For The Kudos

Spiked Up - #52

Episode 52 of Spiked Up is out now! 
Recording live from Font Romeu, Rose and Sarah go through two big weeks of training and racing. Rose puts down two stellar weeks of training starting in London and finishing in the Pyrenees. After a solid performance in Morocco Sarah takes us through her journey to France where she nearly got deported from the EU. Then she goes through her training which left her dizzy with lactic. 
The episode ends with TWSOITWASA 💯
 
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For The Kudos - #149

This episode is brought to you by Shokz. Shop their EOFY sale HERE.The team records in person which will be the last time for a fair while. They've decided to commemorate the moment by filming the episode (stay tuned for videos dropping later this week). As always the three of them fill the episode with plenty of ridiculous stories.
TRAINING WEEKS

Jack completes a big week with workouts indicating he hasn't lost any fitness at all. Tess rounds up the troops for a big marathon workout and Joel finally gets moving again after his dramatic battle with the flu.
THE BIG Q

The team answer a question regarding coaching athletes to 5+ hour goal marathon finishing times and how this differs to coaching faster athletes.
GIVE SOME KUDOS 

Joel send his kudos to a new running hat while Jack shouts out his local trails despite his ankle falling victim to the complexity of said trails. Tess shouts out her gym (also Joel's gym) Project Better.
TWHSOITWTWATSA

Joel highlights the video that has been sent to us plenty of times during the week while Jack has the Grand Slam Track athlete entries in his sights. Tess goes hard on Joel for running on the McGrath Launceston Running Festival live stream.SHOP THE SHOKZ EOFY SALE
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FTK Live at the McGrath Launceston Running Festival

This episode is brought to you by the McGrath Launceston Running FestivalBrett, Joel and Riley welcome the guests to their special live show from the race hotel in Launceston. Expect in depth race reviews from Brett, Grego, Isaac Heyne and for the very first time on FTK - Stewy McSweyn. The episode closes out with listener questions from the crowd.
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For The Kudos - #148

Jack, Joel and Tess record over zoom this week as Joel recovers from the flu.
TRAINING WEEKS

Joel updates the listeners on a sad but necessary change of race plan while Tess lays down a solid week of training that opens up the floor for a discussion on Tess approach to training. Jack is all but back to full mileage with his training week, completing a solid threshold that suggests he hasn't lost much fitness during his time on the sidelines.
THE BIG Q

"Friend Of The Show" Bek McAlinden writes in with a question about DNFing in races. The team go deep with their answers.
GIVE SOME KUDOS 

Three rogue submissions this week: Joel sends his kudos to flu tests, Jack's to Ferny Creek and Tess to burning incense.
TWHSOITWTWATSA

Tess submits a possibly controversial take (although it seems supported by the boys) while Joel goes hard on James Magnussen. Jack wraps up with a video that proves why we need field size limits in track races.
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Spiked Up - #51

Spiked Up is back for Episode 51!!
There’s lots to catch up on in this episode. Sarah gives her Shanghai Diamond League race recap which saw her finish 2nd in 1:57.83 to become the second fastest Australian woman over 800m. The girls then go through their training weeks.
In part two of this episode the girls go through their post race thoughts after the Seiko Grand Prix. Rose dominated the women’s 3000m field to start her European campaign with a bang. Sarah finished 3rd in the women’s 1500m.

For The Kudos - #147

Jack, Joel and Tess are recording from the Hawthorn studio this week as Joel is house sitting for Brett.
TRAINING WEEKS

Tess begins her week with some consistent jogging before she tackles a difficult solo marathon session in the wind and rain. Jack ramps his training up as he prepares for his first workout outside this week, while Joel takes the crown for mileage - wrapping up his week with his longest run in many years.
THE BIG Q

"Friend Of The Show" Steve DiTullio shoots through a question on the optimal time to get a massage before a race.
GIVE SOME KUDOS 

Joel sends his kudos to op-shopping while Jack shouts out the instagram page @athsstats! Tess throws a curveball this week by sending her kudos to Coops Collection - an online Pokemon trainer.
TWHSOITWTWATSA

Jack has some questions for his friend Nath Pearce after his "calf left the chat". Joel isn't sure about the atmosphere in the stadium at the Seiko Grand Prix track meet and Tess closes out the segment with a story that has been sent to us a bunch of times!
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For The Kudos - #146

Jack, Joel and Tess are back together after a brief hiatus to bring you a laugh-filled episode of FTK.
TRAINING WEEKS

Tess updates the listeners on her recovery from a tonsillectomy and how it has affected her running, while Joel returns to a semi-normal weekend of training. Surprisingly it's Jack that completes the most running of the trio this week.
THE BIG Q

"Friend Of The Show" Tony B submits a fantastic question on what to do when you reach a plateau with improvement in your training. Jack, Joel and Tess give valuable insight on why this may happen and how to get back on the path to becoming faster.
GIVE SOME KUDOS 

Joel shouts out Big Mac Sauce which leads to a hilarious story of a past modelling career from one of our hosts - guess who! Jack highlights Andrew Coscoran's recent performance at Grand Slam Track while Tess encourages the listeners to visit concerts by themselves.
TWHSOITWTWATSA

Jack isn't too sure about a professional running / golf sponsorship crossover, while coincidentally Joel and Tess both have segments relating to spermatozoa (who knew that was the scientific name?)
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For The Kudos - #145 (Fall Guys Takeover)

This episode is brought to you by the McGrath Launceston Running Festival
It's a Grobbo take over! With Joel battling a stomach bug, Brett and Ryan have stepped in for an hour of pure running chat! They take it back a week to get a recap of Ryan's Ballarat Half win before discussing a big week of running from around the world. Grand Slam Track, Shanghai Diamond league and National records in Tokyo.
We then hear the announcement of the elite fields for the McGrath Launceston Running Festival and catch up with training weeks from Ryan in Queenstown and Brett in London.
Finally Ryan announces his AOTW in one of the most competitive weeks Australian distance running has ever seen.
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Spiked Up - #50

50 episodes of Spiked Up 💅
For this milestone episode the girls give their Xiamen Diamond League race recaps!
Rose came in clutch, running a new PB of 14:40.83 and in turn bettering her own Australian Record. It’s a great start to her international season & it will be exciting to see what she does this year.
Sarah had her first diamond league podium finish in the 1000m, placing 3rd in 2:33.45 moving her to #2 Aus all-time.
It’s no secret the Spiked Up girls love China🇨🇳

For The Kudos - #144

Welcome listeners to episode 144- the last hurrah from the Richmond recording studio.
TRAINING WEEKS

Jack and Joel go through another injury riddled week. Meanwhile, Tess carries the FTK squad on her back with a strong showing at the Ballarat Half Mara.
THE BIG Q

Should non-bibbed legends be allowed to support runners mid-race? The team debates rogue pacing, sideline coaching, and whether your mate handing you a gel should be a criminal offence. Big thanks to listener Andy Shand the question.
GIVE SOME KUDOS 

Jack pays tribute to an underrated fruit. Then, Joel and Tess shoutout the entire Marks family for being outrageously lovely humans for their recent acts of kindness.
TWHSOITWTWATSA

Tess isn’t sure about the boys’ latest Showerhead record promo. Jack isn’t sure about a video of Joel that surfaced on nocontextaustrack. While Joel brings attention to a marathoner that competed the 42.2km in ski boots. Yes you read that right, SKI BOOTS!!!
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