Trail Running Ireland Podcast

Welcome to Episode 54 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast!Sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow on September 24th 2022. https://wicklow.ecotrail.comHey everybody, we´re recording live from Chamonix this week at the Olympic Games of Trail Running, the UTMB with 8 races this year and 85 Irish runners here to take on Mont Blanc and its trails, including 15 Irish men and 2 Irish ladies who are taking on the full UTMB of 171km. But we´re also heading back home to the trails and mountains of Ireland as we focus on two massive races coming up next week, the World Masters Mountain Running Championships in Clonmel and the Kerry Way Ultra, lets talk how to get the perfect taper with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland and lets talk about those famous Kerry trails with Sean Clifford.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go.https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast

Welcome to Episode 53 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow on September 24th 2022. https://wicklow.ecotrail.com/enTemperatures are soaring across Ireland once again and so we are going to revisit the talk about training and racing in the Heat with Réne Borg from Running Coach Ireland that we recorded a few weeks ago. We´ll also use the repost as a reminder to have a look through our episodes log as there are lots of great training and racings tips that will no doubt help you in your training and racing on many different aspects of trail running.Everybody get your running gear on, lets go!https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast

Welcome to the Episode 52 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow on September 24th 2022. https://wicklow.ecotrail.com/enWith so many distractions and stressors in life, isn´t it so important to be able to leave all those distractions at home when we go out to train, to run in the moment, to experience that state of flow and that’s what we spoke about last week with our special guest Tomasz Drybala who is about to set off on an amazing adventure of running 40,000 km around the world. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go.https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcasthttps://tomaszdrybala.com/

Welcome to Episode 52 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow on September 24th 2022. https://wicklow.ecotrail.com/enWith so many distractions and stressors in life, isn´t it so important to be able to leave all those distractions at home when we go out to train, to run in the moment, to experience that state of flow and that’s what we´re talking about this week with our special guest Tomasz Drybala who is about to set off on an amazing adventure of running 40,000 km around the world. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go.https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcasthttps://tomaszdrybala.com/

Sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow on September 24th 2022. https://wicklow.ecotrail.com/enLast week we had really fascinating special guest, from tales of multiple 4 minute miles as a track athlete to his current day job of Editor of Trail Running Magazine, it’s a a great listen with the fantastic and expert in all things running, Paul Larkins.With temperatures still soaring across Europe, we´ve also left in our highlights show this week, our segment about training and racing in the Heat with Réne Borg from Running Coach Ireland.Everybody get your running gear on, lets go!To support the show, please do visit link below if you have a moment.https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast

Welcome to Episode 51 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow on September 24th 2022. https://wicklow.ecotrail.com/enTemperatures are soaring across Europe and we´re even hitting the 30s in Ireland so it’s the perfect time to talk about training and racing in the Heat with Réne Borg from Running Coach Ireland and we´ve a really fascinating special guest this week, from tales of multiple 4 minute miles as a track athlete to his current day job of Editor of Trail Running Magazine, it’s the fantastic and expert in all things running Paul Larkins. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go!https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast

Welcome to the Episode 50 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Sponsored by Jason Keheo Therapy Sports and Injury Clinic.We were recently at the Inaugral European Athletics Off Road Running Championships where we got to witness live, the best male Irish performance in an international championship in 30 years as Zak Hanna was the stand out Irish performance with a superb 5th position in the Uphill Only race, mixing it up with the very best in Europe. We night not have the Alps or the Pyrenees, but Zak has the Mournes and he joined us last week to tell us about his superb run.Finally, a big thank you to all of our listeners and guests as we hit our 50th episode, a milestone that I am very proud of it. The podcast started if you remember in the middle of lockdown so to be still here, 50 episodes later is really great, so thank you for tuning in every month and to our patreon supportors who without you this wouldn’t be possible.https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastEverybody get your running gear on, lets go.

