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Alex Yee: The World’s Best Endurance Athlete?

December 9, 2025·55 min·5 clips

Aaron starts the episode from AIT HQ while Yala checks in from Qatar after time in Bahrain. The opening keeps to the familiar show rhythm: travel updates, training logistics, and a few stories from life on the road with the team. Yala explains how the bike setup turned awkward enough to mean a 20-minute drive to the bike path. He and Marta had only one car with the group, and an Uber driver refused to take them with a bike, so they ended up riding from the hotel anyway. That meant some highway miles, which everyone agrees was far from ideal. The banter stays loose and unhurried. Then the topic turns to Alex Yee’s marathon and what his pace says about his current shape. The hosts talk through the idea that sub-2:06 may be the benchmark people are jokingly putting on him, especially since this was only his second marathon. They look at how he finished and whether the final acceleration suggests there was more left in the tank. The conversation gets into the splits from 35 kilometres onward. They point out that he kept finding slightly faster kilometres late. They also compare the different pace groups in the race. One group was running around 2:03 pace. Another sat nearer 2:04 to 2:05 pace. Alex’s group was behind those groups early. Even so, he still worked his way up to seventh. That leads to the usual marathon tension: go a touch quicker and maybe get a better time, or push too hard and crack after 30 kilometres. The hosts treat that as a very thin line. They suggest he may have been able to start his move a little earlier. They also note that the last few kilometres showed he still had something left. The back half of the discussion is less about numbers than about reading the race shape correctly. It sounds like two people who know how quickly a marathon can punish a small mistake. A brief mention of Laura Philipp at the end widens the conversation for a moment. The episode then wraps with Yala’s upcoming race on Friday, a bit of date confusion, and a reminder that they will follow up after the weekend. The whole thing stays rooted in the show’s relaxed, insider rhythm. It mixes practical race talk with the kind of side chatter that makes the analysis feel lived-in rather than scripted.

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A loose conversation that moves from Bahrain travel logistics to Alex Yee's marathon splits.

From Bahrain to Qatar, the episode opens on travel and training logistics before settling into a close look at Alex Yee's marathon and the pacing choices around it.

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You want a candid marathon breakdown, not a polished recap.

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