Sarah Billings
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Personal Bests
800 Metres
1:58.94
9/6/2024
1500 Metres
Wanda Diamond League Xiamen
3:59.59
4/20/2024
3000 Metres
8:47.11
3/23/2024
5000 Metres
15:41.41
2/15/2024
Mile Road
World Athletics Road Running Championships
4:38.97
10/1/2023
800 Metres
1:58.94
9/6/2024
1500 Metres
Wanda Diamond League Xiamen
3:59.59
4/20/2024
3000 Metres
8:47.11
3/23/2024
5000 Metres
15:41.41
2/15/2024
Mile Road
World Athletics Road Running Championships
4:38.97
10/1/2023
Sarah Billings is on fire! As we wait for Australia’s 2026 Commonwealth Games team to be announced, the Aussie middle-distance runner is well and truly in the mix for selection.
Sarah sits down with Elise to discuss her recent form, including two massive PBs – a 3:58.81 in the 1500m at the Shanghai Diamond League, and a 1:57.61 in the 800m in Rabat, which is the second fastest time ever run by an Australian woman!
But these results have been a long time in the making. Starting her career as a sprinter before moving into middle-distance in her junior years, Sarah has always been an excellent runner. But in her first years as a senior athlete, Sarah felt like she wasn’t getting the performances she had hoped for. Then the injuries hit. They hit hard. And repeatedly.
When Sarah was able to finally break that injury cycle, she could at last string some good consistent training together and sought the help of a performance coach to work on her mental approach to racing. She said it’s made all the difference.
We talk about what she learnt during those tough injury-riddled years, her breakout 2024 season, and how her persistence, mindset and consistency is now paying dividends in the results she is seeing on the track.
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Sarah Billings has represented Australia multiple times, including at World Juniors in 2016 and the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 2025. She is currently coached by Nic Bideau at Melbourne Track Club, and is sponsored by New Balance.
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Brett & Joel kick things off with a rundown of all the fast race results from the weekend before a recap of recent Patreon content. Sarah Billings appears for a brief cameo to promote Spiked Up's forthcoming live show at Verve before Brett & Joel get stuck into their training week's. Brett levels his training up yet again and Joel sees huge improvement in his calf. The episode closes out with a couple of funny stories before TWHSOITWTWATSA.
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Another World Champs Qualifier for Spiked Up host Sarah Billings!
In episode 25 hear all about Sarah’s big week of racing including her 1:58.94 800m run.
We also get to hear about Rose’s week which included lots of 60min runs and hair cut.
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Episode 8.5 Bonus Race Recap!!!
Last night co-host Sarah Billings ran a 1500m Olympic Qualifier in Xiamen, China!
Rose calls an emergency race recap for Spiked Up listeners to be the first to hear Sarah’s post race thoughts!
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Joel decided to leave in his horrid attempt at an episode introduction to remind the listeners that even after 85 episodes - he still messes it up! Once they find their groove Brett & Joel share the news of Phil Sesemann's 2:08:04 in Seville Marathon over the weekend (hear all about it from the man himself on this week's Patreon-only Chasing Paris UK episode). Brett & Joel then share more details about the upcoming Spiked Up podcast from Rose Davies and Sarah Billings, before taking the listeners through their training weeks. Joel lays down a solid week and Brett recaps his race at Run The Bridge in detail, giving insight into the reasons behind his disappointing performance.
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FTK presents our new podcast: Spiked Up! In Episode zero we meet our hosts Rose Davies & Sarah Billings as they discuss their training weeks and recent time up at Falls Creek. Both fresh off new 5km PBs we get to hear race recaps from the Maurie Plant Meet and their plans for the Australian track season.
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Q&A Session Twenty-Five has Sarah Billings return to the studio (her living room) to cover everything we were unable to touch on during her co-hosting duties in FTK's 30th episode. Joel sit's down with Sarah (Sez) for over 40mins, covering everything from her childhood sprinting days to her racing on the European circuit as a professional middle distance runner with Melbourne Track Club.
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Our 30th episode welcomes Sarah Billings to the studio. A fellow Melbourne Track Club runner, Sarah shares her journey from high-school sprinting talent to middle distance pro athlete. Being an 800m/1500m focused athlete, we hear how her training week differs from the hosts, injury complications and where she sees the future. Brett & Joel go through their training weeks before sharing all the exciting details of what's happening during Movember. Tune in to hear about the interesting ways you can fundraise with For The Kudos and your own community so you can make a difference in mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. Join The For The Kudos Movember Team: https://au.movember.com/team/2422796
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