WA Running Podcast

A podcast by WA runners, for WA runners. Join non elite runners Chris, Simon & Vici as they cover the roads, trails and track scenes in Western Australia, as well as interviewing notable personalities of the WA running community.

WA Running Podcast is a sports podcast hosted by The WARP, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

The WARP hosts WA Running Podcast, a sports show with 100 episodes published.

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  Episode #156

  Road to WA Women's Track Episode 02 | WA Women's Track Night Training Series | Pete from Reclab

  Sep 28, 202655 min

  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: warunningpodcast@gmail.com Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WARP

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  Episode #155

  Episode 130 | Vlad Ixel & Josh Tighe on the new Perth 5K + all the local results

  Sep 21, 20261h 38m

  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: warunningpodcast@gmail.com Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WARP

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  Episode #154

  Road to WA Women's Track Episode 01 | WA Women's Track Night Training Series | Nikita Fredonnet & Jessica Papa

  Sep 14, 20261h 18m

  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: warunningpodcast@gmail.com Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WARP

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  Episode #153

  Episode 129 | Col Junner | Light Horse Ultra | 3 Valleys Marathon

  Sep 7, 20261h 11m

  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: warunningpodcast@gmail.com Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WARP

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  Episode #152

  Episode 128 | City to Surf | Perth 32 | Sydney Marathon

  Aug 31, 20261h 55m

  Monday 31st August 2026 Just the usual gang today to recap the last few weeks of races, and some seriously impressive feats of human endurance for special causes. Chris and Simon have sensible training weeks, while Vici runs a big PB at City to Surf to cap off her month of ‘solid’ runs/races. We had our on the ground reporter in Bryan Lip covering the Cocos (keeling) Islands Marathon in our unexpected ‘Getaway’ segment, the WAMC Perth 32, the Soul Runners Trail Blaze Fun Run and the spectacle that was the Sydney Marathon and City to Surf. Bryan’s back with an energetic Sydney recap with WA’s marathon power couple and friends, we find out more about the 5km road race on the 6th December and we do another call out for pacers for the Perth Running Festival. Phil Gore, a Jesse Chambers update and the Low Ceiling Podcast Transcend team feature in this week’s Weapons of WARP. 5km Road Race Registrations on the 6th December 2026: https://www.perthrun.com/ Perth Running Festival Pacers - please email simone@wamc.org.au or get in touch with us! And finally, for the observers - stick around to the end for your next clue. Reach out and connect! Instagram: @warunningpod Email: warunningpodcast@gmail.com Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/WARP

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