Monday 6th July 2026

Welcome to Episode 02 of Trail to Transcend, the WARP Training Series following 4 athletes as they train for the 2026 edition of Transcend Trails on Saturday 22 August. Last episode we met Victoria Hunn and Michael Edgar, where Vic spoke about qualifying for the 2027 edition of CCC and Mike shared stories of Feral Pig 2025 where he got to taste his breakfast and his gels - twice. Today we are blessed to be speaking to two of WA’s finest athletes on our trails, both of them representing Tarkine Athletics and boasting a list of results that will make your eyes water and your quads quiver.

Annika Keall is returning to Transcend in the 28K this year after having run 8hr24min in the 65K back in 2023. Her running has levelled up since then and following a win at 3 inch trail marathon in December just days after having her wisdom teeth removed, she has since gone on to take 6th place in the 22K Donna Double at Warburton Trail Festival back in March, and most recently 17th at UTA22 in Katoomba NSW in May.

Ben Leeson has been on an absolute tear of late. He’s made a habit of breaking course records, winning Feral Pig 100K last year in 10hr35min, 2026 MRU 80K in 6hr16min (he also holds the course record in the 42K from 2025) and just for shits and giggles ran WAMC King of the Mountain two weeks back in 1hr1min.

Last year Ben placed second in the 65K at Transcend behind Mike Dimuantes and you can be sure he is back this year to take gold.

This episode is brought to you by Transcend Trails.

Starting at Walyunga National Park, traversing the Paruna Wildlife Reserve and finishing at Cobblers Pool, you will have access to some of the most stunning trails on offer in WA through the beautiful and untamed Avon Valley.

But don't be fooled - your body and mind will be challenged in ways you might least expect. Whether you're taking it on solo or enjoying a day on the trails with friends, race distances from 6K to 65K offer an inclusive and unforgettable race experience for people of all ages and abilities.

Transcend. Rise above and go beyond. The Valley awaits…Find out more and enter now at transcendtrails.com with entries closing midnight 9th August 2026.

Monday 13th July 2026

The whole gang is back to recap the Bibra Lake Runningworks Festival and the Gold Coast marathon with some impressive performances across the country. In other results we had the Broome International Airport Marathon and the Mt Marshall gravel grind.

In other news, Vici becomes a football pundit and shares some England facts, Chris underestimates the elevation for the WARP x Dubbel Transcend Community Run, and Simon finally comes up from the dark and does some gym work for a change.

Chris recaps his Bibra Lake Half marathon Run and avid listener of the show, Rachael Laing recaps her first marathon at the gold coast marathon.

Alan Stabler, Claudia Seke and Audwin Lee feature in our Weapons of WARP.

BONUS CONTENT - Rachael's 17min voice memo at the end.

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Monday 29th June 2026

Vici & Chris are joined by women’s winner of this year’s Cape 2 Cape 100 miler Nancy Shaw. Nancy chats about her 4am training and what drew her to running the 100 miler. Nancy also shares a new chafing location for the pod.

Chris recaps the WAMC King of the mountain that had a marshal call him ‘that WARP dog’ and in other results we had the state cross country champions which had Matt Ramsden & Amy Buckingham getting the win for Rams Running.

We have our upcoming transcend community runs with the first one on the 12th of July at Helena Valley Primary School with the folks at Dubbel for those keen on giving some trails a go (Is it a coincidence that Simon is injured?)

Veronika Kretzer, Michael Edgar and Charles Bosveld feature in our Weapons of WARP.

Fat Farmers Rural Initiative Run4Resilience: https://www.fatfarmers.com/run4resilience

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Monday 22nd June 2026

The gang is joined by Liam Kamudu to help recap Ultra Perth that featured impressive runs by Nera Jareb and Joel Gray in the 50km and some big dogs in running with a hefty prize pool across the distances. We hear about Liam’s progression from a 12km win at Bibra Lake in 2024, to a sub 2:30 marathon debut in Frankfurt in 2025, and big things to come in 2026.

We had PTS Snakes and Ladders, Chris finally regrets signing up to a 65km trail race, Vici nails the podium winner’s names, and Simon might finally be injured.

Sasha Johnson, Emily Murray and Jude Burleigh feature in our Weapons of WARP.

