Explore every episode of the podcast Trail Running Ireland Podcast
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| Ep 130 - Race Director of The Kerry Way Ultra - Eileen Daly - The Joys and Challenges of being a RD! | 24 Mar 2026 | 00:54:51 | |
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. | |||
| Ep 129 - The optimum quantity of Carbs debate continues amongst the Sports Science community | 03 Mar 2026 | 00:33:17 | |
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! | |||
| Ep 124 - How to Train Muscular Endurance Without Losing Your Aerobic Base | 25 Nov 2025 | 00:41:35 | |
Welcome to Episode 124 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store In 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 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. | |||
| Ep 77 Highlights Show with Aoife Mundow and Gavin Byrne - Ireland´s Top Finishers at UTMB and TDS | 17 Sep 2023 | 00:30:20 | |
Welcome tothe Episode 77 Highlightd Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow 2023! We had a UTMB special last week as we chatted to Ireland´s top finishers in the TDS and the UTMB,
Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! | |||
| Ep 77 - UTMB Irish Special with Ireland´s Top Finishers in the TDS and UTMB | 09 Sep 2023 | 01:10:15 | |
Welcome to Episode 77 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow 2023! We´ve got a UTMB special today as we chat to Ireland´s top finishers in the TDS and the UTMB,
We also chat with Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland about the racing at the Kerry Way Ultra and some tips and advice we can all take from both of the big races last weekend in Kerry and Chamonix. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! | |||
| Ep 76 Highlights Show - Hillary Allen, one of the worlds best | 28 Aug 2023 | 00:33:23 | |
Welcome to the Episode 76 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow 2023! Last week we had a really special guest on this episode of the podcast: one of the best Trail Runners of the past decade, not only results wise but somebody who has inspired many on and off the trails and continues to inspire after she came back literally from the brink of everything ending after a race fall when her racing career and her life looked over. She had to dig deep, deeper then she had to ever go before on the path to recovery and she bounced back to the top of the Trail Running World. Last week we chatted to Hillary Allen. Hillary will be at EcoTrail Wicklow on September 30th in a few weeks time. | |||
| Ep 76 - Hillary Allen - Professional Trail Runner and an inspiration to many - plus how to extend your racing season with Coach René Borg. | 19 Aug 2023 | 01:02:14 | |
Welcome to Episode 76 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow 2023! Hey Everyone, we´ve got a really special guest on this episode of the podcast: one of the best Trail Runners of the past decade, not only results wise but somebody who has inspired many on and off the trails and continues to inspire after she came back literally from the brink of everything ending after a race fall when her racing career and her life looked over. She had to dig deep, deeper then she had to ever go before on the path to recovery and she bounced back to the top of the Trail Running World. This week we chat to Hillary Allen. Hillary will be competing in EcoTrail Wicklow on September 30th in a few weeks time. We´ve also got our usual slot with our coaching guru Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland and Rene is going to give us some tips on how to prolong our racing season and how to identify those warning signs that perhaps tell us, its time to go back to base. A really enjoyable show coming up, Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! | |||
| Ep 75 Highlights Show - The importance of Positive Feedback Loops in Training and how to use Progression Runs | 13 Aug 2023 | 00:43:43 | |
We had a coaching masterclass special last week with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland as we talked all about Progression Runs, what they are and their benefits to an endurance athlete. We also discussed how important Positive Feedback Loops are in your training. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! Sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow 2023 | |||
| Ep 75 - Training Special: Progression Runs & Positive Feedback Loops with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland | 05 Aug 2023 | 00:43:43 | |
We´ve got a coaching masterclass special this week with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland as we talk all about Progression Runs, what they are and their benefits to an endurance athlete. We also discuss how important Positive Feedback Loops are in your training. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! Sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow 2023 | |||
| Ep 74 Highlights Show - Surviving the Electrical Storm at Val d´Aran by UTMB with John WIlliams | 29 Jul 2023 | 01:20:39 | |
