For The Kudos
For The Kudos is a running podcast from Australia. Expect professional athlete training insights, race predictions and recaps, and a star studded guest list - all done with plenty of humility, banter, and piss taking that will keep you riveted and coming back each week for more.
Episodes
3 hours ago
For The Kudos - #140
3 hours ago
3 hours ago
This episode is brought to you by Athletics Australia's Maurie Plant Meet
TRAINING WEEKS
Tess lays down a solid week and Joel puts together a handy threshold as he inches closer to 130km weekly mileage. Unfortunately Jack is dealt some devastating news in the 24hours before his Maurie Plant 5000m.
THE BIG Q
This week Jack, Joel and Tess discuss what their favourite event from the Maurie Plant Meet was.
GIVE SOME KUDOS
Jack gives kudos to MRI machines which leads to a funny conversation on the terrible quality of MRI machine headphones. Tess gives Kudos to "Perplexity" - an AI powered search engine. Joel sends his kudos to Never Run, a new Melbourne based running label that blends high performance running with lifestyle fashion.
TWHSOITWTWATSA
Jack throws Tess under the bus with footage from her interview with Cam Myers, Joel sends shade towards Matt Hauser as he finishes the Mooloolaba Triathlon with questionable hand signals. Tess rounds out the episode with someone uploading a video of them vomiting after finishing a marathon time trial.
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3 days ago
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With the Sydney Marathon announcing the Australian Elite Athlete Program-featuring $135,000 in prize money exclusively for Australian athletes-Brett and Joel catch up with Ben St Lawrence, who is leading the program and supporting athletes in the lead-up to the race.
Brett and Ben also share their experiences at Major Marathons and discuss what this initiative means for Australia’s rising marathon talent.
7 days ago
Spiked Up - #47
7 days ago
7 days ago
Spiked Up Episode 47 - World Indoor Recap!
Sarah goes through her week where she lived many lives. First we hear a recap of her national 3km race then we hear all about her experience in Nanjing competing at the World Indoor Championships.
Rose goes through her training week which included impressive track sessions and skateboarding pacers. The girl is fit. We look forward to seeing both girls compete on Saturday 29 March at the Maurie Plant meet.
Rose & Sarah would also like to give a big shout out to friend of the show Georgia Griffith for finishing 4th in the 1500m at the World Indoor Championships 💘
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Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
For The Kudos - #139
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
This episode is brought to you by Athletics Australia's Maurie Plant Meet
TRAINING WEEKS
For the first time in a while all three FTK hosts had solid training weeks, while Jack enters race week for the Maurie Plant Meet 5000m.
THE BIG Q
The team discusses a question from one of Tess’ athletes, Brad Sawyer, about whether shorter or longer rest during speed sessions is more effective.
GIVE SOME KUDOS
Jack gives kudos to a special piece of gym equipment, Tess is loving Pilates from Alice Bacquie’s Forerunners app, and Joel is loving pho.
TWHSOITWTWATSA
Tess isn’t sure about Nicola McDermott’s pre-jump rituals, Joel isn’t sure about Jakob’s recent hype video for the World Indoor Champs, and Jack isn’t sure about a mysterious Facebook thread.
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Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
For The Kudos - #138
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Welcome back, FTK listeners, to episode 138, recorded at the Richmond studio.
TRAINING WEEKS
Jack and Tess have relatively normal weeks, while Joel is riddled with a mystery pain picked up on his travels (thankfully he ends up being fine)…
THE BIG Q
The team discuss a listener question about whether to run with a pace group or go solo in a marathon.
GIVE SOME KUDOS
Jack and Tess give kudos to their respective pets, Hank and Affy, before Joel gives kudos to pretty much the entire east coast of Australia, which he traveled down last week on his road trip.
TWHSOITWTWATSA
Joel isn’t sure about IV hydration and recovery ads, Jack isn’t sure about the post-interview with the baton-wielding track athlete, and Tess isn’t sure about some communication between Charles Leclerc and his race engineer during the recent F1.
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Saturday Mar 15, 2025
Spiked Up - #46 Leanne Pompeani
Saturday Mar 15, 2025
Saturday Mar 15, 2025
Spiked Up Episode 46 - Leanne Pompeani Special!
In Part 1 Rose & Sarah go through their training weeks before getting into part 2 where they welcome now marathoner Leanne Pompeani to the Spiked Up Studio. Leanne takes us through her race week in Japan and what it was like to run her debut marathon (which was the fastest by Australian woman ever)!
Leanne also answers some listener questions including if we’ll see her on the track again soon.
The episode ends with TWSOITWASA 💅
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Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Jude Thomas - #137
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Special guest Jude Thomas joins Jack and Tess for episode 137.
TRAINING WEEKS
Jack and Jude go through their training weeks, ticking off some big sessions throughout the week. Tess on the other hand has a down week.
THE BIG Q
The team chat through a listener question around training paces for k reps- Jude, Tess and Jack deliberate if Jack/ Jude could do their k reps at 5k race pace or if Tess is just training way too hard.
GIVE SOME KUDOS
Jack and Tess give kudos to their respective music festivals they attended over the weekend. Jude says thanks to his training partner Tomo.
TWHSOITWTWATSA
This week Jude isn’t sure about a rather aggressive relay race. Jack isn’t sure about a gnarly blister from housemate Nathan Pearce and Ed Goddard’s interesting threshold through Sydney streets. Tess isn’t sure about FTK’s friend of the show Izzi Batt-Doyle’s recap on her Nagoya marathon.
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Saturday Mar 08, 2025
Spiked Up - #45
Saturday Mar 08, 2025
Saturday Mar 08, 2025
It’s Pisces season ♓️ recording on Sarah’s birthday, Episode 45 of Spiked Up just dropped.
This week Rose gains reassurance that her cross training was working as she completes two great sessions and a big week of running. In her last week as a 26 year old, Sarah puts down another solid week of training including a race practice session with kick downs.
Celebrity marathoners and Cyclone Alfred provide some entertaining TWSOITWASA.
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Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
For The Kudos - #136
Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
The crew are back together in the Richmond studio this week, with both Joel and Tess having raced throughout the week.
TRAINING WEEKS
Jack quickly transitions back into the swing of training, while Joel & Tess race the Pulse 5000m and Hobart Run The Bridge respectively. Tess laid down a solid performance in her track race, while Joel finished second in his tassie 10km.
THE BIG Q
The team answer a fantastic question about how best to approach two back to back marathons (Sydney and Berlin). Jack, Joel & Tess all share their different approaches on which one to target and which to run for fun.
GIVE SOME KUDOS
Joel gives a shout-out to the DoDay Hobart Run The Bridge while Jack sends his kudos to the new Nike Vomero. Tess highlights the importance of sauna for recovery as well as the fitness gains that come with extra heat training.TWHSOITWTWATSA
Jack sheds light on a hilarious "dash for cash" type running race on an oval in NZ. Tess submits Mondo Duplantis' latest song release (yes you read that right - song). Closing off episode #136 Joel submits something strange from Sinead Diver's Wikipedia page.
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Saturday Mar 01, 2025
Spiked Up - #44
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
Episode 44 of Spiked Up is out now 😍
Rose and Sarah go through their training weeks as per usual. Sarah got that dog back in her for the Tuesday session and Rose slayed her first session back.
The episode ends with TWSOITWASA and the girls call for listener input for next week.