The Long Run

This week on The Long Run: Around the Track covers Western Sydney Ironman 70.3, the Sydney Backyard Ultra (still going at 35 yards/212km!), and the World Athletics Champs. We celebrate Brook McIntosh’s run around Australia—14,200km in just over 200 days—raising awareness with The Blue Tree Project. Elton brings in a blind ranking tier list for Gus. The boys debate the carb gel hierarchy, and talk real news with Saucony’s controversial marathon sponsorship. Plus, there’s more trail running propaganda with UTA selling fast and Strava’s new UTMB partnership. We wrap it all up with our week of training.

This week on The Long Run:
Around the Track takes us to the Lake Mac Half, the Ironman World Champs in Nice, and the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, plus a Berlin Marathon race preview.
In Ask the Coach, we tackle what sort of track session suits your sport and goals, before diving into whats Bringing the Game into Disrepute.
In Runner’s Science, we break down corticosteroids—their medical uses, performance effects, and why they’re controversial in sport.
We finish up with a recap of our week of training.

This week on The Long Run: we unpack Kipchoge’s massive weekly training plan, share more Sydney Marathon race recaps, and explore how the trail running boom is driving the running economy. We break down the epic Arizona Monster 300 Trail Race (and whether we’d sign up), muse over the purchase of a Satisfy UTMB car, and wrap things up with our week of training and recovery post-Sydney Marathon.

This week on The Long Run we cover Adidas’ midnight Chasing100 world record attempt and the launch of a new prototype super shoe, plus the wild Great World Race—7 marathons in 7 days across 7 continents. We chat what the boys are buying, how to set up your watch for race day, results from our fast vs far poll, and wrap with our week of training.

This week on The Long Run: we kick off with Ask the Coach, diving into the art of tapering and how to get it right. In Race Previews, we look around the corner to Sydney Marathon 2025 and break down the ins and outs of the newest world major marathon. We also scan over the legendary UTMB. It’s new shoe time with the boys first looks at the ASICS Sonicblast and Megablast, plus Angus needs help with his wishlist of running gear. We wrap it all up with a recap of our week of training.

We’re back with Hot or Not, asking can a running shoe have too much cushion. The listeners have spoken with fresh would-you-rather questions, we scroll through the latest TikTok trends, and try to build our dream race fit with just $20. In Around the Track, we cover City2Surf and the Cocodona 250’s lightning-fast sellout, before sharing what the boys are buying and we cap it off with our week of training.

This week on The Long Run, we’ve got listener call-ins - asking about new earphone technologies and another dividing the boys on hypothetical race scenario. In Around the Track, we chat about the new beer mile world record and some epic trail races abroad. We also debate the dream purchases: shoes, kit and tickets. And in true Long Run fashion, we wrap up with a look at Our Week of Training as we head into peak week before the Sydney Marathon.

This week on The Long Run, we dig into the causes of overload injuries and how to stop them before they stop you. We debate the value of Strava kudos in Hot or Not, break down the science behind popular supplements, and finish with a quick recap of our week in training. 

The boys are divided on some running Would you Rather questions. Elton breaks down the science behind ice baths and saunas in this week’s Runner’s Science segment—what actually works for recovery and why. Plus, we share some of the latest race recaps and give a peek into how our training weeks played out.