Jordan
Jordans tweaked his back.. poor guy can't catch a break at this point.
Chirs battles some sickness but still grinds out a big week and Matt finally gets his V02 session out of the way.
Jakob is back, Aus World Juniors go well and Sydney is right around the corner
Lots happening over the next few weeks!
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Ep 3: The Bridge Build - Half Marathon Recap & 200km's
Thanks to ASICS for the support in this series
Sydney Marathon is only 4 weeks away and the team are getting race preparations in order.
Bec covers her recent Sunny coast half marathon where she placed 3rd.
Nath gives some insight to his recent scan and how his training has progressed.
While Liam grinds out 214km and still finds time to get to the AFL and Football
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Ep 124: A Race Recap & Success of the Novocastrians
It's a long one this week as we cover the final races of the Comm Games, a bumpy week for Chrisso and a shiny new PB for Matt in the 10km.
Jordan is building nicely and wants to be reminded not to get ahead of himself as he gets fitter, we all learn a new word for people from Newcastle and find out that Uwanda is not a country.
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Ep 2: The Bridge Build - Racing, Scans & Ticks
Thanks to ASICS for supporting the team on the way to Sydney Marathon.
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Nath. takes over hosting duties on the Build and goes into some troublesome training over the past couple of weeks.
Liam sheds light on another big week, while Bec gets ready to race Sunshine Coast Half this weekend.
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Ep 123: Golden Rose | ASICS Novablast 6 | Race Week
Rose Davies goes bang in Glasgow, finishing 1st in the 10,000m and claiming championship gold.
Matt, Jordan and Chris chat through their weeks and some upcoming races while Chris has some interesting training tactics.
Full review of the ASICS Novablast 6
https://www.asics.com/au/en-au/novablast-6/p/AOP_1012C008-700.html
Ep 1: The Bridge Build - Meeting Bec, Liam & Nathan
Thank you to ASICS for supporting this mini series
On episode 1, we meet the 3 runners who are running the Sydney Marathon. Bec who lives in Sydney with a PB of 2:30, Liam from Brisbane with a PB of 2:10 and Nathan from Adelaide with a PB of 2:32.
All coming from different blocks, different job situations and gunning for their best performance.
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Ep 122: The Mile WR, Interesting Methods & European Racing
The Mile WR went down over the weekend, Josh Kerr said he was going to do it and he did.
Jordan's back from Thailand, Chris might have made a decision on what he's going to do in Sydney and Matt has booked an Italian Half Marathon
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Ep 121 with Mitch Dyer on Chasing the Track & Field Circuit
Mitch Dyer is the fill in host this week while Jord is in Bali taking some well needed RnR.
We get into Mitch's career, the grind to get there and how being in the right circles can push your career.
We chat Comm Games, special moments through his career and the most important - Rooster 11.
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3 to GC Race Recap - A 3rd, 6th and PB
Thank you to ASICS for the support of the 3 to GC mini series.
What a weekend of running, Dom paced Ro perfectly to a PB post partum, Donve ran a PB and placed 6th in the Oceania Half Marathon Champs and Mazie ran a PB and placed 3rd in the QLD Marathon Champs.
Truly inspiring stuff from the trio - thank you to everyone who has tuned in over the past couple of months
An Afternoon with Andy Buchanan - GC Half Marathon
At the pop up over the GC marathon weekend Andy Buchanan stopped by on the Saturday afternoon to chat about the Half marathon that morning.
Although the race didn't go to plan for Andy, he was happy to delve deeper for those that came to remind us there are plenty of races to run in.
Thanks to those that came to the pop up over the weekend!
Ep 120: Gold Coast Marathon Recap + Aus Records
Big weekend of running on the Gold Coast and we recap it all!
Thank you to everyone who came past the pop up!
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Ep 119: GC Marathon Do's & Don'ts, Sydney Marathon & Cam Myers
GC marathon week - time to taper, take in all the running across the week (including national records) and carb load
Hope to see some of you at the pop-up!
Ep 7: 3 to GC - Race Week, Taper Time w/ Fellowship
Thank you to ASICS for sponsoring the 3 to GC series
It's the last episode before the big dance and the trio are well and truly ready.
It's a big episode going over the last couple of weeks and how they all plan to taper.
Thank you all for tuning in!
Ep 118: GC Half Elites & Commonwealth Games Squad | GCM Pop-Up
The GC marathon weekend is around the corner.. and so is the pop up... free coffee, free nutrition and a special guest!
