Cheeky Run Club

BUCKLE IN CHEEKY CREW this is a big one. Have you heard of the Enhanced Games? If you haven’t, they’re marketing themselves as an Olympics which would allow performance-enhancing drugs…and it’s just been announced that the first ever games will be held in a year. We’ve done some digging on the games, and boyyyy oh boy is there a lot to unpack here. Let us know what you think! LINKS: Joe Rogan x Enhanced Games founders episodeEnhanced Games founder talking about their business modelJames...

Happy Monday everyone! Hold on to your cheeky hats because you're about to be blown away by today’s guest. We interviewed the wonderful Jess Stenson: 3 x Olympian, 3 x Commonwealth medalist, and one of the best marathon runners this country has produced. We talked about how to get through tough patches in a race, changing attitudes to the ideal 'runners body', career highs and lows, how she re-found her love for running in motherhood, and so much more. Thank you Pillar Performance...

Helloooooooo Cheeky community! In today’s episode, we share our thoughts on 31-year-old endurance runner William Goodge and explain why he is getting such mixed publicity whilst trying to break the world record for the fastest run across Australia. Is he actually cheating or is it just another case of the Aussie classic, tall poppy syndrome? We are also sharing our latest running recommendations for winter and answer some of your running questions at the end of the episode, so be sure t...

WE'RE BAAAAACK with season 6 babyyyyy!!!! In this ep we unpack the rise and rise of the AI training program app 'Runna', including comparing the program it gave us to a program written by a coach, and boy oh boy is there a lot to talk about. We look at the pros and cons of what an AI training program can provide for different levels of runners and share a lot of the communities' thoughts too. At the end of the episode we also unpack how Phoebe has found the last 2 months of taking creat...

Hello cheeky pals! We’re wrapping up season five of Cheeky with an AMAZING chat with Nike Athlete Isobel Hume. We discuss everything from balancing full time work with a huge running load, how she fell in love with the sport (then out of love, then back in love), how active mediation has lifted her performance, and the community at the heart of it all. We then have our monthly check in on our 2025 goals, including some good learnings on resilience and recovery. Thank you Nike for sponso...

Happy Monday cheeky chums! Todays ep is CRITICAL LISTENING because we discuss one of the tricksiest and most finicky part of running: the art of respecting the niggle. Note we say ART not science because we're not medical professionals and you obviously should seek medical advice where appropriate, however we also know that we don't all have the means to go tearing off to the physio everytime we get sore on a run. We chat about some good rules of thumb to help you identify what your niggle is...

Hello cheeky friends! In today’s episode, we do some mythbusting around creatine: overhyped gym bro fad or genuinely helpful performance booster for runners? We also check in on our 2025 goals now that we’re in March! AND if you haven’t heard, we’re hosting another Cheeky run this Saturday in Sydney to celebrate International Women’s Day 🩷 we're proud to say that it will be sponsored by Ultra Violette (use the code cheeky15 for 15% off the UV range) and Nike. LINKS: Sign up for our Sydn...

Helloooo friends! We officially celebrated our first birthday on the weekend and it was SUCH a special morning. If you missed out, don’t worry!! In today's episode, we debrief the event after recapping the lessons we’ve learnt over the last year of building Cheeky Run Club's wonderful community. We also attempt to answer two listener questions, so be sure to stay until the end! LINKS: Join us at Nike's After Dark run hereFollow us wherever you get your podcasts + Instagram, TikTok, Subs...

Hiya legends <3 This week, we’re unpacking whether we’re *actually* addicted to running and, if so, whether the pros outweigh the cons. At the end of the episode, we also want to hear your take on this week’s spicy listener question! Cheeky Run Club's first birthday party is also this Saturday in Melbourne! We’re celebrating with a 5km run followed by coffee/breaky/cake/chats. If walking is more your style, that’s fine as well! Every pace and running ability is welcome (this includes...

Hi chums! In this ep we discuss how we can set up routines and processes to help us achieve our goals for 2025. We also have some banked-up running recommendations (and anti-recs) for you guys, so stick around until the end of the episode. We also enthusiastically invite you to celebrate Cheeky Run Club's first birthday with us!! We’re celebrating this milestone with a 5km run into coffee/chats/breakfast/cake - it'll be in Melbourne on Saturday the 8th of February. All running abi...

We’re baaaaack - we hope you had a lovely holiday cheeky friends! To kick off the new year and season five of Cheeky, we revisit the goals we made at the start of 2024 and reflect on how well we stuck to them. Then, we share our goals and our (potentially controversial??) ins and outs for 2025. Be sure to stick around to the end of the episode… we have an exciting event coming up that you're about to hear allll about. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts + Instagram, TikTok, Substack, Pho...

Hello cheeky friends! This episode is all about protein for running. We speak to leading sports dietician and wonderful human Jess Rothwell to get an understanding of what protein actually is, how it helps us in our training, recovery and general life, what happens if you don’t get enough of it, how much you actually need, and the most common mistakes she sees amateur runners (including us!!) make when it comes to protein. We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did - thanks ag...

Hello cheeky friends! This episode is all about carbohydrates. We speak to leading sports dietician and wonderful human Jess Rothwell to get an understanding of what carbs actually are, how they help us in our training, recovery and general life, what happens if you don’t get enough of them, how much you actually need, and the most common mistakes she sees amateur runners make when it comes to carbs. We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did - thanks again Jess for all your h...

For as there have been runners, there have been people who cannot stand running in the heat. And for good reason: in this episode we explore why running in the heat/humidity is sooo much harder. BUT what's less rarely talked about is the upside to running in heat, so in this episode we also unpack the physiological adaptations you get from running in the heat, which (SPOILERRRR) are kind of wild. We then get stuck into tips n tricks for thriving in your summer runs + warning signs that things...

HOWDY! Welcome to our first ever 'mailbag' episode. This was so FUN. We gave our thoughts on... will the running boom will last?what if you're never the runner you were pre-injury? what are our favourite running cities? how much do we pay attention to our HR on easy runs? andare we doing this podcast for fun or money? 😮 We then respond to some 'running hot takes' including thoughts on running over the Christmas break and the seeming divide between runners who have ...