Beyond The Finish Line

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 Marathon listener questions covering pacing on the hills, arrival timing, aid stations, carb load meals, GPS vs elapsed time, and the seven days leading in.

🎧 Listener Q&A:
– Should I power up the hills to hold pace?
– How long before the gun should I arrive?
– Any hill advice if I've only trained on flat?
– Should I stop at every aid station on my first marathon?
– Favourite carb load meal if you could only pick one forever?
– Best post-race recovery routine?
– Sub-4 pacing strategy when the GPS gets shaky?
– Bad calf pain race week — push through or shut it down?
– What should the seven days leading in actually look like?

🎁 TPP shakeout run Saturday morning in the Sydney CBD — details on @beyondthefinishline_pod. Come say hi.

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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 structure for a first-timer, and the beginner mistakes that end most sprint races. Plus Georgia's final episode before becoming a mum, and listener Q&A on long-run recovery and running by effort on the trails.

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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 training. What it actually is, why bike and swim are the goats, when to sub a run and when to keep it, matching stimulus (easy, threshold, VO2), and the one-for-one rule for most athletes. Plus a full "would you rather" round covering DNFs, PRs, race photos, beat-up shoes, and retirement scenarios.

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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 athletes on the planet spend a decade at short course first, why waiting 3-5 years for your first marathon is a legitimate strategy, and the hidden costs no one talks about. Plus listener Q&A on post-marathon speed work, one big race vs shorter PBs, and whether social media invented the modern marathon boom.

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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 define recovery, the "directionally correct" trick for finding your next thing, and why the post-race window is the best time to do everything your training block wouldn't let you.

Plus Matt nearly dies, Gold Coast Marathon with 26 TPP athletes, and listener Q&A on cadence, mechanics, and trail vs road carb loading.

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