Welcome to the Episode 74 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow 2023! Imagine a scenario when you are at one of the biggest trail races in the world, the temperature turns, freezing conditions set it, hard rain turns to hard golf balls of sleet and lightning is striking the ground just metres away. How would you react, what would you do? Well John Williams found himself in the middle of that terrifying electric storm last week at Val Daran by UTMB and in last weeks show, John told us all about it and how it´s unfortunately the second time that John has been involved in a UTMB race that has been suspended. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! | |||
| Ep 74 - Surviving the Electrical Storm at Val d´Aran by UTMB - John Williams | 21 Jul 2023 | 01:18:51 | |
Welcome to Episode 74 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow 2023! Imagine a scenario when you are at one of the biggest trail races in the world, the temperature turns, freezing conditions set it, hard rain turns to hard golf balls of sleet and lightning is striking the ground just metres away. How would you react, what would you do? Well John Williams found himself in the middle of that terrifying electric storm last week at Val Daran by UTMB and in todays show, John tells us all about it and how it´s unfortunately the second time that John has been involved in a UTMB race that has been suspended. We´ve also got our coaching slot coming with Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland where we anaylyse the term "Specific Endurance" for trail running. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! | |||
| Ep 73 Highlights Show - EcoTrail 30km Winner Last Year and 3 Marathon Wins from 4 this year - Tudor Moldovan | 13 Jul 2023 | 00:54:28 | |
Welcome to the Highlights Show of Episode 73 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow 2023! Last week we spoke with Tudor Moldovan who exploded on to the Trail Running Scene last year with an electric win at the EcoTrail 30km, breaking the course record by 3 minutes. Since then he´s gone on to win the National 5ok Title, the Limerick Marathon, the Glendalough Lap of the Gap Marathon and the Waterford Viking Marathon as well as a host of other wins and podiums and we spoke with Tudor about how he trains, what drives him and his fascinating back story. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! | |||
| Ep 73 - Multiple Marathon Winner Tudor Moldovan | 06 Jul 2023 | 01:21:17 | |
Welcome to Episode 73 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow 2023! Hey Everyone, Tudor Moldovan exploded on to the Trail Running Scene last year with an electric win at the EcoTrail 30km, breaking the course record by 3 minutes. Since then he´s gone on to win the National 5ok Title, the Limerick Marathon, the Glendalough Lap of the Gap marathon and the Waterford Viking marathon as well as a host of other wins and podiums and today we´ll get to hear from Tudor how he trains, what drives him and his fascinating back story. We´ve also got our coaching slot coming with Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland where we anaylyse when and how to use zone 3 training. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! | |||
| Ep 123 Highlights Show - Master of the Mountains and Roads - John Kinsella | 18 Nov 2025 | 00:28:33 | |
Welcome to the Episode 123 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store In 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:
Lots 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. | |||
| Ep 72 Highlights Show - Irish Trail and Mountain Running Team Manager Robbie Williams | 26 Jun 2023 | 00:41:38 | |
Welcome to the Episode 72 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow 2023! Ireland´s biggest ever squad went over to the Mountain and Trail Running World Championships in Innsbruck Austria last week, it looked absolutely incredible and last week we chatted to Irish Team Manager Robbie Williams about the expedition to Austria and his vision for Team Ireland over the coming years. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast https://wicklow.ecotrail.com/ | |||
| Ep 72 - IMRA High Performance Manager Robbie Williams | 17 Jun 2023 | 01:11:36 | |
Welcome to Episode 72 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow 2023! Ireland´s biggest ever squad went over to the Mountain and Trail Running World Championships in Innsbruck Austria last week, it looked absolutely incredible and we chat to Irish Team Manager Robbie Williams about the expedition to Austria and his vision for Team Ireland over the coming years. We also chat with Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland about to how to analyse your Trail or Mountain Running race result. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast https://wicklow.ecotrail.com/ | |||
| Ep 71 - Wicklow Way Relay Preview!! | 05 Jun 2023 | 01:02:22 | |
