Show overview
Trail Running Ireland Podcast has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 265 episodes. That works out to roughly 220 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 36 min and 1h 4m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Sports show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 23 episodes already out so far this year.
From the publisher
Welcome to Trail Running Ireland, a podcast for the Trail and Mountain Running Community in Ireland. The show is hosted by Eoin Flynn, UTMB Finish Line Race Announcer and 10 time Irish International Mountain Runner. First up in every episode, Eoin brings us the latest race results from around Ireland. Post results, UKA qualified mountain running coach and professional trail running guide and race director Rene Borg joins us to help make you a stronger and faster Trail and Mountain runner. Rene can be contacted at www.runningcoach.ie Each episode also features a special guest interview. We´re here for you the listener so don´t hesitate to get in touch and finally a special thank you to band Basic Needs with Trail runner, Shane O´Mahony, from Cork on drums, for our very cool soundtrack. Get your running gear on, let´s go!
Latest Episodes
View all 265 episodesEp 140 - Record Breaking Day at EcoTrail Wicklow 2026
Ep 139 - How long should the Long Run be?
Ep 138 Highlights Show - What it felt like to win the Kerry Way Ultra - Philip Slattery
Ep 138 - Kerry Way Ultra 200k Champ - Philip Slattery
Ep 137 Highlights Show - Is running in a group good or bad for us?
Ep 137 - Is running with other people good for us?
Ep 136 - Coming off the Mountains to get ready for the Road Marathon Season
Ep 135 Highlights Show - 3 Irish Teams are World Champions on the Mountains and Val D´Aran by UTMB Controversy
Ep 135 - Ireland´s Medal Haul at The World Masters Mountain Running Championships and Val D´Aran by UTMB Review
Ep 134 Highlights Show - Ireland´s new shing star on the mountains - Sinéad Farrell
Ep 134 - Ireland´s Shining Star at the European Championships - Sinéad Farrell
Ep 133 - Highlights Show - The final piece of the puzzle of the Norwegian Training Method for Trail Running
Ep 133 - The Mastermind behind the record equalling 5th win of the TT Racers at the Wicklow Way Relay - Terry McConnon
Ep 132 - Wicklow Way Relay 2026 Hounds and Hares Race Preview
Ep 131 - Highlights Show - Applying the Norwegian Method to Trail Running
Ep 131 - Maurice Mullins 50k Winner and on his way to the Euros - Luke Weldon
S1 Ep 130Ep 130 - Highlights Show - Getting the Balance Right between Training Smart and Racing Hard
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!
S1 Ep 130Ep 130 - Race Director of The Kerry Way Ultra - Eileen Daly - The Joys and Challenges of being a RD!
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.
S1 Ep 130Ep 129 - The optimum quantity of Carbs debate continues amongst the Sports Science community
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!
S1 Ep 128Ep 128 - Do we slow down because muscles run low on glycogen, or because the brain is protecting itself from falling blood sugar levels - a sweeping new review!
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