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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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  • Sep 5, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

    For The Kudos - #162

    This episode is brought to you by Pillar Performance. Episode #162 brings a shake-up! Tess takes the hosting seat with Jack and Jude by her side. The trio kick things off with a Sydney Marathon recap and a little Europe catch-up. TRAINING WEEKS Jude and Jack are back at it with near-identical sessions and a monster 160k week. Tess? Let’s just say her lead-up to the Berlin Marathon is more fast and loose than structured… GIVE SOME KUDOS Zero running kudos this week- yep, you heard that right. Instead: Jude’s shouting out a local burrito legend, Tess is all about Greek pharmacies, and Jack’s got a sneaky Lime bike/scooter hack you’ll want to steal. BIG Q The crew helps Tess settle a dinner-table debate she’s been having with Nick while abroad. TWHSOITWTWATSA Jude can’t quite figure out a viral Bob Katter interview, Jack’s baffled by Sifan Hassan’s cap antics before Sydney Marathon, and Tess is side-eyeing a US Open blunder. ...and to top it all off, one of our co-hosts drops a special announcement you’ll definitely want to hear SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forthekudos Jack: https://www.instagram.com/jackrayner7 Jude: https://www.instagram.com/judeethomas Tess: https://www.instagram.com/tesssicaa_ From last week's episode - Bang On Projects: https://www.instagram.com/bangonprojects_

  • Aug 29, 2025 · 2 hr 4 min

    Jess Stenson / Jude Thomas - #161

    This episode is brought to you by Better Beer. FTK will be at Tarpeian Lawn, Botanic Gardens post Sydney Marathon at approx 10:30am. Could this be our longest episode ever? (Possibly but we've been too busy this week to check). Also FTK apologises for the delayed release of this episode. I know he hasn't been contacted in quite some time but Jordy Williamsz is still accepting any complaints. TRAINING WEEKS
 Jude steps in to replace Tess for this week's episode. Both Jack and Jude recap their race and pacing jobs respectively while leaving plenty of time for non-running-related discussions, as the trio constantly find themselves in fits of laughter. JESS STENSON INTERVIEW Brett & Riley hear what Jess Stenson has been up to recently in their chat. They talk about the huge international stars she'll be lining up against while also discussing about the "race within a race" among the Aussie elite contingent. GIVE SOME KUDOS 
 Jack shoots his kudos to Linden Hall after her amazing performance, Joel sends his towards Cronulla hosts Kevin, Jaimie and their dog Steve while Jude moves the attention away from human beings and highlights the effort put into the course for Australian Cross Country Championships in Ballarat. TWHSOITWTWATSA
 No athlete is safe this week as we close out the episode with Jack questionining a certain Australian athlete's testing of "the solo table theory". Jude is unsure of the winner of a Victorian Cross Country Championship race and Joel isn't sure why Brett had to highlight his calf muscles in a recent story upload. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forthekudos Jack: https://www.instagram.com/jackrayner7 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Jude: https://www.instagram.com/judeethomas Jess: https://www.instagram.com/jess_tren Bang On Projects: https://www.instagram.com/bangonprojects_

  • Aug 23, 2025 · 1 hr 7 min

    Spiked Up - #57

    Episode 57 of Spiked Up 🫂 Rose goes through an impressive fortnight of training leading up to Silesia Diamond League. She takes the listeners through her race which saw her finish 4th in what turned into a tactical affair. Where as Sarah battled through the last fortnight in a series of unfortunate events. Luckily for you guys she lived to tell the tale 🧚