Welcome to Episode 71 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow 2023! Hey Everyone, Irelands biggest ever squad are over in the World Championships in Austria this week and all the very best to our fastest and strongest mountain and trail runners but we are staying on home soil this week for a race like no other where a field of 36 teams of friends, clubmates and training partners will compete over a long attritional course of 8 legs over 104km in Wicklow. There´s the potential for disaster, theres the possibility of glory where 35 of those teams will be looking to take the title away from Rathfarnham WSAF athletics club. We´ve got their team captain David Power coming up to get the latest team news from Rathfarnham going into the Wicklow Way Relay as well as some expert analysis with tips and advice on the event from Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 70 Highlights Show - Ireland´s First Female UTMB Race Series Winner - Emma Stuart | 25 May 2023 | 00:35:36 | |
Hey Everyone, on last weeks show we welcomed Ireland´s winner of the 100 miler at the Ultra Trail Snowdonia by UTMB, Ireland´s first female UMTB race winner, Emma Stuart. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 70 - Ireland´s Winner of the Ultra Trail Snowdonia by UTMB Emma Stuart | 18 May 2023 | 01:02:55 | |
Hey Everyone, on this weeks show we preview the Glendalough Lap of the Gap and discuss the benefits of the long hilly run with Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland and we welcome Ireland´s winner of the 100 miler at the Ultra Trail Snowdonia by UTMB, Ireland´s first female UMTB race winner, Emma Stuart. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 69 Highlights Show - Sean Meehan - Winner of the Waterville Trail Running Festival 3 Day Stage Race | 14 May 2023 | 00:29:45 | |
Hey Everyone, on last weeks show we welcomed the winner of the Waterville Trail Running Festival 3 Day stage race, which consisted of three back to back marathons, Sean Meehan. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 69 Winner of the Waterville Trail Running Festival 3 Day Stage Race - Sean Meehan | 06 May 2023 | 01:01:36 | |
Hey Everyone, on this weeks show we analyze which is better, training in the morning or training in the evening with Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland and we welcome the winner of the Waterville Trail Running Festival 3 Day stage race which consisted of three back to back marathons, Sean Meehan. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 68 Highlights Show - Elizabeth Wheeler on qualifying for her first World Championships for Ireland | 27 Apr 2023 | 00:28:29 | |
Hey Everyone, on last weeks show we chatted with winner of the Maurice Mullins 50k Trial Race for the World Championships in Austria in June, Elizabeth Wheeler who chats to us about the training secrets of her racing success. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 68 - Winner of the World Championships 50k Trial Race Elizabeth Wheeler | 20 Apr 2023 | 01:08:57 | |
Hey Everyone, on this weeks show we continue our chat on how we can apply the great Arthur Lydiards coaching approach to the Trails and Mountains with Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland and we welcome winner of the Maurice Mullins 50k Trial Race for the World Championships in Austria in June, Elizabeth Wheeler who chats to us about the training secrets of her racing success. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 67 Highlights Show - Ricki Wynne - on his way to the Trail World Championships | 13 Apr 2023 | 00:43:44 | |
Welcome to the Highlights Show of Episode 67 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! On last weeks show we welcomed winner of the Maurice Mullins 80k Trial Race for the World Championships in Austria in June, Ricki Wynne for one of the most inspiring interviews you´ll hear this year. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 123 - John Kinsella - Master of the Mountains and Roads | 10 Nov 2025 | 00:55:34 | |
Welcome to Episode 123 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store In 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:
Lots 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. | |||
| Ep 67 - Winner of the Maurice Mullins 80k - Ricki Wynne | 04 Apr 2023 | 01:08:06 | |
Welcome to Episode 67 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! On this weeks show we look at how we can apply the great Arthur Lydiard coaching approach to the Trails and Mountains with Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland and we welcome winner of the Maurice Mullins 80k Trial Race for the World Championships in Austria in June, Ricki Wynne for one of the most inspiring interviews you´ll hear this year. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 66 Highlights Show with new World Champion Eoin Everard | 29 Mar 2023 | 00:45:29 | |
Welcome to the Episode 66 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! On last weeks show we welcomed the new World Indoor 3000m o35 Champion and 5 time National Champion Eoin Everard to the show for a masterclass on all things Training and Racing. We chatted with Eoin about: • The 5 zones you should be hitting each week in your training. • Why running too hard is the biggest mistake for distance running. • Tips to stay running well in your 30's and beyond. • How to adapt your training as a Master's athlete. • Key steps to help prevent running injuries. • How to help prevent back pain when sitting and how this could affect training. • Why static stretching in your warm up is not such a bad thing. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 66 - Running MasterClass with 5 Time National Champion Eoin Everard | 21 Mar 2023 | 01:12:28 | |