The Elite half list was released with some huge names, its sure to kick the weekend off well.
Comm games squad also released - great names to represent Aus in Glasgow.
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Ep 6: 3 to GC | Peak Weeks & Outfit Leaks
A special thanks to ASICS for the support over this mini series
The gang is back for their update on training and life 2 weeks out from the GC Marathon weekend.
Mazie and Dom chat about their beloved Megablast and the battle of total Kilometres continues on episode 6.
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Ep 117: Aus National Record | Flexible Running | GC Marathon Pop Up
Another big week behind the mics
Ky Robinson runs 12:50 in the 5000m in the Diamond League taking 5 seconds off Craig Motrams old record.
Jordan is getting ready for 10km in a couple of weeks that already feels like a marathon and Chris and Matt are back running sessions in the dark.
More info for the pop up this week
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Ep 5: 3 to GC | In the Name of Strides | Pros & Cons of Coaches
Episode 5 and the gang is back!
They cover their usual training weeks and what the best and worst was, gains or garbage, and chat about their coaches and roles that they play in their athletic life.
Dom throws a good game at Donve and Mazie aswell as a listener question
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Ep 116: Building a Shoe Rotation | Mackay > Brisbane | Deals
We are back to chat all things jogging and how we look to build a shoe rotation. 2 works, 3 is good and 4 is near perfect.
Chris begs the question of why isn't Brisbane following the moves of smaller distance races and Jordan back with another week of deals
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Ep 4: 3 to GC | Thresholds | ASICS Metaspeed Sky
Thanks to ASICS for supporting 3 to GC
The gang are back and GC marathon is getting really close..
This week they cover their training weeks, Peak and Pit of the week, what's a Gain or Garbage and Dom answers some questions about his beloved ASICS Metaspeed Sky's.
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Ep 115: Puma Deviate Elite 4 | Launceston | Do's and Dont-line
New intro alert...
We are back this week to chat all things Gold Coast running, Puma Deviate Nitro elite 4 review and some massive running by some talented Aussies over the weekend - from 800m to half marathons, this past weekend had it all.
Jord is finally back uninjured (sorta), Chris has his sights set on the GC 10km and Matt is checking off more marathon sessions (again)
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Ep 3: 3 to GC | Running Philosophy | Coaches Corner
3 to GC is now proudly sponsored by ASICS Australia and the Metaspeed collection.
The trio are back with training as things start to ramp up - just over 5 weeks to go before raceday,
Things are ticking over perfectly for the gang
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Ep 114: GC Marathon Pop Up | Launceston Smokies | Enhanced Games
Jordan's still off running, Chris's 5km time is coming down and Matt jumps in on a marathon session.
The boys reveal the Gold Coast marathon popup plans with Erniold for the weekend and discuss the favourite weekend of the year.
More diamond league to results to come too,
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Ep 2: 3 to GC | Reasons for Racing | Post Race Traditions
Dom, Donve and Mazie are back with another week of training.
The trio are covering why they are racing GCM this year and some post race traditions they try to uphold after finishing a training block.
Thank you for the listener questions!
Catch you next week!
Ep 113: Eat to Perform & Chris' JayJays Loyalty
This week we cover Jordan's ankle and how it's healing. Fingers crossed he gets back jogging in the next week or so.
Chris has been ticking off his sessions, but perhaps he's underfuelling more than he knows, while Matt is finally back to not feeling so clunky.
Diamond League has started - so it's time for Athletics.
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Ep 112: Daniel WIlliams | Nambucca to World Juniors 800m
Chris takes the mic for this interview and sits down with the big fella Daniel Williams to chat about a breakout year, selection for World Juniors and life outside of running.
Dan chats through his early running with inspiration from his parents and what it's like mostly training at an AFL oval.
Exciting stuff to come from Dan!
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Ep 1: 3 to GC | Bananas & Treadmills
Meet the gang! Dom, Donve and Mazie!
Matt jumps on to host the first episode where the listeners get to meet the whole gang. Apparently there's a shared love for treadmills and bananas..with bananas also going in curry..
This is new..
Thanks for tuning in! We are excited for the next 7 weeks
Ep 111: Sinead Diver | 3 to GC | Shoes & Brews
Matt, Jordan and Chris all sit down with Australian running legend Sinead Diver.
Sinead recently won Ballarat 10km after coming home from a strong return to marathons in Tokyo.
They chat about targeting races once training makes sense and how the next half of 2026 looks for Sinead.