  • Aug 21, 2025 · 1 hr 24 min

    Haftu Strintzos - #160

    This episode is brought to you by Shokz The episode kicks off with plenty of random life updates from the three hosts before Joel takes the listeners on a deeper dive into exactly what FTK has planned while they're up in Sydney. TRAINING WEEKS
 Tess training week is interrupted constantly by Jack and Joel, yet many of their questions are left unanswered. Despite all the travel Tess manages to get some decent training in as she prepares for Berlin Marathon. Jack takes us through his last week in Hoyos as altitude/cabin fever has well and truly set in. For the first time this year we decide to leave one of Jack's audio drop-outs in so the listeners can understand the chaos that happens behind the scenes. Joel closes out the segment updating the listeners on where he's at with his stress fracture and shares a very frustrating health-insurance related story. HAFTU STRINTZOS INTERVIEW As explained on the episode we decided to skip The Big Q this week as we didn't want our conversation with Haftu to be lost in a sea of typical FTK ridiculousness. Brett and Joel chat with Haftu about his disappointing last marathon attempt, returning from injury and he shares the changes he's made for this marathon block to give him the best chance of success on race-day. Oh and did we mention he does all his training solo? Not too many world class runners train that way. GIVE SOME KUDOS 
 Tess gives her kudos to one of the most absurd things she's ever chosen which leads to plenty of laughs from Jack and Joel. Jack boasts about his newfound love for porridge which leads to a lengthy and unnecessary yarn from Joel about how he hates breakfast food. To close out the segment Joel gives his kudos to the elusive FTK hoodie that will be dropping soon. The hoodie we released two years ago sold like hotcakes (if they're considered breakfast food Joel wouldn't like them), so we are convinced these will move just as fast. TWHSOITWTWATSA
 Tess uncovers an upload from the Trail Kings Podcast while Jack throws shade towards a track produced in support of / in honour of / in protest of (we aren't sure) Fred Kerley. Joel closes out the segment and one of our longest episodes ever with a hilarious video of an AI martian that a man befriends in his apartment using virtual reality (you have to see it to believe it). SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forthekudos Jack: https://www.instagram.com/jackrayner7 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Tess: https://www.instagram.com/tesssicaa_ Haftu: https://www.instagram.com/haftustrintz

  • Aug 15, 2025 · 1 hr 19 min

    For The Kudos - #159

    This episode is brought to you by Better Beer TRAINING WEEKS
 Joel shares some heartbreaking news with the listeners but tries his best to shed a positive light on a bad situation. Tess does another strange week of running which leads to a discussion on her self-coached choices. Jack continues his progress in Spain as he prepared for a big 5000m. THE BIG Q
 Friend Of The Show Cal Christopher sends in a question about racing season vs off season and how each period should be approached differently. GIVE SOME KUDOS 
 Joel sends his Kudos to Melbourne's best Osteo while Jack shouts out the freshly faced FTK youtube channel (he wasn't paid to say this). Tess sends hers to another running product (maybe she is getting paid to say this). TWHSOITWTWATSA
 Joel isn't sure about an Ibiza Final Boss with a Toad-like haircut. Jack sends hate towards a pregnancy reveal of a running couple and Tess closes out the segment with an indoor shopping centre marathon. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forthekudos Jack: https://www.instagram.com/jackrayner7 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Tess: https://www.instagram.com/tesssicaa_

  • Aug 9, 2025 · 51 min

    Spiked Up - #56

    Spiked Up Episode 56 The episode kicks off with Rose and Sarah in stitches as they retell a prank one of the MTC members played on Sarah. In between watching scary movies and trips to the water hole the girls complete two big weeks of training.

  • Aug 9, 2025 · 1 hr 31 min

    For The Kudos - #158

    This episode is brought to you by the Shokz x FTK post Sydney Marathon celebrations. TRAINING WEEKS
 Tess is back in Europe and returning to training as she discusses her Berlin Marathon goals with the listeners. Jack returns to three sessions and Joel completes his best workout in a long time...which should be happy news. THE BIG Q
 The team discuss how to approach training for a marathon when your goal finishing time is around 4 hours. GIVE SOME KUDOS 
 Tess gives Kudos to a book she's reading, Jack sends his to a show (something running related - can you believe it?), while Joel shouts out a Melbourne restaurant. TWHSOITWTWATSA
 Joel isn't sure about a social media story from the Sunshine Coast Marathon while Tess questions a recent post from Andy Buchanan. Jack isn't sure about a recent 5000m performance from "you know who" and the episode closes out with a story of disaster from Joel's weekend. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forthekudos Jack: https://www.instagram.com/jackrayner7 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Tess: https://www.instagram.com/tesssicaa_

