The Sport Too Big For The Bloke Running It

Alex nearly got flogged with a crowbar outside a mine Christmas party, Troy front-kicked his bedroom door ready to fight an intruder that turned out to be a Korean-speaking robot vacuum, and both of them reckon backyard ultra is being held back by one bloke and a Facebook group. This one goes everywhere.

In this episode:
- Troy's 3am home intruder that turned out to be his robot vacuum Chun-Hee doing laps of the house
- The real home defence conversation: guns, pepper spray, knives, baseball bats, and why none of them are great options in Australia
- Alex's crowbar fight outside a mine Christmas party and the bloke who started it by pulling the finger at a car
- The Biotropica backyard ultra controversy: four world records broken, entire event disqualified via Facebook post
- Why backyard ultra needs a proper governing body and not one person making calls from a Facebook group
- Alex's custom flat-pack kitchen install and the moment he became his father screaming at family to hold things steady
- Reverse PTSD: when you realise you're doing the exact same thing your old man did to you as a kid
- The greatest mine site names in Australia and beyond: Cock-Eyed Bob, Frog's Legs, Revenge, and Peculiar Knob
- Phil Gore commented on their reel and it wasn't exactly a compliment
- Troy shaved his armpits and Hannah stuck her nose fully inside one

Timestamps:
(00:13) Phil Gore commented on our reel
(09:34) Year of the house update and custom flat-pack cabinets
(12:57) Reverse PTSD and dad's ceiling sheet nightmare
(19:32) Troy admits Alex was right about shaving armpits
(24:36) Someone broke into Troy's house at 3am
(32:51) Home defence strategy and the gun debate in Australia
(36:34) Alex's crowbar fight at the mine Christmas party
(53:45) Biotropica backyard ultra controversy and the full event DQ
(65:06) Why backyard ultra needs to professionalise now
(77:10) The rules holding the sport back
(82:30) List of the week: best mine site names in Australia and the world

Full episode out now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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