Welcome to Episode 50 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Sponsored by Jason Keheo Therapy Sports and Injury Clinic.We are just back from the Inaugral European Athletics Off Road Running Championships where we got to witness live, the best male Irish performance in an international championship in 30 years as Zak Hanna was the stand out Irish performance with a superb 5th position in the Uphill Only race, mixing it up with the very best in Europe. We night not have the Alps or the Pyrenees, but Zak has the Mournes and he´s here to tell us about his superb run.We also talk to Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland about his coaching and performance observations from the Europeans.Finally, a big thank you to all of our listeners and guests as we hit our 50th episode, a milestone that I am very proud of it. The podcast started if you remember in the middle of lockdown so to be still here, 50 episodes later is really great, so thank you for tuning in every month and to our patreon supportors who without you this wouldn’t be possible.https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastEverybody get your running gear on, lets go.

Welcome to the Episode 49 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Sponsored by Jason Kehoe Therapy Sports and Injury Clinic. Don´t hestitate to reach out to Jason at www.jktherapy.ie to help solve any injury niggles this summer.For our feature interview last week, we chatted with Jennifer Elvin, winner of 5 out of 6 races on the IMRA calendar this year and about to head off with team Ireland to the European Championships in La Palma.And our patreon page here to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast

Welcome to Episode 49 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Sponsored by Jason Kehoe Therapy Sports and Injury Clinic.After 4 Kenyans took to the start line at Zegama, one of the most famous trail running races in the world a few weeks back, we chat with Head Coach at Running Coach Ireland Rene Borg about whether the East Africans are about to dominate the mountains just like they have done on the roads and we also chat with Jennifer Elvin, winner of 5 out of 6 races on the IMRA calendar this year and about to head off with team Ireland to the European Championships in La Palma.Don´t hestitate to reach out to Jason at www.jktherapy.ie to help solve any injury niggles this summer.And our patreon page here to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast

Welcome to the Episode 48 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Sponsored by Jason Kehoe Therapy Sports and Injury Clinic.If you want to stay injury free over the summer and perform well in your racing, tune in, as on last weeks episode our special guest was Neuromuscular Therapist Jason Kehoe who gave us some great advice on keeping the injuries away. Jason also comes on as sponsor for the next two months through Jason´s Sports and Injury clinic, jktherapy.ie based in Belgard Heights in Tallaght and as you´ll hear in our feature interview with Jason, he´s a very experienced and successful mountain runner, as well of course as his experience and qualifications in neuromuscular therapy, so who better to help get you back to fitness if an injury pops up.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go!!

Welcome to Episode 48 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Sponsored by Jason Kehoe Therapy Sports and Injury Clinic.If you want to stay injury free over the summer and perform well in your racing, tune in, as on this weeks episode Head Coach at Running Coach Ireland Rene Borg talks us through getting the balance right between racing and training over the summer months.Our special guest is Neuromuscular Therapist Jason Kehoe who gives us some great advice on keeping the injuries away. Jason also comes on as sponsor for the next two months through Jason´s Sports and Injury clinic, jktherapy.ie based in Belgard Heights in Tallaght and as you´ll hear in our feature interview with Jason, he´s a very experienced and successful mountain runner, as well of course as his experience and qualifications in neuromuscular therapy, so who better to help get you back to fitness if an injury pops up.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go!!

Welcome to the Episode 47 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast!A race like no other, and not just a race but perhaps the best team competition out there on the hills of not only Ireland, but dare I say it Europe. There´s a big field of 35 teams. A long attritional course of 8 legs over 104km. There´s the potential for disaster, theres the possibility of glory and that’s where we headed for in last weeks episode with an interview with the captain of the winning team, David Power from Rathfarnham WSAF athletics club. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go!A reminder we would be very grateful if you got a chance to pop over to Patreon where the contribution of 3 euros a month helps keep us going. All the 3 euros add up and it just means we can allocate the time every month to produce the show so if you like what we do in terms of helping to grow trail running in Ireland or even just enjoy the company on the runs, we´d be very grateful if you pop over to our Patreon page when you can. 

Welcome to Episode 47 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast!A race like no other, and not just a race but perhaps the best team competition out there on the hills of not only Ireland, but dare I say it Europe. There´s a big field of 35 teams. A long attritional course of 8 legs over 104km. There´s the potential for disaster, theres the possibility of glory and that’s where we head for in this weeks episode with an interview with the captain of the winning team, David Power from Rathfarnham WSAF athletics club as well as some expert analysis of the race from Rene Borg of Running Coach Ireland. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go!A reminder we would be very grateful if you got a chance to pop over to Patreon where the contribution of 3 euros a month helps keep us going. All the 3 euros add up and it just means we can allocate the time every month to produce the show so if you like what we do in terms of helping to grow trail running in Ireland or even just enjoy the company on the runs, we´d be very grateful if you pop over to our Patreon page when you can. 

