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forRunners Podcast

Alice Baquie and Lissy Duncan

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A fast-fire podcast with AB (Alice Baquie) and LIssy (Melissa Duncan). Alice is a Master Pilates Instructor, Physio and passionate runner and LIssy is a Professional International Athlete, Australian Olympic Run Squad Member and Run Coach. Through-out this season AB & LIssy will talk all things running, host an amazing array of international guests, and give insight into increased performance, injury management and keeping the fun and enjoyment in the sport of running. Come and join this qui ...
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What does it take to be a great leader? We asked some of the most influential names in software engineering and product management. You’ll learn ways to grow as a software engineering leader, optimize your time, develop your team, structure your organization, and get the right products to market, faster. In each episode, Joshua Samberg and Robin Pokorný uncover the empowering insights and daily habits of industry leaders who think, speak, and act in ways that make a positive difference in th ...
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Run With It

Elise Beacom

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Run With It is a running podcast with a human face. The running boom is here, and host Elise Beacom is determined to find out who’s behind the hype. Often playful, sometimes serious, this show explores juicy topics with the most influential people in running. Each week, Elise interviews a guest shaping running culture in unique ways, whether as a sports journalist, a professional runner, a coach, or a leader of a community run club.
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Elise Beacom and Alice Baquie have teamed up for a new fortnightly series called Sole Sisters. Tune in for running insights, sisterhood vibes, life misadventures and many detours along the way. In episode 1, the duo discuss Alice’s unconventional preparation for Melbourne Marathon. In her debut marathon build up, Alice ran no more than 10km four ti…
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Vanessa Wilson describes herself as a mum and PE teacher from the outer burbs of Melbourne who likes to run. But Vanessa is seriously downplaying her ability – perhaps because she’s genuinely shocked by how far her running has come. She’s almost unwittingly just become the 13th fastest Australian woman marathoner of all time, running 2:28:34 at Ber…
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In this episode, Robin interviews Žilvinas Girėnas, a Senior Engineering Manager at Productboard. They dive into Žilvinas’ experience leading a machine learning team focused on building Productboard AI. The discussion covers the team’s unique approach to working with AI, the challenges and strategies in hiring ML engineers, and their transition to …
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Jaryd Clifford experienced one of the cruellest Paralympic Games you could imagine. First, he was disqualified in the 5000m after crossing the line in bronze medal position. To really rub salt in the wounds, he missed out on another bronze in the 1500m by 0.01 of a second. Ouch. In his first podcast appearance since his Paris heartbreak, Jaryd spea…
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Brit de Groot is the first to admit she’s not great at meditation. Instead, she uses running to quieten her brain. Having discovered the power of running for her own mental health, Brit is sharing the good vibes around. Whether she’s convincing metal musicians to go jogging, fundraising for mental health, or leading Flow State, a run club for women…
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Claudia Hollingsworth is the kind of person who would excel at anything she put her mind to. The 19-year-old Australian is already an Olympic semi-finalist, World Under-20 silver medallist and Australian Champion in the 800m, and she’s just getting started. In this conversation, we delve into Claudia’s incredible year, what it’s like to train with …
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Ed Goddard is the kind of guy who draws cherry blossoms on his Asics prototype shoes (I know because he showed me on our Zoom call). At 26, the Australian distance runner with a mullet and love of rock and roll has been on the rising star list for a while now. In this conversation we talk about Ed’s triangle of fun – running, swimming and music (in…
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If you have a tattoo bet for Mitch Dyer, he’ll take it on. The sports journalist has forgotten exactly how many tattoo bets he’s lost, but they’ve resulted in everything from a seahorse, to a choice phrase on his butt cheek. Mitch is the founder of Straight At It, a media company devoted to athletics news and content on social media. This year he’s…
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Bree-Bree can do anything! Bree Masters is a sprinter who recently became the first Australian woman in 24 years to make a 100m semi-final at an Olympics. In this conversation, we cover Bree's life as a triple threat (dancer, surf lifesaver, sprinter), what it’s like to line up next to defending World Champion Sha’Carri Richardson and scoring free …
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Angus Hincksman is about to compete in his first Paralympics in the T38 1500m. The 19-year-old Australian is an absolute gun on the track, and is a pretty handy golfer and surf lifesaver too. In this conversation, we talk about the evolution of para sports, what the Paralympic movement means to him and why he’s so motivated to inspire younger kids …
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Photographer Casey Sims shot for 19 days straight at the Paris Olympics, surviving on Red Bull, vibes and bad coffee in the media room. She was working with the Oceania National Olympics Committees on an assignment to capture athletes from the Pacific Islands across multiple sports, including athletics. In this conversation, we cover Casey’s most m…
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It's our Paris Olympics recap show! I’m joined by pilates queen and athletics fan Alice Baquie. Together, we chat all things Olympics: the highs including Jess Hull’s silver medal in the women’s 1500m, to the lows of athletes being trolled online. I share an on-the-ground perspective from the men’s 1500m final where I was trackside, while Alice tel…
