In The Beginning | Australian Running and Endurance Podcast

Courtney Atkinson and Liam Flanagan
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Australia's grassroots running and endurance podcast. Olympian Courtney Atkinson and Triple M's Liam Flanagan talk marathon training, trail and ultra running, triathlon, shoes and gear — with guests like Matt Hauser, Andy Buchanan and Benita Willis. Two blokes who actually train, talking honestly. No coaching-speak, no highlight reel, no punditry from people who don't do the sport. Recorded on the Gold Coast. New episodes weekly on Saturdays.

  1. 16h ago

    EP111 — Noosa Tri week, a Sydney Marathon EPO case & a 30-year record falls

    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-off Tell 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 basics Follow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcast Courtney on Strava Liam on Strava

  2. Oct 23

    EP 110 - NOOSA STOLE OUR CHRISTMAS

    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: @platocean Follow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcast  Courtney on Strava  Liam on Strava

  3. Oct 20 ·  Bonus

    BONUS EP — NOOSA RACE WEEK: A WORLD CHAMPION’S COACH ON SWIM, BIKE, RUN & RACE MORNING

    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 @danatkinstraining Follow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcast  Courtney on Strava  Liam on Strava

  4. Oct 16

    EP 109 - NIKE MELBOURNE MARATHON & KIPCHOGE

    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 Hazel Follow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcast Courtney on Strava  Liam on Strava

  5. Oct 9

    EP108 — WHEN DID KIPCHOGE LAST HATE RUNNING?

    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: @jaimecasciaro Follow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcast  Courtney on Strava  Liam on Strava

  6. Oct 2

    EP 107 - LIAM SAYS SORRY: THE DNF TAX IS DEAD

    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

  7. Sep 25

    EP106 — BREAKFAST WITH KIPCHOGE & A 2:20 RADIO RECORD

    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_1 Follow the podcast on Instagram @inthebeginningpodcast  Courtney on Strava  Liam on Strava

  8. Sep 18

    EP 105 - NOBODY THOUGHT THEY HAD TO WRITE THAT RULE DOWN

    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 @inthebeginningpodcast Courtney on Strava Liam on Strava

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Australia's grassroots running and endurance podcast. Olympian Courtney Atkinson and Triple M's Liam Flanagan talk marathon training, trail and ultra running, triathlon, shoes and gear — with guests like Matt Hauser, Andy Buchanan and Benita Willis. Two blokes who actually train, talking honestly. No coaching-speak, no highlight reel, no punditry from people who don't do the sport. Recorded on the Gold Coast. New episodes weekly on Saturdays.

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