You are a human, zone two training works for you.Last week was the five zones. This week is how to train them. Coach Matt covers every zone from recovery to VO2: the exact sessions, durations and…
You can't hold true VO2 max for more than 25 minutes across a whole session, so no, you didn't run your half marathon in zone 5.Matt breaks down all five heart rate zones: what each one is for, how…
Listener Q&A covers fueling a five-hour marathon, whether anyone can really hold zone five for an hour, finishing a marathon off a 24K long run, and how to stop chasing pace on your watch. Georgia, 10…
What Running Gear Is Actually Worth the Money? Running is supposed to be simple and cheap. Somehow it's turned into $6 gels, $350 race entries and $600 watches. Matt and Georgia go through it item by…
Matt strips endurance sport down to two questions: are you fast enough, and are you durable enough? He lays out the exact markers for each, why speed takes far longer to build than durability, and how…
Endurance sport is a cruel mistress — you can do everything perfectly and still get nothing back. The athletes who make it are the ones who show up anyway.Episode 81: how to actually debrief a race —…
40,000 runners is the edge — Sydney Marathon is flirting with breaking its own event, and we need to talk about it.Episode 80: the Sydney Marathon 2026 recap. 70+ at the shakeout run, 36 TPP athletes…
Sydney Marathon is four days away and you've got nothing left to gain. Only nervous energy to lose.Emergency episode. Matt and Georgia work through every race-week fear runners actually have: heavy…
Your Sydney Marathon Q&A, plus a full catch-up on life. Georgia is back from having Millie. Matt recaps a 24-hour team backyard ultra. Where his Iron Man WA prep is landing 15 weeks out, Then ten…
Is a 70.3 an Ironman? Episode 77: everything you need to know about triathlon as a runner. Every distance from super sprint to full Iron Man, actual mandatory gear vs the nice-to-haves, a realistic…
