Ep 177: RE-RELEASE (2020): Dr. Keith Livingstone- An amazing insight into the Principles of Arthur Lydiard.

For the first few months of 2025 I am going to re-release some of the most listened to Run Culture Podcast Episodes over the past 5 years!

We live in a fast paced, information dense world, attention spans are fleeting. Sometimes we ‘look’ but do we ‘see?’

Lately, I have loved slowing down and re-listening to past podcasts, allowing them to marinate better. It's incredible how each podcast can mean something different to me today than they did 5 years ago!

In 2020, I chatted to Dr. Keith Livingstone- It was an amazing insight into the Principles of Arthur Lydiard.“Champions are everywhere....they just need to be trained correctly." -Arthur Lydiard

If you want to hear a fantastic insight into the history, training and coaching philosophies of Arthur Lydiard and his pupils, then there is no better man to chat to than Keith Livingstone and that's who we have on the show today.

This is a lengthy one, Keith's a fantastic story teller, I was spell bound, ideal for your next long run!

Dr. Keith Livingstone not only was a high level distance runner himself in his day running; 14:04 for 5000m and 29:19 for 10,000m but was also a highly sought after chiropractor, running coach and now author of three books!

These include; 1.) Healthy Intelligent Training- the proven principles of Arthur Lydiard, 2.) Champions are Everywhere-The Schedules (A practical user friendly summary of Healthy Intelligent Training) and 3.) Staring down the Beast- A book recounting Keith's survival journey after being diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor (glioblastoma multiforme) in 2007.

Keith also has a fantastic blog at; www.drkeith.com.au, where he has a number of fantastic interviews, blogs and If you are interested you can also purchase his books.