In The Beginning | Australian Running and Endurance Podcast

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...

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...

Recorded from the front seats of a Subaru Outback Wilderness on a live rally course at the Sunraysia Safari in Mildura, with Mike Atkinson AKA Outback Mike — Alone Australia Season 1 runner-up, survival expert and...

Adzy Gordon's maths teacher told his parents he'd never be a runner because he was too overweight. He went on to race as a professional triathlete, and now runs the Adzy's Athletes run group out of Main Beach and works...

Courtney walked off a track session at Pizzey this week feeling better than he has after any run in five years — and he's twelve weeks out from another marathon in the shape he ran the last one. Also in: a voicemail...

A YouTube compilation of 75-year-olds finishing Ironman made Mick Kelly cry in his living room — six years later he's signed up for a 200-mile race with more elevation than Everest. The We Got The Chocolates host joins...

Liam made a bold prediction about 'On Running' brand back in January. Last week it cost Roger Federer seventy-four million dollars in a single day. That's the hand-up moment this episode starts on, before the boys get...

A running brand where you can't buy the kit until your Strava time says you've earned it — Liam reckons that's a concept, not a gimmick, and Courtney wants in. Liam debriefs his City to Surf TV commentary debut, why...

Everyone does the Mona Fartlek. Almost nobody does it properly — and Courtney admits he's one of them, letting his floats slide into jogs so the reps look quicker. From there it's Keely Hodgkinson's new Nike signature...

Who is genuinely the fittest person on Earth: Tadej Pogačar, Kilian Jornet, a CrossFit champion or someone else entirely? Courtney and Liam unpack Australia’s Commonwealth Games dominance, Dean Boxall’s extraordinary...

Courtney and Liam are back covering the strange space after a major race — when the finish line is gone, motivation dips and it’s time to find the next target. They unpack the simple five-minute rule for getting...

Courtney's had enough of blokes walking around town in Alphaflys, and it kicks off a proper deep dive — from a ⁠Runners World ⁠ piece on desexualising athletics broadcasts, to Nike ACG's slushy-machine aid station...

The Gold Coast Marathon is done, the legs are cooked, and Courtney is already quietly looking towards another marathon in November. This week, Liam and Courtney unpack what proper marathon recovery should actually look...

The 2026 Gold Coast Marathon Series has crossed the finish line. Courtney is officially a marathon finisher, stopping the clock in 2:42:10 in his first proper race marathon. But this is not a victory-lap episode. It is...

It's Gold Coast Marathon eve and Courtney's quietly walking back his pace targets — head-to-toe black, poppers prepped, and a new plan to cruise rather than chase. The boys break down the elite fields, debate whether...