They cover whats coming up for GGR and some quick results around the lake.
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Ep 110: Gen Gregson - Mother, Marathoner and Race Winner
Gen Gregson is back on GGR for a second time!
Jordan and Gen chat kids, back-to-back races, a Queensland summer training block, and the few wins Gen has picked up since the arrival of little Freddy.
Gen breaks down the chaos of life with a newborn, racing short and long in the same breath, and what the years between Olympic cycles actually feel like from the inside.
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Ep 109: ON Cloudmonster 3 | Managing Injury | Reset
Jordan's done it again.. swollen ankle not going well this week.
Chris is deciding what's next for his running and Matt is finally ready to jog again.
Shoe of the month for April is the ON Cloudmoster 3 (we also chat about the LS version too)
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Ep 108: Donve Viljoen | Ballarat Marathon | Back-to-Backs
Donve's won Run for the Kids back-to-back. She's won Carmen's, the Run Prix, and the Burnley Half. She just ran 2:41 at Ballarat for second place and a five-minute PB.
This week Matt sits down with Melbourne marathon runner Donvé Viljoen for her first podcast appearance. They get into the Ballarat race breakdown, what's fuelled her rapid progression, life as a South African runner in Melbourne, and a few things her training partner probably wasn't meant to share.
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Ep 107: Ballarat Marathon, 10kms & Sawe's 1:59:30 WR
Lots of recapping this week as Matt ran Ballarat Marathon and Jordan and Chris ran a local 10km race on the Gold Coast.
London Marathon happened, Sawe ran a new WR of 1:59:30 with the top 3 beating the previous marathon WR
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Ep 106: Walkers Tolerated in Boston | Ballarat Marathon Week
Episode 106 again clears some indecision for the Rooster XI. A few new names to think about in that chat.
Matt is now in the final stages of Ballarat marathon training, Chris is now loving his time at the track and Jord is finding his new groove.
Lots to chat about this week!
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Ep 105: Rooster XI | Aus National Champs | Blind Ranks
Firstly.. It's been awhile since we updated the Rooster XI..
Matt has run his biggest marathon session to date, Chris is still running back to basics and Jordan wins parkrun!
Aus Nationals was a great watch over the weekend with the cream rising to the top - early celebrations and falls made headlines.
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Ep 104: The Taper Cave - Losing Your Mind Before a Race
Three weeks out from Ballarat and we are deep in the taper cave and honestly, it's cooked us. This week we're breaking down everything you need to know about the taper: why your legs feel like lead, why phantom injuries appear out of nowhere, and why your brain convinces you that you've somehow lost all your fitness overnight.
Aus Nationals on this weekend, with the best of the best competing in Sydney
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Ep 103: Maurie Plant | Aus 10km Record | Back to Basics
Matt and Jordan are head to Melbourne for the Maurie Plant meet. This week: Matt breaks down his big marathon session, Jordan recaps his 10km race, and Chris explains why he's gone back to basics.
Huge results for Aus distance running!
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Ep 102: ASICS Superblast 3 | GC T100 | Indoor World Champs
Thanks to ASICS for sponsoring Shoe of the Month this month - Today we chat about the Superblast 3, the comparisons to the 2 and how we are using it.
Find it here - https://www.asics.com/au/en-au/superblast-3/p/AOP_1013A177-400.html
Jordan and Chris raced at the T100 and Matt is making his way (very slowly) to Ballarat Marathon,
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Ep 101: The Milestone Hangover | Honey Coffee
Fresh off episdoe 100 we are back to chat all things training and AI methods of optimising our running.
Jords sick..again..
Chris has a 10k race this weekend and Matt is ticking them off one by one.
We reveal the winner of the word competition!
Episode 100 with Andy Buchanan
Who would have thought we'd hit 100 episodes.. and who better to help us celebrate than the Australian Marathon Record holder - Andy Buchanan. He was there for episode 50 so it seemed right to have him back for episode 100.
We re- live some old episodes and celebrate our latest achievements. Thank you to everyone who has tuned in, followed and messaged in. We truly value you all!
Ep 99: Marathon Season | Hobart Track | Handshake Woes
The Superblast 3 is out today… and yes, we’ve got thoughts.
With marathon season creeping up, we talk about what you should be doing right now - especially if you’re not already running consistently.
Some massive results in Hobart to go over, as well as Sinead back racing in marathons.
We have announced a competition for our 100th episode next week!