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
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
FTK celebrates a huge feat in raising over $10,000 for Movember so far! This episode, we welcome fellow MTC athlete Dave McNeill for his second round of co-hosting duties. After taking us through the highs and lows of his training week, Dave opens up about his struggles over the last few years. Remarkably, despite being the most challenging period of his life in many aspects, he also saw some of his best results on the track. We hear more about Dave's mentoring program with Joel and a deeper explanation of what the Nthside Collective is all about. Brett lays down another big week in his Fukuoka preparation and Joel finally produces a training week worth talking about.Support The For The Kudos Movember Team: https://au.movember.com/team/2422796
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos
Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23
Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack
Dave: https://www.instagram.com/rundmc_neill
The Nthside Collective: https://www.instagram.com/nthside.collective
Subscribe to The Blue Line: https://theblueline.substack.com/
Grattan House Monthly Selections Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/22k2Jhf9HLB0ksEid1sAjv
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Q&A Session Twenty-Six begins with a MO update from Brett & Joel with varying degrees of success. The first question answered ends in a deep discussion on the competitiveness within Melbourne Track Club, before detouring to a chat on how to pace easy runs. Brett & Joel go through their pre-run routines before answering a deep question surrounding mental health and its impact on training. The episode closes out with a very serious conversation around the greatest Brown Cardigan videos of all time.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos
Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23
Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Episode #32 is brought to you by WHOOP:Our 32nd episode sees Brett & Joel introduce a new high-tech piece of equipment to their training. With less than a month until Fukuoka Marathon Brett completes one of his fastest endurance workouts to date but it's not all smooth sailing for him this week. Joel has a rocky start to the week but shows signs of momentum towards the tail end as he discovers the reason for his recent fatigue. Jack Rayner is the hilarious victim of one of the TWHSOITWTWATSA submissions and the episode closes out with an interview from The Blue Line writer Elise Beacom.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos
Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23
Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack
Elise: https://www.instagram.com/elisebeacom/
WHOOP: https://www.whoop.com/
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
Q&A Session Twenty-Five has Sarah Billings return to the studio (her living room) to cover everything we were unable to touch on during her co-hosting duties in FTK's 30th episode. Joel sit's down with Sarah (Sez) for over 40mins, covering everything from her childhood sprinting days to her racing on the European circuit as a professional middle distance runner with Melbourne Track Club.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos
Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23
Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack
Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/sarahbillings
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Episode #31 coincides with the first day of Movember. FTK is participating in Movember to raise awareness about the health risks facing our fathers, partners, brothers, sons, friends and all other men in our lives. To bring in the month, we welcome Irish distance runner, Stephen Scullion to the studio. The 2:09:49 marathon athlete phones in from a training camp in Arizona to speak with Brett. The pair review Scullion's running career and approach to training before a deeper discussion surrounding the mental health struggles he has battled with and sought to overcome. Brett returns to marathon workouts in his preparation for Fukuoka and Joel steps in to help Sinead with her training for the Valencia marathon.Join The For The Kudos Movember Team: https://au.movember.com/team/2422796
Donate To Brett's Mo Space: https://au.movember.com/mospace/14775270
Donate to Joel's Mo Space: https://au.movember.com/mospace/14785354
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos
Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23
Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack
Stephen: https://www.instagram.com/lionscull
Stephen's YOUR OLYMPICS Running Masterclass School: https://yourolympicsjourney.com/\
Subscribe to The Blue Line: https://theblueline.substack.com/
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Q&A Session Twenty-Four has Brett & Joel begins with an update on Movember and a special giveaway competition for The Blue Line. The first listener question discussed is what do to in a training week when you've had a shocker of a workout. Brett & Joel then spend time reflecting on their careers with a deep question about what they'd change if they could go back in time. There's a conversation around super shoes before wrapping up with a question about when to fit strength & conditioning in a training week, and a story about Brett forgetting his bib number in his 5000m final at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Join The For The Kudos Movember Team: https://au.movember.com/team/2422796
Donate To Brett's Mo Space: https://au.movember.com/mospace/14775270
Donate to Joel's Mo Space: https://au.movember.com/mospace/14785354
Donate to Jack's Mo Space (reach $7777 and the famous Mo get's shaved): https://au.movember.com/mospace/14803224
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos
Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23
Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack
Subscribe to The Blue Line: https://theblueline.substack.com/
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Our 30th episode welcomes Sarah Billings to the studio. A fellow Melbourne Track Club runner, Sarah shares her journey from high-school sprinting talent to middle distance pro athlete. Being an 800m/1500m focused athlete, we hear how her training week differs from the hosts, injury complications and where she sees the future. Brett & Joel go through their training weeks before sharing all the exciting details of what's happening during Movember. Tune in to hear about the interesting ways you can fundraise with For The Kudos and your own community so you can make a difference in mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.Join The For The Kudos Movember Team: https://au.movember.com/team/2422796
Donate To Brett's Mo Space: https://au.movember.com/mospace/14775270
Donate to Joel's Mo Space: https://au.movember.com/mospace/14785354
Donate to Jack's Mo Space (reach $7777 and the famous Mo get's shaved): https://au.movember.com/mospace/14803224
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos
Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23
Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack
Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/sarahbillings
Subscribe to The Blue Line: https://theblueline.substack.com/
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Q&A Session Twenty-Three has Brett & Joel discuss topics such as long run fuelling, hot yoga, spending time away from home, 50km runs in a marathon training block, beer miles, the use of super-shoes, dealing with bad patches in races and much more!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos
Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23
Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Brett & Joel thank everyone for signing up to Grattan House’s new publication ‘The Blue Line’ - if you haven't done so yet, please ignore the thank you message; it wasn't for you. Brett and Joel return to hard workouts this week with varying degrees of success and Joel reveals details of the new mentoring program he is undertaking with Dave McNeil. As usual, the Instagram segment reveals a couple of shockers and the episode closes out with a soft reveal of our upcoming partnership with Movember.Sign up to The Blue Line: https://theblueline.substack.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos
Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23
Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack
The NTHSide Collective: https://www.instagram.com/nthside.collective/
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Q&A Session Twenty-Two sees the return of the question and answer format for Season 3. The episode begins with Joel asking Brett a bunch of Marathon related queries before unpacking a controversial question surrounding trail running. Plenty of time is spent answering a deep question on the success of Australian Track & Field meets before the mood is lightened with some less serious responses.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos
Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23
Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack