1. Agegroup Multisport Podcast features Australian age-group triathlete Gemma Berry, who is from Perth and now lives in Geelong, Australia.
2. Gemma Berry appears as the guest, and Richard Conway hosts the Agegroup Multisport Podcast and frames the conversation around her sport and family life.
3. The episode asks how Gemma Berry moved from resisting triathlon’s bike leg to still racing after major family and health setbacks.
4. Gemma Berry says she grew up active in Perth with swimming, gymnastics, trampolining, hockey, surf life saving, and later powerlifting.
5. She explains that running began with a friend in Perth, a lake loop near home, and a gradual build to about 8 kilometres.
6. Gemma Berry says a half marathon around 2006 felt like enough running at the time before Melbourne friends pushed her toward triathlons.
7. She describes being very resistant to buying a bike and instead entering summer triathlon races as part of a team, doing the swim or the run.
8. Gemma Berry says a flat-bar road bike changed her view of cycling, and she won her first first-timer race on a season opener.
9. She later bought a road bike in the United States in 2010 and brought it home in a box on the plane because it was cheaper than buying one in Australia.
10. Gemma Berry explains that having two children and a shift-worker husband paused her racing for about five years before she returned in late 2017.
11. She says a coach and club helped her progress, and podium finishes became more regular after she got structured guidance.
12. The conversation turns to her youngest son Rory, who was diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2018 and became the family’s sole focus for 18 months.
13. Gemma Berry says she ran the Great Ocean Road Marathon in 2019 as a fundraising challenge because she wanted a meaningful goal before asking people for money.
14. She and her family started Warris Warriors, and she says the group has raised about $150,000 to $160,000 for paediatric brain cancer research.
15. Gemma Berry names Connors Run and an annual afternoon tea as their main fundraising events, with the tea raising $15,000 in one year.
16. She says Rory is stable rather than cured and lives with an acquired brain injury that affects energy, schooling, and emotions.
17. Gemma Berry argues that people do have time for exercise, but they choose how to use 24 hours and often waste too much of it.
18. Her tone is practical and reflective, while Richard Conway keeps the interview moving with direct questions, quick-fire prompts, and supportive follow-ups.
19. Listeners who like age-group triathlon, family resilience, and fundraising stories will get the most from it.
20. Listeners wanting only elite-racing tactics or short technical training talk may skip it.
