How to Choose your 5k Race Pace, And When To Surrender to the Bathroom Break

On Episode 18 of For Better or For Worse, Alex and Alexis kick things off with the ultimate runner's hypothetical: 300 meters from the finish line, in the lead, and your body betrays you... do you hold the line or take the L?

Then it's training-update time: Alex breaks down his Yorkville 5K (14:13, just off the podium) and gets brutally honest about whether his competitiveness has turned into a problem, while Alexis talks through her hardest training week yet and locks in an official 5K goal pace as race day gets close.

We close out with a deep dive into Keeley Hodgkinson's head-to-toe 3D-printed Nike speed suit at Aflos London: is it fashion, is it "technological doping," and should it even be legal? Plus a listener question about how (and whether) to combine a honeymoon with a race-cation.

Chapters:
0:00 – Intro: Would You Stop Mid-Race for a Bathroom Emergency?
5:53 – The HYROX Poop Story & Des Linden's Legendary Boston Marathon Bathroom Break
12:14 – Alexis's Wedding Day Anxiety & the Yorkville 5K "Deal"
19:13 – Alex's Yorkville 5K Race Recap: "Am I Too Competitive?"
29:07 – Alexis's Toughest Training Week + Rest Day or Excuse?
38:34 – Balancing Running With Real Life & Setting Alexis's Official 5K Race Pace
45:21 – Super Shoes & Keeley Hodgkinson's Wild Nike Speed Suit
51:01 – Should Speed Suits Be Legal? The Tech-Doping Debate
54:04 – Sponsorship Gaps & the Enhanced Games
1:00:54 – Listener Mailbag: Honeymoon vs. Race-cation