The Real Science of Sport Podcast
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Jepchirchir Doping Ban and the Marathon's Credibility Crisis / Andreas Almgren’s New York City Marathon Debut / Is the 2027 Tour de France Route Anti-Pogačar?
Oct 29, 20261h 9m
Lactate: Fuel or Fiction? / Kona Lessons on Carbs and Pacing / World Rugby Cracks Down on the Hip Drop Tackle
Oct 22, 20261h 25m
How To Raise a Champion in 2026
Oct 19, 20261h 35m
Why Did the Kona Ironman Leaders Collapse? Heat, Fuel and Failure / Chicago Marathon’s Underwhelming Fast Times
Oct 15, 20261h 16m
Should Grand Tours Be Shorter? The UCI's Future of Cycling Report / Can We Believe Tigst Assefa / Are Athletes Asked to Play Too Much?
Oct 8, 20261h 15m
Diabetes in Exercise and Sport
Oct 5, 20261h 22m
Inside the Mind of Jakob Ingebrigtsen: The Guardian's Sean Ingle on Talent, Obsession and a Record-Breaking Track Season
Oct 2, 202649 min
Assefa's Achilles "Rupture" and a Near-Miss Marathon World Record / Vollering and McNulty Win the Road Worlds / UCI Crash Data on Road Cycling
Sep 30, 20261h 2m
How Jakob Ingebrigtsen Was Beaten on the Roads / Why Sprinters Love Altitude and Milers Don't / Pacing the 800m / A 13-Year-Old Asian Games Champion
Sep 23, 20261h 29m
The Athlete's Heart: Can You Really Exercise Too Much?
Sep 22, 20261h 12m
Why We Were Born To Run
Sep 14, 20261h 20m
Ultimate Championship Day 3 Recap / Jefferson-Wooden in 21.47 / Kerr in Control / Dos Santos Delivers / Broadcast Underperformances
Sep 14, 20261h 1m
Ultimate Championship Day 2 Recap / Kebinatshipi's 43.39 with a New Race Plan / Werro Controls the 800m to Cap a Dominant Season
Sep 13, 202656 min
Ultimate Championship Day 1 Recap / Ingebrigtsen Reigns Supreme / Masai Russell's World Record Season
Sep 12, 20261h 7m
Incentives, Toxic Cultures and Doping in School Sport / “Cowards” and “Losers” on Track / It’s Too Damn Hot at the Vuelta
Sep 9, 20261h 26m
Two World Records in Zurich: Alison dos Santos and Masai Russell / Femke Bol's Fascinating 800m Transition / Cycling We Haven’t Seen for Ten Years in The Vuelta
Sep 2, 20261h 19m
Inside The World of Sports Broadcasting
Aug 24, 20261h 33m
How can a 10,000m Runner Outsprint an 800m Runner? / Werro tops Hodgkinson, Again / Ansah's Missed Doping Test / Swimming World Record Watch
Aug 19, 20261h 17m
The Science-Backed Truth About Peptides
Aug 17, 20261h 20m
Kasia Niewiadoma's Mont Ventoux Masterclass / The Physiology of Losing a Yellow Jersey / A Doping Ban That Fits a Familiar Pattern
Aug 12, 20261h 23m
What Causes a Stitch When You Run? / Josh Kerr's Mile Dominance / Pogačar's VO2max of 100 / Another SA Schoolboy Doping Ban
Aug 5, 20261h 17m
FEATURE: How To Beat the Heat
Aug 3, 20261h 45m
Why Anti-Doping Needs Target Testing and Investigation / Pogačar's Record Tour de France / The Weight-Loss Double Standard
Jul 29, 20261h 10m
The Art and Science of Perfect Pacing (Members' Exclusive Show, Now Unlocked for All)
Jul 27, 202642 min
The Tour de France 2am Drug-Test Controversy: Why Pogačar and Vingegaard Were Woken to Test / Josh Kerr's Mile World Record / A World Cup Final to Forget
Jul 20, 20261h 4m
A "Concussion Sensor" Comes to the Tour de France / Spain Dismantle France / Does SA Rugby Have a Doping Problem?
Jul 15, 20261h 10m
The Science Behind a Pro Cycling Team
Jul 13, 20261h 34m
Stop Watching the Ball: Michael Cox Unlocks the Fascinating Hidden Sides of Football
Jul 9, 20261h 19m
England Survive Altitude and Mexico / The Doctor's Dilemma in Elite Sport - When Is Enough? / How Women Out "Pace" Men in Marathons
Jul 8, 20261h 18m
Inside the World of F1 Racing: An Engineer's Perspective
Jul 6, 20261h 37m
BONUS SHORT: Altitude and the Mexico Problem. The Science Behind England's Sunday Showdown
Jul 3, 202620 min
Durability - Trialled, Tested and Explained / Werro Edges Closer to the World Record / The World Cup's Extra-Time Problem / TDF and Heat Fears
Jul 1, 20261h 11m
The Creatine Episode
Jun 29, 20261h 48m
Re-Release: The Art and Science of the Perfect Football Penalty
Jun 25, 20261h 17m
A Doping Refusal and Four Year Ban That Divided Tennis / Hodgkinson's Hamstring Scare / World Cup Science
Jun 24, 20261h 3m
World Cup Water Breaks / What Will It Take to Break the 800m WR? / College Sprinting Goes Wild / Does Remco Have the Watts to Match Pogacar?
Jun 17, 20261h 11m
800m Plot Twists and Beckoning History for Werro & Hodgkinson / Should the IOC Pay Olympic Athletes? / "Your computer screen is too big"
Jun 10, 20261h 3m
Sleeping Your Way to More EPO / Grand Slam Chaos / The UCI's Expensive Regulatory Defeat and a Weighing Scandal
Jun 3, 20261h 0m
Roland Garros' Zombie Heat Apocalypse / The Death of the Diversified Elite Athlete / World Athletics Raises the Performance Bar
May 28, 20261h 11m
Welcome to our PED Talk: Sean Ingle Reflects on The Enhanced Games
May 27, 202654 min
Caution for Contact Sport Athletes and CTE / Women's Rugby Six Nations and Smaller Balls / Worst Sport to be Elite at?
May 20, 20261h 2m
A Huge Doping Bust in Georgia Rugby / Epic Climbs and Concussions in Cycling / Who is the Greatest Track Athlete of Them All?
May 15, 20261h 23m
The Rise of Southern African Sprinting / London Marathon Pacing Blunders / Seixas to the Tour / Your Carb Questions Answered
May 7, 20261h 30m
Can You Trust AI For Health and Training Advice?
May 6, 20261h 29m
The Spotlight On The Sub-2: A Deep Dive Into Sawe's Marathon Masterclass
Apr 30, 20261h 33m
The Sporting Mind: Overcoming Mental Barriers For Better Performance
Apr 28, 20261h 29m
1:59:30! The Sub Two Hour Marathon Falls To Sabastian Sawe
Apr 26, 202643 min
Boston Bonanza - Course Record Analysis / Elite Runners Avoiding Carbs? / Acute Stress Anti-Doping Refusal
Apr 21, 20261h 24m
Cobbled Coronations in Roubaix / Benji Naesen vs UCI / Marathon Majors and Sawe's Doping Credibility Campaign
Apr 16, 20261h 24m
The Norwegian Way: What We Can Learn From Their Success
Apr 15, 20261h 32m