OM DENNE EPISODE
We just ran Harry's Longest Mile and the livestream shit the bed in the first two hours. Two cameras dead, roaming cam audio clapped out, and Alex sitting up in the commentary box on one hour's sleep watching the whole thing fall apart. Then he cracked a Red Bull, stopped fighting it, and it turned into the best event we've ever run.
In this episode:
- The three major livestream failures and the moment Alex just accepted it was cooked
- Why the Longest Mile format is like a beep test that turns into a sprint to the death
- Ross McPhee, 52, coming seventh and running a lap he was never going to make anyway
- Kate Mason hanging with the blokes on legs half their length
- The Blaine Burke comment that stopped us being tight arses and put real prize money on the table
- Getting the truck bogged in the Kilmore infield and needing a tractor to drag it out
- The DIY race clock Alex sank 40 hours into and the $30k livestream plan Ethan killed three times
- Why we made zero dollars and reinvested every cent into gear
Timestamps:
(00:16) Coming off the back of Harry's Longest Mile
(02:16) Dad going zero to a hundred and running an event on eggshells
(03:12) The three livestream failures explained
(04:48) The moment Alex accepted it was cooked and started enjoying it
(08:35) Ross McPhee, 52, coming seventh and refusing to quit
(10:31) The Longest Mile format explained
(14:51) What the livestream does for the athletes' families
(23:23) Celebrating the person who buries themselves, not just the elites
(31:32) Kate Mason hanging with the blokes
(37:14) Bogging the truck in the Kilmore infield
(41:11) The wrapped and the Strava overlays for every athlete
(53:56) Prize money for the fastest mile and chasing middle distance runners
(01:22:13) The Blaine Burke comment that changed everything
(01:23:19) Being broke makes you creative, the DIY race clock
(01:28:44) What we sucked at and what went off
Full episode out now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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