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Eliud Kipchoge Is Coming to Melbourne

The greatest marathon runner of all time has chosen the Nike Melbourne Marathon Festival as his next destination - and we couldn't be more

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Kipchoge to run Melbourne

Angus Hinksman takes the B race (Adelaide Invitational) in a PB of 3:48, looked really smooth especially considering he ran a 1500 on Monday

18 year old Daniel Williams takes the 800 in 1:44.37! Luke Boyes (second in 1:44.38) went through 400 in 50.55!

Off to Penn State in August. What a run!

What’s going on with Jesse Hunt? Bronze national medalist two years ago to 3:58 DFL

Him and Connor Whitely both ran crazy PBs in that NSW Milers club in 2024 and have never come close to those times again. Whitely 3:45 today

I know OAC Oceania has had some good results with Claudia but the men's side of things leaves a lot to be desired.

Jimmy Whelan paces leaders for 25km of Barcelona at 2:58s and then jogs to 40km. Looks like he has the engine to be good at the marathon. Excited to see him debut later this year. Surely our next 2:07-8 guy?

Won't be suprised if he goes low 60s, maybe even sub-60, in the Half at some point too. We'll have a better idea soon though, pretty sure he's doing Berlin half the next few weeks as a proper race.

Weird dynamic on the FTK Podcast where Joel has all but given up on running. Makes the training weeks segment a bit weird, especially since Brett was coaching him.

Also looks like Andy Buchanan has left the podcast too.

Is that the podcast where Brett whispers into the mic and Joel laughs really loud? Yeah I know that one….

Where do you think Whelan end up running in Berlin?

59:52 or better? Australian Record

1:00:27 or better? Top 3 ever

Sub 61? Top 8 ever

would love to see him run the Australian record.

I say 60:15 (top 3)

Up from his current 15th spot

His Barcelona run was impressive, so I think he has it in him to hold 2.50s for 21.1km. But I'll go with 60:30.... He'll take the Aussie record within 2 years though.

The one where they have weird inside jokes from outside the podcast that they never actually explain and we're supposed to somehow understand them.

Also the one where Joel thought it would be interesting content for a whole month to detail the journey of getting fit to pace 3km of their coaching group's 5km track race. Snoozefest

Cannot believe pay money to support these people

I hope he commits to the 60:00 pace group. If there is an official split at 15km, he could break the old 42:47 Australian record on the way

Guns for 59 bonks runs 61 or dnf.

Full startlists have been released today for the Maurie Plant Meet - Australia's biggest annual track meet.
The only footy game on in Melb is Essendon Vs North at Marvel, so if they don't get a packed house, I don't know what to say.

Loaded fields, storylines everywhere. What are we keen for? Myers/Farken/Spencer/Anstey in the 1500 is huge, but i'm really keen to see chicken boi Morgs in the 3k against Seth and Stewy (hopefully Stewy's fit).


Men's 800m:
Bob ABDELRAHIM
Peter BOL
Luke BOYES
Peyton CRAIG
Nathan CUMBERBATCH
Grant GROSVENOR
Noam MAMU
James PRESTON
Daniel WILLIAMS

Men's 1500m:
Jack ANSTEY
Lucas CHIS
Tiarnan CRORKEN
Callum DAVIES
Robert FARKEN
Jonathan HARRIS
William LEWIS
Brad MATHAS
Ryuji MIURA
Cameron MYERS
Luke SHAW
Adam SPENCER
Alexander STITT
Jude THOMAS

Men's 3000m:
Charles BARRETT
Ben BUCKINGHAM
Liam CASHIN
Brian FAY
Toby GILLEN
Adam GODDARD
James HANSEN
Logan JANETZKI
Youta MASHIKO
Morgan MCDONALD
Stewart MCSWEYN
Nagiya MORI
Seth O'DONNELL
Jack RAYNER
Jackson SHARP
Rui SUZUKI
Edward TRIPPAS

Women's 1500m:
Sarah BILLINGS
Abbey CALDWELL
Klara DESS
Emma FRYGA
Linden HALL
Jaylah HANCOCK-CAMERON
Claudia HOLLINGSWORTH
Georgia HUNTER BELL
Laura NICHOLSON
Sophie O'SULLIVAN
Milla ROBERTS
Izzy THORNTON-BOTT
Diane VAN ES
Ivy BOOTHROYD

Women's 3000m:
Rose DAVIES
Tessa EBERT
Cara FEAIN-RYAN
Georgia GRIFFITH
Stephanie KELLY
Madison KING
Eliza LAWTON
Zoe MELHUISH
Mia ROUX
Natalie RULE
Maudie SKYRING
Ruby SMEE

God I wish I'd read this first rather than battling RosterAthletics to see all the start lists.

Go Morgy and Stew!

The big question though: When are they going to rename the meet after someone who wasn't involved in doping coverups?