Episodes
Aaaaand just like that the Athletics are HERE. Join us for our Day 2 aths wrap!! Anna is coming to us LIVE from Paris and gives us a bit of insight into the vibes on the groundWe unpack the drama that was the Men's 1500m, Women's 5000m and Women's 800m heatsWe discuss wtf is a repechage and make some predictions for what's coming up next 👀Follow us wherever you get your podcasts + Instagram, Tiktok, Phoebe's Strava + Anna's Strava, and join our Strava community 🩵 Music produced by Hugh R...
Published 08/02/24
Helloooo Cheeky friends! Join us for our Day 3 aths wrap!! Anna has officially attended her first Olympic event! We unpack the drama within the Women's 100m semi final as well what happened in the Women's 800 and Men's 1500 repechage rounds.Follow us wherever you get your podcasts + Instagram, Tiktok, Phoebe's Strava + Anna's Strava, and join our Strava community 🩵 Music produced by Hugh Raper & logo design by Michael Cotellessa
Published 08/02/24
Are you ready to become an armchair expert for the 5000m?! Sure you are!!In this episode we:discuss what makes the 5000m event so excitingtell the stories of the Aussie athletes you'll be getting behindgive you a run down of the race favouritesmake our own predictions of how it will unfoldENJOY, we did!!Follow us wherever you get your podcasts + Instagram, Tiktok, Phoebe's Strava + Anna's Strava, and join our Strava community 🩵 Music produced by Hugh Raper & logo design by Michael Cotelle...
Published 07/30/24
Week two of the marathon block done and things are heating up. This week we get a bit real and talk about our respective mindset challenges in the early stages of training for a race. We then rate our training, recovery and fuelling for the week out of 10 and unpack why. We finish by awarding our cheeky team member of the week to someone who gave advice on the cheeky strava thread that stuck with both of us 🙏Thanks to the team at On for helping us bring this season to life and crea...
Published 07/28/24
Are you ready to become an armchair expert for the 800m?! Sure you are!!In this episode we:discuss what makes the 800m event so excitingtell the stories of the Aussie athletes you'll be getting behindgive you a run down of the race favouritesmake our own predictions of how it will unfoldENJOY, we did!!Follow us wherever you get your podcasts + Instagram, Tiktok, Phoebe's Strava + Anna's Strava, and join our Strava community 🩵 Music produced by Hugh Raper & logo design by Michael Cotellessa
Published 07/27/24
Are you ready to become an armchair expert for the 1500m?! Sure you are!!In this episode we:discuss what makes the 1500m event so excitingtell the stories of the Aussie athletes you'll be getting behindgive you a run down of the race favouritesmake our own predictions of how it will unfoldPLUS YOU GET A BONUS INTERVIEW with absolute superwoman Jess Hull!!!!!ENJOY, we did!!Follow us wherever you get your podcasts + Instagram, Tiktok, Phoebe's Strava + Anna's Strava, and join our Strava communi...
Published 07/25/24
Oh hiiii, fancy seeing you here!One of the best parts of the Olympics is the sudden emergence of armchair experts every where you go. You can't avoid them: they're on busses, in the lift, at the water cooler. They argue over fine details of sports they'd never heard of before last week, have strong opinions on the judges scoring abilities in the latest breaking routine, and can confidently tell you who will win the most niche of events.So - we've made this for everyone who loves running but f...
Published 07/25/24
WE ARE BACK CHEEKY FRIENDS!!! Did you miss us?!?! Season 3 is going to be done a little differently, so tune IN to hear about our new format and big plans. This weeks episode includes a race recap from Gold Coast half mara (as well as what we can learn from it), an overview of how our training will change in the lead up to Berlin Marathon, and finally setting our goals for Berlin. We can't wait to get stuck in!Thanks to the team at On for helping us bring this season to life and creating...
Published 07/21/24
Gooood morning cheeky chums 🍌 In our final episode of season 2 we demystify how to prep for a race. We talk through how to taper, carb load, manage pre-race nerves, and plan out a race strategy. We also bust some race day myths and answer some race-related listener questions.We then let rip three (3) SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!!!! Very excited to share with you all.👉 Register to join us on our gold coast shake-out run hereThis episode of Cheeky Run Club is brought to you by Pillar Performa...
Published 06/16/24
Oh helloooo cheeky chums! This week we chat to our friend Bronte to showcase a different model for why people run. We talk about running to explore whilst travelling and then explore different theories for how running boosts your creativity. We finish with a listener question from Bronte where we unpack how to level up your long runs.This episode of Cheeky Run Club is brought to you by Pillar Performance and they have been generous enough to give our Cheeky community a discou...
Published 06/09/24
Helllooooo cheeky friends! Hope you had a lovely weekend! This week we chat through the lessons we have learnt from our worst races (there are many-just ask us) and how they have helped us in the long run. During this weeks rundown segment we give you a little update about what is happening with the selection of the Australian Women's marathon team for Paris 2024. If you want to support the show, please follow us wherever you listen to your podcasts or on social media: Instagram, T...
Published 06/02/24
Oh helloooo cheeky chums!Today we are chatting about running in the coldest season (topical!!). We go through ten of our best tips and tricks to keep you motivated and moving in the cold/dark/gloomy weather.In the Rundown we discuss a divide that's opened up in the running world, and we finish with a new segment - the Hot Seat - where we put each other on the spot with a running-related dilemma/question.If you want to support the show, please follow us wherever you listen to your podcasts or ...