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If you want a story of drive, grit and determination, this episode with Kate Smyth is for you. Kate represented Australia in the marathon at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the Commonwealth Games in 2006. We talk about all the hurdles she had to overcome to qualify for those teams, and why she persevered when so many people told her to give up. We…
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Liam Adams is running the marathon in Paris this weekend! We spoke while he was training in Flagstaff, Arizona, surviving dodgy motel accommodation and encounters with wild animals. We talk about his rocky road to Australian team selection, what training has looked like recently, his goals for Paris, and the challenges of being unsponsored while ru…
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Fancy getting a ticket to Paris at 22? Adam Spencer has done it! Adam is an Australian middle-distance runner, currently studying at college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US. The 22-year-old is set to line up for his maiden Games experience, running the 1500m for Australia in what’s set to be one of the most anticipated events of th…
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Ever wondered who’s behind the scenes supporting our athletes to peak for the biggest races of their lives? This week we get a back-office perspective of high performance sport with sports scientist Avish Sharma. Avish dials in from an altitude training camp in St Moritz, Switzerland where he’s been supporting our Australian athletes in their prepa…
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When Australian runner Izzi Batt-Doyle didn’t get selected in the marathon team for Paris, she didn’t give up on her Olympic hopes. Instead, she turned her attention to running fast on the track, clocking 14:49.75 over 5,000m in Liège, Belgium, to claim her spot on the team. That clutch performance just 11 days before the qualifying period closed p…
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Athletics was thrust into the mainstream media off the back of the women’s Australian marathon team selection for the Paris Olympics. Athletics isn’t accustomed to this kind of attention, and often gets swallowed up by other sports in the news cycle. The secret sauce this time? Controversy. Zachary Gates, Olympic and Paralympic Games Reporter with …
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In this episode, we examine how mastering multiple programming languages is a huge advantage in today’s rapidly evolving tech environment. Jany Koščo, Senior Staff Engineer at Productboard, explains that as a generalist not only can you better solve coding problems and meet customer needs, but you will also have more opportunities to advance your c…
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AB and Liss blow out the quick fire questions - covering crucial topics such as how many pleather mini skirts is too many? And if, hypothetically, you'd go over or under steeple barriers in the World Cross Country Champs. They have a lot to cover in this session which is can be described as LD and AB at their sporty/artsy/chaotic best. They take a …
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In the fourth episode of Season 2, we sit down with Claudiu Andrei, Site Tech Lead at Productboard’s San Francisco office, who’s in the process of building up two new teams to better serve our enterprise customers. We talk to Claudiu about what he considers when hiring staff and senior staff engineers, and what makes a candidate CV stand out. He wa…
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As always we start with a fast-fire session of favourites, and this or that questions with AB (Alice Baquie) and Lissy (Melissa Duncan). As 2024 begins these two rewind and give you a summary of everything that has happened in 2023! They talk about fave races, gigs, cocktails, hills or snakes? Post fall somersaults and AB’s brush with death in Thai…
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As always we start with a fast-fire session of favourites, and this or that questions with AB (Alice Baquie) and Lissy (Melissa Duncan). Join us in this vibrant episode where we delve into the scenic runs around Byron Bay's iconic lighthouse and debate life's critical questions, like choosing between to chocolate or not to chocolate. We also dive i…
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As always we start with a fast-fire session of favourites, and this or that questions with AB (Alice Baquie) and Lissy (Melissa Duncan). We dive into quickfire debates on life's little dilemmas, Pizza crust, getting deep about parking spots and swimming pools, and a family drop-in for a dash of drama. They unwrap the comical tale of AB's sister's a…
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As always we start with a fast-fire session of favourites, and this or that questions with AB (Alice Baquie) and Lissy (Melissa Duncan). Everyone loves a good come-back! And now AB and Lissy are here to stay! Join Lissy in her running revival, coming in a casual second place in her most recent run. Liss is also closely assisted by AB who was suppos…
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As always we start with a fast-fire session of favourites, and this or that questions with AB (Alice Baquie) and Lissy (Melissa Duncan). Today’s about different types of Recovery, AB is the new spokesperson for Trail shoes which have been dad approved. Lissy and AB also share their trauma from being filmed by millennials while they were performing …
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As always we start with a fast-fire session of favourites, and this or that questions with AB (Alice Baquie) and Lissy (Melissa Duncan). AB & Lissy had a ripper weekend at the great ocean road running festival. Lis took 3rd place in a 14k comeback run with AB not far behind, they had an absolute blast and leave it to Alice to take on corners full s…
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As always we start with a fast-fire session of favourites, and this or that questions with AB (Alice Baquie) and Lissy (Melissa Duncan). Ever have to deal with running Injury that just takes you out? Lissy is in the throws of recovery and has a Pro running strategy to get back in the race. AB the former physiotherapist has a slightly different stra…
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Our third episode of Season 2 was a special live recording from this year’s WebExpo conference in Prague, where we discussed what it takes to become a Staff+ Engineer. We sat down with a trio of experts in the field – Alice Rum, Staff Software Engineer at SentinelOne, Dmitry Belyaev, Principal Frontend Engineer at Booking.com, and Tomáš Růžička, St…