Welcome to Episode 66 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Hey Everyone, on this weeks show we look at the latest stats and figures on Trail Running globally with Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland and we welcome 5 time National Champion Eoin Everard to the show for a masterclass on all things Training and Racing from one of the very best runners in Ireland over the last 20 years. We chat with Eoin about: • The 5 zones you should be hitting each week in your training. • Why running too hard is the biggest mistake for distance running. • Tips to stay running well in your 30's and beyond. • How to adapt your training as a Master's athlete. • Key steps to help prevent running injuries. • How to help prevent back pain when sitting and how this could affect training. • Why static stretching in your warm up is not such a bad thing. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 65 Highlights Show - All you need to know about Power and Watts for Running | 09 Mar 2023 | 00:45:56 | |
On last weeks show, we took a deep dive with Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland on Power and Watts as a metric for training and racing, is it better then HR and Pace, can it predict race times better, let´s see what we found out... Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! If you haven’t got a chance yet and if you like listening in on your runs, please do look up Trail Running Ireland podcast on Patreon where for 3e a month you can help keep us going, many thanks. | |||
| Ep 65 - Power as a metric for running - better then HR and Pace? | 28 Feb 2023 | 00:45:56 | |
Hey Everyone, on this weeks show we take a deep dive with Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland on Power and Watts as a metric for training and racing, is it better then HR and Pace, can it predict race times better, lets find out. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! If you haven’t got a chance yet and if you like listening in on your runs, please do look up Trail Running Ireland podcast on Patreon where for 3e a month you can help keep us going, many thanks. | |||
| Ep 64 Highlights Show - Joe O Leary on his Podium 268 Mile run at the Montane Winter Spine Race | 15 Feb 2023 | 00:42:21 | |
On last weeks show we heard from the inspirational ultra powerhouse that is Joe O Leary after his 3rd place in the 432km/268 mile Winter Spine Race. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 64 - Joe O´Leary on his Podium Run at the 268m Montane Winter Spine Race | 07 Feb 2023 | 01:16:03 | |
Hey Everyone, on this weeks show we talk running technique, cadence and stretching with Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland, and we hear from the inspirational ultra powerhouse that is Joe O Leary after his 3rd place in the 432km/268 mile Winter Spine Race. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 63 Highlights Show - An Analysis of the Norwegian Endurance Training Model | 24 Jan 2023 | 00:53:56 | |
Welcome to the Episode 63 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! On last weeks show we took a deep dive into the training method used to devastating winning effect from gold in the 1500m to gold in the Triathlon in the last Olympics. We analysed the Norwegian Method with Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland, who has lots of great tips to set you up for success in 2023. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 63 - How To Train Like A Champion Norwegian Endurance Athlete | 17 Jan 2023 | 00:53:56 | |
Welcome to Episode 63 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Great to back everyone and on this weeks show we take a deep dive into the training method used to devastating winning effect from gold in the 1500m to gold in the Triathlon in the last Olympics. We talk the Norwegian Method with Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland, who has lots of great tips to set you up for success in 2023. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 62 Highlights Show - Red S Syndrome for Male Athletes and Festive Nutritional Tips for Endurance Athletes | 27 Dec 2022 | 00:41:10 | |
Welcome to the Episode 62 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! On last weeks show we had Nutrition Expert and Nutritionist to some of the country´s top athletes Evan Lynch on nutritional tips for runners at over the holiday period and we also take a look at Red S Syndrome for male athletes. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 122 - Dublin Marathon 2025 Special | 23 Oct 2025 | 00:52:42 | |
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:
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. | |||
| Ep 62 - Nutritionist Evan Lynch on Christmas Tips for Athletes and Red S Syndrome in Male Athletes | 19 Dec 2022 | 01:13:23 | |
