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For The Kudos

For The Kudos is a running podcast from Australia. Expect professional athlete training insights, race predictions and recaps, and a star studded guest list - all done with plenty of humility, banter, and piss taking that will keep you riveted and coming back each week for more.

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  • Nov 15, 2022 · 1 hr 28 min

    Dave McNeill - #33

    FTK celebrates a huge feat in raising over $10,000 for Movember so far! This episode, we welcome fellow MTC athlete Dave McNeill for his second round of co-hosting duties. After taking us through the highs and lows of his training week, Dave opens up about his struggles over the last few years. Remarkably, despite being the most challenging period of his life in many aspects, he also saw some of his best results on the track. We hear more about Dave's mentoring program with Joel and a deeper explanation of what the Nthside Collective is all about. Brett lays down another big week in his Fukuoka preparation and Joel finally produces a training week worth talking about. Support The For The Kudos Movember Team: https://au.movember.com/team/2422796 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Dave: https://www.instagram.com/rundmc_neill The Nthside Collective: https://www.instagram.com/nthside.collective Subscribe to The Blue Line: https://theblueline.substack.com/ Grattan House Monthly Selections Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/22k2Jhf9HLB0ksEid1sAjv

  • Nov 10, 2022 · 35 min

    Q&A Session Twenty-Six

    Q&A Session Twenty-Six begins with a MO update from Brett & Joel with varying degrees of success. The first question answered ends in a deep discussion on the competitiveness within Melbourne Track Club, before detouring to a chat on how to pace easy runs. Brett & Joel go through their pre-run routines before answering a deep question surrounding mental health and its impact on training. The episode closes out with a very serious conversation around the greatest Brown Cardigan videos of all time. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack

  • Nov 8, 2022 · 52 min

    For The Kudos - #32

    Episode #32 is brought to you by WHOOP: Our 32nd episode sees Brett & Joel introduce a new high-tech piece of equipment to their training. With less than a month until Fukuoka Marathon Brett completes one of his fastest endurance workouts to date but it's not all smooth sailing for him this week. Joel has a rocky start to the week but shows signs of momentum towards the tail end as he discovers the reason for his recent fatigue. Jack Rayner is the hilarious victim of one of the TWHSOITWTWATSA submissions and the episode closes out with an interview from The Blue Line writer Elise Beacom. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Elise: https://www.instagram.com/elisebeacom/ WHOOP: https://www.whoop.com/

  • Nov 3, 2022 · 42 min

    Q&A Session Twenty-Five - Sarah Billings Special

    Q&A Session Twenty-Five has Sarah Billings return to the studio (her living room) to cover everything we were unable to touch on during her co-hosting duties in FTK's 30th episode. Joel sit's down with Sarah (Sez) for over 40mins, covering everything from her childhood sprinting days to her racing on the European circuit as a professional middle distance runner with Melbourne Track Club. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/sarahbillings

  • Nov 1, 2022 · 1 hr 36 min

    Stephen Scullion - #31

    Episode #31 coincides with the first day of Movember. FTK is participating in Movember to raise awareness about the health risks facing our fathers, partners, brothers, sons, friends and all other men in our lives. To bring in the month, we welcome Irish distance runner, Stephen Scullion to the studio. The 2:09:49 marathon athlete phones in from a training camp in Arizona to speak with Brett. The pair review Scullion's running career and approach to training before a deeper discussion surrounding the mental health struggles he has battled with and sought to overcome. Brett returns to marathon workouts in his preparation for Fukuoka and Joel steps in to help Sinead with her training for the Valencia marathon. Join The For The Kudos Movember Team: https://au.movember.com/team/2422796 Donate To Brett's Mo Space: https://au.movember.com/mospace/14775270 Donate to Joel's Mo Space: https://au.movember.com/mospace/14785354 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Stephen: https://www.instagram.com/lionscull Stephen's YOUR OLYMPICS Running Masterclass School: https://yourolympicsjourney.com/\ Subscribe to The Blue Line: https://theblueline.substack.com/

  • Oct 27, 2022 · 26 min

    Q&A Session Twenty-Four

    Q&A Session Twenty-Four has Brett & Joel begins with an update on Movember and a special giveaway competition for The Blue Line. The first listener question discussed is what do to in a training week when you've had a shocker of a workout. Brett & Joel then spend time reflecting on their careers with a deep question about what they'd change if they could go back in time. There's a conversation around super shoes before wrapping up with a question about when to fit strength & conditioning in a training week, and a story about Brett forgetting his bib number in his 5000m final at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Join The For The Kudos Movember Team: https://au.movember.com/team/2422796 Donate To Brett's Mo Space: https://au.movember.com/mospace/14775270 Donate to Joel's Mo Space: https://au.movember.com/mospace/14785354 Donate to Jack's Mo Space (reach $7777 and the famous Mo get's shaved): https://au.movember.com/mospace/14803224 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Subscribe to The Blue Line: https://theblueline.substack.com/

