Beyond The Finish Line

What Running Gear Is Actually Worth the Money? Until you're hitting race intensity, you don't need race nutrition. Running is supposed to be simple and cheap. Somehow it's turned into $6 gels, $350 race entries and $600...

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 to...

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 — good or bad. Sit...

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 with 33 PBs (27 of...

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 shakeout-run legs, a...

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 rapid-fire Sydney...

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 weekly training...

Cross training isn't the easy option it's how you keep the volume up, take the impact out, and stop breaking yourself when running twice a day isn't the answer. Episode 76: everything runners need to know about cross...

Anyone can do a marathon — but should you? And how long should you actually wait before you sign up? Episode 75: the marathon isn't the default goal for every runner, and it might not be yours. Why the best endurance...

What goes up must come down the post-race blues aren't a bug, they're built into the sport. Episode 74: what to do when the race is over and you don't know what to do next. The 18-24 month goal reframe, how to actually...

The hay is in the barn race week is where most people fuck up what they've already earned. Episode 73: your Race Week Survival Guide. Tapering, maranoia, race morning logistics, carb loading without going full donut...

Listener questions, fully loaded from "am I overtraining or just adapting?" to "is sub-4 realistic on three runs a week?" Episode 72 is our favourite episode of the month your questions, answered. Matt and Georgia get...

The cheap stuff that's actually good, the bougie stuff that's actually worth it, and the products we'd never touch. a no-BS gear breakdown for runners. Matt and Georgia run through shorts, sports bras, shoes, hats...

Your 5k time will tell you exactly what marathon you can run most people just don't know how to read it. Episode 70: Matt nerds out on the 5k and why it's the single most important measuring stick in your training. The...

<p>You don't get to choose if your race goes sideways — you only get to choose what you do when it does.</p><p>Episode 69: what to do when your race turns to shit. How to know when plan A is gone, when to switch to plan...