For The Kudos
by For The Kudos
For The Kudos is a running podcast by Australian elite distance runners Brett Robinson and Joel Tobin-White. Expect professional athlete training insights, race predictions and recaps, and a star studded guest list - all done with plenty of humility, banter, and piss taking that will keep you riveted and coming back each week for more.
Episodes
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For The Kudos - #219
An absolute mammoth episode for you recorded at the Hawthorn studio. Things kick off with a lengthy recap of Joel's experience at Harry's King Of The Hill which saw Piotr Babis claim yet another win just ahead of Pyry Liukkonen in a new course record (and a total elevation world record while he…
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For The Kudos - #218
Recording from Joel's place for the very first time, you can expect plenty of home-improvement chat early on. The team recap Burnie 10 before shedding light on the new Patreon exclusive series. As for training weeks Tess and Brett struggle in the heat but still lay down some impressive workouts…
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For The Kudos - #217
The crew are back together in the Hawthorn studio this week to deliver episode #217. There's plenty of non running chat in this episode to make up for their modified training weeks (Tess & Brett recovering from Melbourne Half and Joel from Covid). "The Big Q" sees the team break down their…
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Lucy Bartholomew - Runner in Residence #1 PREVIEW
To Listen to the whole episode and many more Patreon only episodes, sign up to our Patreon at the link below. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Welcome to our newest Patreon series! These ‘Runner in Residence’ series will follow along an athlete for a period of time and...
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Steve McKenna - #216
This episode is brought to you by 2XU We just broke our episode length record! Episode #216 kicks off with a massive recap of the key performances from Melbourne Mara weekend. The crew briefly share their training to allow for deeper race recaps from both Brett & Tess. Joel speaks with Steve...
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Good Luck To Everyone Racing Melbourne Mara!
Good Luck To Everyone Racing Melbourne Mara!
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For The Kudos - #215
This episode is brought to you by 2XU Episode #215 kicks off with a lengthy discussion around "home improvement" - this could almost break the FTK record for the longest non-running-related intro. The team preview what's going on in the FTK & Pulse ecosystem during Melb Mara race week before...
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Logy & Yogi (Logan & Matilda) - #11 PREVIEW
To Listen to the whole episode and many more Patreon only episodes, sign up to our Patreon at the link below. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos SEASON 2 IS HERE! After a month holiday the team are back together to launch into season two. The episode begins with Logy and...
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Jimmy + Fraser - #04 PREVIEW
To Listen to the whole episode and many more Patreon only episodes, sign up to our Patreon at the link below. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos This episode begins with Jimmy providing his review of the Grand Final (he didn’t watch it) and what he thought of Kylie (didn’t...
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For The Kudos - #214
The team are back in the sunny Hawthorn studio to bring you episode #214. The crew recap their grand final week before launching deep into training week's. Tess recovers well from Run Prix while Joel lays down his biggest week in a long while. Brett takes the cake as per with his first double...
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Tess' Run Prix Race Recap - #213
The team are finally back together in person to record episode 213. Things kick off with a big recap of all the recent races before Joel (who blames all his brain-farts work related fatigue) updates the listeners on his Coober Pedy adventures. Brett lays down a solid training week before Tess…
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For The Kudos - #212
Episode 212 sees Joel & Brett record on a Sunday afternoon between Joel's two big work trips. Expect a big Kenya recap, Brett's solid training week and the return of "The Big Q". Tess, Brett & Joel will be back recording together on Monday! SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY…
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Fraser + Jimmy - #01 PREVIEW
To Listen to the whole episode and many more Patreon only episodes, sign up to our Patreon at the link below. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Straight into a new Patreon series FTK welcomes Jimmy Whelan to the airwaves for the first time. With Jimmy targeting Melbourne…
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Willy Songok of The Kenyan Experience - #211
Tess & Brett resume regular FTK programming in Joel's absence. Instead of the "Big Q" this week, Joel sits down with Willy Songok - Head of Guest Relations at "The Kenyan Experience" (which is run from the High Altitude Training Centre in Iten, Kenya). During his time in Iten, Joel had many...
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For The Kudos - #210
Big episode tonight with Brett and Tess hosting the episode. Joel took a well deserved break from hosting duties to enjoy his trip in Kenya. They take you through their training week recaps before diving into their very different Sydney Marathon experiences - Brett pacing the lead Aussie men, and...
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For The Kudos - #209
This episode is brought to you by Better Beer: Brett, Joel & Tess record over zoom this week with Joel calling in from "The Home Of Champions" - Iten, Kenya. The episode begins with the team recapping recent race highlights as well as the usual sharing of what they've been up to since they last...
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Logy & Yogi (Logan & Matilda) - #09 PREVIEW
To Listen to the whole episode and many more Patreon only episodes, sign up to our Patreon at the link below. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Logy and Yogi take the reins this week, sharing hosting duties with lots to catch up on. The team walk through a couple of Logy’s...
