Episode 93- Kiwi 5000m record holder Adrian Blincoe reminisces and talks about athlete development!

Today, on the podcast I am incredibly fortunate to be chatting to Adrian Blincoe. In July 2008 Adrian ran an astonishing 13:10, the fastest ever 5000m run by a New Zealander, his record still stands today (as of early 2021)! We start off the chat by taking a deep dive into his time at Villanova College where he was coached by the legendary Marcus O’Sullivan. Adrian spent 12 yrs at Villanova as both an athlete and assistant coach. He had a big hand in athlete recruitment at Villanova and was integral in getting the likes of; Sam McEntee, Matthew Gibney, Jordan Williamz and Patrick Tiernan across the ditch. We then chat about his professional running career as a sponsored New Balance athlete that ran for the Melbourne Track Club, running with the likes of; Craig Mottram, Collis Birmingham, Bobby Curtis and many others. We discuss his Beijing 2008 Olympic experience and many other memories (races/training sessions and learnings) from his career. We finish the chat talking about his last 9yrs with High Performance New Zealand where he is heavily involved with athlete development. I personally watched Adrian growing up as a kid, whether it was at Golden League Athletics meets on TV or at Melbourne Track events! So, as you would expect it was a complete honour to chat to him. He spoke with such poise, confidence and oozed wisdom, it’s a chat many will get a lot from particularly the up and coming athlete. . To find past Run Culture podcasts or blogs, follow this link: https://www.runculture.org/ To book a Physiotherapy appointment with Dane Verwey, a physiotherapist that specialises in treating running injuries, please follow this link: https://auappts.gensolve.com/run ,or go to: www.runculture.org To improve your running performance and resilience, subscribe to the; 'Online Strength and Conditioning Course for Runners' created by Dane Verwey. Go to: https://run-therapy.teachable.com/ To check out how the elite Run Culture Owl running group is performing, follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/RunCultureowls If you feel the Run Culture Podcast adds value to your life, then please keep the podcast alive and become a patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=11035307