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In The Beginning | Australian Running and Endurance Podcast

Courtney Atkinson and Liam Flanagan

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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00:54:06

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

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2026/10/02

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

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01:05:53

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

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2026/09/25

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

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01:13:21

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

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2026/09/18

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

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00:28:21

BONUS EP: OUTBACK MIKE AT THE SUNRAYSIA SAFARI RALLY,...

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2026/09/15

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

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00:58:58

EP104 — YOU'RE EXERCISING, NOT TRAINING (& THAT'S...

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2026/09/11

Adzy Gordon's maths teacher told his parents he'd never be a runner because he was too overweight. He went on to race as a professional triathlete, and now runs the Adzy's Athletes run group out of Main Beach and works on driver fitness in Supercars. With Courtney away, Liam sits down with him to talk why run clubs are the new bowls club, the difference between exercising and training, why he never runs with headphones, the 97kg single-leg press behind every heavy brake, and what it'll take to be on

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01:22:41

EP 103 - SYDNEY MARATHON VS UTMB: WHO ACTUALLY WON...

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2026/09/04

Courtney walked off a track session at Pizzey this week feeling better than he has after any run in five years — and he's twelve weeks out from another marathon in the shape he ran the last one.Also in: a voicemail from a sub-3 mate who pulled out at 30k of the Sydney Marathon and felt nothing but relief, Andy Buchanan's $30,000 first-Aussie payday, why Ned Brockman might be a 2032 Olympian (Liam's call: 60% heart, 40% head), the finisher shirt Sydney hands you at registration, and

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01:02:05

EP 102 - ft MICK KELLY FROM 'WE GOT THE CHOCOLATES'...

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2026/08/28

A YouTube compilation of 75-year-olds finishing Ironman made Mick Kelly cry in his living room — six years later he's signed up for a 200-mile race with more elevation than Everest. The We Got The Chocolates host joins Courtney and Liam for the first proper podcaster-on-podcaster episode: the 4:30am bike crash where he lay in the road wondering why he'd bother getting up, the Rainbow Beach vomit video he chose to film, and why he picked a human coach over AI. Plus the Sydney Marathon medal

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01:02:17

EP 101 — ROGER FEDERER LOST $74 MILLION IN A DAY

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2026/08/21

Liam made a bold prediction about 'On Running' brand back in January. Last week it cost Roger Federer seventy-four million dollars in a single day. That's the hand-up moment this episode starts on, before the boys get into whether the running world has too much access — Michael Jordan, Bill Murray, and the surfers who reckon marketing is ruining the sport. Plus the six things that make up a premium runner's $1,500 annual budget, Courtney's verdict on Liam's floaty shorts, and

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01:07:24

EP 99 - YOUR AI COACH DOESN'T ACTUALLY KNOW YOU

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2026/08/14

A running brand where you can't buy the kit until your Strava time says you've earned it — Liam reckons that's a concept, not a gimmick, and Courtney wants in. Liam debriefs his City to Surf TV commentary debut, why Mona's 35-year-old record still runs the whole event, and the Andy Buchanan story that got him into the good books with the Buchanans. Then: the Hyrox founder admits the name came out of a lawsuit and a legal test, a US report puts trail running at $20 billion, and a

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01:04:01

EP 98 — INFLUENCERS BRING REACH, ATHLETES BRING TRUST

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2026/08/07

Everyone does the Mona Fartlek. Almost nobody does it properly — and Courtney admits he's one of them, letting his floats slide into jogs so the reps look quicker. From there it's Keely Hodgkinson's new Nike signature collection and what it says about where athlete branding is heading, plus the sharpest line either of us has read this year: influencers bring reach, athletes bring trust, and confusing the two is why sports marketing is a mess. Also: the world's-fittest-person fallout,

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01:14:30

EP 97 - WHO IS THE FITTEST PERSON ON EARTH?

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2026/07/31

Who is genuinely the fittest person on Earth: Tadej Pogačar, Kilian Jornet, a CrossFit champion or someone else entirely?Courtney and Liam unpack Australia’s Commonwealth Games dominance, Dean Boxall’s extraordinary medal haul, Lockie Kennedy’s breakout performance and Sydney Marathon’s new AI mindset coach.There’s also run-club controversy in Bali, Courtney’s Running of the Bulls survival story, a proposal for $3,000 premium marathon toilets, Liam confronting his open-water fears and a huge

