#36 | "Are We Doing As Much As We Can?"
Show notes
We ran the London Marathon. We didn't train. We finished it. And then we had a conversation we weren't expecting to have.
Halfway through writing this off as a marathon recap, we ended up admitting something neither of us had said out loud before. We talk a lot about wanting to be around as long as we can for our kids. But if we're honest, we're not always doing the things that would actually make that happen.
This one's got the funny stuff. The rhinos overtaking us. The fireman in full kit with an air canister on his back. The stranger who fed Gaz crisps when his calf cramped outside a pub.
But underneath all of it, the question we couldn't stop asking each other. Are we doing enough? And if we're not, when does that stop?
Timestamps:
0:00 — Medals, recovery, and the post-marathon shock
1:00 — The trainer mistake nobody warned us about
3:30 — Hitting the wall at 25k
4:53 — How slick the event actually was
6:30 — Cody's Sark and looking for Mish in the crowd
7:34 — Tower Bridge and faking it for the BBC camera
8:35 — "I'd love to do it again, but I'd train this time"
9:00 — Why we're already signing up for next year
11:21 — The bug we didn't expect to catch
12:23 — The honest conversation about staying alive
14:14 — What you'd say on your deathbed
16:11 — The other dads getting stuck in19:07 — Sean's response when he saw Mish
19:33 — Ambitious About Autism at mile 25
21:13 — Garmin lies and the 22-mile detour
22:35 — The fridge runner and the dementia genes
23:34 — The best of London on one day
27:19 — Why the donations kept us going
29:51 — The crisps, the IPA and the kindness of strangers
35:01 — Crossing the line and the wave of emotion
35:32 — The voice note that made Gaz cry
36:48 — The school forgot Thomas's good luck present
37:41 — A shout out to Spot Limited
40:11 — Buying us a coffee mid-marathon
41:35 — Adam Parkinson and the Australian app
42:31 — The kick up the arse we needed