Trail Running Ireland Podcast

René Borg from Running Coach Ireland spoke to us last week about how to get the balance right between training smart and racing hard. Everyone, get your running gear on, let´ go!

Welcome to Episode 130 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast. In this weeks show we chat with Race Director of the Kerry Way Ultra Eileen Daly about the challenges that Race Directors often face, aswell of course as chatting about the joys of the Kerry Way Ultra and what makes it so special.We also have René Borg from Running Coach Ireland chatting about how we can get the balance right between training smart and racing hard.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go.

Welcome to Episode 129 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.In this weeks show we analyse once again the topic of optimum fuelling strategies, revisiting our analysis of Tim Noakes latest paper that we discussed in our last show while looking at the recent research paper on fuelling from James Morton's who has worked with British Cycling, Team Sky, elite marathoners, and who is very much in favour of high carbs for prolonged intense exercise. How do both papers apply do us as Trail Runners? René Borg from Running Coach Ireland is here to discuss. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go!

Welcome to Episode 128 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast We have a coaching special this week with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland talking to us about a sweeping review from the famous South African Sports scientist Tim Noakes and his team asking whether we slow down because muscles run low on glycogen, or because the brain is protecting itself from falling blood sugar. Get ready guys for findings that could systematically dismantle more then 50 years of sports nutrition dogma.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. Link to Tim Noakes´ Research Paper that we discuss:https://academic.oup.com/edrv/advance-article/doi/10.1210/endrev/bnaf038/8432248?login=false

Welcome to Episode 127 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast. It´s Trail Running Ireland awards time and on this weeks show we chat to Seanie Clifford who has just been up and down the country delivering awards to this year´s winners. Tune in to find out who won what!Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go.

Welcome to the Episode 126 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.Last week we had the winner of the Bauers Megabackyard Funrun down in Waterville, Co. Kerry, Wayne McGuigan. Fun Run it aint as Wayne needed to run 220km to get the win. Tune in for a really enjoyable and insightful chat with Wayne. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go.

Welcome to Episode 126 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.We are back and in our first show of 2026 we have the winner of the Bauers Megabackyard Funrun down in Waterville, Co. Kerry, Wayne McGuigan. Fun Run it aint as Wayne needed to run 220km to get the win, can´t wait to hear more and we have as ever, our coaching guru René Borg to chat to us about January being the riskiest month of the year in terms of Training and the decisions we make!Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. 

Welcome to the Episode 125 Coaching Special of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store.In last weeks show we spoke with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland to talk about our most important coaching lesson of the year, Consistency, not Perfection, is King.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. Use code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports nutrition and supplements needs on Irish Store www.newleafonline.ie where mountain runner and proud UTMB finisher Mairead O´Keefe and the team will be more then happy to help you out.

Welcome to the Episode 125 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store.In last weeks show we spoke with the new President of the Irish Mountain Running Association, Liam Vines who talked to us about his new role, his love of the mountains and his thoughts on helping steer IMRA into 2026.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go! Use code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports nutrition and supplements needs on Irish Store www.newleafonline.ie where mountain runner and proud UTMB finisher Mairead O´Keefe and the team will be more then happy to help you out.

Welcome to Episode 125 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store.In this weeks show we´ve got the new President of the Irish Mountain Running Association, Liam Vines to talk to us about his new role, his love of the mountains and his thoughts on IMRA in 2026 and we have René Borg from Running Coach Ireland to talk about our most important coaching lesson of the year, Consistency, not Perfection, is King.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. Use code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports nutrition and supplements needs on Irish Store www.newleafonline.ie where mountain runner and proud UTMB finisher Mairead O´Keefe and the team will be more then happy to help you out. 

Welcome to the Ep 124 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store.In last weeks show we had a coaching special as we discussed How to Train Muscular Endurance Without Losing Your Aerobic Base with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go!Use code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports nutrition and supplements needs on Irish Store www.newleafonline.ie where mountain runner and proud UTMB finisher Mairead O´Keefe and the team will be more then happy to help you out. 

