In The Beginning | Australian Running and Endurance Podcast

Noosa Triathlon Series: for the first time since 1983, Noosa cancelled the swim. A lifeguard told one athlete she could duck in for a pre-race wee, "just don't go too deep because the sharks are like right there".Courtney's team, The Imposters, wins the teams race. Liam snaps his chain in front of thousands in the Legends race and finishes on a borrowed mountain bike. Andreas Almgren wins New York on his marathon debut, and Haftu Strintzos runs fifth. HYROX goes in under World Triathlon. Then your Noosa stories: a 100 km/h tandem goal down Garmin Hill, three triathlons with zero swims, the drafting row and the $455 entry fee.The drafting debate is told by someone who admits he drafted, in a floral suit.Tell us in the comments: drafting at Noosa — part of the deal at 8,500 people, or should officials crack down?The Real Science of Sport on the Jepchirchir case: Apple Podcasts Matt Hauser on Noosa Fitness Christmas: Instagram HYROX and World Triathlon partnership: World Triathlon Noosa swim cancelled: ABC NewsFollow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcast Courtney on Strava Liam on StravaCHAPTERS 0:00 Sharks cancel the Noosa swim 9:27 The Imposters win the teams race 12:07 Liam's snapped chain 20:16 Where's Noosa's elite depth gone? 23:15 Volunteering at the kids' race 25:43 New York: Almgren wins on debut 26:36 Doping and the Real Science of Sport 35:53 New York's brand activations 42:06 HYROX joins World Triathlon 44:19 ASICS everywhere, no super shoes 48:08 Your Noosa race stories 1:10:28 Is Noosa getting too expensive?

Noosa Triathlon Series: 8,500 athletes on the start list for Noosa weekend and 58% of them first-timers, and Courtney explains why three Noosa titles are still what people remember him for.Liam's in for HYROX Brisbane with his wife, Courtney gets caught shirtless in the Nerang trails after swearing he never runs without one, and the boys pick through Sydney Marathon winner Peres Jepchirchir's provisional EPO suspension, an AI count of every shoe at mile 21 of the Marine Corps Marathon, and Courtney's 30-year school 3000m record finally falling. Plus Liam's liver specialist asks him "when did you put the weight on?", and Kilian Jornet on eating real food.Two blokes who actually race, on a doping story, a shoe count and a weigh-in nobody else would admit to on air.CHAPTERS 0:00 Noosa by the numbers 4:18 Liam's Noosa plan and the wetsuit rule 9:45 Liam's HYROX Brisbane announcement 12:33 What Noosa means to triathlon 18:34 Caught on camera: Supercars grid and Nerang trails 23:08 Sydney Marathon winner suspended for EPO 31:48 AI shoe count at the Marine Corps Marathon 38:09 Remember the name: a 30-year school record 44:32 Resting heart rate on dating apps 46:14 "When did you put the weight on?" 51:04 Kilian Jornet's nutrition rules 55:01 Shout-outs and sign-offTell us in the comments: racing Noosa this weekend? Drop your goal time and we'll read out the best ones next week.Read Kilian's article: Nutrition: focus on the basicsFollow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcast Courtney on Strava Liam on Strava

Courtney's been within 30 seconds of his predicted time at the Gold Coast Marathon, Bridge to Brisbane and the Melbourne half, so he's 80/20 against flying to Kobe to run a time he already knows. Liam ran the Blackall 100 21K after hosting Birds of Tokyo, a 9pm drive to Mapleton and four hours' sleep in the back of the car. Plus listeners tell Courtney they do care about his age group, his 2017 Strava KOM on Bimberi Peak, Australia's running capital, Noosa Tri borrowing "Christmas for triathletes", and this week's Local Legend Peter Hancock, 12 years of daily swims in Armidale.Follow Local Legend Peter: @platoceanFollow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcast Courtney on Strava Liam on Strava

Noosa Triathlon is 11 days away, so we’ve pulled the best of coach Dan Atkins from last year’s Road to Noosa series into one episode, in race order. Dan is an Olympic coach and coaches world champion Matt Hauser, and he takes you through the whole course: reading the ocean and getting through the surf, swimming wide of the turn cans, spinning the first 10K of the bike, getting down Garmin Hill, running the first KM 10% slower, and the food, sleep, race breakfast and Saturday jobs for these last 10 days. Follow Dan Atkins on Instagram @danatkinstrainingFollow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcast Courtney on Strava Liam on Strava