You know that place where junior athletes with potential often end up, the abyss, the nowhere land for unfilled running talent, well most never find their way back to the promised land of racing but our special guest last week, Barry McEvoy, made it back to the trails and mountains with podium performance after podium performance and he´s just won the Trial race to run for Ireland in the European Championships. Get ready to be inspired.Patreon Support for the show:As you know my main objective with the podcast is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners, to encourage people to fulfill their dreams on the mountains and to get fitter and healthier along the way, and if anyone would like to help out the podcast, there is a 3e or 6e a month option on Patron, the price of a gel, thats all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more on https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastGet your running gear on, lets go!

Welcome to Episode 46 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast!You know that place where junior athletes with potential often end up, the abyss, the nowhere land for unfilled running talent, well most never find their way back to the promised land of racing but our special guest this week, Barry McEvoy, has made it back to the trails and mountains with podium performance after podium performance and he´s just won the Trial race to run for Ireland in the European Championships. Get ready to be inspired.We´ve also got Head Coach at Running Coach Ireland Rene Borg with a preview of the Lap of the Gap Half and Full Marathon as well as a conversation about why its ok to not run a PB in every race we do. Patreon Support for the show:As you know my main objective with the podcast is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners, to encourage people to fulfill their dreams on the mountains and to get fitter and healthier along the way, and if anyone would like to help out the podcast, there is a 3e or 6e a month option on Patron, the price of a gel, thats all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more on https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastGet your running gear on, lets go!

Episode 45 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast!In last weeks show we had a Wicklow Way Relay Special with its former race director and multiple time participant, who is also of course our coaching expert on the show, Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland. We have lots of tips and insights into one of the highlights of the racing year.We´ve also included the second part of the show too as its an important section to help promote Mountain Running for Junior athletes as we look at how to get involved from an early age and the great opportunities that are there for teenagers with help from IMRA Junior Affairs Officer, Miriam Maher.Everyone, lets get our running gear on, lets go!As you know my main objective with the podcast is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners, to encourage people to fulfill their dreams on the mountains and to get fitter and healthier along the way, and if anyone else would like to help out the podcast, there is a 3e or 6e a month option on Patron, the price of a gel, thats all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more on: https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast

Welcome to Episode 45 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast!In this week show we´ve a Wicklow Way Relay Special with its former race director and multiple time participant, who is also of course our coaching expert on the show, Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland. We have lots of tips and insights into one of the highlights of the racing year. In the second part of the showtoday, it´s a section I´ve been looking forward to doing for a while as we look at how to get involved in mountain running from an early age and the great opportunities that are there for teenagers with the IMRA Junior Affairs Officer Miriam Maher. Everyone, lets get our running gear on, lets go!As you know my main objective with the podcast is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners, to encourage people to fulfill their dreams on the mountains and to get fitter and healthier along the way, and if anyone else would like to help out the podcast, there is a 3e or 6e a month option on Patron, the price of a gel, thats all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more on:  https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast

Welcome to the Episode 44 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast!Last week we spoke with Dave Barry, fresh from finishing the 126km Transgrancanaria and he told us all about his incredible race over 23 hours, how he managed the high and lows, all with an injured calf.Everyone, lets get our running gear on, lets go!As you know my main objective with the podcast is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners, to encourage people to fulfill their dreams on the mountains and to get fitter and healthier along the way, and If anyone else would like to help out the podcast, there is a 3e or 6e a month option on Patron, the price of a gel, thats all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more on https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast 

Welcome to Episode 44 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast!In this week shows we´ve Head Coach at Running Coach Ireland Rene Borg talking about the ideal age to take the step up to marathon and ultra running. We also have Dave Barry, fresh from finishing the 126km Transgrancanaria and he tells us all about his incredible race over 23 hours, how he managed the high and lows, all with an injured calf. Everyone, lets get our running gear on, lets go!As you know my main objective with the podcast is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners, to encourage people to fulfill their dreams on the mountains and to get fitter and healthier along the way, and If anyone else would like to help out the podcast, there is a 3e or 6e a month option on Patron, the price of a gel, thats all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more on  https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast 

