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The Real Science of Sport Podcast

Revealing the truth behind the games we play with Professor Ross Tucker and sports journalist Mike Finch

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Latest episodes

  1. Lactate: Fuel or Fiction? / Kona Lessons on Carbs and Pacing / World Rugby Cracks Down on the Hip Drop Tackle22 Oct 2026
  2. How To Raise a Champion in 202619 Oct 2026
  3. Why Did the Kona Ironman Leaders Collapse? Heat, Fuel and Failure / Chicago Marathon’s Underwhelming Fast Times15 Oct 2026
  4. Should Grand Tours Be Shorter? The UCI's Future of Cycling Report / Can We Believe Tigst Assefa / Are Athletes Asked to Play Too Much?8 Oct 2026
  5. Diabetes in Exercise and Sport5 Oct 2026
  6. Inside the Mind of Jakob Ingebrigtsen: The Guardian's Sean Ingle on Talent, Obsession and a Record-Breaking Track Season2 Oct 2026
  7. Assefa's Achilles "Rupture" and a Near-Miss Marathon World Record / Vollering and McNulty Win the Road Worlds / UCI Crash Data on Road Cycling30 Sep 2026
  8. How Jakob Ingebrigtsen Was Beaten on the Roads / Why Sprinters Love Altitude and Milers Don't / Pacing the 800m / A 13-Year-Old Asian Games Champion23 Sep 2026
  9. The Athlete's Heart: Can You Really Exercise Too Much?22 Sep 2026
  10. Why We Were Born To Run14 Sep 2026