The Old Blokes Who Know Everything And Still Service The Wrong Machine

This week Troy turns 35 and marks it by getting dragged into an underground invitational trail race on the same savage course as Down Under 135. We break down the pissing rain, the waist-deep river crossings, the bloke who fell 15 meters off a ridge and somehow walked away, and what it actually feels like to run a handicap race where you're either hunting someone or terrified of being caught. Then we get into the real stuff. The old blokes at the mine who carry deep institutional knowledge in their heads and still manage to bring the wrong machine down to be serviced. Our old man and his undefeated I-told-ya record. The Nike After Dark half marathon that blew up online. And the French backpackers who drove 34,000km around Australia in a van that was never once registered and came out $50 in front. In this episode we cover: Troy's birthday race through flooded Down Under 135 terrain What a pacer actually does on an ultra Clinton Duke Elliott, the sparky turned engineer turned doctor Bobby, Folksy and the two-way street of old-bloke knowledge Dad's I-told-ya record and the trade he was right about The Nike After Dark debate Male privilege and the reality of running at night The unregistered van that did a full lap of Australia Seatbelt cameras, phantom fines and the burden of proof If you work with your hands, you'll recognise every bloke in this one. Subscribe for a new episode every week.