For The Kudos

Q&A Session Thirty-Nine: Organising International Competitions with Meet Director Samantha Culbert

In this week’s Q&A, Dave McNeill survives another week in the hosting chair, and is back this week talking to Samantha Culbert - the meet director of the very successful Maurie Plant Track Meet, held 3 weeks ago. The pair discuss what goes into putting on a world class track meet, how you get International stars like Fred Kerley and Emma Coburn to the start lines, and where the money comes from, and where the money goes in such big meets. Samantha also reflects on the inspiration for the meet - Maurie Plant, and how they hope to go even bigger next year in his honour.
 
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For The Kudos - #45

Episode #45 is brought to you by Sydney Marathon:Things kicks off with a quick recap of the past weekend's Sydney Track Classic before sharing the goss on Brett and Joel's catch-up with Fraser Darcy, resident contributor to The Blue Line. Despite Brett's best efforts to double Joel's mileage this week, Joel completed what most thought impossible and hit triple digits! Brett laid down another massive week with his regular training partners being replaced by some handlebars, peddles and two wheels. The episode wraps up with what Brett & Joel claim to be the best TWHSOITWTWATSA segment yet!
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Q&A Session Thirty-Eight: Running Pain Special with Physiotherapist Simon Holt

In this week’s Q&A, Dave McNeill takes on his first hosting duties. He brings his former physio and boss, Simon Holt from LivFit Physio Kew, into the FTK studio to talk about pain. The boys talk about what pain is, different types of pain, and the take homes and implications for runners: what different types of pain indicate, what it means when something hurts at the start vs the end of a run, the difference between DOMS and injury pain, and when to seek help from a health professional.
 
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For The Kudos - #44

Episode #44 is brought to you by Sydney Marathon:Things kick off with a review of the Pulse Running 5000m night of racing before Brett & Joel reveal who will be taking over the next few Q&A Sessions. Brett banks one of his biggest training weeks of the past few months, despite being forced onto the gravel for his marathon workout. Joel lays down another good week but is still yet to break triple digits in mileage. A friendly reminder that the clock is ticking for the TRAIN WITH FTK competition so keep sending those entries in.
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Q&A Session Thirty-Seven: Dave McNeill Part Two

Everyone's favourite Dave McNeill is back for Part Two of his deep chat with Joel. The pair cover a plethora of interesting topics surrounding pain management, emotions and returning from injury.
 
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Wayne Larden - #43

Episode #43 is brought to you by Sydney Marathon:In this episode Brett & Joel speak with Race Director Wayne Larden to talk all things Sydney Marathon. Wayne takes us though the candidacy program in detail as Sydney Marathon strives towards becoming an Abbott World Marathon Major. We hear about some exciting changes to the race in 2023 and remind our listeners to keep sending in their "Train With FTK" applications. In regular FTK programming Joel begins to build momentum in his running and Brett finds out the reason for his recent fatigue in training.
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Q&A Session Thirty-Six: Dave McNeill Part One

One of our most requested guests returns for his third time on the show. Dave McNeill sits down with Joel for this two-part Q&A Session that begins with Dave's journey back from injury. Dave and Joel go deep exploring the impact our emotions have in the process of building fitness again. There's a reason Dave is so well loved by our listeners.
 
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World XC Championships / Matt Centrowitz Part Two - #42

Brett goes deep on his World Cross Country Championship experience at Bathurst over the weekend. Hear all about racing in rapidly changing weather on one of the hardest courses imaginable, creating plenty of carnage across all the races. Episode 42 also features the second half of our interview with Matt Centrowitz. Be sure to subscribe to The Blue Line to hear our debut Rapid Fire Question segment dropping Wednesday night.
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Q&A Session Thirty-Five: Ryan Gregson

Q&A Sessions are back for Season 4 with a slight change of format. Professional middle-distance runner and two-time Olympian Ryan Gregson sits down with Joel to discuss topics such as fatherhood, success at an early age, injury setbacks and everything in between. We also hear of Ryan's upcoming race plans, his work with Gregson Running and the famous (infamous?) "Freddo Boy" story.
 
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Matt Centrowitz Part One - #41

Episode #41 is brought to you by Sydney Marathon:FTK returns from holidays to deliver the first episode of an even bigger and better Season 4 (have the "big things" finally arrived...?). We celebrate the season launch by releasing our first ever episode incorporating video (go follow us on Tik Tok) and part one of a highly anticipated two-part interview.  As you may have seen, FTK chats to 2016 Olympic 1500m gold medallist Matt Centrowitz about a whole range of fascinating topics, which will be split into separate episodes (we told you the big things were here!). We also announce the details of our Sydney Marathon "Train With FTK" competition. As for training weeks - Joel is back feeling good running and Brett is preparing for the World Cross Country Championships this weekend in Bathurst. We are happy to be back on the airwaves (and Joel had a great time in Fiji, thanks for asking) - enjoy!
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