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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: an excellent run at the World Trail and Mountain Running Championships being the 2nd Irish runner home in the 45km Short Trail Race 2nd o45 at the World Masters Mountain Running Championships and then going on to win the 045 Title at the National Marathon Championships 2 weeks ago in Dublin in a time 2h26m aswell as coaching the new sensation of Irish Athletics, Ava Crean to the Marathon National Senior Title at just 19 years of age 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.
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Welcome to Episode 141 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Health Store. Runners from all 4 corners of the country and from all disciplines of running wll be descending on Dublin this Sunday morning for the 45th Dublin City Marathon and as you make your way down from the Trails of Ireland to the streetsof Dublin, we´ve got you covered as René Borg and Eoin Flynn from Running Coach Ireland help guide you through the final few days, race morning and the 26.2 miles of the Dublin City Marathon 2026. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go! Use "TRI10" at www.newleafonline.ie for 10% off.
Welcome to Episode 140 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast. It was Ireland´s largest every Trail Running Event there last weekend in Bray Co Wicklow at EcoTrail Wicklow 2026and in this week´s episode we go behind the scenes to examine how such a race is put together aswell as highlighting the stand out performances that we were treated to from some of Ireland´s top Trail runners. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast
Welcome to Episode 139 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! With a lot of our listeners switching their attention to the roads for the next month in preparation for the Dublin Marathon on October 25th, we come off the Trails for this weeks show to ask a key question in every runners build up to the Marathon, how long should the Long Run be over the final few weeks. René Borg from Running Coach Ireland is here to help us go through the answers. In our Results section we bring you up to speed on Ireland´s new European Mountain Running Champions at Masters levels and a shout out to all of our listeners who be will be part of a historic day in Bray at the weekend with over 2,300 runners registered to race in Ireland´s largest ever Trail race at EcoTrail Wicklow this Saturday. See you all there! Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go!
The Episode 138 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast is now out! In last weeks show we spoke with the newly crowned champion of the Kerry Way Ultra 200k, Philip Slattery. Philip also won the 130k at the Waterville Trail Running Festival in May so we were really looking forward to chatting to Philip and he didnt´ disappoint. Is he an overnight success this year with those two big wins or has he been working away quietly over the last few years, tune in to find out more! Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. Trail Running Ireland Podcast | creating Podcasts for Ireland´s Trail and Mountain Running Commu | Patreon
Episode 138 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast now out! In this weeks show we have the newly crowned champion of the Kerry Way Ultra 200k, Philip Slattery. Philip also won the 130k at the Waterville Trail Running Festival in May so really looking forward to chatting to Philip. Is he an overnight success this year with those two big wins or has he been working away quietly over the last few years, cant wait to find out more. And René Borg from Running Coach Ireland is back with a rather philosophical chat about the place that running has in our lives, for the good and for the bad. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. Trail Running Ireland Podcast | creating Podcasts for Ireland´s Trail and Mountain Running Commu | Patreon