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

This week, Huw is days away from his 100-miler, and he shares how he’s been getting his head ready, with a little help from AI. Alice talks about some unexpected news that’s shaken up her race plans for the next few months. Then we get into listener questions. The first is from someone who’s feeling lost after a first marathon. Then another on how to handle pre-race nerves.Contact usEmail: [email protected]: @huwjedwards @dralicepenn @two.average.runners

Huw is in the last few days of his taper before his 100-miler, and he shares how he’s feeling going into race week. Alice shares an upcoming run she’s agreed to pace. She also talks about her dad’s big sports event coming up, which shows where she gets her competitive streak from. Then it’s on to your questions: someone who’s been running for a year and is starting to get bored wants to know how to keep the excitement going. We also answer questions on how to run again after an injury and how to deal with the comparison trap on Strava. Contact usEmail: [email protected]: @huwjedwards @dralicepenn @two.average.runners

This week, Alice is two weeks on from Chicago and easing back into training. Huw is about to start his taper, and he talks us through his plan for his 100-miler and the time he’s aiming for. Then we answer a listener question on how long it really takes to recover from a marathon, and what we’ve learnt from getting it wrong. There’s also a question on how we handle races that turn out longer than planned, and Huw’s got a story or two. Contact usEmail: [email protected]: @huwjedwards @dralicepenn @two.average.runners

This week, Alice is back from the Chicago Marathon. She walks us through race day and whether she made her sub-3-hour target. Huw is back from his vision quest on the course for his next race, and he shares how it went and what he learnt. Alice has her eyes on another goal in a few weeks, and she talks about what she and her coach are changing in the build up. Then we answer a listener question on what our 2027 race plans look like.Contact usEmail: [email protected]: @huwjedwards @dralicepenn @two.average.runners

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 about a vision quest he’s headed off to for a few days. Alice walks us through how she’s getting her head ready for race day, which takes us into what goes on in the mind in the long middle miles of a race. Then we answer listener questions on whether you need different shoes for different runs and what to eat before a run. We close on hydration before a race, which matters a lot when you’re a nervous wee-er. Contact usEmail: [email protected]: @huwjedwards @dralicepenn @two.average.runners

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 question on our top three tips for new runners heading into their first marathon, which gets us talking about our first marathons. Then a listener with a cold, who isn't sure how she'll handle a hill session on her schedule, asks what we do when we have a cold. Contact usEmail: [email protected]: @huwjedwards @dralicepenn @two.average.runners

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 how a hot 20-miler in Texas went. Then it's on to your questions: what really fuels a passion for running, how to face a big scary goal like a first 100-miler, and dealing with DNFs in running and in life. Huw also gets asked the closest he's ever come to quitting running. Plus, a listener's daughter has some questions after hearing Huw get numbers from strangers on Strava. Contact usEmail: [email protected]: @huwjedwards @dralicepenn @two.average.runners

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 school closing time, and a pavement full of scooters sets us off on our running pet peeves. Then we go down the rabbit hole about negative splitting a 100-miler, sparked by a friend’s comment. We close on an old UTMB story and Huw's pacing plan for November.Contact usEmail: [email protected]: @huwjedwards @dralicepenn @two.average.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 people, and Huw has a different view about her finish time. Then a listener asks us to rank the things that actually matter for runners, which gets Alice going about people fuelling long runs on low-sugar drinks, and the man who turned up to a race having eaten one banana. Contact usEmail: [email protected]: @huwjedwards @dralicepenn @two.average.runners

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 from two weeks in Wales and already thinking about his next trip away to train, which takes us into a deep chat about training camps -  what they look like, what the point of them actually is, and more. Then it’s on to listeners’ questions. The first: where do we draw the line between healthy and unhealthy ambition, from someone whose partner reckons he’s already crossed it. The second comes from a 41-year-old who took up running two years ago and still fights the instinct to quit when things get uncomfortable - can that kind of grit be built later if you didn’t grow up with parents who pushed you?Contact usEmail: [email protected]: @huwjedwards @dralicepenn @two.average.runners