Two Average Runners

00:27:13

Ep 28. Huw quit running? Facing big scary goals,...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/09/29

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

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00:34:27

Ep 27. Huw has exciting news! Plus runners’ pet...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/09/22

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: twoaveragerunners@gmail.comInstagram: @huwjedwards

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00:45:57

Ep 26. What Huw learned from combing through 14 years...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/09/15

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: twoaveragerunners@gmail.comInstagram:

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00:46:37

Ep 25. The line between healthy vs unhealthy...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/09/08

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

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00:42:45

Ep 24. The psychology of tanking on race day. Plus...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/09/01

This week, Huw has a new coach and a hundred-miler on the calendar for the first time in two years. He gets into why he picked this one. Alice went under 39 at a 10K in Battersea, fuelled by half a Monster and very little sleep afterwards. After two marathons that went sideways, a call with a sports psychologist has her wondering whether the problem is her legs at all. She may have just discovered what really went wrong. We get into whether you can still get faster in your forties and fifties,

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00:46:34

Ep 23. Where our drive comes from, and fuelling a...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/08/25

Huw is back on proper leg sessions with his trainer after Soft Rock. Alice has a 10K coming up and no plans to taper for it. Then we get into a stack of listener questions. The first sends us both a long way back - to where the drive to chase hard goals actually comes from, and the earliest signs of it (folk dancing, eisteddfods, and a public speaking contest Alice decided she was going to win). Then the best things running has given us that have nothing to do with running. And finally, what to feed

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00:58:32

Ep 22. A half marathon PB, fuelling under peer...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/08/18

Huw is three weeks post-Soft Rock and, in his words, so close to being back. Alice comes home from 8.75 laps of a London park with a half marathon PB, some strong opinions on gun time versus chip time, and a story about the peer pressure around fuelling - how much is too much, whose plan do you actually trust, and what happens when you stick to your own. We get into running in a pack, how A, B and C races fit into a training block, and the small comment from a friend that opened up a bigger

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00:49:59

Ep 21. The comparison trap, Strava egos, and running...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/08/11

Huw is deep in the recovery grind after Soft Rock. Alice’s running is finally starting to click. Then we get into a deeper conversation, sparked by a listener question, on the comparison trap: what it’s like running with people faster than you, whether Strava makes it worse, and where we land on being competitive with others versus mostly competing with ourselves.Contact usEmail: twoaveragerunners@gmail.comInstagram: @huwjedwards @dralicepenn @two.average.runners

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00:54:19

We made it to ep 20! Plus race gear that let us down,...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/08/04

This week, Huw is a few days back from Soft Rock and shares how the recovery is going and what he's eyeing next. Alice has a 5K PB to celebrate and a growing collection of oddities from her Battersea Park loops. We give a Tour de France debrief (with a favourite Pogačar moment thrown in), and get through a stack of listener questions: the worst post-race goodie bags, our weirdest pre-race superstitions, returning to running post-baby and building back to half-marathon shape, and the eternal question

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01:01:11

Ep 19. Huw's Soft Rock ordeal. Plus Josh Kerr's mile,...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/07/28

Huw is back from Soft Rock. A multi-day version of the Hardrock 100 he ran with a friend across the Colorado mountains. Wildfire smoke, altitude sickness, closed sections of trail, moments he thought about quitting, and moments he pushed on; a rollercoaster of an event, having to adapt and problem solve under pressure. We talk about Josh Kerr's mile world record and the moment that finish landed, get into the Tour de France, and share a solid training update from Alice. Then we close on a listener

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00:54:34

Ep 18. Soft Rock is here! Plus best taper, panic in a...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/07/21

This week, Huw is days out from being three days deep in the Colorado mountains. He shares that he hasn't finished a big race since his dad passed, which is clearly on his mind heading into this one. We get into what he expects to happen when it gets brutal. Alice leads us into a proper conversation about pressure, sparked by a chaotic 10K start line and a very different approach to pain, courtesy of her partner, Dale, who apparently has a few choice words for himself when things get hard. Also,

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00:56:16

Ep 17. Huw's biggest adventure yet! Plus AI vs human...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/07/14

