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
Friday Aug 29, 2025
Jess Stenson / Jude Thomas - #161
Friday Aug 29, 2025
Friday Aug 29, 2025
This episode is brought to you by Better Beer. FTK will be at Tarpeian Lawn, Botanic Gardens post Sydney Marathon at approx 10:30am.Could this be our longest episode ever? (Possibly but we've been too busy this week to check). Also FTK apologises for the delayed release of this episode. I know he hasn't been contacted in quite some time but Jordy Williamsz is still accepting any complaints.
TRAINING WEEKS
Jude steps in to replace Tess for this week's episode. Both Jack and Jude recap their race and pacing jobs respectively while leaving plenty of time for non-running-related discussions, as the trio constantly find themselves in fits of laughter.
JESS STENSON INTERVIEW
Brett & Riley hear what Jess Stenson has been up to recently in their chat. They talk about the huge international stars she'll be lining up against while also discussing about the "race within a race" among the Aussie elite contingent.GIVE SOME KUDOS
Jack shoots his kudos to Linden Hall after her amazing performance, Joel sends his towards Cronulla hosts Kevin, Jaimie and their dog Steve while Jude moves the attention away from human beings and highlights the effort put into the course for Australian Cross Country Championships in Ballarat.
TWHSOITWTWATSA
No athlete is safe this week as we close out the episode with Jack questionining a certain Australian athlete's testing of "the solo table theory". Jude is unsure of the winner of a Victorian Cross Country Championship race and Joel isn't sure why Brett had to highlight his calf muscles in a recent story upload.
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Saturday Aug 23, 2025
Spiked Up - #57
Saturday Aug 23, 2025
Saturday Aug 23, 2025
Episode 57 of Spiked Up 🫂
Rose goes through an impressive fortnight of training leading up to Silesia Diamond League. She takes the listeners through her race which saw her finish 4th in what turned into a tactical affair.
Where as Sarah battled through the last fortnight in a series of unfortunate events. Luckily for you guys she lived to tell the tale 🧚
Thursday Aug 21, 2025
Haftu Strintzos - #160
Thursday Aug 21, 2025
Thursday Aug 21, 2025
This episode is brought to you by ShokzThe episode kicks off with plenty of random life updates from the three hosts before Joel takes the listeners on a deeper dive into exactly what FTK has planned while they're up in Sydney.
TRAINING WEEKS
Tess training week is interrupted constantly by Jack and Joel, yet many of their questions are left unanswered. Despite all the travel Tess manages to get some decent training in as she prepares for Berlin Marathon. Jack takes us through his last week in Hoyos as altitude/cabin fever has well and truly set in. For the first time this year we decide to leave one of Jack's audio drop-outs in so the listeners can understand the chaos that happens behind the scenes. Joel closes out the segment updating the listeners on where he's at with his stress fracture and shares a very frustrating health-insurance related story.
HAFTU STRINTZOS INTERVIEW
As explained on the episode we decided to skip The Big Q this week as we didn't want our conversation with Haftu to be lost in a sea of typical FTK ridiculousness. Brett and Joel chat with Haftu about his disappointing last marathon attempt, returning from injury and he shares the changes he's made for this marathon block to give him the best chance of success on race-day. Oh and did we mention he does all his training solo? Not too many world class runners train that way.GIVE SOME KUDOS
Tess gives her kudos to one of the most absurd things she's ever chosen which leads to plenty of laughs from Jack and Joel. Jack boasts about his newfound love for porridge which leads to a lengthy and unnecessary yarn from Joel about how he hates breakfast food. To close out the segment Joel gives his kudos to the elusive FTK hoodie that will be dropping soon. The hoodie we released two years ago sold like hotcakes (if they're considered breakfast food Joel wouldn't like them), so we are convinced these will move just as fast.
TWHSOITWTWATSA
Tess uncovers an upload from the Trail Kings Podcast while Jack throws shade towards a track produced in support of / in honour of / in protest of (we aren't sure) Fred Kerley. Joel closes out the segment and one of our longest episodes ever with a hilarious video of an AI martian that a man befriends in his apartment using virtual reality (you have to see it to believe it).
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Friday Aug 15, 2025
For The Kudos - #159
Friday Aug 15, 2025
Friday Aug 15, 2025
This episode is brought to you by Better Beer
TRAINING WEEKS
Joel shares some heartbreaking news with the listeners but tries his best to shed a positive light on a bad situation. Tess does another strange week of running which leads to a discussion on her self-coached choices. Jack continues his progress in Spain as he prepared for a big 5000m.
THE BIG Q
Friend Of The Show Cal Christopher sends in a question about racing season vs off season and how each period should be approached differently.GIVE SOME KUDOS
Joel sends his Kudos to Melbourne's best Osteo while Jack shouts out the freshly faced FTK youtube channel (he wasn't paid to say this). Tess sends hers to another running product (maybe she is getting paid to say this).