Welcome to the Episode 43 Highlights show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast!Last week we had a very special guest, Kevin Leahy, the winner of the recent 300km Yukon Artic Ultra and initial reports suggest he has come 2nd in 500km Lapland Ultra. In our chat, I try to find out where does he get the strength to do it all!Everyone, lets get our running gear on, lets go!Patreon Support of the Show:As you know my main objective with the podcast is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners, to encourage people to fulfill their dreams on the mountains and to get fitter and healthier along the way, and If anyone else would like to help out the podcast, there is a 3e or 6e a month option on Patron, the price of a gel, thats all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more on: https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast

Welcome to Episode 43 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast!In this week shows we´ve Head Coach at Running Coach Ireland Rene Borg talking about different ways to review your race performance that doesn’t involve looking at the watch!And we´ve a very special guest, Kevin Leahy, the winner of the recent 300km Yukon Artic Ultra and he´s about to try and go for the double in the 500km Lapland Ultra and I try to find out where does he get the strength to do it all.Everyone, lets get our running gear on, lets go!Patreon Support of the Show:As you know my main objective with the podcast is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners, to encourage people to fulfill their dreams on the mountains and to get fitter and healthier along the way, and If anyone else would like to help out the podcast, there is a 3e or 6e a month option on Patron, the price of a gel, thats all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more on: https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast

Welcome to the Episode 42 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! For our feature interview last week, we talked to one of the main driving forces behind what promises to be an event of a life time in Clonmel in September, the 21st World Masters Mountain Running Championships on home soil in Ireland and Trisha Blackburn told us all about it.Everyone, lets get our running gear on, lets go!Support the ShowOur objective with the podcast is to help grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners, to encourage people to fulfill their dreams on the mountains and to get fitter and healthier along the way.If anyone would like to help out the podcast, there is a €3 or €6 a month option on Patreon, the price of a gel, and thats all it takes to help keep us going over the year. Many thanks and if you have a moment, you can help out on:https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast 

Welcome to Episode 42 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! In this week shows we´ve Head Coach at Running Coach Ireland Rene Borg talking about the ideal warm up and how doing a good warm up can actually have massive long term benefits for our running career.For our feature interview, we talk to one of the main driving forces behind what promises to be an event of a life time in Clonmel in September, the 21st World Masters Mountain Running Championships on home soil in Ireland and Trisha Blackburn tells us all about it.Everyone, lets get our running gear on, lets go!Support the ShowOur objective with the podcast is to help grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners, to encourage people to fulfill their dreams on the mountains and to get fitter and healthier along the way.If anyone would like to help out the podcast, there is a €3 or €6 a month option on Patreon, the price of a gel, and thats all it takes to help keep us going over the year. Many thanks and if you have a moment, you can help out on:https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast 

Welcome to the Highlights show of Episode 41 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast!Last week we got a superb insight into the challenge and extreme toughness that is the Spine Race, from one of Irelands most exciting up and coming Trail and Ultra stars, podium finisher in the Spine Challenger, Joe O´Leary.Joe chatted to Simon Kelly from the Waterville Trail Running Festival about his·        His background and motivation in running such tough races·        The battle for the podium·        Gear and nutrition strategy in the race·        And whats next!A massive big thank you to our Patreons who supported the show all last year and your continued support into 2022.As you know my main objective with the podcast is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners, to encourage people to fulfill their dreams on the mountains and to get fitter and healthier along the way, and If anyone else would like to help out the podcast, there is a 3e or 6e a month option on Patron, the price of a gel, thats all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more on:https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastEverybody, get your running gear on, lets go.

