EDR #31: "The best laid (marathon) plans...": Joao and Andy humour each other over their Autumn Marathon performances

This week’s episode has been a bit slow in coming. I’ve been suffering a little from post-marathon lethargy and confusion as I try and compute my race. So it is. 

But, nonetheless, this episode features the fellow Everyday Runners - or EDR, as I might abbreviate it to - OG, Joao Seixas. When we did the very first episodes of the podcast, we were full of optimism about how our Rotterdam marathons might go. Now, we have both done two autumn marathons: Joao the Berlin classic, and myself the less-famous Eindhoven marathon. Separate from my own performance, I have to say, I rate it very highly as a well-organised, mid-size marathon. I would recommend it to marathoners in the Netherlands or Belgium who might want to avoid the intensity of Rotterdam and Amsterdam. 

These conversations are pretty much unscripted. Although we had briefly talked about our own performances prior to the recording, we tried to keep it as candid as possible. I haven’t edited much out. 

If you’re listening to this before doing the Amsterdam Marathon on the weekend: I wish you the best of luck. And to enjoy it as much as possible. I will be going to watch, because I feel a little drawn to it. Even though interacting with friends and fellow runners is hard during the race, I always get a buzz out of the positive running vibes. 

A little note: during the first half of the episode, there is an occasional pinging noise. This is the sound Joao’s telephone makes every time he utters a running-cliche. The first part of this episode features me asking Joao questions about his Berlin performance, then at about minute 25, it switches to myself talking about Eindhoven. These recordings were made on different days. There’s just a quick transition between them in which we greet each other for a second time. 

Okay: that’s all for this introduction. I hope you enjoy the conversation between Joao and myself. 

Doi doi 

 

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