In The Beginning | Australian Running and Endurance Podcast

Courtney ran 1:16:37 in the Nike Melbourne Marathon half, with a negative split and second in his age group, and insists nobody cares about the second bit. Both of us met Eliud Kipchoge: Courtney got his structure question answered on the finish line at the MCG, and Liam's phone tried to answer for him mid-Q&A.

Plus Melbourne vs Gold Coast as a city marathon, Kipchoge's start-line mindset, the Alphafly 3 vs 4 one-shoe-each test, Izzi Batt-Doyle's national record, Kona, and this week's Local Legend, Declan Magill, who ran 2:41 pushing his daughter Hazel.

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A fitness influencer with 530,000 followers rode the back of a bike at 38km in Berlin and posted a PB. Courtney reckons the brands should be checking who they sign. It's Melbourne race week. Courtney's still not sure he can hold a half marathon flat out, Liam has a question loaded for Eliud Kipchoge's breakfast, and someone has just done 35 laps of Nerang's Goat Loop, 245km in 50 hours.

Plus Liam's back on the trails at the Blackall 100, Nine takes the athletics rights from Seven, this week's Local Legend Jaime Casciaro, and Greg Norman now follows Liam on Instagram.
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Liam opens with an apology. His DNF tax went down like a lead balloon, and his wife says he doubled down when Courtney called it.

Then it's shoes: Courtney's Teams call with Eliud Kipchoge, the $500 Nike Apex that won't land here until 27 January, why the podium comes down to who brands pay, and whether Adidas' Gear Shift is the new Reebok Pump.

Plus a tribute to Pat Clohessy, a verified-PR fix for Strava, the Stawell Gift winner losing his $40k, and Melbourne runner Amy Robinson as this week's Local Legend.

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Liam wants anyone who DNFs a sold-out marathon to pay 25% more to enter next year, refunded when they finish. Courtney isn't buying it.

Also in this one: Liam's off to Melbourne for breakfast with Eliud Kipchoge, Nike's Alphafly 4 finally goes quiet, a Titans rookie's reported $600k deal next to Hayden Wilde's prize-money run, and a BBC radio producer's 2:20 live-broadcast half marathon record that Liam reckons he'll beat by Monday.

Plus a listener puts up Upper Coomera grinder Dezi as one to watch for Brisbane 2032. Send us your under-the-radar runners.

The record Liam's chasing: BBC: Presenter may have set half-marathon world record
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Courtney went 33:53 at Bridge to Brisbane — and raced the whole thing without pacing off his watch. Liam did his first SwimRun on the Gold Coast and came back with three lessons, one of them being that pride will cost you a race.

We also get into who actually won Bridge to Brisbane as a brand, why Hyrox owed its athlete a duty of care, whether an actor in a betting ad devalues women's sport, Salomon signing a five-year deal with Ironman, and the guessing game about where world record pace really falls off.

Two blokes who went out and did something on the weekend, talking about it honestly.

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