This week on The Long Run - We’re diving into the science behind Simple vs Complex Carbohydrates, breaking down what carbs actually are, why your body loves them, and how to use each type for peak performance, better recovery, and avoiding the dreaded bonk. Then in Questions to the Coach, we tackle a classic debate: distance-based vs time-based training sessions — which one actually makes you faster, fitter, and less injury-prone? In Window Shopping, Christmas is coming early with daily deals and big discounts on on your running essentials. We also ask the divisive question: Can you really afford super shoes? We break down the performance gains at different paces, the surprising injury data, and why your Achilles might be paying the ultimate price. And as always, we wrap it up with Our Week of Training

This week on The Long Run — we recap all the action from Melbourne 70.3, breaking down race-day highs, lows, and lessons learned.

Over in Around the Track, it’s the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Marbella, where Lucy Charles-Barclay and Jelle Geens took the wins — and an unreleased Adidas prototype made a surprise podium appearance.

We line up the $15 shoe rotation showdown – Elton vs Lachie, dive into Elton’s review of the Adidas Evo SL, chat Salomon’s latest drops, and finish off with our week of training.

This week on The Long Run: Harry’s King of the Hill is underway. A backyard ultra with a twist — 57 laps deep, over 235km and 16,000m of vert, and still 5 athletes standing as they chase $25,000 in Pyalong, Victoria.

We check in on our listeners race recaps from the week and breakdown the New York Marathon results including witnessing Kipchoge’s victory lap, recap Valencia Half, and look at Nike’s latest experiment — the RadicalAirflow top — claiming 25% more breathability thanks to, well… a lot of holes.

In Shoe Science, we break down the true energy return of today’s fastest race-day shoes and which brand actually tops the list.

And as always, we wrap up with our week of training.

This week on The Long Run: Phil Gore is shows he is just built different. Big’s Backyard Ultra comes to an epic close, with Gore taking the win after 114 yards — 475 miles (764km) and nearly five days of running, while Sarah Perry smashes the women’s world record with 95 yards. We unpack the sheer madness of the world’s mentally toughest race format and how it cements Big’s in ultra-running legend. Plus, Strava drops its lawsuit against Garmin, bringing an anticlimactic end to the tech standoff of the season. In Runner’s Science, we cover pre-training fuel — when to eat, what to prioritise, and how carbs drive performance before and during long sessions. And as always, we wrap up with our week of training.

This week on The Long Run: We go Around the Track with a full Chicago Marathon recap — Kiplimo’s dominant 2:02:23 win, Feysa’s blistering performance. Plus, the Backyard Ultra World Champs pushes past 64 laps, and Remi Bonnet crushes the VK world record. We run an eye over the shoes that ruled the marathon majors in 2025 and jump into Runner’s Science, were Elton breaks down the latest research on carbon fibre plates for recovery, exploring how plate design, placement, and curvature can influence stress, fatigue, and injury risk. We also celebrate 50 years of running shoe evolution — from $20 flats to $400 super shoes — and finish off with our week of training.

This week on The Long Run: We go Around the Track with the Melbourne Marathon, the Ironman World Championship Kona 2025 — where Norway’s Solveig Løvseth held off a late charge from Kat Matthews in one of the most dramatic races in Kona history — and the Moab 240, where Aussie Ben Courbrough is chasing hard in second place.

We preview the Chicago Marathon, then dive into the Battle of the Supertrainers, comparing the top super trainers of 2025 — from the Adidas EVO SL and Nike Zoom Fly 6 to the Superblast 2 and Endorphin Speed 5 — and how stack height limits are shaping the next generation of performance shoes.

Plus, as always, our week of training.

This week on The Long Run: Mum and Dad are fighting — Strava is suing Garmin. What’s actually going on, and would Strava survive without Garmin uploads? Then we dive into the Boston Marathon’s new downhill indexing rule, where net-downhill courses will now face time penalties of up to ten minutes for qualification. We go Around the Track with the Saddles 50 & 100 Miler in Arizona, break down the Melbourne Marathon course, and look at P.volve’s new Sculpt 9 amino supplement — a formula claiming to keep women’s muscle response consistent across the entire cycle. Plus, as always, our week of training.

This week on The Long Run: we talk shoe empires — is Adidas holding the crown? With the Evo SL topping Google’s most-searched shoes of 2025 and a 100km world record to their name, are they the current king of running? In The Listeners Have Spoken, we break down Puma’s new FAST-XP collection, Nike’s super-stacked Vomero Premium, and what it all means for everyday runners. We also touch on trail running for movie stars, head Around the Track with the brutal Mammoth 200 and wrap it all up with our week of training.