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  • I Ran a PB in the World’s Deepest Half Marathon | For Better or For Worse From Spain!

    I Ran a PB in the World’s Deepest Half Marathon | For Better or For Worse From Spain!
    2026/10/28

    Alex Cyr takes on the Valencia Half Marathon, which may be the deepest half marathon field in the world. Recording live from Barcelona, Alex and Alexis break down the whole race weekend.

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    53 分
  • Biggest Takeaways from my First 5k

    Biggest Takeaways from my First 5k
    2026/10/21

    Alexis ran her first 5K at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon weekend, and it went better than either of us expected. In Episode 22 of For Better or For Worse, Alex and Alexis go through the race one step at a time to show how Alexis crushed her goal time!

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    59 分
  • Should You PR in Training? Our "Prove It" Workouts Before Race Day

    Should You PR in Training? Our "Prove It" Workouts Before Race Day
    2026/10/06

    Episode 20 of For Better or For Worse! Alex and Alexis mark the milestone with a game of Two Truths and a Lie. In training updates, Alex goes way too hard in his "Prove It" workout three weeks before the Valencia Half Marathon. He runs an unofficial 10K personal best of 28:56 in practice, and the two of them debate whether you should ever PR in a workout. Alexis looks back on her 7:09 Bloor Street Mile as her own prove-it moment, starts tapering for her 5K at Toronto Waterfront Marathon weekend, and deals with a possible cold two weeks out from race day.

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    57 分
  • I Raced My First Ever Mile (It Didn't Go to Plan)

    I Raced My First Ever Mile (It Didn't Go to Plan)
    2026/09/29

    Alexis has finally raced. Just 26 hours after the first-ever Bloor Street Mile in Toronto, Alexis D'Souza Cyr and Alex Cyr go through her first race, from start to finish: the race-morning nerves, the porta-potty standoff, the imposter syndrome at the start line, and Alex's pacing job (he admits it was bad), which sent her through the first 400m about 20 seconds too fast. She still ran a huge 7:09 mile. Then came track hack.

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    57 分
  • A 14:13 5k for Alex, Alexis Chooses Her 5k Race Pace

    A 14:13 5k for Alex, Alexis Chooses Her 5k Race Pace
    2026/09/22

    On Episode 18 of For Better or For Worse, Alex and Alexis kick things off with the ultimate runner's hypothetical: 300 meters from the finish line, in the lead, and your body betrays you... do you hold the line or take the L?

    Then it's training-update time: Alex breaks down his Yorkville 5K (14:13, just off the podium) and gets brutally honest about whether his competitiveness has turned into a problem, while Alexis talks through her hardest training week yet and locks in an official 5K goal pace as race day gets close.

    We close out with a deep dive into Keeley Hodgkinson's head-to-toe 3D-printed Nike speed suit at Aflos London: is it fashion, is it "technological doping," and should it even be legal? Plus a listener question about how (and whether) to combine a honeymoon with a race-cation.
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  • Should Your Partner Have to Attend Your Races?

    Should Your Partner Have to Attend Your Races?
    2026/09/15

    On this episode of For Better or For Worse, Alex and Alexis kick things off with a truly disgusting round of "worst first impressions" (snot rockets, projectile vomit, and a barrata tomato incident) before rehashing the real story of their own disastrous first date. Then it's into the training: Alexis tackles a 5x4-minute threshold workout with Alex coaching from the e-bike, followed by an honest check-in on runner burnout as they close in on the Toronto 5K. The big debate of the week: is it "princess treatment" or just bare-minimum support to expect your partner at every race? Plus audience questions on run-walk pacing strategy, the real science behind bee stings, and whether runners should share their training journey on social media at all.

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    54 分
  • A 97-Mile Week, a Bee Sting, and Should Marathons Have Time Limits?

    A 97-Mile Week, a Bee Sting, and Should Marathons Have Time Limits?
    2026/09/08

    Alex is coming off the biggest mileage week of his life (97 miles / 154K!) and just signed Alexis up for a surprise race, while Alexis is nursing a bee sting and celebrating a new 5K race-pace PB. Then we get into the big one: should marathons have stricter time cutoffs, or should courses stay open all day for anyone who wants to finish? We debate both sides: city logistics, injuries and disabilities, qualifying standards, and why the media loves a "last place finisher" story a little too much.

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    1 時間 4 分