Published 05/26/24
Happy Monday cheeky pals! Today we dive into running burnout, a surprisingly undiscussed dimension of running life. We look at what it is, why it happens, how it impacts you and how to recover from it. We also tell some stories of running burnout to give more colour to the facts, some from our community and some of our own.Notable runs include a recap of Anna's cross country race and a running session gift from Phoebe (1, 5, 1, 4, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1 min efforts w 1 min float recovery, thank m...
Published 05/19/24
Helllooooo cheeky friends! Happy Monday! We often say that running is forever teaching us lessons on and off the track so today we are going to discuss our learnings and insights about what running has taught us recently. We then answer TWO listener questions about running through sickness and how to introduce strength work from home. If you want to support the show, please follow us wherever you listen to your podcasts or on social media: Instagram, Tiktok, Cheeky Run Club Strava commun...
Published 05/12/24
Helllooooo Cheeky friends!This week we will once again be talking to pelvic floor physiotherapist (and founder of Physio for Women) Rachel Fitt about the journey back to running after giving birth. If you haven’t already, we advise going back to last weeks ep and listening to that first to give you a better understanding of some of the themes we chat about today.We then bring you The Run Down for the second time ever and discuss the six amazing women who are all vying for a spot on the Austra...
Published 05/05/24
Happy Monday cheeky pals! Today we explore the nuances of running during pregnancy with the help of Women's Pelvic Floor Physio (and founder of Physio for Women) Rachel Fitt. We break down what happens to your body in each trimester and then understand how that impacts our ability to run. We wrap up with some all-time running recs.If you want to support the show, please follow us wherever you listen to your podcasts or on social media: Instagram, Tiktok, Cheeky Run Club Strava community, plu...
Published 04/28/24
Helllooooo cheeky friends! Today we are going to discuss our learnings and insights into how best to stay healthy and run consistently without getting injured. We then introduce a new segment (drum roll!!!), The Run Down, which we think will be a crowd favourite and finish off with season two's first Weekly Weapon. If you want to support the show, please follow us wherever you listen to your podcasts or on social media: Instagram, Tiktok, Cheeky Run Club Strava community, plus Phoebe's ...
Published 04/21/24
WE'RE BACKKKKKKK!!!  Season two kicks off with a BANG with a dive into our most requested running topic: running fuel. After discussing worst and best runs of the break (including a big debrief of the first ever cheeky club run that morning) we welcome our expert guest Em Massey, who helps us unpack how eating impacts your running and vice-versa. We then finish on some helpful albeit very chaotic running recs. 🎽 Link to buy cheeky tee here. If you want to support the show, please follow us...
Published 04/14/24
Well cheeky friends, the day is here... and we don't just mean the final episode of season one. The time has come to enlighten the world on SPORTS BRAS, which possibly top the charts in terms of most impactful/least understood aspects of running. We kick off the episode a little bit differently with a race recap, as we both did 5k races the night before recording. We then dive deep into sports bras: why do we need to support our breasts, what's the impact of not supporting them, how will...
Published 03/24/24
Helllooooo cheeky friends! Today we are breaking down the different kind of runs we do, why we do a variety and how to do them well. We then discuss  the idea of belonging to a wide variety of run groups in our No Stupid Questions segment brought to you by KICRUN and finish it off with a (moderately) BIG announcement. 👉 End of Season 1 Survey link here! Big thank you to the wonderful Gary Howard from Run Crew (Phoebe's coach) for helping us with this episode. If you want to support the...
Published 03/17/24
HI CHEEKY FRIENDS! Today we are chatting all things running etiquette. We then answer questions on dating run clubs and other such hot topics in our No Stupid Questions segment brought to you by KICRUN, before Anna launches a surprise new segment 🧐 and we bring it home with this week's weapon. If you want to support the show, please follow us wherever you listen to your podcasts or on social media: Instagram, Tiktok, Cheeky Run Club Strava community, plus Phoebe's Strava and Anna's...
Published 03/10/24
Helloooooo cheeky listeners!  We are SO excited to introduce our first ever guest of the pod, the  extraordinary and inspiring Laura Henshaw, the CEO and co-founder of the Australian health & fitness app, Kic. We unpack her relationship with running, how it has changed over the years, and the lessons learnt on the way. We then jump into our No Stupid Questions segment brought to you by KICRUN (that's right we have a sponsor !!!) and finish with perhaps the most wholesome weekly weapon...
Published 03/03/24
Hello cheeky friends!  Today, we are keeping our authenticity in check and starting a conversation about the darker side of running. As the great Rocky Balboa once said - "...the world ain't all sunshine and rainbows." There's a good chance he was talking about running when he said this, and if sometimes you feel like your relationship with running isn't as positive as you'd like it to be, we hope you'll be able to relate to this ep! We finish the episode by asking you for a little bit of...
Published 02/25/24
Hello cheeky friends!  Today, we go through why running makes us feel so good.   We shake things up a little bit by answering a couple of listener questions and introduce our own cheeky idea for new running friendships. You can find the article that we strongly (!!!) recommend reading below: https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/february/grace-tame/running-out-trouble#mtr Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheekyrunclub/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cheekyrunclub Phoebe's Strava:...
Published 02/18/24
Hello friends! Today we dive into the age-old question: how should you prep for your run? Should you eat? Drink? Stretch? Brush your teeth? What the heck are 'activations' and how do you do them?! We discuss all of the above and talk through our own pre-run routines. Or if none of that is enough - our weekly warrior this week is calling in all the way from Antarctica, so you don't want to miss it! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheekyrunclub/ Tiktok:...
Published 02/11/24