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#95 - There's Always a Bigger Spoon

Episode 95 and the boys are back after a month away, in what Magnus calls one of the most sidetracked episodes yet. Ralph is on day nine of a Movember moustache, Magnus opens with an 80 kg bench (109.89% of his body weight, according to Google), and Tim gives an honest update on his heart. - Tim's heart: still symptoms, an MRI in Linköping, and the doctors are no longer sure it's pericarditis. Plus the sauna that is nearly, really nearly, finished - Ralph goes behind enemy lines on a Team Sweden camp in Hungary ahead of WOC 2027: rooming with 'big spoon' Anton Johansson, falling into thorns, a score-O trap at the Spartacus Cup, and the floordrobe explained - The apology section: the forgotten EOC women's relay results (blamed on Magnus and AI), and Magnus's oxygen-at-altitude correction for the executive producer - Treadmill 5Ks, Hyrox joining World Triathlon, and Tim's treadmill physics - A proper segment at the end: how to prepare for World Champs or O-Ringen, result vs process, routines vs short-term goals, and what Ralph learned training alongside Tove Alexandersson Covered: Tove Alexandersson, Anton Johansson, Hanne Hilo, Tomas Krivda, WOC 2027 Hungary, EOC 2026, Spartacus Cup, O-Ringen, World Masters, gold world ranking events in China, Hyrox… and much more. 00:00 Intro and what's coming up 01:52 Movember moustache, 80 kg bench 05:06 Tim's heart update 08:50 Tim's sauna, Ralph's bare walls 15:31 Ralph's Hungary camp with Sweden 27:32 Altitude gains, oxygen apology 30:44 Apologies: EOC women's relay 37:03 China races, November season 42:08 Treadmill 5K and Hyrox 48:24 How to prepare for WOC 53:27 Motivation: result vs process 1:04:58 Lessons from Tove Alexandersson