Sorry for going MIA last week. We're back in your ear holes and we have A LOT to catch up on. This week, Brodie and Shannon chat about:

• Shannon is fast as fuck
• Brodie got a 2.5 for his week
• Mary McCarthy and stress fracture gate
• Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
• Safety concerns at the start of winter
• The latest way Garmin has been bullying us

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This week, we're joined by Curtis McEntee. He's a Wolves Run Club member and we chat all things Herdy's Backyard Ultra.

• How he got involved with Wolves right at the beginning
• The groups focus on community and connection
• Treating a run club as a sports club
• Why they choose to raise funds for Lifeline
• The plan to run 3000 miles for 3000 lives
• Why Herdy's is such an EPIC event

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It's that time of the week. Join Shannon and Brodie as we yap all things running for 40 minutes:

• Brodie learning what a tempo actually is
• Shannon completing a Grand Slam
• Paces that are pointless to run it
• An FYI to never comment on what people eat
• The LA Marathon - finisher medals and finish line debacle
• A shoutout to those doing Herdy's over the weekend

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This week, we're joined by Cam D'Silva, a former Ninja Warrior turned ultra runner. Together, we chat about:

• Having brain surgery at 12
• Becoming a Ninja Warrior at 18
• How OCR led him to ultras
• Running with a fractured leg
• Why he always goes out the gate too fast
• Raising funds for Dementia Australia (stay tuned)

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It's time for your weekly yap with Shannon and Brodie. This week, we chat about:

• A lengthy explanation for why Shannon didn't do her threshold
• Brodie somehow explaining his swim and bike sessions
• People walking on the cycle path on the South Perth foreshore
• A gripe against people who don't untie their shoelaces
• The debacle at the USATF Half Marathon Championship
• Sha'Carri Richardson competiting at the Stawell Gift

BUT most importantly, we've got voice memos from a few of our friends who did Tokyo Marathon. We hear race recaps from:

• Andrew 'The Enigma' Dinata who is allowed to stay in the group chat
• Sian Chin and Brandon Wong who are showing off after debuting at a major

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This week, we're joined by Vlad Ixel. He's an ultra runner, the founder of Bix Nutrition and officially the least casual runner we've ever had on the podcast. Together, we chat about:

• Moving to Australia and becoming a junior tennis prodigy
• His other life as a chain smoker followed by his quarter life crisis
• Going straight from a marathon to a 250km ultra
• Becoming a professional runner and getting sponsored by North Face
• Being a big fish in the Asian ultra running scene
• Why he started Bix Nutrition and what makes it difference
• Why we needs carbs and what the actually are electrolytes
• Some perspective on speed and admiring those quicker than you

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Just a note that this episode was recorded before we received listener feedback on the previous episode, which is why it isn’t acknowledged during this recording.

It's episode two for the week, join Brodie and Shannon as they chitty chat for 40 minutes just as you all requested.

• Shannon had a great threshold and dropped Jesse
• Brodie swam and cycled and was allowed to briefly talk about it
• A reminder that even the best runners can slow down, which means you can too
• The mystery of Hayden McGregor and the Tokyo Marathon
• Gout Gout setting a new Australian U20 100m record
• Some encouragement for our friends doing Tokyo on the weekend

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Ask and you shall receive. The polls were conclusive and you wanted more CRAP, so here we are with our first of two episodes this week. In this episode, we're joined by Kurt Spanswick. Together, we chat about:

• How he's become a CRAP cult hero after introducing Shannon to the trails
• Finding running as a way of coping with PTSD
• Being a Run Freo committee member despite hating social runs
• How to keep dickheads from ruining your running community
• Running four ultras in about six months

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