Trail Running Ireland Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to the Episode 97 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow 2024.

On last weeks special edition, we looked at the possibility of Trail and Mountain Running becoming an Olympic Sport, it is close to happening and what´s needed to make it happen? Lets find out. Everyone get your running gear on, lets go!

EcoTrail Wicklow 2024:

EcoTrail Wicklow will take place on the 28th of September this year and is a fantastic festival of Trail Running with distances including; 80km, 46km, 30km, 19km and 10km.

The event starts and finishes on the Bray Promenade and the race route includes some of Wicklow’s most iconic and scenic locations including Bray Head, Killruddery Gardens, The Great Sugarloaf, Powerscourt Waterfall, the Wicklow Way, Lough Tay, Roundwood and the Vartry Reservoir.

https://wicklow.ecotrail.com/

Welcome to Episode 97 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow 2024.

On this weeks special edition, we look at the possibility of Trail and Mountain Running becoming an Olympic Sport, it is close to happening and what´s needed to make it happen? Lets find out. Everyone get your running gear on, lets go!

EcoTrail Wicklow 2024:

EcoTrail Wicklow will take place on the 28th of September this year and is a fantastic festival of Trail Running with distances including; 80km, 46km, 30km, 19km and 10km.

The event starts and finishes on the Bray Promenade and the race route includes some of Wicklow’s most iconic and scenic locations including Bray Head, Killruddery Gardens, The Great Sugarloaf, Powerscourt Waterfall, the Wicklow Way, Lough Tay, Roundwood and the Vartry Reservoir.

https://wicklow.ecotrail.com/

On last weeks show we did something a little different with an inside look at one of the most iconic Trail Races in the world, the Transvulcania Adidas Terrex which took place last Saturday on the island of La Palma.

The organisers pulled out all the stops with a host of World, European and National Trail and Mountain Running Champions on the start line.

Our host Eoin Flynn was on commentary duty on the live streaming and we had audio from the final kilometre of the mens and womens race aswell as post race interviews with multiple World Champion and race winner Jonathan Albon, aswell as an interview with the Western States 2023 winner and joint 2nd, Team GB superstar, Tom Evans.

Magic, Adventure and Beauty, Transvulcania had it all.

Everyone ,get your running gear on, lets go.

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/trailrunningirelandpodcast

Get 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/trailrunningirelandpodcast

Get 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