If you're enjoying the podcast and want to support what we do at the running channel,

the best way to do that is through the club.

As a member, you'll get every episode of this podcast, add free, plus bonus episodes every week that we don't release anywhere else. You'll also get access to our community app, which is basically a space for runners who love talking about running, but don't love what social media has become. It's a genuinely supportive, no noise place to ask questions and connect with other runners. If that sounds like your kind of thing, head to club.the running channel.com and use code POD for 20% off. We're going on tour and I'm so excited about this. It's a deliberate pun because this episode is sponsored by On. So we're going on tour with On, for the On Squad race. So we're going all over the world, starting with South America. Buenos Aires. I cannot wait.

The On Squad Race has already started, and we are going to five different locations to take part in this sick event.

Yeah, we're going to be finding out all about the local running culture in three different continents, which is pretty cool for us.

And racing up and down in a spiral car park, which I feel like is going to be a test in itself. Yeah, four by four relay, two men, two women on each teams. We're going to be captaining various teams when we take on these challenges around the world. And On is on a mission to ignite the human spirit through movement, which is what we're going to be doing by travelling all over the world and meeting all these amazing runners. And if you want to find out more about On Squad Race, then head to the link in the show notes.

Welcome to the running channel podcast with me, Sarah Hartley, Rick Kelsey to my left, Andy Badley, to my right.

I am frustrated.

Please tell me why every single time I finish a marathon, I finished Rotterdam

Marathon four weeks ago now, I tell myself this is it. I'm going to carry this fitness over.

I'm going to get some new PBs in the 5K, in the 10K. It sounds pretty simple, doesn't it?

I feel the same, Hartley. I've got to say, I feel like my fitness is slipping away after the London Marathon, and I'm not capitalising on what I've built up. There's absolutely no way that you're worried about your fitness slipping away. You've fully embraced the fact that you don't have to run anymore. Let me rephrase that. I'm really enjoying my fitness slipping away. I'm watching my stravag diminishing to nothing with complete joy.

I've been for a run, you have.

You've done more runs than me.

I'm just picking up injuries left right and centre. Well, I'm actually in a perfect position to talk about this as well. I'm not that many days ago since running my half marathon. And like, I'm sure lots of people listen to this, whether they've taken on half a marathon, any sort of distance or training, could be feeling a bit lost.

I feel a bit lost. I feel a bit empty. The kind of post-race blues are real. But we want to talk about how you can actually grab the ball by the horns sensibly and then crack on and do something new and different and feel the appeal of a new goal. Yeah, what I'm taking from this is we're all tired, broken, shattered, a little bit worse

for wear.

Which I think reflects on a lot of people at the end.

Yeah, and absolutely clueless.

Yeah. So this is going to be a good episode. Let's get into it.

How are you with 17-hour flights?

Yeah, so to let you guys a little bit behind the curtain,

...