  • Oct 25, 2022 · 1 hr 17 min

    Sarah Billings - #30

    Our 30th episode welcomes Sarah Billings to the studio. A fellow Melbourne Track Club runner, Sarah shares her journey from high-school sprinting talent to middle distance pro athlete. Being an 800m/1500m focused athlete, we hear how her training week differs from the hosts, injury complications and where she sees the future. Brett & Joel go through their training weeks before sharing all the exciting details of what's happening during Movember. Tune in to hear about the interesting ways you can fundraise with For The Kudos and your own community so you can make a difference in mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. Join The For The Kudos Movember Team: https://au.movember.com/team/2422796 Donate To Brett's Mo Space: https://au.movember.com/mospace/14775270 Donate to Joel's Mo Space: https://au.movember.com/mospace/14785354 Donate to Jack's Mo Space (reach $7777 and the famous Mo get's shaved): https://au.movember.com/mospace/14803224 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/sarahbillings Subscribe to The Blue Line: https://theblueline.substack.com/

  • Oct 20, 2022 · 26 min

    Q&A Session Twenty-Three

    Q&A Session Twenty-Three has Brett & Joel discuss topics such as long run fuelling, hot yoga, spending time away from home, 50km runs in a marathon training block, beer miles, the use of super-shoes, dealing with bad patches in races and much more! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack

  • Oct 18, 2022 · 45 min

    For The Kudos - #29

    Brett & Joel thank everyone for signing up to Grattan House’s new publication ‘The Blue Line’ - if you haven't done so yet, please ignore the thank you message; it wasn't for you. Brett and Joel return to hard workouts this week with varying degrees of success and Joel reveals details of the new mentoring program he is undertaking with Dave McNeil. As usual, the Instagram segment reveals a couple of shockers and the episode closes out with a soft reveal of our upcoming partnership with Movember. Sign up to The Blue Line: https://theblueline.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack The NTHSide Collective: https://www.instagram.com/nthside.collective/

  • Oct 13, 2022 · 43 min

    Q&A Session Twenty-Two

    Q&A Session Twenty-Two sees the return of the question and answer format for Season 3. The episode begins with Joel asking Brett a bunch of Marathon related queries before unpacking a controversial question surrounding trail running. Plenty of time is spent answering a deep question on the success of Australian Track & Field meets before the mood is lightened with some less serious responses. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack

  • Oct 11, 2022 · 1 hr 3 min

    For The Kudos - #28

    FTK is back from holiday to bring you an even bigger and better season 3 (massive things are coming!) We kick things off with a recap of Pat Tiernan's marathon debut in Chicago before announcing Grattan House's upcoming publication - "The Blue Line". Brett takes us through his London Marathon recovery while Joel takes us through his Covid Marathon recovery. We have a special guest interview with Izzi Batt-Doyle following her successful marathon debut in Melbourne last week and the episode closes out with everyone's favourite - TWHSOITWTWATSA. Sign up to The Blue Line: https://theblueline.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Izzi: https://www.instagram.com/izzibattdoyle

  • Oct 5, 2022 · 53 min

    Brett’s London Marathon Race Recap Special

    Brett & Joel return for another special episode before Season 3 kicks off next week. In this special episode Brett takes us through his entire London Marathon race where he ran a big PB time of 2:09:52 to run the fastest time by an Australian since 2003. Joel swaps his swearing from last week's special to coughs in this week's as he is struck down with his second bout of Covid-19. Lastly thanks to everyone that made the shakeout jog on Saturday morning, it was absolutely unreal to see so many people there

  • Sep 27, 2022 · 26 min

    Season 2 Recap Special

    In this unannounced special episode Brett & Joel return to the airwaves for a brief summary of FTK's Second Season. Brett gives the listeners an insight into his final preparations for this weekend's London marathon and the second ever FTK Group Shakeout run (see details below) is announced for Melbourne Marathon, also on this weekend. Disclaimer: Joel has let holiday mode get the better of him as he inadvertently ramps his swearing frequency up. Shakeout Run Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci6zQfzvHzz/ Shakeout Run Strava Group: https://www.strava.com/clubs/805850/group_events/1248212 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack

  • Sep 8, 2022 · 34 min

    Q&A Session Twenty-One - Micronutrition Special With Sports Dietician Pip Taylor

    Q&A Session Twenty-One is brought to you by PILLAR PERFORMANCE: For this Special Q&A Session Joel is joined by accredited Sports Performance Dietician and former World Number One ranked professional triathlete Pip Taylor. The entire episode is dedicated to micronutrition and sees Pip answer questions from both Joel, Brett and our listeners. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Pip: https://www.instagram.com/piptpip PILLAR PERFORMANCE: https://pillarperformance.shop/ PILLAR PERFORMANCE Discount Code For $10 off: FTK10

  • Sep 6, 2022 · 1 hr 34 min

    Robert de Castella - #27

    Episode 27 is brought to you by ATLAS EVENTS: The final episode of FTK's second season welcomes Australian marathon record holder, Robert de Castella. This very special interview sees Rob take us through many moments of his incredible career, from humble beginnings to his 2:07:51 1986 Boston Marathon win, the Australian Record to this day. We are lucky enough to hear Rob's typical training week as one of the greatest marathon runners of all time and he shares his thoughts on why his own record still stands over 35 years later. The interview closes out with Rob sharing his involvement in The Indigenous Marathon Foundation. In normal programming Brett makes a difficult but sensible decision to pull out of his 1 hour track race and Joel sees big improvements in his fitness while banking his biggest week since returning from injury. Thank you to everyone for their support of Season Two. We will be back bigger and better (like Brett's upper-body hotel isolation gym routine) for Season Three in October. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Rob: https://www.instagram.com/deek207/ IMF: https://www.instagram.com/indigenousmarathonfoundation/ Atlas Events: https://www.facebook.com/myatlasevents

  • Sep 1, 2022 · 33 min

    Q&A Session Twenty

    FTK apologises for the ungodly buzz coming out of Brett's microphone - the London studio he is recording from must double as a Plasma Globe shop. Q&A Session Twenty begins with Brett & Joel talking about the part-time jobs they had when they were young athletes. They revisit the topic of bone stress injuries and phantom pain before giving advice to older athletes struggling to break PB's later in life. Brett & Joel share their FTK Season 3 goals before closing out the episode with a rant on Tough Mudder & Colour Run. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack

  • Aug 30, 2022 · 56 min

    For The Kudos - #26

    Episode 26 is brought to you by PILLAR PERFORMANCE: FTK swaps a live audience for a video call as Joel records from home in Melbourne, Australia and Brett from Teddington, UK. Brett reveals he has miraculously avoided jet-lag, getting his European training stint underway while Joel introduces an additional hard workout to his training week. TWHSOITWTWATSA uncovers a couple of shockers and the episode closes out with the boys revealing the identity of next week’s (very!) special guest to finish off season 2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack PILLAR PERFORMANCE: https://pillarperformance.shop/ PILLAR PERFORMANCE Discount Code For $10 off : FTK10 ATE MILES RUN CLUB: https://www.instagram.com/atemiles.rc/

  • Aug 23, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min

    For The Kudos Live Show - #25

    Episode 25 is brought to you by PILLAR PERFORMANCE: For The Kudos records their debut live show out of Up There Athletics in Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Brett & Joel swap their studio mics for the hand-held variety to navigate their usual FTK program in front of a live audience. Thanks again to everyone for coming. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack PILLAR PERFORMANCE: https://pillarperformance.shop/ PILLAR PERFORMANCE Discount Code For $10 off : FTK10 UP THERE ATHLETICS: https://upthereathletics.com/

  • Aug 18, 2022 · 31 min

    Q&A Session Nineteen

    Our 19th Q&A Session has Brett & Joel spend most of the episode discussing the smartest & safest tips to increase mileage, and when is the right time for a recreation runner to tackle the marathon distance. The boys also unpack the pros and cons of treadmill running, their favourite & least favourite workouts, and how to enhance confidence before goal races. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack

  • Aug 16, 2022 · 50 min

    For The Kudos - #24

    Episode #24: The boys chat about their upcoming live show, and brag that it sold out very quickly (if you missed out on tickets, complain to Jordy Williamsz). Brett takes us through his training week in the lead up to another big win at the Australian Half Marathon Championships in Sunshine Coast on the weekend. Joel slowly rebuilds his weekly mileage which included an hour Sunday run with some fresh new company. The episode closes out with everyone's favourite segment and the announcement of a special FTK review competition running for the remainder of Season 2. Check out the Grattan House Monthly Selections playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/22k2Jhf9HLB0ksEid1sAjv?si=f0796c475af84dfb Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brett_robinson23 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack As promised here is the link for more information on The Eighty Club (apologies for our ignorance): https://eightyclubmelbourne.org.au/