039: Jeremy Roff

Inside Running 39: Jeremy Roff

Julian catches up on his long run, balances meetings with workouts and rubs shoulders with Olympians for a new fundraising event for Ballarat Foundation.

Brad gets over his injury scare and out of Canberra for some time on the coast before bailing out of City2Surf for a local track 5000.
Brady takes out Run Melbourne Half and gives a recap on the race and talks about the Johnno’s Run initiative.

Sinead Diver and Jack Rayner pair up once again to each take out the Sydney Harbour 10k

https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/jack-rayner-and-sinead-diver-win-real-insurance-sydney-harbour-10k/

Liam Adams takes out the Westlink M7 Blacktown Running Festival over Matt Cox while Kirsten Molloy takes out the Women’s Marathon https://www.onlinetiming.com.au/2018-blacktown-running-festival/

The boys recap the other results from Run Melbourne http://events.solemotive.com/run-melbourne/run-melbourne-results/#0_85755D

Listener question asks about the lack of running coverage over in Western Australia while the return of Moose is Confused is calling out the absence of wheelchair athletes with an added discussion of fundraising

 

This week’s guest is middle distance runner Jeremy Roff, talking with Brad about his journey into running at house athletics, dabbling with cross country and representing Australia as a junior, training under coach Ken Green. Jeremy talks about how he formed his trademark work ethic, what his training week involved and how one-percenters played a role in staying injury free. He recounts representing Australia in the Commonwealth Games 2006 and 2010

1500m Melbourne, and the tension with Craig Mottram before going into the lead up to his 1500m PB of 3:34, the sessions leading into it and sacrifices to snag 8th fastest Australian time. Jeremy talks dealing with injuries and calling time on his career and where his focus has shifted since.