  • Jul 31, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min

    For The Kudos - #157

    This episode is brought to you by Better Beer. TRAINING WEEKS
 Joel completes another week of marathon training unscathed, which includes his longest ever run. Jack then takes the listeners through a play-by-play recap of his 10x 1.1km lap race in Sicily where he finished just off the podium. THE BIG Q
 Friend of the show Mike J C writes in with a question on recovery boots. GIVE SOME KUDOS 
 FTK swaps running (not that we were ever solely about running) for a foodie focus this week. Jack sends his kudos to Sicilian Granita while Joel shines a light on pancakes - with a very strict set of specifications. TWHSOITWTWATSA
 Jack isn't sure about Josh Kerr's fashion choices while Joel changes up the segment rule to submit a photo of a young Australian running star on a podium that you might not expect. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forthekudos Jack: https://www.instagram.com/jackrayner7 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Tess: https://www.instagram.com/tesssicaa_

  • Jul 24, 2025 · 1 hr 16 min

    For The Kudos - #156

    SEE YOU ALL ON THE 2ND OF AUGUST AT ST ALI, SOUTH MELBOURNE! TRAINING WEEKS
 Jack kicks things off with a solid week of training after his slightly disappointing 3000m race. He lays down a big Tuesday workout and follows it up with 16km of k on, k off with Sondre Moen. Tess does plenty of "interesting" running while away on TDF camp and Joel's marathon training is FINALLY underway (not like him to cram things). THE BIG Q
 Joel's athlete Miles Leyden sends him a text while the team are recording. He gets permission from Miles to ask Tess and Jack their thoughts on the issue. GIVE SOME KUDOS 
 In perfect Jack Rayner style, Jack gives his Kudos to a body of water post-run, while Joel sends his towards an early 2000's cycling documentary. Tess closes out the segment by highlighting the Col du Tourmalet. TWHSOITWTWATSA
 To wrap up episode #156 Tess throws shade towards people that upload their sleep scores on Strava. Jack isn't sure about the press photos of Kenyan athletes signing college contracts and Joel highlights a funny video that he's been laughing at far too much. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forthekudos Jack: https://www.instagram.com/jackrayner7 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Tess: https://www.instagram.com/tesssicaa_

  • Jul 23, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min

    Spiked Up - #55

    14:31.45 🤯 Spiked Up co-host Rose Davies drops 10 seconds off her own national 5,000m record, running 14:31.45! Listen to episode 55 to hear all about Rose’s race. Sarah also recaps her 800m at the London Diamond League. Then the girls go through their two weeks leading up to London which included Monaco and Brescia 🤝

  • Jul 22, 2025 · 1 hr 29 min

    The Fall Guys

    This episode is brought to you by Kaizen The Fall Guys are back on the main feed! (for the final time). The episode is brought to you by Kaizen - Brett gives us the latest on his Kaizen prediction now that he's got a couple of solid weeks under his belt - spoiler alert things are shaping up very nicely for Sydney. It's a monster show this week as we welcome 17 year old prodigy Dan Williams to the show - Dan joins us to talk about his training, his future college plans, and signing an NIL deal with On. After that, we get into London Diamond League results, Ruth's horror week, and eventually some training weeks before closing out with Grego's coveted Athlete of the Week. HEAD TO KAIZEN AND USE CODE 4THEKUDOS