Welcome to Episode 124 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath StoreIn this weeks show we´ve got a coaching special as we discuss How to Train Muscular Endurance Without Losing Your Aerobic Base with René Borg from Running Coach IrelandEveryone, get your running gear on, lets go!Use code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports nutrition and supplements needs on Irish Store www.newleafonline.ie where mountain runner and proud UTMB finisher Mairead O´Keefe and the team will be more then happy to help you out. 

Welcome to the Episode 123 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath StoreIn last weeks show we had the man of the moment, John Kinsella talking to us about his successful training block this summer which resulted in:an excellent run at the World Trail and Mountain Running Championships being the 2nd Irish runner home in the 45km Short Trail Race2nd o45 at the World Masters Mountain Running Championshipsand then going on to win the 045 Title at the National Marathon Championships 2 weeks ago in Dublin in a time 2h26maswell as coaching the new sensation of Irish Athletics, Ava Crean to the Marathon National Senior Title at just 19 years of ageLots to talk about with John - everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. Use that code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports nutrition and supplements needs on Irish Store www.newleafonline.ie where mountain runner and proud UTMB finisher Mairead O´Keefe and the team will be more then happy to help you out. 

Welcome to Episode 123 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath StoreIn this weeks show we’ve got the man of the moment, John Kinsella talking to us about his successful training block this summer which resulted in:an excellent run at the World Trail and Mountain Running Championships being the 2nd Irish runner home in the 45km Short Trail Race2nd o45 at the World Masters Mountain Running Championshipsand then going on to win the 045 Title at the National Marathon Championships 2 weeks ago in Dublin in a time 2h26maswell as coaching the new sensation of Irish Athletics, Ava Crean to the Marathon National Senior Title at just 19 years of ageLots to talk about indeed with John and then as always we have the excellent René Borg from Running Coach Ireland talking to us about the fourth performance pillar after  VO₂max, lactate threshold, and running economy — Resilience.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. Use that code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports nutrition and supplements needs on Irish Store www.newleafonline.ie where mountain runner and proud UTMB finisher Mairead O´Keefe and the team will be more then happy to help you out. 

Welcome to Episode 122 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store.In this weeks show we’ve René Borg from Running Coach Ireland for our annual Dublin Marathon special as we chat through the lessons learned from our two Running Coach Ireland Dublin Marathon 2025 Squads such as:best practices in our marathon training,best recovery toolsand the important skillsets needed to train for and run a successful marathon.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go!A big thank you to our sponsor this month, New Leaf Online Health Store, owned by IMRA runner and 171km UTMB finisher Mairead O´Keefe. Mairead and the team at New Leaf have set up a 10% discount code for all our podcast listeners, so if you want to stock up on recovery nutrition post Dublin Marathon or try any of the top endurance nutrition brands such as Naak or Tailwind for your next big race or need advice on supplements, pop over to newleafonline.ie, use the code FUELUP lowercase or uppercase and you´ll get 10% off and be supporting an Irish business and an Irish Mountain runner in Mairead aswell.

Welcome to the Episode 121 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store.In last weeks show we spoke about how it felt to win the 80k at EcoTrail Wicklow with this years 80k champ, Muireann McDonnell aswell as an insight into Muireann´s Race Prep and Race Tactics.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. If you need to stock up on any of the range of top endurance nutrition brands such as Naak or Tailwind or need advice on supplements for your training, pop over to newleafonline.ie, use the code for our podcast listeners FUELUP (lowercase or uppercase) and you´ll get 10% off your order aswell as supporting an Irish business and an Irish Mountain runner in Mairead O´Keeffe aswell.

Welcome to Episode 121 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store.In this weeks show we’ve René Borg from Running Coach Ireland talking to us about cracking the code for Aerobic Development.We also talk about how it felt to win the 80k at EcoTrail Wicklow with this years champ, Muireann McDonnell.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. If you need to stock up on any of the range of top endurance nutrition brands such as Naak or Tailwind or need advice on supplements for your training, pop over to newleafonline.ie, use the code for our podcast listeners FUELUP (lowercase or uppercase) and you´ll get 10% off your order aswell as supporting an Irish business and an Irish Mountain runner in Mairead O´Keeffe aswell.