376: Brian Beckstead | Cadbury Marathon | Leanne Pompeani

376: Brian Beckstead | Cadbury Marathon | Leanne Pompeani

This episode is sponsored Altra Running check out their latest shoe the LONE PEAK 9+ and listen in later in to Moose's interview

with Brian Beckstead Altra Footwear Co-Founder. Visit altrarunning.com.au or visit your local specialty running store to shop now.

Leanne Pompeani returns to catch us up on her last few races and makes a huge announcement for her debut marathon, training into that
Julian finds some positives in the rebuild even when he gets lost.
Brad plays the long game as works around the heat.

This week's running news is presented by Axil Coffee https://axilcoffee.com.au/

Valencia 10k Andreas Almgren of Sweden takes out the in a new European record of 26:53, just ahead of Dominic Lobalu of Switzerland and Vincent Langat of Kenya. Hellen Ekale Lobun set a massive personal best of 29:31 ahead of Girmawit Gebrzihair and Fotyen Hailyu of Ethiopia.
Official Results

Fraser Darcy won the 2025 Cadbury Marathon in Hobart Tasmania, in 2:26 while Camille O’Donaghue won in 2:54:46.
Sarah Klein won the half marathon in 1:17:25 while Richie Egan also won in 1:09:52.
Official Results

Adelaide University Athletic Club hosted the inaugural Run the Loop, with Caitlin Adams and Jonothan Harris posting the fastest times on the 2.2km loop.
Official Results

Julian reviews the recently released Altra Lone Peak 9+, a trail shoe available through all running specialty shops. Julian goes a little into the history of Altra and then delves into how he’s been finding the Lone Peak 9+.

Listener Question whether its beneficial to do a little more intensity with less days of running.

Moose on the Loose muses on convicted dopers re-entering professional racing, then the whispers speak about potential moves between training groups and lining up races

This week’s guest is CEO and co-founder of Altra Running Brian Beckstead. Brian chats with Julian about his origins in Orem, Utah, meeting his future team and using their observations in barefoot running to inform the philosophy that went into developing the first Altra models, as well as building up their distribution on the cusp of the barefoot trend.
Brian reflects on some of the significant moments and mistakes that have characterised Altra’s growth as a running brand, committing to trail running and getting adopted by the hiking community then talks about making innovation and running shoe foam, and how Altra position themselves in the mainstream running culture. He breaks down some truths and beliefs of running brands, talks about his current involvement, then gives further detail into the Altra Lone Peak 9+ before rounding out with the future direction of Altra.