Welcome to Episode 62 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! On this weeks show we´ve got Nutrition Expert and Nutritionist to some of the country´s top athletes Evan Lynch on nutritional tips for runners at Christmas time and we also take a look at Red S Syndrome for male athletes. And Rene Borg is on the show to talk about the theory of Challenge State and Threat State in Athletes. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 61 Highlights Show - "The Hills are my Gym" - John Kinsella´s Stellar Year | 10 Dec 2022 | 00:45:54 | |
Think of your dream year as a runner who likes the mountains and who likes the roads, think of a year where you´ve got your first Irish Senior cap, you´re the fastest Irish master in the Mountain Running Masters World Championships, a year when you win half a dozen road and mountain races and top it off with a superb PB in a world marathon major and win gold for Ireland in Cross Country. Well that’s the year that John Kinsella from Limerick has had and John was on last week to tell us all about it. Have a great weeks training everybody and just a reminder to pop over to Patreon to help support the Trail Running Ireland podcast if you get the chance. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 61 - Success on the Mountains, Success on the Roads. A dream year with John Kinsella | 03 Dec 2022 | 01:12:45 | |
Think of your dream year as a runner who likes the mountains and who likes the roads, think of a year where you´ve got your first Irish Senior cap, you´re the fastest Irish master in the Mountain Running Masters World Championships, a year when you win half a dozen road and mountain races and top it off with a superb PB in a world marathon major and win gold for Ireland in Cross Country. Well that’s the year that John Kinsella from Limerick has had and John is here to tell us all about it. And Rene Borg is back with his coaching slot and this week we talk about how to handle and adapt to “training stress”. Have a great weeks training everybody and just a reminder to pop over to Patreon to help support the Trail Running Ireland podcast if you get the chance. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 60 Highlights Show - How The Wim Hof Method can improve our Running with Aaron Browne | 27 Nov 2022 | 00:40:26 | |
Welcome to The Episode 60 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Last week we had a fascinating chat on the benefits of the Wim Hof Method for Endurance Athletes and also the many ways it can help us in managing everyday stresses and illnesses. This is a fascinating chat with student and soon to be instructor of the Wim Hof Method, Aaron Browne from Rathfarnham WSAF Athletics club. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! If you would like to support the show, please click on this link, many thanks. https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 60 How The Wim Hof Method can improve our Running with Aaron Browne | 17 Nov 2022 | 00:40:26 | |
Welcome to Episode 60 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! We have a fascinating chat this week on the benefits of the Wim Hof Method for Endurance Athletes and also the many ways it can help us in managing everyday stresses and illnesses. This is a fascinating chat with student and soon to be instructor of the Wim Hof Method, Aaron Browne from Rathfarnham WSAF Athletics club. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! If you like to support the show, please click on this link, many thanks. https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 59 Highlights Show - Zak Hanna 5th at the World Mountain and Trial Running Championships | 11 Nov 2022 | 00:33:52 | |
What a weekend last week for Irish Mountain and Trail Running with Zak Hanna coming home in 5th place in the World Championships in Thailand, Ireland´s best result at World Championship Level since 1993. We had Zak live on the line from Thailand telling us about the race and how he managed to peak for the Worlds so late in the season and the fascinating fact that he does not hard session on the mountains! Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! | |||
| Ep 59 - Zak Hanna live from Thailand and 5th in the World Championships! | 05 Nov 2022 | 01:12:39 | |
What a weekend for Irish Mountain and Trail Running with Zak Hanna coming home in 5th place in the World Championships in Thailand, Ireland´s best result at World Championship Level since 1993. We´ve got Zak live on the line from Thailand telling us about the race and how he managed to peak for the Worlds so late in the season. We´ve also got René Borg from Running Coach Ireland talking to us about Vlamax and Vo2, how we can measure it and how we need to get the balance of the two right for our training and racing. Everybody get your running gear on, lets go! | |||
| Ep 58 Highlights Show - Biomechanical Assessment Overview with JK Therapy Sports and Injury Clinic | 31 Oct 2022 | 00:32:56 | |