Welcome to Episode 41 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast!Good to be back everyone and in our first episode of 2022 we´ve got Rene Borgs top training tips for 2022 as well as a superb insight into the challenge and extreme toughness that is the Spine Race, from one of Irelands most exciting up and coming Trail and Ultra stars, podium finisher in the Spine Challenger, Joe O´Leary.Joe chats to Simon Kelly from the Waterville Trail Running Festival about his·        His background and motivation in running such tough races·        The battle for the podium ·        Gear and nutrition strategy in the race·        And whats next!A massive big thank you to our Patreons who supported the show all last year and your continued support into 2022. As you know my main objective with the podcast is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners, to encourage people to fulfill their dreams on the mountains and to get fitter and healthier along the way, and If anyone else would like to help out the podcast, there is a 3e or 6e a month option on Patron, the price of a gel, thats all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more on:https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastEverybody, get your running gear on, lets go.

Welcome to the Episode 40 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.We hope you had a great Christmas everyone! In last weeks Christmas special we had an in depth chat with Head Coach of Running Coach Ireland Rene Borg on the differences between the how and what of training systems as well as some excellent Questions and Answers on training and racing sent in from our listeners with some international racing news on the new UTMB World Series Majors.I hope you enjoyed the episodes this year and if you did and have a moment, please do pop over to https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast to help keep the Christmas tree lights on in the TrailRunning Ireland HQ, 3-6e will be a big help to keep us going.Until next time, stay safe everyone,have a great Christmas and super New Year and don’t forget, lets get our running gear on, lets go!!

Welcome to Episode 40 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.Happy Christmas everyone! In this weeks Christmas special we´ve got an in depth chat with Head Coach of Running Coach Ireland Rene Borg on the differences between the how and what of training systems as well as some excellent Questions and Answers on training and racing sent in from our listeners with some international racing news on the new UTMB World Series Majors.I hope you enjoyed the shows this year and if you did and have a moment, please do pop over to https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast to help keep the Christmas tree lights on in the TrailRunning Ireland HQ, 3-6e will be a big help to keep us going.Until next time, stay safe everyone,have a great Christmas and don’t forget, lets get our running gear on, lets go!!

Welcome to the Episode 39 Highlights show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.Last we spoke to Lar Heffernan from the Irish Mountain Trail Runners club who spoke to us about the origins of the club, their training and the general feel good factor about this exciting new development in Trail Running in Ireland.If anyone would like to help the show, please take a minute to go to Patreon.com, and for 3e to 6e a month, the price of a gel, you can help to keep the lights on in the podcast recording studio/ie. the living room:-)https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners.Everybody, get your running gear on, lets go!

Welcome to Episode 39 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast. In this weeks podcast Head Coach Rene Borg of Running Coach Ireland talks to us about the importance of finding meaning to our training which will then help the emotional output and subsequently the physical output of our training, leading to better results all round.Lar Heffernan from the Irish Mountain Trail Runners club also talks to us about the origins of the club, their training and the general feel good factor about this exciting new development in Trail Running in Ireland. If anyone else would like to help the show, please take a minute to go to Patreon.com, and for 3e to 6e a month, the price of a gel, you can help to keep the lights on in the podcast recording studio/ie. the living room:-)https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners.Everybody, get your running gear on, lets go!

Last week we spoke with Rebecca Hormann, winner of 4 Ultra Trail races over the last few months including the EcoTrail Wicklow 80km, while also completing her masters in sports psychology..... everybody, get your running gear on, lets go!If anyone would like to help the show, its simply the price of a gel or two a month, 3e to 6e on Patreon is all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more on https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content, I must admit I do hate when some shows have premium content only available for subscribers, our policy here is very much, if you would like to help, its very much appreciated, if you can´t, well not to worry and we´ll do our best to help you become a better Trail runner regardless as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners.

In this weeks podcast we’ve got Head Coach Rene Borg of Running Coach Ireland taking us through lNSCYD, the most advanced tool on the training and coaching market today to analyze and plan endurance performance, racing and training in athletes.We also talk with Rebecca Hormann, winner of 4 Ultra Trail races over the last few months including the EcoTrail Wicklow 80km, while also completing her masters in sports psychology, everybody, get your running gear on, lets go!If anyone would like to help the show, its simply the price of a gel or two a month, 3e to 6e on Patreon is all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more on https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content, I must admit I do hate when some shows have premium content only available for subscribers, our policy here is very much, if you would like to help, its very much appreciated, if you can´t, well not to worry and we´ll do our best to help you become a better Trail runner regardless as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners.