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Caitlin + Tim + Fraser = Sydney - #08 PREVIEW
To Listen to the whole episode and many more Patreon only episodes, sign up to our Patreon at the link below. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos The three athletes recount their last big week of training before starting to taper down the effort and volume. Hear what a taper...
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Joel's Wonderfalls 50k Race Recap - #208
After her one week hiatus, Tess is back on the airwaves, joining Brett & Joel in the Hawthorn studio. In training week's Brett returns to intensity while Tess continues to build consistency with her new program. Then for the first time in as long as everyone can remember - Joel recaps a race win....
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Caitlin + Tim + Fraser = Sydney - #07 PREVIEW
To Listen to the whole episode and many more Patreon only episodes, sign up to our Patreon at the link below. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos As you’d expect, there’s a lot to pull apart in the penultimate pre-race episode from another 550+ kilometres of training and…
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For The Kudos - #207
With a change in recording schedule this week Tess was unable to join Brett & Joel for the episode. Brett & Joel realise quickly that without Tess, anarchy unfolds in the Hawthorn studio. That said, Brett & Joel try their best to take the listeners through each of FTK's segments without diverting...
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Caitlin + Tim + Fraser = Sydney - #05 PREVIEW
To Listen to the whole episode and many more Patreon only episodes, sign up to our Patreon at the link below. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos At the somewhat of a halfway point in this series Caitlin and Tim ‘run’ through their training weeks before being asked to…
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Brett's Sunshine Coast Mara Recap - #206
Brett, Joel & Tess begin episode 206 with a lengthy recap of the highlight Australian performances at the Commonwealth Games. Joel and Tess take the listeners through their training week's before Brett closes out the segment with an in depth race recap of his Sunshine Coast Marathon win over the...
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Caitlin + Tim + Fraser = Sydney - #05
To Listen to the whole episode and many more Patreon only episodes, sign up to our Patreon at the link below. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos At the somewhat of a halfway point in this series Caitlin and Tim ‘run’ through their training weeks before being asked to…
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Brett & Fraser - #04 PREVIEW
To Listen to the whole episode and many more Patreon only episodes, sign up to our Patreon at the link below. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Commonwealth Games are underway and we already have 4 medals! Rose Davies and Ky Robinson take out both of the 10000m and if…
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Tess' Lakeside:10 Race Recap - #205
Brett, Joel & Tess record from seperate studios this week. The team debrief Harbour 10 and Lakeside 10 before reflecting on their old World Champs Special series from a few years back. The team soft launch Brett's next marathon (surely you could have guessed this by now...it's a few days away)...
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Caitlin + Tim + Fraser = Sydney - #04 PREVIEW
To Listen to the whole episode and many more Patreon only episodes, sign up to our Patreon at the link below. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Their holidays are over and for the first time in this series, Tim and Caitlin mix in their training with their work and if you...
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Caitlin + Tim + Fraser = Sydney - #01 PREVIEW
To Listen to the whole episode and many more Patreon only episodes, sign up to our Patreon at the link below. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Caitlin, Tim and Fraser sit down to record their first episode eight (… or nine) weeks away from Sydney Marathon. The trio recap...
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For The Kudos - #204
The team recap all the key results from the recent London Diamond League, spending a large majority of the chat on Josh Kerr's Mile World Record. Brett lays down a solid week of marathon training in the lead up to Sunny Coast while Tess (and her 400 training partners) bank a couple of solid...
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Logy & Yogi (Logan & Matilda) - #05 PREVIEW
To Listen to the whole episode and many more Patreon only episodes, sign up to our Patreon at the link below. SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Fresh off his win at the Victorian Cross Country Championships at Bundoora, Logy joins Matilda in the Richmond studio to record...
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For The Kudos - #203
Brett, Joel & Tess are back in the Brunswick Studio (Tess' crib) to record episode #203. Hopefully the audio is little louder after some technical issues (we'll have the popping/clipping fixed for next week). In this episode there's plenty of running chat, a strange amount of weather talk and an...
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Brett's Gold Coast Half Marathon Recap - #202
Enjoy one of the longest standalone episodes of FTK ever! The episode begins with the team recapping the usual highlight results from our Australian pro's, before announcing our latest Patreon-only series. Brett recaps his 4th place half mara result in GC, while Tess lays down a solid week of...
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For The Kudos - #201
The episode kicks off with a typical off-topic discussion, this time about plant health and smuggling pocket knives through airport security. The team then unpack the two new Australian records everyone's talking about, before going over last week's training. The Brunswick studio (Tess' place)…
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For The Kudos - #200 Episode Birthday Special Recording
Brett, Joel & Tess ditch the regular segments (other than training weeks) to deliver this extended 200th birthday episode. The team answer the following questions (which leads to plenty of off-topic chats, even more laughs and everything else that is synonymous with the FTK brand): 1. Their most...
