To celebrate the 100th episode of Athletics Ontario's Trillium Running Podcast, host John Shep meets back up with past guests Reid Coolsaet, Amanda Richardson, Amanda Nelson, Kerri LaBrecque and Kevin Coffey to discuss their past, their present and their future! Don't miss the celebration of all things 2023 and what we are looking forward to in 2024. Register to be an Athletics Ontario member: https://athleticsreg.ca/#!/memberships/athletics-ontario-2024-membership

Cows and hedgehogs and whales and dogs, oh my! It isn't just animals that we find on the trails; oftentimes, we find ourselves. This week's guest Shannon Caulfield and host John Shep share their love for the trail and ultra community in this final installment of our Athletics Ontario Road and Trail Ambassador series. Find out more about Shannon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/livingwithsole/ Register to be an Athletics Ontario...

The trails are winding and so is the conversation on this week's Trillium Running Podcast between Athletics Ontario Road and Trail Ambassador Dr. Geoff Gamble and our host John Shep. They discuss the importance of having a coach (especially to call us on our stuff!) and the ever-present wonderfulness of the trail community in Ontario and throughout North America. Find out more about Geoff on IG: https://www.instagram.com/shinsplintgod/ Register to be an Athletics Ontario...

We welcome back Dr. Sasha Gollish to the Trillium Running Podcast for a conversation all about FUN. Host John Shep catches up with her 2023 year, her 2024 goals and an extremely insightful project Sasha is working on to ensure sport and athletics are mentally healthy and FUN! Find out more about Sasha on IG: https://www.instagram.com/sgollishruns/ Register to be an Athletics Ontario member: https://athleticsontario.ca/2022-ao-membership-registration/

Inspired to act, inspiring others through actions - this ethos drives the work of Athletics Ontario Road and Trail Ambassador Vincent Kuber. This week on the Trillium Running Podcast, host John Shep catches up with STAC Hamilton's founder, to find out the amazing things he is doing to drive inclusion and equity through sport for youth in the city that he loves. Find out more about Vince on IG: https://www.instagram.com/coach.vince.k/ Register to be an Athletics Ontario...

Kim Krezonoski blazed a path from small-town Thunder Bay, to competing at OFSAA, to NCAAs, to a diverse post-collegiate love of fitness, to a present day elite-level competitiveness at Canadian Marathon and Cross-Country Championships. On this week's episode of the Trillium Running Podcast with John Shep, she shares her secrets to successfully running injury-free and with joy, to embracing the community of running and to finding the best run-cation coffee shop! Find out more about Kim on...

Our youngest Athletics Ontario Road and Trail Ambassador, Adriano Padoin-Castillo, is still a veteran sportsperson! He speaks with host John Shep about his athletic diversity as a hockey, swimming, soccer and running aficianado, and how that all led to him speed skating? Listen in to find out how! Find out more about Adriano on IG: https://www.instagram.com/apc.11/ Register to be an Athletics Ontario member: https://athleticsontario.ca/2022-ao-membership-registration/

What is the Athletics Ontario Road and Trail Ambassador Program? In a series highlighting these amazing individuals, host John Shep and the Trillium Running Podcast start things off by speaking with Lisa Sun of Ontario run crew We Run North York about the everyday and every way runner. Find out more about Lisa Sun on IG: https://www.instagram.com/belovedrunner/ Register to be an Athletics Ontario member: https://athleticsontario.ca/2022-ao-membership-registration/

The Western States Endurance Run is arguably the most prominent ultramarathon in all of North America. The Sulphur Springs Trail Race in Ancaster, Ontario, is aiming to be the very first certified qualifier in our province for the WSER. But why is that important? What is Western States? Host John Shep speaks this week with John Medinger, Past President and long-time board member of the Western States Endurance Run to find out! Find out more about the Western States Endurance Run on...

60 men are lost to suicide globally, every hour. In 2023, Movember Canada is encouraging all to MOVE FOR MENTAL HEALTH. Host John Shep speaks with Movember Senior Development Manager (and runner) Shane DeMarchant about the history of Movember, the importance of speaking about mens' physical and mental health, and why we grow mustaches and not mullets each November! Connect with Movember on IG: https://www.instagram.com/movember/ Register to be an Athletics Ontario...

"Your diversity adds beauty to the running community. Keep running with pride. YOU BELONG HERE!" Words of wisdom from the inspiring Melanie Murzeau, founder of Black Runners of the GTA. Listen and be impressed by her efforts as a runner, as an advocate and as the co-founder of the Scarborough 5K on this week's episode of the Trillium Running Podcast with host John Shep. And we invite back Event Director Charlotte Brookes, who has stories to tell about an amazing TCS Toronto Waterfront...

Age is nothing but a number. Grace Panoff has completed marathons, Ironmans and ultramarathons, all after the age of 40. She is an inspiration to anyone who meets her and host John Shep brings her lessons to this week's episode of the Trillium Running Podcast. We are just days away from the 2023 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon - find out how our wonderful Event Director Charlotte Brookes and her team are making their final preparations to ensure this is a magical weekend for all runners! ...

It is Thanksgiving week and what does that mean? FOOD! Host John Shep invites Top Chef Canada alum Connie Desousa and her partner at Charcut, John Jackson, to chat of course about eating, but also the role that running plays in their busy restaurant and food-focused lifestyles. We are also one week away from the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon. With Event Director Charlotte Brookes, we discuss all things expo, event swag and trash pandas!! Connect with Connie and John on...

As we gear up for Athletics Ontario's Trillium Running Festival on October 29, the Trail Collective is sharing in the message of inclusion: as we say on the podcast, "all abilities are welcome!" Host John Shep sits down with Erin Doucette about how the Trail Collective is bringing trail belonging (and candy!) to their run clinics and to the Trillium Running Festival. And our TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon countdown series continues with the returning guest Alan Brookes, founder of Canada...

Athletics Canada is walking the talk (or run, as the case may be!). Coming of a great World Championships, CEO Mathieu Gentès shares the other side of supporting our athletes: their mental health and well-being. We are only three weeks out from the 2023 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon and Community & Charity Challenge Manager Anh Vuong-Phillpotts joins us to chat all things philanthropy! How much money has the event raised over the years, what charitable partners are involved and who...

Terry Fox is a Canadian icon and continues to be an inspiration to millions. We at the Trillium Running Podcast hope to honour him with this week's episode, featuring guest and Terry's brother Fred Fox. Let's celebrate the impact of this truly amazing Canadian hero, the way that many will with this week's Terry Fox Runs in cities and schools across Canada. Also, in a special weekly countdown series leading up to the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon, we find out what it takes to put on such a...

It is all about good people. This week on the Trillium Running Podcast, host John Shep catches us with good people and 5 Peaks Ontario Race Directors Liana and Chris Williams, including an interesting origin story of the great Andre De Grasse! With their love for each other and for trail running, they have expanded the 5 Peaks Ontario racing scene and we catch up before their Harold Town Harvest Run in Peterborough on Saturday, September 30th, 2023. Check out the 5 Peaks Ontario races...

8 Days - 7 Stages - 160 KM - the ENDURrun! Host John Shep took on the ultimate test of running as a competitor in this year's edition of the ENDURrun. In this two-part episode, we learn the history of the event with Race Director Lloyd Schmidt and recaps this year's edition with fellow runner Wayne Young, who raised money for the Terry Fox Foundation as Ajax Spiderman! Learn more about the ENDURrun (and register for 2024) at: https://raceroster.com/events/2024/78957/the-endurrun-2024 ...

We all deserve a safe and welcoming place to enjoy the sport that we love - for the queer running community in Toronto, that place is the Queer Run Club. This week on the Trillium Running Podcast, host John Shep connects with QRC founder MK to learn about their passionate run club who are celebrating their Two-Year Anniversary this week(!) and what we all can learn about supporting the queer running community. Connect with MK and QRC on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/queerrunclub/ ...

Although Kinsey Middleton had to pull out of the 2023 World Athletics Championship Marathon in Budapest, we invite you to listen to a great interview with her on this week's episode of the Trillium Running Podcast. What is the day in the life of an elite marathoner? What sorts of training is required to be the 2018 Toronto Waterfront Marathon women's champion and 2022 RunOttawa Marathon women's champion? Is it better to be a drug tester or drug tested at the finish line of a marathon? We get...

"Put on your shoes and run." This is not the experience for all bodies, all genders, all abiliites. Women are vastly underrepresented in the marathon distance and experience barriers to running that often go unnoticed. We take this week on the Trillium Running Podcast to notice and speak deeply with an amazing guest, Amanda Richardson, founder of Chix Run The 6ix. Her story and insights, along with her passion, should inspire us all - especially men - to listen to what we can do to support...

From amputee to advocate, multi-time Athletics Ontario and Canadian National medallist Aristotle Domingo demonstrates his abilities as a para-athlete on the roads and in the field. What prompted the recipient of ParaSport Ontario's 2020 Ambassador of the Year Award to say: "I feel healthier now that I've become an amputee?" Find out on this week's episode of the Trillium Running Podcast. Connect with Aristotle on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/amput_o/ Register to be an Athletics...

On our Mount Rushmore of running podcast guests is Alex Hutchinson. The author and award winning journalist speaks wtih host John Shep on this week's episode of the Trillium Running Podcast about enduring messages of his book Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance on its five-year anniversary. What has he changed his mind about and what global running events have reinforced the book's themes of brain endurance in sport? Connect with Alex on Twitter...

We are alive, we are running! Wallace Wong, the Six Pack Chef of Top Chef Canada fame and new Guinness World Record holder, joins us on the Trillium Running Podcast to run through his life and accomplishments, along with some practical tips for staying healthy and balanced as foodie runners. Connect with Wallace on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/w2sixpackchef/ Register to be an Athletics Ontario member: https://athleticsontario.ca/2022-ao-membership-registration/

Let's take a stroll with two-time Olympian Evan Dunfee and author Noel Paine along their racewalking journeys. How can racewalking be a part of your road and trail running experiences? We find out from them on this episode of the Trillium Running Podcast. Connect with Evan on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/evandunfee Connect with Noel on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/canadianracewalking/ Purchase Learning to Race...