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As always we start with a fast-fire session of favourites, and this or that questions with AB (Alice Baquie) and Lissy (Melissa Duncan). International running has ups and downs. Being chased by dogs in Peru or single file no smiles running in japan, Both Lissy and AB delve into their crazy international experiences.Trail running has a new number on…
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As always we start with a fast-fire session of favourites, and this or that questions with AB (Alice Baquie) and Lissy (Melissa Duncan). Who’s a fan of cross training? Both Lissy and AB delve into recovery and how cross training is a great way to get moving without risking further injury. But, there can always be too much of a good thing... AB shar…
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As always we start with a fast-fire session of favourites, and this or that questions with AB (Alice Baquie) and Lissy (Melissa Duncan). What’s new? Both Lissy and AB rave about a recent festival they went to. Fav bands, and unexpectedly incredible performances had Lissy sprinting to the mosh pit. But leave it to AB to decode the pelvic stability a…
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In our second episode of Season 2, we chatted with Hussien Khayoon, Staff Software Developer at Shopify, about the undisputable importance and value of mentoring – regardless if you’re just starting out or already at the top of your game. He discusses how his mentoring roles at Bootcamp, Superpeer, and ADPList gave him a different perspective on te…
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As always we start with a fast-fire session of favourites, and this or that questions with AB (Alice Baquie) and Lissy (Melissa Duncan). Today is all about Travel! Both Lissy and AB both talk about their shared vacation egg issues. AB shamefully having to put on a wetsuit in the airport to avoid that excess baggage charge, and the continuation of L…
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As always we start with a fast-fire session of favourites, and this or that questions with AB (Alice Baquie) and Lissy (Melissa Duncan). Today is all about tendons, tendon injuries, tendon help, what to do and what not to do. Lissy talks about her recent 10km win in the wind and heat. Listen in and join this quirky pair in their fun-filled weekly e…
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As always we start with a fast-fire session of favourites, and this or that questions with AB (Alice Baquie) and Lissy (Melissa Duncan). This episode focuses on run routines and nutrition. AB and Lissy share their complete run routines, and their completely different approaches to them. Including debates about breakfasts and how much you should be …
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As always we start with a fast-fire session of favourites, and this or that questions with AB (Alice Baquie) and Lissy (Melissa Duncan). Alice tells us all about her struggles throughout COVID being a “Melbournian”, and how a Negroni can get old very quickly. Lissy opposingly talks about how different her experience with COVID was in Japan, and the…
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In our first episode of Season 2, we chatted with Ralph McTeggart, Principal Engineer at Productboard, about his decision to become a Tech Lead after wearing a manager hat for several years. He examines the benefits as well as the challenges he faced upon returning closer to the technical side, sharing how the skills he gained from serving in both …
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A fast-fire session of get-to-know AB (Alice Baquie) and LIssy (Melissa Duncan) host of the new forRunners podcast. Alice is a Master Pilates Instructor, Physio and passionate runner and LIssy is a Professional International Athlete, Australian Olympic Run Squad Member and Run Coach. Through-out this season AB & LIssy will talk all things running, …
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In the seventh episode of our podcast series, Joshua welcomes Ramona Shaw, his BetterManager leadership coach. Ramona works with both emerging and experienced technology leaders to help them achieve their fullest leadership potential. In this inspiring episode, Joshua and Ramona explore the function and value of coaching, revealing actual examples …
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In the sixth episode of our podcast series, Joshua welcomed Timmy Ho, our first engineering hire in North America. An engineering manager in our Vancouver office, Timmy reflected on bootstrapping our new Canadian development center. The discussion touched on topics including product excellence, agile development, the importance of work-life balance…
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For the fifth episode in our podcast series, Joshua welcomed a former colleague and old friend, Disha Al Baqui, Principal Engineering Manager at Hulu. Joshua and Disha met in 2014 when they worked as individual contributors for the same company. Today, both are tackling entirely different challenges as engineering leaders. Besides catching up, the …
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For the fourth installment in our podcast series, Joshua welcomed Raz Shuty, Director of Engineering at Delivery Hero. This was an episode of firsts: the first non-productboard guest and the first episode recorded remotely. During a lively conversation, Josh and Raz discussed the challenges of leading during a crisis, the highs and lows of people m…
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In the third instalment of our Engineering Leadership podcast, Joshua welcomes Daniel Hejl, our CTO and co-founder. During an interesting discussion around facilitating employee growth, Daniel highlights the importance of curiosity, clear goals, and regular, honest conversations in guiding employees towards that lighthouse in the distance. Interest…
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What metrics do you use to track team performance? What challenges are there when scaling teams? And how do you maintain healthy relationships at work while having the difficult conversations that help people grow? In part 2 of the conversation, our Director of Engineering, Vojtech Vondra, answers these questions and more – all posed by the Prague …
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Kicking off the podcast series, host Joshua Samberg is joined by our very own Director of Engineering, Vojtech Vondra. During a wide-ranging conversation, they discuss productboard’s efforts to expand the conversation around engineering leadership, Vojtech’s path to becoming an engineering leader, and the experiences that inspired their leadership …
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