This week on The Long Run: Mum and Dad are fighting — Strava is suing Garmin. What’s actually going on, and would Strava survive without Garmin uploads? Then we dive into the Boston Marathon’s new downhill indexing rule, where net-downhill courses will now face time penalties of up to ten minutes for qualification. We go Around the Track with the Saddles 50 & 100 Miler in Arizona, break down the Melbourne Marathon course, and look at P.volve’s new Sculpt 9 amino supplement — a formula claiming to keep women’s muscle response consistent across the entire cycle. Plus, as always, our week of training.

This week on The Long Run: we talk shoe empires — is Adidas holding the crown? With the Evo SL topping Google’s most-searched shoes of 2025 and a 100km world record to their name, are they the current king of running? In The Listeners Have Spoken, we break down Puma’s new FAST-XP collection, Nike’s super-stacked Vomero Premium, and what it all means for everyday runners. We also touch on trail running for movie stars, head Around the Track with the brutal Mammoth 200 and wrap it all up with our week of training.

This week on The Long Run: Around the Track covers Western Sydney Ironman 70.3, the Sydney Backyard Ultra (still going at 35 yards/212km!), and the World Athletics Champs. We celebrate Brook McIntosh’s run around Australia—14,200km in just over 200 days—raising awareness with The Blue Tree Project. Elton brings in a blind ranking tier list for Gus. The boys debate the carb gel hierarchy, and talk real news with Saucony’s controversial marathon sponsorship. Plus, there’s more trail running propaganda with UTA selling fast and Strava’s new UTMB partnership. We wrap it all up with our week of training.

This week on The Long Run:

Around the Track takes us to the Lake Mac Half, the Ironman World Champs in Nice, and the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, plus a Berlin Marathon race preview.

In Ask the Coach, we tackle what sort of track session suits your sport and goals, before diving into whats Bringing the Game into Disrepute.

In Runner’s Science, we break down corticosteroids—their medical uses, performance effects, and why they’re controversial in sport.

We finish up with a recap of our week of training.

This week on The Long Run: we unpack Kipchoge’s massive weekly training plan, share more Sydney Marathon race recaps, and explore how the trail running boom is driving the running economy. We break down the epic Arizona Monster 300 Trail Race (and whether we’d sign up), muse over the purchase of a Satisfy UTMB car, and wrap things up with our week of training and recovery post-Sydney Marathon.

This week on The Long Run we cover Adidas’ midnight Chasing100 world record attempt and the launch of a new prototype super shoe, plus the wild Great World Race—7 marathons in 7 days across 7 continents. We chat what the boys are buying, how to set up your watch for race day, results from our fast vs far poll, and wrap with our week of training.

This week on The Long Run: we kick off with Ask the Coach, diving into the art of tapering and how to get it right. In Race Previews, we look around the corner to Sydney Marathon 2025 and break down the ins and outs of the newest world major marathon. We also scan over the legendary UTMB. It’s new shoe time with the boys first looks at the ASICS Sonicblast and Megablast, plus Angus needs help with his wishlist of running gear. We wrap it all up with a recap of our week of training.