For our feature interview last week, it was a real pleasure to welcome a podium finisher in EcoTrail Wicklow, The Wicklow Way, The Kerry Way Ultra, The Seven Sisters and The Donegal Wild Atlantic Marathon, one of the strongest runners out there both mentally and physically, Julie McNamee.Our Patreon page to support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners. With this Patreon page, we simply ask that if you would like to make a contribution to the show to help cover costs and a small recognition for the hours put in to produce the show, we would be very grateful and will continue to do our best to produce great content for you. Thank you for your support of the show, good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!

On this weeks show, first up we’ve got Head Coach Rene Borg of Running Coach Ireland with a fascinating chat on RPE training and the importance of combining both aerobic and anaerobic work in the early stages of a new training blockFor our feature interview this week, it’s a real pleasure to welcome a podium finisher in EcoTrail Wicklow, The Wicklow Way, The Kerry Way Ultra, The Seven Sisters and The Donegal Wild Atlantic Marathon, one of the strongest runners out there both mentally and physically, Julie McNamee.Our Patreon page to support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners. With this Patreon page, we simply ask that if you would like to make a contribution to the show to help cover costs and a small recognition for the hours put in to produce the show, we would be very grateful and will continue to do our best to produce great content for you. Thank you for your support of the show, good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!

Last week we spoke with one of Ireland´s very best Trail Runners Gavin Byrne about his recent win in EcoTrail Wicklow, his UTMB race this summer as well as his future racing plans. Not to be missed as always great to chat to Gavin.A big thank you to our Patreons who support the show if anyone else would like to help out the show, it would be very much appreciated, 3e to 6e a month is all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more on https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners.Good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!

Welcome to Episode 35 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.This week we speak with one of Ireland´s very best Trail Runners Gavin Byrne about his recent win in EcoTrail Wicklow, his UTMB race this summer as well as his future racing plans.We also have some great tips on how to approach a new base training period with Head Coach from Running Coach Ireland Rene Borg.A big thank you to our Patreons who support the show if anyone else would like to help out the show, it would be very much appreciated, 3e to 6e a month is all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more on https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners.Good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!

Welcome to Episode 34 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.This week we have an EcoTrail Wicklow special with some great tips on Tapering for Trail Running Races with Head Coach from Running Coach Ireland Rene Borg as well as in in-depth look at the 4 fantastic trail courses on offer next weekend in Wicklow. A big thank you to our Patreons who support the show if anyone else would like to help out the show, it would be very much appreciated, 3e to 6e a month is all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more on https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners.Good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!

Welcome to the Episode 33 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.Last week we spoke with the first Irish finisher in last months UTMB in Chamonix, Irish Ultra and Trail Running legend, Eoin Keith. It´s a fascinating insight into Eoin´s race this year, as well as looking at his key training philosophies with some great tips for all levels.A big thank you to our patreons who support the show if anyone else would like to help out the show, it would be very much appreciated, 3e to 6e a month is all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more onhttps://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners.Good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!

Welcome to Episode 33 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.It is peak season for Trail and Mountain Running both home and abroad, lots of great racing going on in IMRA with the Maurice Mullins and the Juniors flying the flag in the British and Irish Junior Championships, Seven Sisters Skyline recently, Kerry Way Ultra this weekend, EcoTrail Wicklow coming up and this week we talk to the first Irish finisher in last weeks UTMB in Chamonix, Irish Ultra and Trail Running Legend Eoin Keith. Get your running gear on lets go!And with all the racing going on its important to get the recovery right I´ll also be chatting with René Borg from RunningCoach.ie about some important recovery strategies to help get you back training and racing as quickly as possible after a hard raceA big thank you to our patreons who support the show if anyone else would like to help out the show, it would be very much appreciated, 3e to 6e a month is all it takes to help keep us going and you can find out more onhttps://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners.Good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!

