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🇨🇳

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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After a brief hiatus 2025 OG FTK cast-member Jack Rayner is back in the (Brunswick) studio to record our 143rd episode with Joel & Tess.

TRAINING WEEKS 

Jack brings the listeners up to date with his hefty cross training schedule, including his alter-g escapades while Tess clocks her last big week of work before the taper into Ballarat Half Marathon. Unfortunately for Joel he battles fatigue through the week and ends up with a boo-boo in his foot (pending scan results).

THE BIG Q

Jack, Joel & Tess steal a listener question meant for the Izzi & Andy show - they answer who they'd like as their dream marathon-pacing team to give them the best chance of running a PB.

GIVE SOME KUDOS

Jack gives kudos to his favourite bakery (we are talking pure bread loaves here, not the fancy buns and scrolls), Tess encourages the listeners to go on more weekend getaways to reset the mind and Joel closes it out recommending his latest favourite streaming show binge - Top Boy.

Jack isn't sure about Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce absolutely feeding the parents of her child's school-friends over a grass 100m, Tess isn't sure about flat-lays and Joel brings attention to a very crook set of twins that were interviewed on a Queensland news channel recently.

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This episode is brought to you by the McGrath Launceston Running Festival

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The episode starts with some Spiked Up “housekeeping” news (don’t worry, we aren’t leaving you guys). After formalities, the girls reflect on a successful campaign at the Australian Champs, sharing some highlights of the weekend.

Shoutout to Sarah to place 2nd in the 1500, with a HUGE last lap (56 seconds!!!!)😳

Rose ran a strong 15.03 for 3rd in the 5000m.

Like always, both the girls go through their training weeks leading into the race & share some insight into what races they will be toeing the line in next.

Welcome to Episode 141! This week, Joel, Tess, and fill-in host Jude record at the Hawthorn studios, the home base of Brett, Nelson, and Jude.

Jude and Joel share updates from their solid training weeks. Jude, fresh off the Maurie Plant 1500m, breaks down his race as part of his training. Meanwhile, Tess is in race week mode for R4TK.

The team discuss how their diets shift between winter and summer.

Jude’s uncertain about the Grand Slam stream stitch-up, Joel’s not sure about a life-size pikachu running from the police and Tess is questioning a post from austracknocontext.

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Spiked Up Episode 48 - The Maurie Plant Meet Recap

A huge weekend for Australian Athletics! In this episode Rose & Sarah go through their race recaps and their week of training leading up to the race.

Both girls left the track happy with their performances and keen for nationals next week! 

The episode concludes with TWSOITWASA 📸

We are releasing The Izzi & Andy Show episode 08 to the main network for everyone to get a taste of one of the great shows on the FTK Patreon. With Andy's Marathon 1 month away now is a great time to sign up and give our Patreon a try.

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It's race week again for Izzi as she prepares for the 3000m at Maurie Plant Meet this weekend in Melbourne - Izzi has recovered well from Nagoya and puts together another solid week of training.

Andy meanwhile hits some very big numbers in Bendigo as his prep for London steps up a notch. Andy also reveals another upcoming race on his calendar that we weren't expecting.

We also chat through the big races for this weekend. We're now a month out from Andy's tilt at London, so stay locked to the Izzi and Andy Show as we get closer.

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This episode is brought to you by Athletics Australia's Maurie Plant Meet

TRAINING WEEKS 

Tess lays down a solid week and Joel puts together a handy threshold as he inches closer to 130km weekly mileage. Unfortunately Jack is dealt some devastating news in the 24hours before his Maurie Plant 5000m.

THE BIG Q

This week Jack, Joel and Tess discuss what their favourite event from the Maurie Plant Meet was.

GIVE SOME KUDOS 

Jack gives kudos to MRI machines which leads to a funny conversation on the terrible quality of MRI machine headphones. Tess gives Kudos to "Perplexity" - an AI powered search engine. Joel sends his kudos to Never Run, a new Melbourne based running label that blends high performance running with lifestyle fashion.

 TWHSOITWTWATSA 

Jack throws Tess under the bus with footage from her interview with Cam Myers, Joel sends shade towards Matt Hauser as he finishes the Mooloolaba Triathlon with questionable hand signals. Tess rounds out the episode with someone uploading a video of them vomiting after finishing a marathon time trial.

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With the Sydney Marathon announcing the Australian Elite Athlete Program-featuring $135,000 in prize money exclusively for Australian athletes-Brett and Joel catch up with Ben St Lawrence, who is leading the program and supporting athletes in the lead-up to the race.

Brett and Ben also share their experiences at Major Marathons and discuss what this initiative means for Australia’s rising marathon talent.