For our feature interview last week, we spoke with Jason from JK Therapy Sports and Injury Clinic about the benefits of a Biomechanical Assessment and how it can help you get faster, learn about your body and keep the injuries away. Jason is great to talk to and since 2012 Jason has specialised in running technique and has successfully trained hundreds of runners to overcome chronic injuries and become faster athletes. He puts running technique and mobility as the primary foundation all other physical aspects of training should be built upon. Not only is Jason fantastic at what he does in Jk Therapy but he is a fierce competitor aswell: Jason won the titles ‘Irish Mountain Running Champion’ and ‘King of the Mountains’ in 2015 and 2017.He represented Ireland in mountain running and is one of only a handful of runners to have won the prestigious Carrauntoohil Mountain race, winning it in in 2011 & 2017. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go! https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 58 - 4 New Metrics to Monitor in Training and How a Biomechanical Assessment can help you get faster and keep the injuries away | 21 Oct 2022 | 01:12:19 | |
In this week shows we talk with Running Coach Ireland Head Coach René Borg about 4 Training Metrics that might help bring your training to the next level this winter, Aerobic Decoupling, Efficiency Factor, VAM and RPE v IF. For our feature interview, we talk with Jason from JK Therapy Sports and Injury Clinic about the benefits of a Biomechanical Assessment and how it can help you get faster, learn about your body and keep the injuries away. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go! A big thank you as always to our Patreons, thank you for listening and your support of the show and I hope you´re all in good form, training and running well. Thanks a mill guys for your continued support and if anyone else would like to support the show, when you finish your run over the next few days, please do pop over to patreon.com where you can help to keep us going from as little as 3e a month. https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 57 Highlights Show - EcoTrail 80k Winner Luke Grenfell Shaw | 15 Oct 2022 | 01:03:47 | |
Welcome to the Episode 57 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Sponsored by Jason Kehoe Therapy Sports and Injury Clinic. Last week we spoke with Luke Grenfell Shaw on his 30,000km cycle around the world, winning the 80k in EcoTrail Wicklow and doing both those things after surviving terminal 4 cancer. What a legend, everyone, get your running gear on lets go! PS. A quick reminder to pop over to patreon.com to support the show if you like what we do to help keep us going at the Trail Running Ireland Podcast but only do so once you´ve got your run for the day in! :-) | |||
| Ep 121 Highlights Show - 80k Champ at EcoTrail Wicklow - Muireann McDonnell | 20 Oct 2025 | 00:23:03 | |
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. | |||
| Ep 57 Transitioning to Autumn Training and Racing plus Winner of the 80K at EcoTrail Wicklow Luke Grenfell Shaw | 08 Oct 2022 | 01:05:30 | |
Welcome to Episode 57 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Sponsored by Jason Kehoe Therapy Sports and Injury Clinic. In this week shows we check in with Running Coach Ireland Head Coach René Borg on how to manage the racing transition period from summer to autumn and winter. We also talk to Luke Grenfell Shaw on his 30,000km cycle around the world, winning the 80k in EcoTrail Wicklow and doing both those things after surviving terminal 4 cancer. What a legend, everyone, get your running gear on lets go! PS. A quick reminder to pop over to patreon.com to support the show if you like what we do to help keep us going at the Trail Running Ireland Podcast but only do so once you´ve got your run for the day in! :-) | |||
| Ep 56 Highlights Show with EcoTrail Wicklow 46km Winner Enda Cloake | 30 Sep 2022 | 00:35:56 | |
Welcome to the Episode 56 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow. We had a really fascinating and revealing interview with Irish International, winner of 10 IMRA races this year and winner of the 46km race at EcoTrail Wicklow last Saturday, Enda Cloake - the interview was recorded just before winning EcoTrail! Enjoy and everyone, get your running gear on lets go! Support the show for just €3 a month on: https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||
| Ep 56 EcoTrail Wicklow Preview Show and Interview with Enda Cloake - 10 Time IMRA Race Winner in 2022 and one of the 46km Race Favourites for Saturday | 21 Sep 2022 | 01:12:36 | |
Welcome to Episode 56 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! Sponsored by EcoTrail Wicklow this Saturday September 24th 2022. First up we´ve a special race preview of EcoTrail Wicklow with its Race Operations Director Rene Borg and then we have a really fascinating and revealing interview with Irish International, winner of 10 IMRA races this year and one of the favorites for the top spot in the 46km race at EcoTrail, we talk with Enda Cloake. Everyone, get your running gear on lets go! Support the show for just €3 a month on: https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast | |||