The Has Beens Podcast

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This week, training is a little scattered for everyone except Louis. Chev ends up in hospital, Curran goes back to Gympie, Cookso loads his weekend as per usual, and Louis runs a huge week!

The boys run through their weeks to kick off the show. They discuss pre-run fueling, whether they could make it as influencers if they tried, a quick has been quiz and an interesting has been, never was, still is questionnaire. + listener questions and other bits

The boys are back! Kicking off the new year with a race recap from Chev and Lach. Curros asks for our best motivational quote, Lou gives us a has been. Cook makes us order our favourite drinks. Enjoy the listen!

This week the boys are without Louis as he embarks on his honeymoon. The podcast gets a bit loose without their usual team captain and conversation runs astray. It still has all of our regular stuff but with a loose reign on things.

We have a fill in guest this week as Curran had us double booked again. We go through our running weeks, chat about runfluencers, walkers in lane 1 at the track, has beens quizzes and listener questioners!

The boys unpack the beer mile showdown between Curran and Cookso. Lou and Chev have a down week. A lawn mower story, has been quizzes and listener questions.

This week has all our regular stuff but if you want to skip this weeks episode that’s fine by us. See you next week!

The boys fly through their weeks, and get into some training talk. Blacky doesn’t have any bad feelings this week. Lou and Cookso give us some different has been quizzes, and some interesting questions to round it out.

Louis runs us through his result at state 5km. Cookso smashes the same week over and over. Chev swims 13km. Training talk, blackys carpark blow up, has been quizzes and listener questions!

This week Chev takes over hosting duties, and the boys run through their weeks. Louis gives us his version of the Noosa Bolt. Curran poses a training talk question, Chev gets weird with his conspiracy theory. Lou and Cookso hit us with the has been quizzes. And all the usual stuff!

This episode it seems 50% of the crew are still injured. Louis and Cookso are building nicely. Curran wants to know the groups thoughts on the perfect taper. Chev is trying to not take a healthy body for granted. Lou and Cookso run us through their has been quiz, + listener questions.

Lou and Chev sit down with Paralympian Jaryd Clifford. He is a 3:40 1500m, 14:04 5000m and 2:19 marathoner. He runs through his running journey as a young boy all the way through to his most recent world champs.

This episode Cookso and Lou are killing their training! Curran wants to know, quantity or quality? Lou takes on the blow up of the week. Chev poses a question, and Cookso runs through his has been quiz.

We introduce a special guest this week to bring us an interesting talking topic and then he decides to stay on for the whole show. All the usual stuff, blow-ups, training talk, and the has been quiz. Get around it!

On this weird and wacky ep, the boys smash their training weeks after a few big nights. Chev and Curran face off over a 5km time trial. Curran takes over the blow up of the week, Chev presents a training question. Lou and Cookso have some hilarious has been questions as per usual.

Chev and Cookso sit down with Olympian triathlete Matt Hauser and have a conversation around his career. They run through his junior and professional years, they also discuss the mental and physical toll it takes to be highly ranked in the triathlon world.

Curran calls in sick this week, but the boys discuss their training weeks regardless. An interesting conversation around coach vs athlete training standards. Blacky hates bandwagon fans, Cookso goes hard on the has been quiz, and Lou fails to start the quiz before his is answered. Plus listener questions and more!

Olympian.NCAA Cross Country Champion.Ex Australian 10,000m record holder.Curran and Lou sit down with one of Australia’s best distance runners Pat Tiernan. Based in the US, he runs through his career in chronological order and discuss the high and lows of a professional career in running.

The fellas manage a half decent training week, and set their sights on another race. There’s a discussion around the difference in junior athletics from 15 years ago to now. Stoned ape theory, has been quiz, and walk out songs.

Training weeks from all 4 co-hosts, including a head to head showdown between 2 of the co-hosts at Bridge to Brisbane. Curran proposes a discussion topic on the best way to present your training week, Blacky’s blow up is back, the weekly has been quiz, and listener questions.

This week the boys run through their training week, and they’ve all trained (a little). There’s a discussion around whether or not college is suitable for everyone. There’s a has been guessing game, and a quick run through the world champs predictions.

Episode 3 - The boys have been informed they have inspired past runners to begin running again. Cookso returns to racing very early, Louis runs his first full training week, Chev is back on his feet after sickness and injury, and Curros ignores all training advice again. Coaching with Curran, a conspiracy theory, has beens quiz, and some interesting listener questions!

Episode 2 - Louis has a birthday in Ballarat, Curran doesn’t do any of the prescribed training, Cookso gets a weekend away, and Blacky is unhappy with fitness influencers.

Episode 1 - The team introduces themselves and their running achievements. A discussion around training and potential future races. Curran's training plan, Blacky's blow-ups, and Lou and Cookso discuss a few notable has beens.