Courtney ran 1:16:37 in the Nike Melbourne Marathon half, with a negative split and second in his age group, and insists nobody cares about the second bit. Both of us met Eliud Kipchoge: Courtney got his structure question answered on the finish line at the MCG, and Liam's phone tried to answer for him mid-Q&A. Plus Melbourne vs Gold Coast as a city marathon, Kipchoge's start-line mindset, the Alphafly 3 vs 4 one-shoe-each test, Izzi Batt-Doyle's national record, Kona, and this week's Local Legend, Declan Magill, who ran 2:41 pushing his daughter Hazel.Follow Declan and Hazel: @runningforhazel Donate to Declan's Dylan Alcott Foundation fundraiser: Running for HazelFollow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcast Courtney on Strava Liam on Strava

A fitness influencer with 530,000 followers rode the back of a bike at 38km in Berlin and posted a PB. Courtney reckons the brands should be checking who they sign. It's Melbourne race week. Courtney's still not sure he can hold a half marathon flat out, Liam has a question loaded for Eliud Kipchoge's breakfast, and someone has just done 35 laps of Nerang's Goat Loop, 245km in 50 hours. Plus Liam's back on the trails at the Blackall 100, Nine takes the athletics rights from Seven, this week's Local Legend Jaime Casciaro, and Greg Norman now follows Liam on Instagram.Follow Jaime: @jaimecasciaroFollow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcast Courtney on Strava Liam on Strava

Liam opens with an apology. His DNF tax went down like a lead balloon, and his wife says he doubled down when Courtney called it. Then it's shoes: Courtney's Teams call with Eliud Kipchoge, the $500 Nike Apex that won't land here until 27 January, why the podium comes down to who brands pay, and whether Adidas' Gear Shift is the new Reebok Pump. Plus a tribute to Pat Clohessy, a verified-PR fix for Strava, the Stawell Gift winner losing his $40k, and Melbourne runner Amy Robinson as this week's Local Legend.Amy Robinson on Instagram Follow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcast Courtney on Strava Liam on Strava

Liam wants anyone who DNFs a sold-out marathon to pay 25% more to enter next year, refunded when they finish. Courtney isn't buying it. Also in this one: Liam's off to Melbourne for breakfast with Eliud Kipchoge, Nike's Alphafly 4 finally goes quiet, a Titans rookie's reported $600k deal next to Hayden Wilde's prize-money run, and a BBC radio producer's 2:20 live-broadcast half marathon record that Liam reckons he'll beat by Monday. Plus a listener puts up Upper Coomera grinder Dezi as one to watch for Brisbane 2032. Send us your under-the-radar runners.The record Liam's chasing: BBC: Presenter may have set half-marathon world recordFollow Dezi: @d_e_z_1_0_1Follow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcast Courtney on Strava Liam on Strava

Courtney went 33:53 at Bridge to Brisbane — and raced the whole thing without pacing off his watch. Liam did his first SwimRun on the Gold Coast and came back with three lessons, one of them being that pride will cost you a race. We also get into who actually won Bridge to Brisbane as a brand, why Hyrox owed its athlete a duty of care, whether an actor in a betting ad devalues women's sport, Salomon signing a five-year deal with Ironman, and the guessing game about where world record pace really falls off.Two blokes who went out and did something on the weekend, talking about it honestly.Follow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcastCourtney on StravaLiam on Strava

Recorded from the front seats of a Subaru Outback Wilderness on a live rally course at the Sunraysia Safari in Mildura, with Mike Atkinson AKA Outback Mike — Alone Australia Season 1 runner-up, survival expert and former military pilot.Mike was removed from Alone at day 64 sure he had more in him, spent 50 days on the Great Barrier Reef in a dugout canoe he built, and is about to take an electric Subaru Trailseeker from Birdsville to Mount Dare across the Simpson Desert, charging it off a generator. We get into building a baseline for hardship, why the athletes who look most reckless are the most calculated, the Tiger Woods focus trick that got Mike through jet training, rites of passage, and how the Altra Lone Peaks felt.No highlight reel. Just someone who's actually been hungry, thirsty and exposed, explaining why that makes the rest of life easier.Follow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcast Courtney on StravaLiam on Strava