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01:04:48

EP 96 - FINDING FINISH LINES & THE 2AM DRUG TEST

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2026/07/24

Courtney and Liam are back covering the strange space after a major race — when the finish line is gone, motivation dips and it’s time to find the next target.They unpack the simple five-minute rule for getting yourself out the door, debate whether ASICS has officially overtaken Nike, and ask whether wearing event merchandise after race weekend is acceptable behaviour.Plus, the Tour de France’s controversial 2am drug test, Courtney’s unforgettable drug-testing experience inside a moving train

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01:06:58

EP 95 - THE SLUSHY MACHINE ULTRA

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2026/07/17

Courtney's had enough of blokes walking around town in Alphaflys, and it kicks off a proper deep dive — from a ⁠Runners World ⁠ piece on desexualising athletics broadcasts, to Nike ACG's slushy-machine aid station truck, to a full stats rabbit hole across soccer, AFL and NRL fitness tests. Then it's a full Gold Coast Marathon wrap: run club flag culture, the Official Unofficial account calling out dodgy Strava times, a blind runner's finish line moment, and the birth of a new ITB

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00:55:00

EP 94 - THE MARATHON IS DONE. NOW WHAT?

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2026/07/10

The Gold Coast Marathon is done, the legs are cooked, and Courtney is already quietly looking towards another marathon in November.This week, Liam and Courtney unpack what proper marathon recovery should actually look like — from the science of damaged muscles and suppressed immunity to Michael Shelley’s far simpler philosophy: go on holiday, have a beer and let the brain switch off.They also reflect on a huge Gold Coast weekend, the messages from runners who used the podcast to get to the start

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00:48:04

THE MARATHON EXPERIMENT: 2:42:10, THE LESSONS & THE...

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2026/07/07

The 2026 Gold Coast Marathon Series has crossed the finish line.Courtney is officially a marathon finisher, stopping the clock in 2:42:10 in his first proper race marathon. But this is not a victory-lap episode. It is the full, honest breakdown of the experiment: the conservative start, the 28km stitch, the legs that faded from 35km, the nutrition that worked, the training volume that did not quite stack up, and the one major thing Courtney would change next time.Liam and Courtney also unpack a

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01:04:05

EP93 - GC MARATHON WEEKEND, $100 CARBON & RUN CLUB...

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2026/07/03

It's Gold Coast Marathon eve and Courtney's quietly walking back his pace targets — head-to-toe black, poppers prepped, and a new plan to cruise rather than chase. The boys break down the elite fields, debate whether run-club flags are peak cringe or peak belonging (the answer surprises them), and dig into why Chinese shoe brands like Li-Ning are about to disrupt running the way they disrupted cars: on price. Plus Cam Myers' 1500 record, the Commonwealth Games mile swap, the "which sport scares you

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01:07:25

EP 92 - THE FINAL WEEK BEFORE GOLD COAST MARATHON

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2026/06/26

One week. That's all that's left to Gold Coast Marathon.Courtney is officially into taper mode ahead of his first marathon, and Liam finally puts a prediction on the table. But should marathon runners even be obsessed with finishing times?The boys dive into what has changed most in running over the last decade, why modern shoes have completely changed the sport, why "finding your race" matters more than chasing a number, plus listener questions, Nike's new gear, shark

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00:28:50

GOLD COAST MARATHON SERIES - COURTNEY'S RACE DIARY...

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2026/06/23

Two weeks to go.With Courtney heading away on holidays, this week's Gold Coast Marathon Series is a little different. Instead of the usual chat with Liam, Courtney jumps behind the microphone solo while driving back from his final marathon session to take you inside his final major marathon workout before race day.From a 30km marathon session with the crew to pacing battles with Tim Rigby, nutrition experiments, caffeine strategy, heart rate lessons and the biggest learnings from "The

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01:03:21

EP 91 - WORLD MAJORS, MARATHON MIND GAMES & THE FINAL...

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2026/06/19

Cape Town joins the World Marathon Majors, Sydney gets shuffled down the calendar, and suddenly the running world is staring at nine majors instead of six.With the Gold Coast Marathon now just weeks away, Liam and Courtney dive into the changing marathon landscape, training realities, race-day decisions, headphone debates, city-vs-city marathon rivalries, and whether the running boom is still climbing.Plus, Courtney reflects on life away from structured training, Liam gets serious about marathon

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00:39:48

GOLD COAST MARATHON SERIES - COURTNEY'S "EXPERIMENT"...

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2026/06/16

With just two and a half weeks until the Gold Coast Marathon, the countdown is officially on.Courtney breaks down his biggest marathon session of the block - you can find it here on STRAVAA 28km workout, what the data says about his fitness, and why travel, poor sleep and questionable nutrition are making this marathon build anything but textbook. Liam puts him on the spot about goal pace, race-day expectations and whether a 2:37 marathon is really on the cards.The boys also chat tapering, trusting

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