Former Strava W*nker of the Year, Tim Lewin, sends us his Strava icks for a brilliant 'unpopular opinion'! We respond as best we can, but there's a lot to unpack...

We all do some running - Sam meets the PUMA Fam, Luke trashes his legs at track and Fran attempts week 2.7 (or was 3.8) of her half plan alongside a wino weekend 🍾

We also discuss running slower. Is there such a thing as running too slow? Dr. Luke brings the knowledge - enjoy!

It turns out that the more you relax and enjoy things, the better they become - and here's the proof...Lucy Jones ran as a youngster, went to America on a running scholarship and then stopped.Then, when she moved to London and happened upon the Herne Hill Harriers, she told the coach she was just there for fun, no pressure.From there, she's gone on to win the Surrey XC women's title, come 4th at The National XC 2025 and smash her PB with a second place finish at the FNUL 5km.Next up, London Marathon with the PUMA Project 3 - let's see how fast fun can be!

What's fast and fashionable?

This episode! We've got all your usuals plus a good chat about how fashion and running are meeting, which brings up some more controversial opinions...

Are you thinking what we're thinking...

Yes, let's get another segment started and hear about everything you love to hate and hate to love!

In the meantime, enjoy!

Fran's got a plan, well half a plan...

Sam's races on bicarb, and tells the tale...

Luke's... on a down week, sorry - coming back from a long hike...

We answer a great listener question all about trail and ultra running, discuss our disgust at the XC at Parliament Hill and somehow all are in the same place at the same time - though that doesn't make the intro better!

Enjoy!

Dr. Luke recounts his 70km, Sam learns what rawdogging means and Fran laughs at them both.

Fran also does some more running, Sam tries bicarb - again - but properly this time, and Luke talks about another down week or two.

Sam also reveals he has been accepted to be part of the PUMA Project 3 - which Fran finds very funny given a recent conversation they had - so will be 'treated like a pro' and given a cash incentive to break his marathon PB at London in April - enjoy!

In this interview, I revisit a recent race with two brilliant ladies who replay it from their perspective - Emmie and Jojo.

Florence Marathon truly was like running in art - the building, bridges, streets and statues - but it was also a stepping stone for these two as they hoped to reclaim their Boston Marathon qualifying time that had been snatched away in 2020!

Running together is always fun but it can be tricky, especially for something like a fast marathon, so it was brilliant to hear how Emmie and Jojo approached the race, manifested the outcome and then went and f#*king smashed it - enjoy!

One of the most mentioned names on the podcast, who has never been on the podcast - Gildas Braine.

I caught up with Gildas the day after his latest ultra, the Arc of Attrition 50, but this one had been a little different. He'd been out injured for a few months and made the last minute decision to run with the goal of bettering his chances of a place at UTMB, but it was going to be tight with the cut off. Did he make it? You'll just have to listen to find out...

We also discuss training for our first sub 3 hour marathon attempt together, how he found the love of ultras and just general good run chat - enjoy!

Remember the days when all you needed to run was a pair of trainers...? No, me neither - I've always found that a pair of short and a top are expected too!

Then there's the GPS watch, the headphones, the sunglasses, the gloves, the socks, the hat, the camera...

This week we discuss all that, and more, as well as getting into what running we've done and what Fran really thinks about cricket!

Now we've piqued your interest, go listen!

This week’s guest is Cain Christoforou, aka Caino from Spaino, and this episode is a little different...

I usually speak to people after their run, but Cain's run is a little different so we’re speaking before it!

He will be running from Barcelona to London, starting on the 8th March and covering more than a marathon a day.

Hear how this idea came about, how he's actually going to do it and most importantly... why!?

Another week, another great listener question!

This week we were asked about preparing for your first half marathon, which gave us all a chance to reminisce about our first races and give some pretty incredible advice, but you'll have to listen to hear it!

And before you get to that you'll have to hear about our running weeks which included: down weeks, not running and definitely no bicarb - yet...