Tales from the Valley Podcast

Sam and Katie chat with Lucy Holman. In just five short years, Lucy has won the Husky 10k twice in a row with a PB of 38:05 (even after getting taken out by the lead bike and hitting the deck). She a…

Sam and Katie speak with Sharon Sutherland, a 2016 Bravehearts 777 participant and key organizer for the Kiama Running Club. One of Sharon’s most impressive accomplishments was participating in the B…

Sam, Katie, and Mitch speak with Sam Jones. Sam has very impressive personal bests, including 14:55 for 5K and 68:30 for the half marathon. Sam was involved in athletics when he was younger but found…

Sam, Katie, and Mitch chat with Claire Rayner. Claire has had a long and successful running career, boasting a 35:00 10K personal best at just 16 years old. More recently, she ran a 2:58 marathon in …

Katie, Mitch, and Sam speak with Liam Manton this week. Liam is fresh off his 2:54 marathon on the Sunshine Coast last weekend, so we’re lucky enough to get a current recap. Liam has an eclectic endu…

Sam, Katie, and Mitch are joined by WTC member Dane Ottesen. In just a few short years, Dane has run an impressive time trial of 15:04 on the Picton Parkrun course (though not during an official even…

Sam, Katie, and Josh are joined by Jaymee McPherson, the founder of Just Another Run Club. Jaymee started JARC in January this year as she wanted to have a safe space for women to get into running. J…

Sam, Katie, and Josh catch up with Myles Gough. Myles won the Canberra Marathon in 2021 with a time of 2:25 and holds some other impressive results. To our hosts' surprise, Myles only picked up runni…

Sam, Mitch, and Katie are joined by Kate Matts, Head of Saucony Australia. Kate has been with Saucony since before the launch of the Endorphin line, so she has extensive knowledge of how Saucony’s in…

Sam and Russ catch up for the first time since the Christchurch Marathon, off the back of Russ’s stellar performance in the Gold Coast Half Marathon. Russ talks about his training since Christchurch …

Mitch and Sam catch up with Steph Auston this week. Steph is a highly credentialed road and trail runner with a stack of podium finishes and wins. Steph spent a lot of time living in Merimbula at the…

Sam and Mitch catch up with Trent Macleay this week. Trent has run 17:27 for 5000m, 52:44 at C2S, 1:22 for the half, and 2:56 just a few weeks ago at the Noosa Marathon. Trent came into his own as a …

Lauren ‘Loz’ Mitchell Joins Mitch, Sam & Katie on the podcast. Loz ran a World Jrs Qualifier in the 800m of 2:06 as well as 4:23 in the 1500m. Loz took some time away from the sport following her suc…

Mitch and Sam catch up with Alex Bui. Alex has completed an Ironman in 11:06, UTA100k in 13:52 and also has run 4:53 for the Mile, 16:50 for 5k and just over 3 hours for the marathon (not to mention …

Sam, Katie & Mitch are joined by Kristina Jankulovska the founder of the ‘Coast to Mountain’ Running store based in Port Kembla. Kristina talks to us about juggling parenting, running the store, work…

In this episode, the hosts are joined by Luke Hince, who shares his experience running a 29:57 at the Sydney 10 race. The day after his impressive performance, Luke discusses the race and his trainin…

Mitch, Katie and Sam welcome Glenn Edmonds, a key figure in the Sapphire Coast Runners community. Glenn shares his impressive running journey, from clocking a speedy 15:30 in the 5k to a solid 2:58 i…

Sam is joined by 2 new regular co-hosts and previous guests Katie Mahoney and Mitch Ryan.

Mitch starts by providing a Fitness5 recap from the event in Wollongong last week, Katie is able to provide h…