This week, Huw talks about being just days out from his biggest mountain adventure yet. Alice has a situation developing at parkrun: a topless, Scandinavian-looking stranger who's been quietly clocking her splits for months, and has just started acting on it. We get into two listener questions this week. First, whether to run with headphones in. Then, whether AI running apps and coaches actually work, plus a run through running advice we were both given that turned out to be completely wrong for

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01:04:03

Ep 16. Western States 100 recap, plus the Fuelin app,...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/07/07

This week we recap Western States: course records broken, three men under 14 hours for the first time, and Molly Seidel's remarkable finish after things went sideways at mile 94. We get into the Fuelin app: how we're both using it, what's working, and what it revealed to Alice about her own fueling. Huw's been rethinking his goals with his UK move on indefinite pause. We answer a listener question on how we deal with a race that goes badly. Plus updates on our own running and Serena

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00:52:33

Ep 15. Running in a heatwave, where to live as a...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/06/30

This week, the UK is in a heatwave, and Huw (from Texas) is unimpressed. We get into how to actually use the heat to your advantage with heat training, plus tips for surviving it, and answer a listener question on the same. Alice has moved house, which sent us down a rabbit hole on what to look for in a place to live when running is a deciding factor. She also tells the story of her solo 5K attempt after the real one didn't happen. We get into what getting older means for your speed, and Huw

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00:50:18

Ep 14. We committed to a 90K race on air. Plus an...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/06/23

This week, Huw rocks up to his Harvard Business School reunion, and barely anyone recognises him. Alice dives into the history of Comrades, and why it's called the greatest human race - by the end of it, we commit to running it together in 2027! Huw's sister, Nia, set out to walk a marathon in the Brecon Beacons for Alzheimer's UK in memory of their dad, and Strava makes her an ultramarathoner. And following our chat last week about weight loss and performance, a listener sent in a video

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01:02:36

Ep 13. £750 for an MRI in a thunderstorm. Western...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/06/16

This week, £750, a tube strike, and a thunderstorm later, Alice has her MRI results. Huw walks us through Western States and the Golden Ticket races, for anyone who's wondered what the fuss is about. We share our top strength exercises (Bulgarian split squats are still the worst). And we close on a listener email about whether we all over-fear the marathon, and the grand piano that's meant to land on your back at 32K.Contact usEmail: twoaveragerunners@gmail.comInstagram: @huwjedwards

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00:51:57

Ep 12. Alice is foolish and runs 30K with the flu....

Two Average Runners ·

2026/06/09

This week, Alice is recording with a full flu, having already run 30K on no sleep 3 days before, convinced it was just hay fever. We get into when to push through running sick and when to stay home. Plus Ozempic and what it might mean for runners. And because we recorded on Global Running Day, we end with @gingerwithagopro - a Cape Town runner who stopped during an epic storm to help a stranger in a wheelchair, and ended up changing his life. Contact usEmail: twoaveragerunners@gmail.comInstagram:

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01:03:09

Ep 11. The good, bad, and ugly of running. Garmin...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/06/02

This week, things get a little vulnerable. We talk about the good and bad of running; what it gives us, what it costs us, and when it starts to become a crutch. Alice shares more about what she thinks has really been going wrong in her marathons. Huw quit 75 Hard on day 72 to eat birthday cake with his family. Alice came home at 2 am after drinks with her cousins; her Garmin told her she was dying, but she went for her long run anyway. Also, she has three park runs coming up in three weekends and is

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00:46:27

Episode 10! Track etiquette, a Comrades horror story,...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/05/26

Huw is in London, so we're finally recording in the same room. Alice shares what she thinks keeps going wrong at the same point in every marathon, and what she's started working on to fix it. Huw plans a 20-mile run all over London past Goldman Sachs, the bars and clubs from his banking days. We get into track etiquette: people running the wrong direction, men with their shirts off, and the ones who suddenly decide they want to race you mid-interval. Then the episode lands on Alice's

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01:00:39

Ep 9. Running 250 miles in 56 hours with only 19...

Two Average Runners ·

2026/05/19

This week, we go down a few rabbit holes. We discuss the mind-blowing Cocodona 250 performance by Rachel Entrekin, a woman who beat everyone, including the men, on 19 minutes of sleep. Alice gives Huw a full running tour of London ahead of his visit this week. We answer a listener's question about post-race chest phlegm, which turns out to be more common than you'd think. And we get into carbon shoes; how much is too much, and how many races do they actually last? Also, Huw shares how he

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