  • Jul 17, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min

    For The Kudos - #155

    This episode is brought to you by Better Beer. TRAINING WEEKS
 FTK OG pair Brett & Joel take over the main show for an in-person recording after travel-plans cause recording problems with the Jack, Joel & Tess. They switch up the usual training-week chat to go deep on their respective Sydney Marathon training plans over the next 7 weeks. Joel also chats with Jack (calling in from Madrid airport) to update the listeners on his recent 3000m race. THE BIG Q
 Friend-of-the-show Josh asks how a question on race warm ups. Brett and Joel talk through the different kinds of warm-ups for different races. GIVE SOME KUDOS 
 Joel sends his kudos to a new Pulse Running initiative while Brett highlights the amazing recent performance from Peter Bol. TWHSOITWTWATSA
 To close out the show both Brett & Joel submit race-distance queries at two big recent events. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forthekudos Jack: https://www.instagram.com/jackrayner7 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Tess: https://www.instagram.com/tesssicaa_

  • Jul 11, 2025 · 1 hr 10 min

    The Fall Guys

    This episode is brought to you by Kaizen Welcome to The Fall Guys on FTK. Join Brett, Grego, and Riley as The guys recap all the action on and off the roads of the Gold Coast, before getting into race results around the world. We also hear the key training sessions in race week for Brett and Grego, before the longest list of honourable mentions we've ever seen for Athlete of the Week. HEAD TO KAIZEN AND USE CODE 4THEKUDOS

  • Jul 10, 2025 · 1 hr 30 min

    For The Kudos - #154

    This episode is brought to you by Shokz TRAINING WEEKS
 Tess and Joel take the listeners through their taper weeks before summarising each of their half-marathon performances at the Gold Coast Marathon running festival on the weekend. Jack hits his 6th big week of mileage since returning from injury and gives his reasoning as to why some track sessions feel way harder than others. THE BIG Q
 Could this be our greatest ever BIG Q segement? GIVE SOME KUDOS 
 Joel sends his kudos to all his athletes that ran up at the Gold Coast while Tess boosts up yet another brand. Jack closes out this segment by highlighting the importance of barefoot gym which Joel and Tess agree with. TWHSOITWTWATSA
 Joel submits a photo captured by the Riley Wolff at the GC, while Jack submits another GC related piece of content - a bloke filming all of the littered gels across the course. Tess isn't sure about the hand signals Isaac Heyne was throwing in the direction of the camera. SHOP THE LATEST SHOKZ RANGE SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forthekudos Jack: https://www.instagram.com/jackrayner7 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Tess: https://www.instagram.com/tesssicaa_

  • Jul 5, 2025 · 1 hr 1 min

    Spiked Up - #54

    Spiked Up Episode 54! The epsiode kicks off with life updates from the girls including updated race schedules. Now in their 6th week of altitude camp, they go through two big weeks of training. To sum it up the girls are training hard and feeling sleepy. The epsiode wraps with a Q&A (training camp themed)

  • Jul 3, 2025 · 1 hr 14 min

    For The Kudos - #153

    This episode is brought to you by Better Beer. TRAINING WEEKS
 Tess returns to hard workouts as she prepares for the GC half-marathon (having moved down from the marathon distance). Joel surprises himself in his return to workouts and Jack goes deep on the sort of training he's been completing in Font Romeu. THE BIG Q
 This week Saraya Lindsay sends in a question on altitude. This leads to a lengthy discussion from the team on how to approach training when you're well above sea-level. GIVE SOME KUDOS 
 Joel sends his Kudos to another Podcast while Tess sends hers to a pair of shoes. Jack closes out the segment submitting the New York Times Top 100 Movies of the 21st Century. TWHSOITWTWATSA
 Jack submits a wardrobe malfunction which leads to a funny discussion on the frequency of these occurrences with male runners. Tess highlights a running trend submission from another running podcast while Joel closes out with a video targeting Stewy McSweyn after Faith Kipyegon's Breaking4 attempt. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forthekudos Jack: https://www.instagram.com/jackrayner7 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Tess: https://www.instagram.com/tesssicaa_

