Run Now Cry Later is a weekly running podcast hosted by two mates chasing sub-2:50 marathons and figuring it out as they go.
Zac (Melbourne architect, marathon runner, gets emotional about running fast and trying really hard) and Rin (Brisbane accountant, gifted hybrid athlete but cursed by injury and pushing his body to the limit) cover real training weeks, honest race recaps, and the kind of running conversation you'd have on a long run with a friend who actually knows what they're talking about.
New episodes every week covering marathon training, half marathon racing, injury management, running gear reviews, and the psychological side of endurance sport — from taper crazies to race day nerves to what happens when your foot gives out four weeks before your A-race.
No elite credentials. No fluff. Just two runners who love the sport, do the kilometres, and aren't afraid to cry about it.
Follow so you don't miss the Gold Coast and Brighton Beach race reports — and everything in between.
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#023 - The Bubbles Are Coming | Melb Mara + GC50 Recap
Season 1 finale. Two races. Two different kinds of success.
Rin runs the GC50 Physiocrem 10K in 49:40 — his first race back since the stress fracture, 90% humidity, family on the balcony at kilometre one, crowd cheering him to go sub-50 while he’s actively trying not to. No pain through the whole race. The foot held. The comeback is real.
Zac runs the Melbourne Marathon Festival 5K in 18:44 — 92nd overall, 10th in his age group, second fastest 5K of his life, and not a single injury concern at the finish line. The contrast with previous all-out 5K efforts — hip flexors gone at Kingscliff, hamstring fears in 2024 — is the detail that matters most. This time just exhausted, nothing broken.
The Melbourne Marathon Festival itself is a different story. Half marathoners running into six-hour marathoners in the final 8 kilometres, water stations running dry, MCG finish line chaos, and a half-hour wait for water post-marathon. The race that wanted to be Australia’s premier event fell well short of Gold Coast’s standard this year.
Also: Kipchoge runs 2:09:10 in his Melbourne debut. Jimmy Whellan tries his best. Friends of the pod - Dave comes within 2 minutes of his half marathon PB without really trying. Katelyn negative splits while pacing a friend. Justin PBs at 1:42.
Season 2 is coming. New logo. And a teased April goal from Rin that requires a qualifying time and is less than marathon distance.
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Zac Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/zacharybradford (https://www.strava.com/athletes/zacharybradford)
Ryan YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Rinfitgym (https://www.youtube.com/@Rinfitgym)
Ryan Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/ryan_lindwall (https://www.strava.com/athletes/ryan_lindwall)
Ryan Instagram: http://instagram.com/rinfitwall (http://instagram.com/rinfitwall)
Ryan TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@rinfit62 (http://tiktok.com/@rinfit62)
9 Oct 2026
#022 - Dawg of the Week is Born | Melbourne 5km + GC50 10km Preview | Running in the Wind
Tigist Assefa felt her calf and Achilles tighten at kilometre 31 of the Berlin Marathon. She was on pace for a world record. She ran the next 11 kilometres anyway — including the last two on a fully ruptured Achilles — averaged 4:02 pace and finished in 2:11:04. The Run Now Cry Later inaugural segment, the Assefa Dog of the Week, is born.
Also this week: Boston Marathon cutoff times are announced and the dream gets harder. The 2026 qualifying window saw a 5:17 subtraction applied across all age groups — meaning the 18-34 men’s category required a 2:49:43 just to get in. Zac’s current PB is 2:59. The maths are sobering.
Race previews for the double-header weekend: Zac lines up at the Melbourne 5K on Saturday — starting on Batman Avenue, finishing half a lap of the MCG, aiming somewhere between sub-17:59 and sub-19:00. Rin and Tarran head to Coolangatta for GC50 — Rin running the Physiocrem 10K for his first race back since the stress fracture, Tarran running the half as a scenic comeback run. Both keeping expectations measured, both quietly ready to push.
Plus: Rin attends the inaugural Endeavour Parkrun with 826 people and spends most of it running on grass. Zac turns 31 in a leaking tent near Ballarat, chatting with kangaroos in the fog. Jack Rayner accidentally refuses to endorse his own sponsor. Boston is getting harder. Mitch finished Berlin. And Rin is teasing a season 2 qualifying goal he won’t reveal yet.
Next week: season 1 finale. Race results from both.
Ben Parkes Berlin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qja-pFgtFmw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qja-pFgtFmw)
29 Sept 2026
#021 - Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy
Study on carb intake - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13197943/ (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13197943/)
What should you actually eat before a run — and does it change depending on whether it's an easy run, a workout, or a long run? Zac researched it so you don't have to. The short answer: easy runs, largely irrelevant; workouts, fuel properly or turn a quality session into a survival exercise; long runs, treat the nutrition like race day prep. Plus the three energy systems your body is drawing from during hard efforts, why eating less during a training block is usually the wrong call, and whether a gel before a parkrun is actually worth it.
Training wise: Rin runs his first continuous 25-minute block since the stress fracture, keeps it at 6:00 pace, and quietly nails it. The IC 5.0 indoor bike arrives and instantly makes the $90 Kmart version look like what it was. GC50 10K is one week away. Zac posts 3:31 in his second fastest kilometre ever, averages 3:38 across five reps, and sets his Melbourne 5K target at sub-19.
Also: Two new Brisbane parkruns are coming — one at Scarborough waterfront, one at Mount Coot-tha with 256 metres of elevation over 5 kilometres.
And in the final minutes: Rin's pre-injury 1K splits versus now, why comparison to your past self hits differently to comparing yourself to others, and why it's easier to get back to where you were than it was to get there the first time.
Follow along: @runnowcrylater on Instagram
Zac Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/zacharybradford (https://www.strava.com/athletes/zacharybradford)
Ryan YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Rinfitgym (https://www.youtube.com/@Rinfitgym)
Ryan Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/ryan_lindwall (https://www.strava.com/athletes/ryan_lindwall)
Ryan Instagram: http://instagram.com/rinfitwall (http://instagram.com/rinfitwall)
Ryan TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@rinfit62 (http://tiktok.com/@rinfit62)
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