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Morgan is back after a few weeks hiatus revealing to us where she has been!  Plus, Andrew Russell talks us through the role of mental preparation in performance. Our rec runner is building up to the 2026 Melbourne Marathon AND it's awards season, we have got plenty of awards to hand out from an incredible season.  Subscribe to The Call Room wherever you get your podcasts.

High Performance guru Andrew Russell talks through what comes with lactate threshold testing, and why it's important to understand for both the elite athlete and the everyday runner. Our rec runner Joey Pignataro is inside a month to the Melbourne Marathon, and feeling a bit of fatigue. Richo has some inspirational words for our little man.

In this edition of The Call Room, Mitch and Richo recap the first installment of the World Ultimate Athletics meet - What was a hit, and what was a miss? We have feedback when it comes to enhancing the Australian Athletics Hall of Fame, and shining a light on the history of our sport.  Plus, there's still plenty of action going on around the globe, and this coming weekend.

Joining Richo and Mitch in the Call Room is President of Australian Athletics Jane Flemming OAM. Flemming discusses a phenomenal season the Australian track and field athletes have put together, the trajectory that this era is on and the core group of athletes that are making the sport attractive again.  All of this is the foundational work being put in place ahead of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games.

Welcome to The Call Room with Jason Richardson, Morgan Mitchell and Mitch Dyer.  Recapping the Diamond League from Brussels in Belgium Is Cam Myer the best young athlete in a world sport at the moment?  Previewing the World Ultimate's coming up Looking ahead to the Diamond League this weekend Who do you love, Did you notice and so much more Subscribe to The Call Room so you never miss a moment, your home of news when it comes to Australian Athletics

In this edition of The Call Room Mitch has got a 5-point plan that are his reasons why walking in global athletics still has a place.  All this discussion is healthy, respectful and robust to continually keep athletics front of mind for many athletes and enthusiasts. Subscribe to The Call Room wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to The Call Room with Jason Richardson, Morgan Mitchell and Mitch Dyer.  IN THE CALL ROOM: Tori West, Australian Heptathlete Tori's journey from Queensland and now in Geelong Training for 7 different disciplines Bronze Medal at this years Commonwealth Games Andrew Russell's high-performance tip of the week thanks to Amacx Rec Runner: Recap of the Sydney Marathon weekend Who do you love, Did you notice and so much more Subscribe to The Call Room so you never miss a moment, your home of news when it comes to Australian Athletics

Welcome to The Call Room with Jason Richardson, Morgan Mitchell and Mitch Dyer.  IN THE CALL ROOM: Peter Fortune, Australian athletics coach Fort's memories of coaching Cathy Freeman in the 2000 Olympics Other memorable athlete's he's coached What it's really like to coach Morgs  Mitch recaps the Cross-Country from over the weekend Who do you love, Did you notice and so much more Subscribe to The Call Room so you never miss a moment, your home of news when it comes to Australian Athletics

In this edition of The Call Room, our Rec Runner is building up the excitement around the Sydney Marathon for 2026, the second installment of the marathon since it became a world major event.  Plus, Andrew Russell is back with us, thanks to Amacx to talk through the positives and negatives to putting adaptive stress on your body across your training blocks. Subscribe to The Call Room wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to The Call Room with Jason Richardson, Morgan Mitchell and Mitch Dyer.  IN THE CALL ROOM: Abbey Caldwell Recapping her gold medal mile run at the Commonwealth Games What's next for Abbey in the immediate future? The difference between nutrition and fuelling for training Who do you love, Did you notice and so much more Subscribe to The Call Room so you never miss a moment, your home of news when it comes to Australian Athletics

Welcome to The Call Room with Jason Richardson, Morgan Mitchell and Mitch Dyer.  Recapping an extraordinary Commonwealth Games Top 5 performances by Aussie's on the track and the field The future of Walking at the Games Why alcohol is having a negative impact in more ways than one Joey Pignataro, the Rec Runner Who do you love, Did you notice and so much more Subscribe to The Call Room so you never miss a moment, your home of news when it comes to Australian Athletics

CEO of Australian Athletics Simon Hollingsworth joins us in The Call Room.  On the back of an extremely successful Commonwealth Games, Hollingsworth believes this is just a stepping stone for where track and field in this country can reach.  Hollingsworth is a dual Australian Olympian in the 400m hurdles and Rhodes Scholar, and very well versed to hold a conversation with our esteemed panel.  Subscribe to The Call Room wherever you get your podcasts.

Joey Pignataro, the Rec Runner is back with us this week and there's a bit on the agenda.  In this edition:  Newport Athletic's Club needs our support to upgrade its lighting for the safety of its community and elite athletes: https://www.change.org/p/light-up-newport-track A history making half-marathon in Western Australia Hot or Not with all the focus being on the etiquette at the track

Andrew Russell joins us every week with a high performance tip of the week, all thanks to Amacx.  This week we discuss why sleep remains the most under-utilised tool when it comes to recovery. Not just for elite athletes, but the common person regardless of sport/activity you participate in.

Welcome to The Call Room with Jason Richardson, Morgan Mitchell and Mitch Dyer.  What a start to the Games for the Aussies EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Chelsea Dyer; Running Australia!  We get to the bottom of Mitch's Run Melbourne DNF Who do you love, Did you notice and so much more Subscribe to The Call Room so you never miss a moment, your home of news when it comes to Australian Athletics