  • Jun 26, 2025 · 1 hr 9 min

    For The Kudos - #152

    This episode is brought to you by Kaizen TRAINING WEEKS
 Tess kicks off the training week discussions updating the listeners on her injury status. This allows Tess and her coach (Joel) to have a lengthy chat on what this possibly means for her race at Gold Coast. As for Joel's training week he completes his first workout that was far harder than he expected and wraps up the week with plenty of hilly running. THE BIG Q
 This week Joel and Tess have an in-depth chat about "feeling safe" when running, which leads to a conversation on the privilege men have where safety is concerned. GIVE SOME KUDOS 
 Joel sends his Kudos to a running trail but has a last minute pivot which sees him give Kudos to an entire area. Tess gives kudos to a new hobby of hers which leads to plenty of laughs between herself and Joel. TWHSOITWTWATSA
 Tess throws shade towards a social media trend she'd sick to death of seeing while Joel closes out the segment and the episode with a more serious submission after a listener tagged FTK in an alarming Instagram story showing littered gel wrappers. HEAD TO KAIZEN AND USE CODE 4THEKUDOS SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forthekudos Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Tess: https://www.instagram.com/tesssicaa_

  • Jun 20, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min

    Spiked Up - #53 with mystery guests

    For episode 53, Spiked Up welcomes two mystery guests. Comment below who you think they are! The girls recap two big weeks of training and racing including Rose’s Australian record run in the 10,000m and Sarah’s 2nd place finish in Rome Diamond League. Rose and Sarah play a game with their mystery guests. Which MTC athlete will be thrown under the bus? 🚌

  • Jun 18, 2025 · 1 hr 14 min

    For The Kudos - #151

    This episode is brought to you by Better Beer. TRAINING WEEKS
 The 2025 FTK podcast hosts are back together are giving up their spot for last week's FTK OG takeover. Jack cracks 160km in his 3x key workout week at Font Romeu where he spends plenty of time training with Sondre Moen (2:05:48 Marathon PB). Joel does another big mileage week that sees him running more often than he's used to and unfortunately for him a fair bit slower than he's used to (especially at this weekend's Ferny Creek run). Tess updates the listeners on the medical issue that surfaced in an MRI which explained why she needed to play it safe and skip some runs later in the week. THE BIG Q
 Tess asks Jack and Joel their opinion on how to coach an athlete that is struggling for motivation this deep into a marathon block. The team discuss a variety of answers that should help the athlete enjoy their upcoming race without the pressure of a pre-negotiated "goal time". GIVE SOME KUDOS 
 Jack sends his Kudos to an incredibly fast runner while Tess uses self-reflection during this short period of injury to give kudos. Joel goes left of centre and sends his in the direction of Uranium glass. TWHSOITWTWATSA
 Tess is not sure about a certain promotional video seen on the Verve socials. Jack submits his entry which is an interview from a Villanova athlete before his 5000m at the NCAA champs. Joel can't decide between two this week so he does the noble thing and submits both. One recipient has received this award numerous times throughout the season while the second submission is of an anonymous poster of the Facebook page Athletes Australia wanting advice on what super shoes to buy their 9 year old child. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forthekudos Jack: https://www.instagram.com/jackrayner7 Joel: https://www.instagram.com/joeltobinblack Tess: https://www.instagram.com/tesssicaa_

  • Jun 16, 2025 · 1 hr 7 min

    Pulse Check - #03 (Previously Patreon-only exclusive)

    Joel is back on hosting duties this week to chat with stars of the show Lee, Rach & Sarah. As the three of them share their training weeks with you all, there are many moments of helpful discussions that every runner can benefit from. Fatigue is high with the crew, but thankfully their spirits are higher. See you all next week! SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY TO HEAR THE ENTIRE SERIES AND MUCH MORE: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthekudos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthekudos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forthekudos