Sam and Katie catch up on the podcast and dive into fresh ideas for the new year — including the expanding partnership with Run Havoc. It’s shaping up to be a big 2026 with more episodes, more collaborations, and some new concepts brewing behind the scenes.

Katie drops a huge training update with an 83km week, highlighted by a brutal 12 × 200m on / 200m float session and some smooth, controlled tempo work on Friday.

Sam checks in with a 58km week, featuring 6 × 1km on gravel at 3:30–3:40 pace, plus an 18km long run alongside Jack Ratz, rolling the Run Shellharbour course and getting a feel for the terrain ahead.

• Cans of Energy Drink

• A vintage Tempo Training article from the 80s

Sam sits down with Riley Kilham for the first instalment of our new monthly segment. Riley has generously thrown in a $100 Run Havoc voucher for one TFTV listener each month — absolute legend 🙌

This month we dive into Riley’s training week — including some spicy continuous track work and pacing his mate to a 1:25 half at Husky.

Shoe of the Month: Nike Vomero Plus (early contender for shoe of the year 👀)

Nutrition of the Month: Pillar Performance Triple Magnesium

Apparel of the Month: Never Running Race Singlet

Big thanks to Riley and the crew at Run Havoc for the support 💥

Sam catches up with Hamish “Kerns” Simpson, fresh off 30 loops at Reds Backyard Ultra (203.7km).

Hamish has lined up at Reds three years in a row, but this year looked different — after linking up with super coach Barry Keem, he’s built consistency, structure and serious momentum. The results speak for themselves with PBs across the board this year, including 17:58 for 5k and 3:08 for the marathon.

Hamish breaks down the physical, emotional and nutritional demands of Backyard Ultra racing, and how he’s refined his training across multiple attempts. There’s no time to feet-up though — he’s rolling straight into the Kosciuszko 100-miler in just four weeks.

He also shares a peek into a peak week featuring:

• Backyard simulation loops

• 32km Kiama Coastal Trail long run

• Hard 3km effort + 6km tempo

Sam recaps his own week logging 57km, nailing the workout but battling through the long run.

Segments this episode

• Café Kit of the Week

• Vomero Plus review

• City Cave magnesium float

• Round the Club shoutouts

• Run Huskisson podium recap

And of course — huge shoutout to Barry Keem.