For The Kudos

For The Kudos - #155

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TRAINING WEEKS

FTK OG pair Brett & Joel take over the main show for an in-person recording after travel-plans cause recording problems with the Jack, Joel & Tess. They switch up the usual training-week chat to go deep on their respective Sydney Marathon training plans over the next 7 weeks. Joel also chats with Jack (calling in from Madrid airport) to update the listeners on his recent 3000m race.
THE BIG Q

Friend-of-the-show Josh asks how a question on race warm ups. Brett and Joel talk through the different kinds of warm-ups for different races.
GIVE SOME KUDOS 

Joel sends his kudos to a new Pulse Running initiative while Brett highlights the amazing recent performance from Peter Bol.
TWHSOITWTWATSA

To close out the show both Brett & Joel submit race-distance queries at two big recent events.
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The Fall Guys

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Welcome to The Fall Guys on FTK. Join Brett, Grego, and Riley as The guys recap all the action on and off the roads of the Gold Coast, before getting into race results around the world. We also hear the key training sessions in race week for Brett and Grego, before the longest list of honourable mentions we've ever seen for Athlete of the Week.
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For The Kudos - #154

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TRAINING WEEKS

Tess and Joel take the listeners through their taper weeks before summarising each of their half-marathon performances at the Gold Coast Marathon running festival on the weekend. Jack hits his 6th big week of mileage since returning from injury and gives his reasoning as to why some track sessions feel way harder than others.
THE BIG Q

Could this be our greatest ever BIG Q segement?
GIVE SOME KUDOS 

Joel sends his kudos to all his athletes that ran up at the Gold Coast while Tess boosts up yet another brand. Jack closes out this segment by highlighting the importance of barefoot gym which Joel and Tess agree with.
TWHSOITWTWATSA

Joel submits a photo captured by the Riley Wolff at the GC, while Jack submits another GC related piece of content - a bloke filming all of the littered gels across the course. Tess isn't sure about the hand signals Isaac Heyne was throwing in the direction of the camera.SHOP THE LATEST SHOKZ RANGE
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Spiked Up - #54

Spiked Up Episode 54!
The epsiode kicks off with life updates from the girls including updated race schedules. 
Now in their 6th week of altitude camp, they go through two big weeks of training. To sum it up the girls are training hard and feeling sleepy.
The epsiode wraps with a Q&A (training camp themed)

For The Kudos - #153

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TRAINING WEEKS

Tess returns to hard workouts as she prepares for the GC half-marathon (having moved down from the marathon distance). Joel surprises himself in his return to workouts and Jack goes deep on the sort of training he's been completing in Font Romeu.
THE BIG Q

This week Saraya Lindsay sends in a question on altitude. This leads to a lengthy discussion from the team on how to approach training when you're well above sea-level.
GIVE SOME KUDOS 

Joel sends his Kudos to another Podcast while Tess sends hers to a pair of shoes. Jack closes out the segment submitting the New York Times Top 100 Movies of the 21st Century.
TWHSOITWTWATSA

Jack submits a wardrobe malfunction which leads to a funny discussion on the frequency of these occurrences with male runners. Tess highlights a running trend submission from another running podcast while Joel closes out with a video targeting Stewy McSweyn after Faith Kipyegon's Breaking4 attempt.
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For The Kudos - #152

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TRAINING WEEKS

Tess kicks off the training week discussions updating the listeners on her injury status. This allows Tess and her coach (Joel) to have a lengthy chat on what this possibly means for her race at Gold Coast. As for Joel's training week he completes his first workout that was far harder than he expected and wraps up the week with plenty of hilly running.
THE BIG Q

This week Joel and Tess have an in-depth chat about "feeling safe" when running, which leads to a conversation on the privilege men have where safety is concerned.
GIVE SOME KUDOS 

Joel sends his Kudos to a running trail but has a last minute pivot which sees him give Kudos to an entire area. Tess gives kudos to a new hobby of hers which leads to plenty of laughs between herself and Joel.
TWHSOITWTWATSA

Tess throws shade towards a social media trend she'd sick to death of seeing while Joel closes out the segment and the episode with a more serious submission after a listener tagged FTK in an alarming Instagram story showing littered gel wrappers.
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Spiked Up - #53 with mystery guests

For episode 53, Spiked Up welcomes two mystery guests. Comment below who you think they are!
The girls recap two big weeks of training and racing including Rose’s Australian record run in the 10,000m and Sarah’s 2nd place finish in Rome Diamond League.
Rose and Sarah play a game with their mystery guests. Which MTC athlete will be thrown under the bus? 🚌

For The Kudos - #151

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TRAINING WEEKS

The 2025 FTK podcast hosts are back together are giving up their spot for last week's FTK OG takeover. Jack cracks 160km in his 3x key workout week at Font Romeu where he spends plenty of time training with Sondre Moen (2:05:48 Marathon PB). Joel does another big mileage week that sees him running more often than he's used to and unfortunately for him a fair bit slower than he's used to (especially at this weekend's Ferny Creek run). Tess updates the listeners on the medical issue that surfaced in an MRI which explained why she needed to play it safe and skip some runs later in the week.
THE BIG Q

Tess asks Jack and Joel their opinion on how to coach an athlete that is struggling for motivation this deep into a marathon block. The team discuss a variety of answers that should help the athlete enjoy their upcoming race without the pressure of a pre-negotiated "goal time".
GIVE SOME KUDOS 

Jack sends his Kudos to an incredibly fast runner while Tess uses self-reflection during this short period of injury to give kudos. Joel goes left of centre and sends his in the direction of Uranium glass.
TWHSOITWTWATSA

Tess is not sure about a certain promotional video seen on the Verve socials. Jack submits his entry which is an interview from a Villanova athlete before his 5000m at the NCAA champs. Joel can't decide between two this week so he does the noble thing and submits both. One recipient has received this award numerous times throughout the season while the second submission is of an anonymous poster of the Facebook page Athletes Australia wanting advice on what super shoes to buy their 9 year old child.
 
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Pulse Check - #03 (Previously Patreon-only exclusive)

Joel is back on hosting duties this week to chat with stars of the show Lee, Rach & Sarah. As the three of them share their training weeks with you all, there are many moments of helpful discussions that every runner can benefit from. Fatigue is high with the crew, but thankfully their spirits are higher. See you all next week!
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FTK OG - #150

Due to missing microphones and scheduling issues between the 2025 FTK hosts you're all lucky (or unlucky) to have both Brett and Joel recording their sesquicentennial episode together.
TRAINING WEEKS

For the first time this year Brett shares his training week with our non-patreon listeners. You'll hear about all the running he's doing, his current level of fitness and his ability to perform podcast live-shows from inside the sauna. Joel talks about his training week and has the man in charge of it (Brett) there to explain why he's doing what he's doing.
THE BIG Q

Changing things up this week Joel poses two questions to Brett. These two questions were sent Joel's way by his athletes Tess and Jordie (they do not sign a release waiver).
GIVE SOME KUDOS 

Brett sends his Kudos to a bloke running an 800m in the Rayban x Meta glasses while Joel talks up a popular TV show from the mid 2000's.
TWHSOITWTWATSA

Brett gets greedy as he returns to the main show and submits two entries for our closing segment. First he has questions around the gym program of the fast Kenyan marathoners before moving his attention towards the less talented (running-wise at least) Conor McGregor during his hill-sprint training. Joel closes out with a strava screenshot of a bloke running a 50km ultra-marathon inside a strip-club.
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