#007 - Do It For The Love...of Running ;)

What's actually the hardest race distance? Zac says marathon, Rin makes a surprising case for the 10K — and the 400m gets disqualified for not being "real" endurance running. Plus a full breakdown of tapering: what it does physiologically, why "taper crazies" hit some runners and not others, and why testing your fitness in taper week is "setting fire to the barn."The headline story is Rin's foot. Scans rule out the worst-case scenarios but can't yet rule out a stress fracture — leaving him stuck managing pain, padding his shoes, and weighing up an MRI with two weeks until Gold Coast.Meanwhile Zac runs his last big long run before taper — 34km in the cold and rain, four high-carb gels that didn't sit well, and a hip flexor that wouldn't quit. Plus a new Rin Rant (target: roadworks), a Coros redemption arc, and the eternal question — does running in the rain make you feel like the main character in a movie?Follow along: @runnowcrylater on InstagramZac on Strava: ⁠https://www.strava.com/athletes/zacharybradford⁠ Ryan on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Rinfitgym⁠ Ryan on Strava: ⁠https://www.strava.com/athletes/ryan_lindwall⁠ Ryan on Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/rinfitwall⁠ Ryan on TikTok: ⁠http://tiktok.com/@rinfit62