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Two Average Runners

Alice Penn and Huw Edwards

A South African and a Welshman, two average runners, take you on a meandering walk through their non-average goals in running, work, and life.

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34 episodes

  1. Ep 33. Running after an injury, Strava comparison, and handling boredom in running 39:10
  2. Ep 32. Recovering from a marathon, and Huw’s 100-miler goal 37:26
  3. Ep 31. Did Alice go sub-3? Plus Huw’s training camp and our plans for 2027 49:31
  4. Ep 30. Is Alice set for Chicago? Plus pre-run meals, and do you need different shoes for different runs? 59:25
  5. Ep 29. Top 3 tips for a first-time marathoner, pre-race nerves, and running with a cold 58:05
  6. Ep 28. Huw quit running? Facing big scary goals, dealing with DNFs, and what fuels the passion for running 27:13
  7. Ep 27. Huw has exciting news! Plus runners’ pet peeves, and can you negative split a 100-miler? 34:27
  8. 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 45:57
  9. Ep 25. The line between healthy vs unhealthy ambition, training camps, and building grit at 41 46:37
  10. Ep 24. The psychology of tanking on race day. Plus getting faster in your fifties, Huw's new coach, and a Leadville comeback 42:45
  11. Ep 23. Where our drive comes from, and fuelling a 6-year-old at parkrun 46:34
  12. Ep 22. A half marathon PB, fuelling under peer pressure, and gun time vs chip time 58:32
  13. Ep 21. The comparison trap, Strava egos, and running with people faster than you 49:59
  14. 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 54:19
  15. Ep 19. Huw's Soft Rock ordeal. Plus Josh Kerr's mile, the Tour de France, and fear vs your body actually protecting you 1:01:11
  16. 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. 54:34
  17. Ep 17. Huw's biggest adventure yet! Plus AI vs human running coaches, a topless parkrun stalker, and running advice that turned out wrong 56:16
  18. Ep 16. Western States 100 recap, plus the Fuelin app, and how we deal with a bad race 1:04:03
  19. Ep 15. Running in a heatwave, where to live as a runner, and Alice's solo 5K caper 52:33
  20. Ep 14. We committed to a 90K race on air. Plus an accidental ultramarathoner, and Comrades marathon history 50:18
  21. Ep 13. £750 for an MRI in a thunderstorm. Western States, strength training, and the grand piano at 32km 1:02:36
  22. Ep 12. Alice is foolish and runs 30K with the flu. Plus Ozempic, when to push through, and a Cape Town storm story 51:57
  23. Ep 11. The good, bad, and ugly of running. Garmin lies, Huw ditched 75hard, and Alice is dreading an upcoming 5k race. 1:03:09
  24. Episode 10! Track etiquette, a Comrades horror story, and what Alice is quietly plotting 46:27
  25. Ep 9. Running 250 miles in 56 hours with only 19 minutes of sleep! Plus, carbon shoes, chest phlegm, and best places to run in London. 1:00:39
  26. Ep 8. Post-marathon blues, cross-training, and could you run without a goal? 1:01:43
  27. Ep 7. London Marathon done. Plus a fridge, a hosepipe, and a 77-year-old paddler 53:15
  28. Bonus Pod! Preview of Alice's London Marathon result 4:22
  29. Ep 6. Hippy hill and taper tantrums… Plus our biggest running achievements and most epic failures. 1:07:49
  30. Ep 5. Two weeks to the London Marathon - will Alice make it to the start line? Plus how we make our running friends, and is a running coach worth it? 1:02:34
  31. Ep 4. Race week update! Plus gels, rugby, and juggling running with a non-runner partner. 1:07:12
  32. Ep 3. Our first listener corner! Plus stress fractures, running shoes, and dealing with grief. 1:04:17
  33. Ep 2. The journey so far! Training, adventures and crying in movies. 1:05:16
  34. We started a podcast! + how we got into running 1:00:23