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.
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Episodes
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
The FTK World Athletics Championships Special is brought to you by Up There Athletics
Expect the following from Episode #4:
Tola produces a crazy negative split to take the men’s marathon gold.
Cheptegei wins the men’s 10,000m in what was to be a tough day on the track for Jack Rayner.
Stewy advances to the 1500m final.
Jamaica goes 1-2-3 in the women’s 100m final with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce taking the top spot.
Interview with Amy Cashin.
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Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack
Amy: https://www.instagram.com/amstar94
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Sunday Jul 17, 2022
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
The FTK World Athletics Championships Special is brought to you by Up There Athletics
Expect the following from Episode #3:
Jess Hull and Georgia Griffith make it through to the 1500m final while Stewy McSweyn and Olli Hoare progress to the 1500m semis.
Amy Cashin runs a 6 second PB in her heat (now fourth fastest Australian of all time) to narrowly miss the 3000m SC final.
Kerley is the 2022 World 100m Champion.
Interview with Ben Buckingham.
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Ben: https://www.instagram.com/benjaminbuckingham
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Saturday Jul 16, 2022
Saturday Jul 16, 2022
The FTK World Athletics Championships Special is brought to you by Up There Athletics
Expect the following from Episode #2:
Girma and El Bakkali cruise through their 3000m SC heats while Ben Buckingham and Ed Trippas display gutsy efforts.
Jess, Georgia and Linden progress through to the 1500m semi-finals.
Men’s 100m heat recap - Brett & Joel’s tips win their respective heats.
Breaking down Stewy, Rambo and Olli’s 1500m heats.
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Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
The FTK World Athletics Championships Special is brought to you by Up There Athletics
Expect the following from Episode #1:
Nijel Amos provisionally suspended and Francine Niyonsaba withdraws due to injury (we found the latter out post-recording - Joel's tips are off to a shocking start).
Brett is over confident with his tipping choices and Joel defends his rogue selections.
Lock and upset predictions.
Australian’s to watch on day 1.
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UP THERE ATHLETICS: https://upthereathletics.com/
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
Q&A Session Sixteen is brought to you by PILLAR PERFORMANCE:For this Special Q&A Session Brett and Joel are welcomed by dual Olympian Ben St Lawrence. The episode begins with Benny reflecting on his break-through performance at the 2011 Melbourne Track Classic, before sharing with the listeners the most valuable running advice he would give his younger self. The guys discuss the advancements in nutrition today compared to that of a decade ago and the episode closes out with Benny taking us through his motivation behind returning after some early years away from the sport.
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Ben: https://www.instagram.com/benny_saintgram
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Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Brett goes over his training week as he recovers from his Gold Coast Half Marathon win, and Joel surprises Brett by phoning a friend in place of his regular training week, given he is still recovering from injury. This friend has some pretty important races coming up so tune in to find out who it is! The episode closes out with TWHSOITWTWATSA and an in-depth overview of the upcoming FTK World Champs Special podcast series. A reminder to everyone to get your tips in for the tipping competition (link below).https://www.grattanhouse.com/ftk-tipping
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Friday Jul 08, 2022
Friday Jul 08, 2022
Q&A Session Fifteen begins with Brett and Joel revealing the most annoying messages they receive in the lead up to races. Next they address topics such as running through pain, racing without a watch and hypnosis before finally addressing the topic that everyone has been asking - sponsorship and how we make money.
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Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Episode 19 welcomes Australian Record Holder across seven events - Jess Hull. At the time of the interview, Jess she hadn’t yet clocked the Australian record for the Mile - but, she managed to beat it at the same time Brett & Joel were recording their post-interview chat (massive congrats!) Jess breaks down a typical training week under coach Pete Julian of Union Athletics Club and tells what it’s like to be among the deepest female Australian middle-distance talent of all time. The interview closes out with Jess filling the listeners in on her plans for World Champs & Comm Games. Brett and Joel go through their taper week which would result in Brett taking the win at Gold Coast Half and Joel pondering the challenge of what he describes as the Gold Coast curse.
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Jess: https://www.instagram.com/jessicaahull
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Q&A Session Fourteen sees Brett & Joel spend time discussing how best to approach races with poor weather forecasts (attention: those racing on the Gold Coast this weekend). Other topics discussed are running with headphones, early morning races & the myths surrounding the clean-eating-athlete-influencer.
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Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Episode 18 is brought to you by PILLAR PERFORMANCE:Australian mile record holder Olli Hoare joins FTK for Episode 18. Olli takes us through his transition from University of Wisconsin to joining ON Athletics Club (OAC) under coach Dathan Ritzenhein. He gives an inside scoop on a typical training week with the OAC team, and opens up on how gaining more professional experience has seen him improve from the days of his first Diamond League race. We also hear all the details on his World Championships & Commonwealth Games plans. Brett recovers from an illness, while Joel is back in the lab for his V02max testing. The boys complete their last full week of hard training before Gold Coast Half Marathon this weekend and hope to see some listeners at the Shakeout Jog organised for this Saturday (details can be found on the FTK Instagram).
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Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack
Ollie: https://www.instagram.com/ollihoare
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