TWHSOITWTWATSA
Joel isn't sure about an Ibiza Final Boss with a Toad-like haircut. Jack sends hate towards a pregnancy reveal of a running couple and Tess closes out the segment with an indoor shopping centre marathon.
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Saturday Aug 09, 2025
Spiked Up - #56
Saturday Aug 09, 2025
Saturday Aug 09, 2025
Spiked Up Episode 56
The episode kicks off with Rose and Sarah in stitches as they retell a prank one of the MTC members played on Sarah.
In between watching scary movies and trips to the water hole the girls complete two big weeks of training.
Saturday Aug 09, 2025
For The Kudos - #158
Saturday Aug 09, 2025
Saturday Aug 09, 2025
This episode is brought to you by the Shokz x FTK post Sydney Marathon celebrations.
TRAINING WEEKS
Tess is back in Europe and returning to training as she discusses her Berlin Marathon goals with the listeners. Jack returns to three sessions and Joel completes his best workout in a long time...which should be happy news.
THE BIG Q
The team discuss how to approach training for a marathon when your goal finishing time is around 4 hours.
GIVE SOME KUDOS
Tess gives Kudos to a book she's reading, Jack sends his to a show (something running related - can you believe it?), while Joel shouts out a Melbourne restaurant.
TWHSOITWTWATSA
Joel isn't sure about a social media story from the Sunshine Coast Marathon while Tess questions a recent post from Andy Buchanan. Jack isn't sure about a recent 5000m performance from "you know who" and the episode closes out with a story of disaster from Joel's weekend.
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Thursday Jul 31, 2025
For The Kudos - #157
Thursday Jul 31, 2025
Thursday Jul 31, 2025
This episode is brought to you by Better Beer.
TRAINING WEEKS
Joel completes another week of marathon training unscathed, which includes his longest ever run. Jack then takes the listeners through a play-by-play recap of his 10x 1.1km lap race in Sicily where he finished just off the podium.
THE BIG Q
Friend of the show Mike J C writes in with a question on recovery boots.
GIVE SOME KUDOS
FTK swaps running (not that we were ever solely about running) for a foodie focus this week. Jack sends his kudos to Sicilian Granita while Joel shines a light on pancakes - with a very strict set of specifications.
TWHSOITWTWATSA
Jack isn't sure about Josh Kerr's fashion choices while Joel changes up the segment rule to submit a photo of a young Australian running star on a podium that you might not expect.
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Thursday Jul 24, 2025
For The Kudos - #156
Thursday Jul 24, 2025
Thursday Jul 24, 2025
SEE YOU ALL ON THE 2ND OF AUGUST AT ST ALI, SOUTH MELBOURNE!TRAINING WEEKS
Jack kicks things off with a solid week of training after his slightly disappointing 3000m race. He lays down a big Tuesday workout and follows it up with 16km of k on, k off with Sondre Moen. Tess does plenty of "interesting" running while away on TDF camp and Joel's marathon training is FINALLY underway (not like him to cram things).
THE BIG Q
Joel's athlete Miles Leyden sends him a text while the team are recording. He gets permission from Miles to ask Tess and Jack their thoughts on the issue.GIVE SOME KUDOS
In perfect Jack Rayner style, Jack gives his Kudos to a body of water post-run, while Joel sends his towards an early 2000's cycling documentary. Tess closes out the segment by highlighting the Col du Tourmalet.
TWHSOITWTWATSA
To wrap up episode #156 Tess throws shade towards people that upload their sleep scores on Strava. Jack isn't sure about the press photos of Kenyan athletes signing college contracts and Joel highlights a funny video that he's been laughing at far too much.
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Wednesday Jul 23, 2025
Spiked Up - #55
Wednesday Jul 23, 2025
Wednesday Jul 23, 2025
14:31.45 🤯
Spiked Up co-host Rose Davies drops 10 seconds off her own national 5,000m record, running 14:31.45!
Listen to episode 55 to hear all about Rose’s race. Sarah also recaps her 800m at the London Diamond League. Then the girls go through their two weeks leading up to London which included Monaco and Brescia 🤝
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
The Fall Guys
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
This episode is brought to you by Kaizen
The Fall Guys are back on the main feed! (for the final time). The episode is brought to you by Kaizen - Brett gives us the latest on his Kaizen prediction now that he's got a couple of solid weeks under his belt - spoiler alert things are shaping up very nicely for Sydney. It's a monster show this week as we welcome 17 year old prodigy Dan Williams to the show - Dan joins us to talk about his training, his future college plans, and signing an NIL deal with On. After that, we get into London Diamond League results, Ruth's horror week, and eventually some training weeks before closing out with Grego's coveted Athlete of the Week.
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