Runningflat Radio Podcast

We get the most knowledgeable minds of Triathlon today together to talk about the state of Triathlon in Canada.Our guests this week are the CEO from Triathlon Canada Tim Wilson; Steve Fleck - industry insider, endurance race and event announcer; Barry Shepley - Hall of fame Olympic coach for Canada and Co-founder of Canada's Kids of Steel program across Canada; Kevin MacKinnon - pro triathlete for nine years, today is a coach, announcer and journalist and is the founding editor of Triathlon Magazine Canada.

Competitors from the Pelee Island Winery Half Marathon talk about the weather, the event, the run, the island, the party and the experience overall.

Feature interview with Kathrie Switzer about that legendary day at the Boston Marathon in 1967 that changed Running forever. The first women to compete and complete the marathon started a movement that helped change women rights in the United States and eventually the addition of the Women’s Marathon in the Olympics. Today she is an influence around the world with 261Fearless and a movement for women to overcome any obstacle or oppression.

Dave McGillivray Race Director of the Boston Marathon talks about changes to the 2015 Boston Marathon. Michelle Lemire a runner at Le Chocolat tells us why she is running for Molly’s Matters.

Gary Belanger from the RunningFactory and the New Balance Store joins us in studio to talk about the new ON-Running Shoes as well as other great gear trends we are seeing for 2015.

Brett Lumley Associate Head Coach of University of Windsor Lancers joins RunningFlat Radio to talk about the incredibly successful program and its legacy in a running community.

81 years young Anne Garret holds the US Half Marathon record at 2:13:23. The Oceanside California native is an inspiration and you want to hear how she started running.

Mary Brannagan RPT and Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Physiotherapists. We talk common injury and prevention and what treatments to administer. The most important is who to help you and get to the root cause of why you are injured. Many practitioners just treat the symptoms but you need to find out why the injury has occurred.

Athletics Canada’s John Lofranco announces live that Le Chocolate has been awarded the new National 10K Age-Group/Masters Championships. RunningFlat’s Doc Dr Tim O’Callahan is live in studio to give us advice on how to get started to a healthier you in the new year. We also talk about injury, The Family Health Team structure and why is Dr Tim riding 1200K in France this summer? Maybe your Doc can write you a script for a new Cervelo?

Nearly 50 years in the business, Florine Mark of Weight Watchers tells us about her successes and challenges in todays go go lifestyle. Her passion is evident and she has been a pioneer in the weight loss industry as many big fads like Adkins, Scarsdale, Hollywood and thousands of others have come and gone, Florine and Weight Watchers have always been there.

Chris and Kelly talk training, running and how to get started. We also go through what to not ask a runner.

New Years resolution show with Dr Michelle Prince as well as Adrenaline Extreme Fitness’s Danielle and Chris Mingay.

Kevin Hanson, co-owner of the Hanson’s Running Stores, The Hanson’s Running Method and the Elite Hanson’s Running Team. The Hanson’s have made a huge contribution to running and you see their team at the front of all the races. Kevin give us an amazing tour through their history, their ideology and why the Hanson’s Methodology works. We hope to have Kevin back in studio in a few months to talk more about the Method and training regiments for your spring races.

Lionel Sanders joins us in studio after his win at Ironman Florida. We explore his amazing life story from drug and alcohol abuse to Professional Triathlete.

Jeremy Barton is on a quest to run over 1000km this year. A very doable goal that is 20km a week. Jeremy is doing that in paid running events 5k, 10k and 21k at a time. Registering for all local running events in a 50 mile radius of his home and traveling to some as well. Join Kelly Steele and Chris Uszynski for this interesting talk with Jeremy Barton on RunningFlat Radio.

Deputy Minister Thomas Ullyett and Ben Yushot from the Yukon Athletics join us to talk cold weather running. We deep dive what runners from Whitehorse Yukon are wearing and running with throughout the winter months. -20 C is not uncommon in Whitehorse so what to wear from shoes to undergarments and everything in between.

Always direct and sometimes controversial legendary hockey coach, commentator and Canadian icon Don Cherry joins Kelly Steele and Chris Uszynski on RunningFlat Radio. Every year the runners of Canada D’Eh vote on who they want on the finishers medal. Last year it was Sir John A, and runners suggested who they want for this this year. We tally those votes and boil up the top 3 vote getters (Wayne Gretzky, Rick Mercer and Terry Fox) were this years choices and then runners suggest who they want on next year 2015. We are tallying the votes and in the top three is our guest Don Cherry. He tells it like it is….put it there!

Kelly and Chris talk about Pelee Island Winery Half Marathon that is SOLD OUT, Le Chocolat Half Marathon, 10K & 5K and Winter running. Tony DeSantis from the Community Living Essex County talks to us about the 20 years of the Jingle Bell 5K & 10K Run.

Chris takes on his critics that Heroes Half is too expensive and compares the numbers with a couple dozen other half marathons from around the Great Lakes. Jim Crist from Marathonpacing.com and Steve Fleck announcer for Ironman join us to talk about the costs and status of the industry.

Multi Emmy award winning Radio and Television broadcaster Toni Reavis who voices Boston, NY, LA and Chicago Marathons joins us. Kelly Steele and I discuss the state of the industry and Toni's view developing a professional runner's tour. Toni is very insightful, and gives us an overview of the various running booms and where are running heroes have gone. This is a must listen and very educated view on elite running.