#76 – The World Cup We’re Not Running

About this episode

The episode discusses the World Cup, mountain biking, and various running-related topics.

Episode 76 lands just in time for the first World Cup of the year… which none of us are running. Ralph’s back from Halden, Tim’s survived his first mountain bike race (powered mostly by confusion and caffeine gels), and Magnus has tackled a 44-control monster. We get into messy relays, sprint rule changes, and whether hiding course details is genius or chaos. Plus: pickles at the finish line, disappearing shoes in marshes, and the ongoing debate that really matters — how to eat a scone.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ralph, Tim, Magnus

Topics covered

• World Cup
• mountain bike race
• messy relays
• sprint rule changes
• course details
• scone debate

Keywords

• World Cup
• mountain bike race
• sprint rule changes
• course details
• scone debate

Mentioned in this episode

Products: caffeine gels

Places: Halden, marshes

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