Welcome to the Episode 32 Highlights show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.Last week we chated to Noel Brick, co-author of the book The Genius of Athletes, written with Runners World writer Scott Douglas.Noel is chartered psychologist, a lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Ulster University, and a Researcher on the psychology of endurance performance.The premise of the book is two-fold. First, successful athletes have a toolkit of mental strategies that help them to perform at their best. Second, once learned, these techniques can be adapted to overcome challenges in everyday life. As a runner, Noel has completed more than 30 marathons and ultramarathons, including Dublin, Berlin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Ultra marathons Marathon des Sables and the Kerry Way Ultra (200km).Our Patreon page to support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aimis to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners. With this Patreon page, we simply ask that if you would like to make a contribution to the show to help cover costs and a small recognition for the hours put in to produce the show, we would be very grateful and will continue to do our best to produce great content for you. Thank you for your support of the show, good luck withyour training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!

Welcome to Episode 32 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.This week we chat to Noel Brick, co-author of the book The Genius of Athletes, written with Runners World writer Scott Douglas. Noel is chartered psychologist, a lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Ulster University, and a Researcher on the psychology of endurance performance.The premise of the book is two-fold. First, successful athletes have a toolkit of mental strategies that help them to perform at their best. Second, once learned, these techniques can be adapted to overcome challenges in everyday life. As a runner, Noel has completed more than 30 marathons and ultramarathons, including Dublin, Berlin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Ultra marathons Marathon des Sables and the Kerry Way Ultra (200km). We also chat with René Borg from RunningCoach.ie about finding a training philosophy best suited to you as well as some thoughts on Trail Running becoming an Olympic support.Our Patreon page to support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aimis to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners. With this Patreon page, we simply ask that if you would like to make a contribution to the show to help cover costs and a small recognition for the hours put in to produce the show, we would be very grateful and will continue to do our best to produce great content for you. Thank you for your support of the show, good luck withyour training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!

Last week Eoin spoke with Head Coach at Running Coach Ireland René Borg about different ways and tips to stay on top of our game during the racing season. René and Eoin can be contacted at www.runningcoach.ie for any coaching queries.Everybody get your running gear on lets go! Our Patreon page to support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast We will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners. With this Patreon page, we simply ask that if you would like to make a contribution to the show to help cover costs and a small recognition for the hours put in to produce the show, we would be very grateful and will continue to do our best to produce great content for you. Thank you for your support of the show, good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!

Welcome to Episode 31 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.This week Eoin is at the finish line of the new UTMB race in Val D´Aran in the heart of the Pyrenees with interviews with Catherine and Michel Polletti, founder of UTMB Mont Blanc aswell as talking with Race Director of Val D´Aran by UTMB Xavier Pocino. Thanks to EvasionTV for their help with those interviews.We also chat with René Borg from RunningCoach.ie about how to stay sharp and fresh in the summer racing season.Our Patreon page to support the show https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast We will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners. With this Patreon page, we simply ask that if you would like to make a contribution to the show to help cover costs and a small recognition for the hours put in to produce the show, we would be very grateful and will continue to do our best to produce great content for you.  Thank you for your support of the show, good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!

Last week we spoke with Dr Peter Francis who has lived the running journey both as a young athlete starting off running 70 miles a week, he went through a number of nightmare injury years, but then came out the other side with many years of injury free running and PBs to boot, aswell as obtaining 3 science degrees and various coaching and consultancy roles. Arthur of the new book, released on June 28th, “Running from Injury”, we’re delighted to have Dr. Peter Francis with us.So everybody get your running gear on lets go! Our Patreon page to support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast We will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners. With this Patreon page, we simply ask that if you would like to make a contribution to the show to help cover costs and a small recognition for the hours put in to produce the show, we would be very grateful and will continue to do our best to produce great content for you. Thank you for your support of the show, good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!

Welcome to episode 30 of Trail Running Ireland. The show is hosted by Eoin Flynn, UTMB Finish Line Race Announcer and 10 times Irish International Mountain Runner.This week we talk to Dr Peter Francis who has lived the running journey both as a young athlete starting off running 70 miles a week, he went through a number of nightmare injury years, but then came out the other side with many years of injury free running and PBs to boot, aswell as obtaining 3 science degrees and various coaching and consultancy roles. Arthur of the new book, released on June 28th, “Running from Injury”, we’re delighted to have Dr. Peter Francis with us.Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland is also here and this week we talk with Rene about the importance of variability in our training.So everybody get your running gear on lets go! Our Patreon page to support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast We will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners. With this Patreon page, we simply ask that if you would like to make a contribution to the show to help cover costs and a small recognition for the hours put in to produce the show, we would be very grateful and will continue to do our best to produce great content for you. Thank you for your support of the show, good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!

