Hot Takes & Half-Baked Ideas: Live from Second City Toronto

The Marathon Handbook Podcast heads to Second City in Toronto for a live show during Toronto Waterfront Marathon weekend. Michael Doyle, Alex Cyr, Katelyn Tocci and Jessy Carveth all have fall races coming up: Jessy at the Toronto Waterfront Half, Alex at the Valencia Half, Michael at the Philadelphia Marathon and Katelyn at CIM.

Chapters:
00:00 Live from Second City Toronto + taper madness check-in
06:10 Taper “most likely to”: deleting Strava, phantom injuries and pre-race workouts
12:55 Race-week confessions and superstitions
16:56 Racing hungover, the Antigonish Highland Games and cold plunges
25:20 Hot take: race spectators deserve a medal
29:43 Hot take: is Toronto a top-3 world culinary capital?
34:47 Hot take: personal bests should expire after 5 years
37:44 Hot take: should the Toronto Waterfront Marathon be a World Marathon Major?
42:46 Half-baked ideas: relegation for the majors, mystery courses, reverse courses and more
1:01:37 Lightning round: which Guinness World Record could we break?

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