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TRAINING WEEKS

Jude and Jack are back at it with near-identical sessions and a monster 160k week. Tess? Let’s just say her lead-up to the Berlin Marathon is more fast and loose than structured…

GIVE SOME KUDOS

Zero running kudos this week- yep, you heard that right. Instead: Jude’s shouting out a local burrito legend, Tess is all about Greek pharmacies, and Jack’s got a sneaky Lime bike/scooter hack you’ll want to steal.

BIG Q

The crew helps Tess settle a dinner-table debate she’s been having with Nick while abroad.

TWHSOITWTWATSA

Jude can’t quite figure out a viral Bob Katter interview, Jack’s baffled by Sifan Hassan’s cap antics before Sydney Marathon, and Tess is side-eyeing a US Open blunder.

...and to top it all off, one of our co-hosts drops a special announcement you’ll definitely want to hear

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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.

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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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 🧚

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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.

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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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.

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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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.

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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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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SEE YOU ALL ON THE 2ND OF AUGUST AT ST ALI, SOUTH MELBOURNE!

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.

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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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 🤝