This week, Huw talks about being just days out from his biggest mountain adventure yet. Alice has a situation developing at parkrun: a topless, Scandinavian-looking stranger who's been quietly clocking her splits for months, and has just started acting on it. We get into two listener questions this week. First, whether to run with headphones in. Then, whether AI running apps and coaches actually work, plus a run through running advice we were both given that turned out to be completely wrong for us.

Also, apparently the Tour de France might come through the Brecon Beacons next year, and Huw's already planning the family road trip.

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This week we recap Western States: course records broken, three men under 14 hours for the first time, and Molly Seidel's remarkable finish after things went sideways at mile 94. We get into the Fuelin app: how we're both using it, what's working, and what it revealed to Alice about her own fueling. Huw's been rethinking his goals with his UK move on indefinite pause. We answer a listener question on how we deal with a race that goes badly. Plus updates on our own running and Serena Williams' return to Wimbledon - with a surprising mindset going in.

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This week, the UK is in a heatwave, and Huw (from Texas) is unimpressed. We get into how to actually use the heat to your advantage with heat training, plus tips for surviving it,  and answer a listener question on the same. Alice has moved house, which sent us down a rabbit hole on what to look for in a place to live when running is a deciding factor. She also tells the story of her solo 5K attempt after the real one didn't happen. We get into what getting older means for your speed, and Huw gives us a preview of Western States this weekend: why it could be one of the fastest on record, and what Molly Seidel's move to trails means.

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This week, Huw rocks up to his Harvard Business School reunion, and barely anyone recognises him. Alice dives into the history of Comrades, and why it's called the greatest human race - by the end of it, we commit to running it together in 2027! Huw's sister, Nia, set out to walk a marathon in the Brecon Beacons for Alzheimer's UK in memory of their dad, and Strava makes her an ultramarathoner. And following our chat last week about weight loss and performance, a listener sent in a video of a cyclist who did the same race heavier, with more muscle - interesting results. Link in the show notes on YouTube.

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This week, £750, a tube strike, and a thunderstorm later, Alice has her MRI results. Huw walks us through Western States and the Golden Ticket races, for anyone who's wondered what the fuss is about. We share our top strength exercises (Bulgarian split squats are still the worst). And we close on a listener email about whether we all over-fear the marathon,  and the grand piano that's meant to land on your back at 32K.

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This week, Alice is recording with a full flu, having already run 30K on no sleep 3 days before, convinced it was just hay fever. We get into when to push through running sick and when to stay home. Plus Ozempic and what it might mean for runners. And because we recorded on Global Running Day, we end with @gingerwithagopro - a Cape Town runner who stopped during an epic storm to help a stranger in a wheelchair, and ended up changing his life. 

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Personal Updates

02:55 Reflections on Running and Life Changes

05:56 Excitement in San Antonio: Spurs and Community Vibes

09:01 Training Challenges and Personal Struggles

12:01 Health Concerns and Decision-Making in Running

14:58 Coping Mechanisms: Running as Therapy

18:01 Community and Connection Through Running

20:48 Mindset and Nutrition in Running

23:59 Cross-Training and Alternatives to Running

27:46 Injury and Adaptation: The Journey of Recovery

29:41 Listener Engagement: Exploring Weight and Performance

30:56 The Weight Debate: Health vs. Performance

32:32 Ozempic and Running: A Complicated Relationship

36:15 Nutrition and Performance: The Importance of Fueling

40:46 The Risks of Weight Loss Drugs in Athletics

44:58 Community and Connection: The Power of Running

50:57 Inspiring Stories: Running for a Cause

This week, things get a little vulnerable. We talk about the good and bad of running; what it gives us, what it costs us, and when it starts to become a crutch. Alice shares more about what she thinks has really been going wrong in her marathons. Huw quit 75 Hard on day 72 to eat birthday cake with his family. Alice came home at 2 am after drinks with her cousins; her Garmin told her she was dying, but she went for her long run anyway. Also, she has three park runs coming up in three weekends and is absolutely dreading every single one of them.

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Huw is in London, so we're finally recording in the same room. Alice shares what she thinks keeps going wrong at the same point in every marathon, and what she's started working on to fix it. Huw plans a 20-mile run all over London past Goldman Sachs, the bars and clubs from his banking days. We get into track etiquette: people running the wrong direction, men with their shirts off, and the ones who suddenly decide they want to race you mid-interval. Then the episode lands on Alice's partner, who once ran Comrades in brand new shoes, ended up in intensive care, and threw his medal into the sea. It turned up in a stranger's Airbnb years later.
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This week, we go down a few rabbit holes. We discuss the mind-blowing Cocodona 250 performance by Rachel Entrekin, a woman who beat everyone, including the men, on 19 minutes of sleep. Alice gives Huw a full running tour of London ahead of his visit this week. We answer a listener's question about post-race chest phlegm, which turns out to be more common than you'd think. And we get into carbon shoes;  how much is too much, and how many races do they actually last? Also, Huw shares how he ran his first-ever marathon unplanned, at night, fueled only by nuts and water.

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Post-marathon, two camps form in Alice's house. Dale's done with the whole thing for now, Alice is already plotting what's next. We get into the blues that follow a big race, and both share how we feel in the days after. Alice's mum has been asking whether she could ever just run without a goal or a purpose attached, and we have a proper go at answering it. Plus, what motivates each of us right now: Alice is chasing performance and how fast she can really be; Huw's been captured by a 250-mile trail race and the mental game of long ultras. A lot of it comes back to where you don't know how you'll hold up until you're deep in it.

There's also backyard ultras (Huw's hunting for one and we even floated hosting our own), cross-training (how to pick it, what works, what doesn't), and a listener's question on getting back into exercise after a long break. And Huw's son spent several hours on his balance bike this weekend, powered entirely by free popsicles. Very ultra motivated.

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