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Monday 15th June 2026

Simon and Vici are joined by the President of the WA Marathon Club - Kim Vivian to talk about the club’s beginnings to where it is now as Australia’s largest running club organising some of the biggest events in the WA Running Calendar.

Kim is also a World Athletics Level A certified course measurer, so we delve into the principles and steps behind certifying a course, how to become one, the inaccuracies of GPS, and being treated like a rockstar with security detail in Southeast Asia.

We recap the Wadjemup Rottnest Festival that included some last-minute course tweaks by Kim and Ray Lampard and Michael Carroll taking out the Todd Ingraham Trophy and running the most smiley 2:37 marathon.

In other local results, Nancy helps us recap the Cape to Cape Ultra Marathon, as the Kunnunurra Half Marathon.

We have two tickets to giveaway for the upcoming Backroads Gravel Run, and Big Kev, Jayme from the Last Person Standing competition, Rob Goyen and Stu Caufield, and WAMC member Gary Harris feature in our Weapons of WARP.

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Monday 8th June 2026

Welcome to Episode 001 of Trail to Transcend, the latest WARP training series following the 2026 edition of Transcend Trails coming up on Saturday 22 August 2026.

In the first episode we meet two weapons on the trails in their own right - Victoria Hunn and Michael Edgar.

Vic is relatively new to the trail scene but in a very short period of time has gone from strength to strength, from a ‘kindergarten core’ to winning Feral Pig Ultra to 13th place at UTA 100 - qualifying for next year's UTMB CCC in the process. Vic will take on the 65km race at this year's Transcend.

Friend of the show Mike will be tackling the 40km at Transcend - moving up from the 28km where he was the first male in last year's event. Mike shares his love with the trail scene, his T8 shorts and conquering the demons of feral pig ultra last year.

Hear their journey, their training and their tips for runners and lovers of trail preparing for this year's event.

This episode is brought to you by Transcend Trails.

Starting at Walyunga National Park, traversing the Paruna Wildlife Reserve and finishing at Cobblers Pool, you will have access to some of the most stunning trails on offer in WA through the beautiful and untamed Avon Valley.

But don't be fooled - your body and mind will be challenged in ways you might least expect.

Whether you're taking it on solo or enjoying a day on the trails with friends, race distances from 6K to 65K offer an inclusive and unforgettable race experience for people of all ages and abilities.

Transcend. Rise above and go beyond. The Valley awaits…

Find out more and enter now at transcendtrails.com with entries closing midnight 9th August 2026.

Monday 1st June 2026

The whole gang is back with some special guests as we are excited to announce the 2026 WA Women’s Track Night scheduled for Saturday 24th October 2026.

In this episode we focus on female physiology, bone stress injuries and RED-S as we think it's a conversation every runner can learn from. Ella talks about the science and contributing factors, while Sav shares her journey with RED-S and bone stress injuries.

In local results we had the Lenora Golden Gift, PTS Jolly Jumbuck and Tori and Willow help us cover the Elleker Running Festival.

We’ll be taking part in the upcoming push up challenge, we have a community run this Wednesday, and Charles Bosveld, Jamie Back, Amy Twist & Suzi McMahon are this week’s weapons of WARP.

WA Women's Track Night Updates: @wa_womens_track_ on Instagram

Weapons of WARP Team for the Push-Up Challenge: https://www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/weaponsofwarp/the-push-up-challenge

Charles Bosveld's TIACS (This is a Conversation Starter) Fundraiser. TIACS provides free professional mental health counselling to tradies, truckies, farmers, apprentices and their loved ones via phone and text Australia wide: https://fundraise.tiacs.org/fundraisers/charlesbosveld/11-days-in-may

Front Runner Physiotherapy: https://www.frontrunnerphysio.com.au/

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Monday 25th May 2026

With Vici catching up on some well earnt rest, we recap the biggest event on the WA Running Calendar, the HBF Run for a Reason. We had 40,000 participants, $1.7million raised to local charities and some weapon like performances across the 3km, 12km and Half Marathon.

In other results we had the Sydreh Back to Frontyard Ultra (Herdys but in reverse) with Shane Aris and Phoebe Hurliman the last man and woman standing respectively.

A winner of the World Master Aged Group marathon champs, a man with WARP on his biceps, a substitute HBF pacer, someone who completed the unofficial HBF grand slam, and a late-night quiz master were this week’s weapons of WARP.

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