Spiked Up Episode 54!

The epsiode kicks off with life updates from the girls including updated race schedules. 

Now in their 6th week of altitude camp, they go through two big weeks of training. To sum it up the girls are training hard and feeling sleepy.

The epsiode wraps with a Q&A (training camp themed)

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TRAINING WEEKS


Tess returns to hard workouts as she prepares for the GC half-marathon (having moved down from the marathon distance). Joel surprises himself in his return to workouts and Jack goes deep on the sort of training he's been completing in Font Romeu.

THE BIG Q


This week Saraya Lindsay sends in a question on altitude. This leads to a lengthy discussion from the team on how to approach training when you're well above sea-level.

GIVE SOME KUDOS 


Joel sends his Kudos to another Podcast while Tess sends hers to a pair of shoes. Jack closes out the segment submitting the New York Times Top 100 Movies of the 21st Century.

TWHSOITWTWATSA


Jack submits a wardrobe malfunction which leads to a funny discussion on the frequency of these occurrences with male runners. Tess highlights a running trend submission from another running podcast while Joel closes out with a video targeting Stewy McSweyn after Faith Kipyegon's Breaking4 attempt.

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TRAINING WEEKS


Tess kicks off the training week discussions updating the listeners on her injury status. This allows Tess and her coach (Joel) to have a lengthy chat on what this possibly means for her race at Gold Coast. As for Joel's training week he completes his first workout that was far harder than he expected and wraps up the week with plenty of hilly running.

THE BIG Q


This week Joel and Tess have an in-depth chat about "feeling safe" when running, which leads to a conversation on the privilege men have where safety is concerned.

GIVE SOME KUDOS 


Joel sends his Kudos to a running trail but has a last minute pivot which sees him give Kudos to an entire area. Tess gives kudos to a new hobby of hers which leads to plenty of laughs between herself and Joel.

TWHSOITWTWATSA


Tess throws shade towards a social media trend she'd sick to death of seeing while Joel closes out the segment and the episode with a more serious submission after a listener tagged FTK in an alarming Instagram story showing littered gel wrappers.

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For episode 53, Spiked Up welcomes two mystery guests. Comment below who you think they are!

The girls recap two big weeks of training and racing including Rose’s Australian record run in the 10,000m and Sarah’s 2nd place finish in Rome Diamond League.

Rose and Sarah play a game with their mystery guests. Which MTC athlete will be thrown under the bus? 🚌

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TRAINING WEEKS


The 2025 FTK podcast hosts are back together are giving up their spot for last week's FTK OG takeover. Jack cracks 160km in his 3x key workout week at Font Romeu where he spends plenty of time training with Sondre Moen (2:05:48 Marathon PB). Joel does another big mileage week that sees him running more often than he's used to and unfortunately for him a fair bit slower than he's used to (especially at this weekend's Ferny Creek run). Tess updates the listeners on the medical issue that surfaced in an MRI which explained why she needed to play it safe and skip some runs later in the week.

THE BIG Q


Tess asks Jack and Joel their opinion on how to coach an athlete that is struggling for motivation this deep into a marathon block. The team discuss a variety of answers that should help the athlete enjoy their upcoming race without the pressure of a pre-negotiated "goal time".

GIVE SOME KUDOS 


Jack sends his Kudos to an incredibly fast runner while Tess uses self-reflection during this short period of injury to give kudos. Joel goes left of centre and sends his in the direction of Uranium glass.

TWHSOITWTWATSA


Tess is not sure about a certain promotional video seen on the Verve socials. Jack submits his entry which is an interview from a Villanova athlete before his 5000m at the NCAA champs. Joel can't decide between two this week so he does the noble thing and submits both. One recipient has received this award numerous times throughout the season while the second submission is of an anonymous poster of the Facebook page Athletes Australia wanting advice on what super shoes to buy their 9 year old child.

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Joel is back on hosting duties this week to chat with stars of the show Lee, Rach & Sarah. As the three of them share their training weeks with you all, there are many moments of helpful discussions that every runner can benefit from. Fatigue is high with the crew, but thankfully their spirits are higher. See you all next week!

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Due to missing microphones and scheduling issues between the 2025 FTK hosts you're all lucky (or unlucky) to have both Brett and Joel recording their sesquicentennial episode together.

TRAINING WEEKS


For the first time this year Brett shares his training week with our non-patreon listeners. You'll hear about all the running he's doing, his current level of fitness and his ability to perform podcast live-shows from inside the sauna. Joel talks about his training week and has the man in charge of it (Brett) there to explain why he's doing what he's doing.

THE BIG Q


Changing things up this week Joel poses two questions to Brett. These two questions were sent Joel's way by his athletes Tess and Jordie (they do not sign a release waiver).

GIVE SOME KUDOS 


Brett sends his Kudos to a bloke running an 800m in the Rayban x Meta glasses while Joel talks up a popular TV show from the mid 2000's.

TWHSOITWTWATSA


Brett gets greedy as he returns to the main show and submits two entries for our closing segment. First he has questions around the gym program of the fast Kenyan marathoners before moving his attention towards the less talented (running-wise at least) Conor McGregor during his hill-sprint training. Joel closes out with a strava screenshot of a bloke running a 50km ultra-marathon inside a strip-club.

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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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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.

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