Welcome to the Episode 29 Highlights show of Trail Running Ireland.Last week we spoke with Richard Nunan from the Irish Mountain Running Association about their calendar of racing that they recently published, as well as chatting to Richard about IMRA and what its objectives are, how it works and a real insight into the all the volunteer work that goes on behind the scenes. www.imra.ieEnjoy, everybody get your running gear on, lets go!Our Patreon page to support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners. With this Patreon page, we simply ask that if you would like to make a contribution to the show to help cover costs and a small recognition for the hours put in to produce the show, we would be very grateful and will continue to do our best to produce great content for you.

Welcome to episode 29 of Trail Running Ireland. The show is hosted by Eoin Flynn, UTMB Finish Line Race Announcer and 10 times Irish International Mountain Runner. This week we talk to Richard Nunan from the Irish Mountain Running Association about their calendar of racing that they have just published, as well as chatting to Richard about IMRA and what its objectives are, how it works and a real insight into the all the volunteer work that goes on behind the scenes. www.imra.ie Rene Borg from www.runningcoach.ie is also here and this week we talk with Rene about how to make sure that Running, our best destressor, doesn’t end up actually causing us stress. So everybody get your running gear on, lets go!Our Patreon page to support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners. With this Patreon page, we simply ask that if you would like to make a contribution to the show to help cover costs and a small recognition for the hours put in to produce the show, we would be very grateful and will continue to do our best to produce great content for you.  

In episode 28 we had Kerry men Joe O'Leary and Kevin Leahy who recently completed what has been described as the longest hardest high level route in Ireland, The Iveragh Traverse. Kevin and Joe ran for 22 hours, facing all the elements nature could throw at them, sunburn and windchill, over 44 summits, 85km and 7,500m overall ascent and it’s a real pleasure to have them with us on the podcast.Our Patreon page to support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners. With this Patreon page, we simply ask that if you would like to make a contribution to the show to help cover costs and a small recognition for the hours put in to produce the show, we would be very grateful and will continue to do our best to produce great content for you. Thank you for your support of the show, good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!

Welcome to episode 28 of Trail Running Ireland. The show is hosted by Eoin Flynn, UTMB Finish Line Race Announcer and 10 times Irish International Mountain Runner. This week we have Kerry men Joe O'Leary and Kevin Leahy who recently completed what has been described as the longest hardest high level route in Ireland, The Iveragh Traverse. Kevin and Joe ran for 22 hours, facing all the elements nature could throw at them, sunburn and windchill, over 44 summits, 85km and 7,500m overall ascent and it’s a real pleasure to have them with us this weekHead Coach René Borg from Running Coach Ireland also chats to us about best training practices for those on shift work and difficult work timetables.Our Patreon page to support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners. With this Patreon page, we simply ask that if you would like to make a contribution to the show to help cover costs and a small recognition for the hours put in to produce the show, we would be very grateful and will continue to do our best to produce great content for you. Thank you for your support of the show, good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!

Welcome to the Highlights show of episode 27 of Trail Running Ireland. The show is hosted by Eoin Flynn, UTMB Finish Line Race Announcer and 10 times Irish International Mountain Runner. Our feature interview last week was with the great Jonathan Wyatt:President of the World Mountain Running Association6 time World Mountain Running Champion8 time World Mountain Running Grand Prix Winner2 time Olympian. It´s a really enjoyable chat with Jonathan ranging from his work with the WMRA to reminiscing about those legendary days when he was Champion of the World, including one win on home soil in New Zealand, and Jonathan also chats about his two runs in the Olympic Games. Our Patreon page to support the show https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast We will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners. With this Patreon page, we simply ask that if you would like to make a contribution to the show to help cover costs and a small recognition for the hours put in to produce the show, we would be very grateful and will continue to do our best to produce great content for you.  Thank you for your support of the show, good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!