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For The Kudos - #199
Brett, Joel and Tess are back in the Hawthorn studio to record the last episode before the big double century. There's plenty of Socceroos chat before the team recap a few key highlights from our Aussie stars abroad. Brett completes his windiest threshold in a long long time while Tess sheds…
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For The Kudos - #198
Tess's training week sees her recap the Pulse Team winning the 2XU Destination 3000 race through the streets of Melbourne. Brett takes a while to recover from his Half-Marathon and fights low-mo in his Friday threshold. The team answer a question from FTK Friend of the Show "Givit" who asks "how...
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Brett's Launceston Half Marathon Recap - #197
Brett takes the listeners through his recent Launceston Half Marathon race where he finished second behind Haftu Strintszos. We hear exactly how the race panned out in Tassie, an event which saw some incredibly fast performances across all the races. Tess & Joel put in some good training and we...
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Moore Jacked #02 with Jack Rayner & Matilda Moore (Patreon-only special series)
Recorded earlier last month. Catch all episodes of Moore Jacked plus all our other bonus content on our Patreon channel: Jack & Matilda are back for another relaxing and enjoyable conversation that covers both running & mindfulness. The episode begins with host Joel reading out a couple of...
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For The Kudos - #196
Brett, Joel and Tess brave a thunderstorm in the Brunswick studio to bring you episode #196. The team debriefs the stellar results from our Australian professionals racing across the globe before jumping into training weeks. The crew put together strong training weeks and discuss (not...
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For The Kudos - #195
The team were full of laughs this week (even more than usual) to bring you episode 195. We hear a miracle story from The Great Ocean Road Marathon as well as a less-miraculous tale from Tess that involves mixing up the taps in her San Francisco office. A strong training week from Brett, Tess runs...
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For The Kudos - #194
Brett and Joel are left to their own devices this week with Tess in the USA for work. The pair chat through Brett's birthday weekend before recapping the highlights of the weekend's AthsVic 5k at Albert Park to kick off the XCR season. Brett has an easier Tuesday before joining Jack for a…
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For The Kudos - #193
With Tess back with us permanently she's implemented a new rule: no more detailed episode descriptions that give too much away! You'll just have to listen to hear everything that happens in the EP :) Brett is back at full mileage as Ballarat fatigue sets in later in the week for him. Tess shares...
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FTK addressing the recent events + Brett & Tess' Ballarat Half Marathon Recaps - #192
To our FTK community, thank you for sticking with us this past week. It’s been the toughest period we’ve faced since starting in 2022, and we don’t take your support lightly. In our recent apology episode, we said we’d make real changes, not just talk about them. This week is the first step.…
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Our apology
Our mission with FTK is to create an entertaining, informative and supportive space for all runners. We are incredibly disappointed in ourselves to appear as the exact opposite of this recently. We've let down the women in our sport and we are truly sorry. This is an opportunity as men to check…
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For The Kudos - #191
TRAINING WEEKS After his short trip to Sydney Brett lays down a big week of training. Back to hitting higher mileage (with Ballarat Half Mara in his sights) he claims to cheat-code Thursday threshold which allows him to fly on Saturday hills. The segment ends with Joel sharing details of his...
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For The Kudos - #190
This episode is brought to you by Better Beer TRAINING WEEKS Brett takes the listeners through his slightly modified training week as he gets on top of his locked up calf. This leads to a discussion on the most painful treatments the've ever had. THE BIG Q FTK "Friend Of The Show" Kym asks a...
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For The Kudos - #189
This episode is brought to you by the McGrath Launceston Running Festival After Joel asks Brett what he's been up to the past week and is met with a mundane answer he assumes the floor and bangs on with several mundane stories surrounding his recent camping trip. TRAINING WEEKS Brett updates the...
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Brett's Sound Running 10,000m Race Recap - #188
This episode is brought to you by the McGrath Launceston Running Festival TRAINING WEEKS Brett recaps his recent 10,000m performance and talks honestly about why he was disappointed with his race. Joel prompts him to reflect on races earlier on his career that he was disappointed with, which…
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Maurie Plant Meet Recap with Men's 800m Winner Luke Boyes
Joel and Riley are joined by newly crowned men’s 800m champion Luke Boyes to break down the standout moments from Saturday night (at least from a distance running perspective!!!). Before unpacking the evening through the FTK lens, they chat with Luke about his race-winning performance, look ahead...
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For The Kudos / Maurie Plant Meet Preview - #187
This episode is brought to you by the 2026 Maurie Plant Meet. Reminder our live show on the Sunday morning is completely free to attend. We hope to see you all there :) The episode kicks off with Brett & Joel previewing the highlight meets of this weekend's Maurie Plant Meet. TRAINING WEEKS Joel...
About this show
For The Kudos is a running podcast by Australian elite distance runners Brett Robinson and Joel Tobin-White. Expect professional athlete training insights, race predictions and recaps, and a star studded guest list - all done with plenty of humility, banter, and piss taking that will keep you riveted and coming back each week for more.
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