Lucy Bartholomew on Australian Slang, the Ultra Runner Naughty List, and Gifts That Will Ruin Christmas cover art

Lucy Bartholomew on Australian Slang, the Ultra Runner Naughty List, and Gifts That Will Ruin Christmas

Lucy Bartholomew on Australian Slang, the Ultra Runner Naughty List, and Gifts That Will Ruin Christmas

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Dom and guest host Rachel Entrekin kick off the holidays by sorting ultra runners into naughty and nice — because taking your family to an exotic location is great, but not mentioning you're racing and they're crewing is a different vibe entirely. They also run through the gifts no trail runner wants to unwrap, from anti-chafe sticks laced with capsaicin to a lovingly framed photo of you mid-bonk. Then it's time for Lucy Bartholomew, Australian ultrarunning star and the fastest person to complete both the Ironman World Championships and UTMB in a single season. Lucy explains why Aussie Santa wears budgie smugglers, ranks Australian insults from "goose" to "muppet," and reveals that telling ultra runners you kind of like triathlon is harder than telling triathletes that 100-milers are actually worse. The episode wraps with an international slang showdown where Lucy decodes Southern phrases like "cattywampus" while Dom and Rachel butcher "hard yakka." Merry Christmas, you flaming galahs.

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