Two Average Runners

Ep 30. Is Alice set for Chicago? Plus pre-run meals, and do you need different shoes for different runs?

This week, Alice flies out for the Chicago Marathon, and she shares a few last-minute experiments during her taper. Huw’s training is starting to come back, and he talks

Ep 29. Top 3 tips for a first-time marathoner, pre-race nerves, and running with a cold

This week, Huw ran 48K the day before his 46th birthday. Alice shares her latest race milestones, and she's 10 days away from the Chicago Marathon. We answer a listener's

Ep 28. Huw quit running? Facing big scary goals, dealing with DNFs, and what fuels the passion for running

This week it's just Huw. With Alice out for work, he's taking on the listener questions solo. He's been trying something different on his long runs, and walks us through

Ep 27. Huw has exciting news! Plus runners’ pet peeves, and can you negative split a 100-miler?

Alice is three weeks out from the Chicago Marathon and in her last big week of training. Huw shares his big plans coming up in 2027. Alice's afternoon run clashes with sc

Ep 26. What Huw learned from combing through 14 years of training data (assisted by AI..). And find we are in violent agreement on what actually matters for runners

This week, Huw has been up past his bedtime feeding 14 years of training data into an AI, and he walks us through what came back. Alice ran the Big Half with 25,000 other

Ep 25. The line between healthy vs unhealthy ambition, training camps, and building grit at 41

This week, Alice has the Big Half on Sunday, her last race before Chicago, and a Strava crown on a segment she’s fairly sure nobody else has ever attempted. Huw is back f

Ep 24. The psychology of tanking on race day. Plus getting faster in your fifties, Huw's new coach, and a Leadville comeback

This week, Huw has a new coach and a hundred-miler on the calendar for the first time in two years. He gets into why he picked this one. Alice went under 39 at a 10K in B

Ep 23. Where our drive comes from, and fuelling a 6-year-old at parkrun

Huw is back on proper leg sessions with his trainer after Soft Rock. Alice has a 10K coming up and no plans to taper for it. Then we get into a stack of listener question

Ep 22. A half marathon PB, fuelling under peer pressure, and gun time vs chip time

Huw is three weeks post-Soft Rock and, in his words, so close to being back. Alice comes home from 8.75 laps of a London park with a half marathon PB, some strong opinion

Ep 21. The comparison trap, Strava egos, and running with people faster than you

Huw is deep in the recovery grind after Soft Rock. Alice’s running is finally starting to click. Then we get into a deeper conversation, sparked by a listener question, o

We made it to ep 20! Plus race gear that let us down, pre-race rituals, and the best way to pee before a race

This week, Huw is a few days back from Soft Rock and shares how the recovery is going and what he's eyeing next. Alice has a 5K PB to celebrate and a growing collection o

Ep 19. Huw's Soft Rock ordeal. Plus Josh Kerr's mile, the Tour de France, and fear vs your body actually protecting you

Huw is back from Soft Rock. A multi-day version of the Hardrock 100 he ran with a friend across the Colorado mountains. Wildfire smoke, altitude sickness, closed sections

Ep 18. Soft Rock is here! Plus best taper, panic in a pen of 18,000 runners, and Huw's about to meet the pain cave.

This week, Huw is days out from being three days deep in the Colorado mountains. He shares that he hasn't finished a big race since his dad passed, which is clearly on hi

Ep 17. Huw's biggest adventure yet! Plus AI vs human running coaches, a topless parkrun stalker, and running advice that turned out wrong

This week, Huw talks about being just days out from his biggest mountain adventure yet. Alice has a situation developing at parkrun: a topless, Scandinavian-looking stran

Ep 16. Western States 100 recap, plus the Fuelin app, and how we deal with a bad race

This week we recap Western States: course records broken, three men under 14 hours for the first time, and Molly Seidel's remarkable finish after things went sideways at

Ep 15. Running in a heatwave, where to live as a runner, and Alice's solo 5K caper

This week, the UK is in a heatwave, and Huw (from Texas) is unimpressed. We get into how to actually use the heat to your advantage with heat training, plus tips for surv

Ep 14. We committed to a 90K race on air. Plus an accidental ultramarathoner, and Comrades marathon history

This week, Huw rocks up to his Harvard Business School reunion, and barely anyone recognises him. Alice dives into the history of Comrades, and why it's called the greate

Ep 13. £750 for an MRI in a thunderstorm. Western States, strength training, and the grand piano at 32km

This week, £750, a tube strike, and a thunderstorm later, Alice has her MRI results. Huw walks us through Western States and the Golden Ticket races, for anyone who's won

Ep 12. Alice is foolish and runs 30K with the flu. Plus Ozempic, when to push through, and a Cape Town storm story

This week, Alice is recording with a full flu, having already run 30K on no sleep 3 days before, convinced it was just hay fever. We get into when to push through running

Ep 11. The good, bad, and ugly of running. Garmin lies, Huw ditched 75hard, and Alice is dreading an upcoming 5k race.

This week, things get a little vulnerable. We talk about the good and bad of running; what it gives us, what it costs us, and when it starts to become a crutch. Alice sha