Trail & ultra running from Wild Ginger Running

Have you won anything in the May 2023 competition worth £498? And what is up for grabs in the June 2023 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down.  Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/-HoeUl2xzZs     Resources mentioned Ultra-Trail Snowdonia 50k https://youtu.be/STxyubEwgkA How not to do the Cape Wrath Ultra https://youtu.be/m6FlWTgbJeU Chat...

Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/0C3apYgs-Hg John Kelly chats to Wild Ginger Running about his 2nd Barkley Marathons success - including weird nap spots, hallucinations, low patches & fuel, and showing Damo Frozen Head and Tennessee delicacies from Sonic. Thanks John!   Follow John on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/p/CqbLAFWODSj/   Get my book, The Ultimate Trail Running...

More amazing advice from coach and physio Tim Pigott from HP3 Coaching fresh from his 10th place at Ultra Trail Snowdonia (UTS) 100k, including the best way to stay cool and hydrated while running in hot weather (like we had on race day), how to be more efficient in aid stations, how to be tactical to avoid bottlenecks and queues, how to prepare a pre-race plan with enough food, drink and with tim...

Exciting to chat to Damo again after his amazing 5th loop starting on the Barkley Marathons. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/5T9Smm5gpGM   Follow Damo on insta https://www.instagram.com/ultra_damo/ Read more about it: https://www.ultradamo.com/blog/book-bothering The Damian Hall playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyZ16LRfpz0CaiB8Ov6TEqbxGtSw_Zm_v   Also available...

Longtime Patreon of Wild Ginger Running YouTube channel Hannah Bazley has stunned us all again with her incredible feats of endurance, this time running/hiking the Pennine Bridleway 270km (168 miles). I think we’re going to have to stop referring to her as a “normal” person at this rate. She does these far too often now. But anyhoo, how was it? How does she train? How does she keep going? What doe...

We talk to Tim Pigott from HP3 coaching about final prep and tapering for an ultra, specifically the Ultra Trail Snowdonia (UTS) 50k that I am doing 13 May, he is doing the 100k event. How to taper if your training never really got off the ground in the first place… training worries, tapering right, carb-loading myths, niggles & injuries, packing kit & fuel, mandatory kit and footwear choice and m...

Have you won anything in the April 2023 competition worth £411 And what is up for grabs in the May 2023 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/thy2MeTlzC4   Buy a buff at my shop here https://wildgingerrunning.co.uk/shop/ Buy my book here https://amzn.to/36tuO8x   Link to last week's talk with my former...

Utterly delighted to chat this week to my former teacher Anne Wade who played a major part in my addiction to long distance hiking and running. Mrs. Wade (really hard to call her Anne!) took over the DofE at our school where I did the Gold award, and she took a group of us camping and hiking the 190mile Wainwright’s Coast to Coast walk over 2 weeks which I’ll never forget.   Originally on YouTube...

Have you won anything in the March 2023 competition worth £504 And what is up for grabs in the April 2023 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down.   Originally on YouTube here: https://youtube.com/live/areQ72S6r9I   Discounts 15% off Chia Charge with code wildg15 Discount 20% off 80_Noir Ultra online here https://bit.ly/80NoirUltraWGR Use code: 80NUWGR Cur...

This week our friendly podiatrist Nick Knight from NK Active is here to tell us all about how to prevent or cure plantar fasciitis, from preventing it happening in the first place to managing this potentially run-stopping condition if you have it.   Nick is based in Hampshire but he does zoom consultations to solve all your running injuries, find out more and contact him and his team here: https:/...

Best to follow this one along in its original format on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/eNoIgWjV5UI Great to have Eoin Everard with us today to show us how pilates can make us stronger for trail and ultra running in this 20 minute session within our chat. To find out more and book Eoin’s classes https://everardpilates.com/ Follow him on instagram https://www.instagram.com/everardpilatesphysi...

This week’s chat with summer Spine Challenger South winner and coach Tim Pigott from HP3 Coaching (https://www.hp-3.co.uk) is all about how to train to run a 50 mile ultra in a fast enough time to qualify for the 100 milers that require you to have completed a 50 in 15 or 16 hours like the Centurion 100 milers and the Montane Lakeland 100. Why is planning so important? What kind of sprint work is...

Have you won anything in the February 2023 competition worth £421? And what is up for grabs in the March 2023 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down. Discounts 15% off Chia Charge with code wildg15 Discount 20% off 80_Noir Ultra online here https://bit.ly/80NoirUltraWGR Use code: 80NUWGR CurraNZ blackcurrant extract to help reduce DOMS, 40% discount offer...

Very excited to talk to Natalie Hawkrigg, the ladies Winter Frog Graham Round (and summer FG!) record holder, having completed her wintery run and swim of 40+ miles with 4,800m ascent and 4 swims across the Lake District in 15 hours 46 minutes in December 2022. So many questions for her, including her training, logistics, nutrition, cold water, biosecurity, high points, low points and recovery. Na...

Thrilled to chat to my friend and fellow Stamford Strider Fiona Martin about her amazing thrice completion of the Montane Lakeland 100 over the last few years! She is going for her 4th this year and wants to complete 5 in order to get a coveted slate trophy! I am working towards the ML100 myself, first doing the ML50 this summer followed by the 100 possibly (if I am successful and get in!) in 2024...

This month's training chat with coach, physio and Summer Spine 108 mile winner Tim Pigott from HP3 Coaching (https://www.hp-3.co.uk). So, announcement - I actually can't do the Montane Lakeland 100 this year because although I've run plenty of 50 milers in the past, I didn't during 2020-2022 because of pregnancy, birth and getting back to it, so I don't meet the entry requirements.   I am actually...

Last week I spoke to the super duper Steve and John from the Young Hearts Run Free podcast all about ultra running, running in general and some tips for motivation! Hope you enjoy this! My book, The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook https://amzn.to/3jgKvTy Please like and subscribe here on YouTube https://linktr.ee/ClaireWGR Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wildgingerrunning/ Support...

Here's me on the Running Hub podcast with Clean Coach Katie, a special extra bonus chat! Thank you so much for your support and I really hope you like this extra episode. Thank you! Claire My book, The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook https://amzn.to/3jgKvTy Please like and subscribe here on YouTube https://linktr.ee/ClaireWGR Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wildgingerrunning/ Supp...

Doh! Forgot to pop this on the podcast! Sorry for the delay, originally on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/oJC1D7-TGH8   Who has won the December 2022 competition worth £422? And what is up for grabs in the January 2023 prize? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down.   CurraNZ blackcurrant extract, 40% discount offer here https://www.wildgingerrunning.co.uk/shop/gear/curra...

This week we chat to Patreon Colin Bergstrand about how him and running partner Jon have completed no less than 30 Original Mountain Marathons (OMMs) !!! Originally on YouTube here https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-sr8xa-135fe92 The OMM is a hugely challenging 2-day event held at the end of October where pairs must navigate through the mountains to find checkpoints, carrying all the kit they need to s...

What's the least training you can get away with for a 100 mile ultra marathon in the mountains? I chat to Tim Pigott coach and physio for HP3 Coaching, find out more here https://www.hp-3.co.uk/ about my plans for the Montane Lakeland 100 in July 2023. I have a toddler and job to juggle, do I have time? What should I focus on? Should I run or hike? Tim answers all the questions and more, and will...

Fantastic to talk to barefoot runner Anna McNuff - she ran 2,352 miles (90 marathons!) across Britain in 2019. I do have a confession to make in that I rarely enjoy reading books about someone running a long way or conquering some kind of hard as nails running challenge (I'd much rather be out on a run myself!) but I make an exception for Anna's books as they're so well written, engaging and hilar...

Improve your running technique & discover the Lost Art of Running with expert Shane Benzie, originally on YouTube here https://youtu.be/qV56ZGFMjxk   Sponsored by CurraNZ blackcurrant extract, 40% discount offer here https://www.wildgingerrunning.co.uk/shop/gear/curranz/   The Lost Art of Running by Shane Benzie https://amzn.to/3hx7axx   Shane's website https://runningreborn.com/   More films with...

We chat to British 24-hour woman's record holder Jo Zakrzewski, a GP and CurraNZ blackcurrant extract ambassador, and also Fleur Cushman from CuraNZ joins us to explain the science behind this superfood in capsule form.   Also available as a podcast here TBC or search 'Jo Zak CurraNZ Wild Ginger Running' in your usual podcast provider.    Sponsored by CurraNZ blackcurrant extract, 40% off offer he...

Nick Knight joins us again for an enlightening chat with Q&A about getting older as runners (I'm 40 in Feb and feeling exhausted!) - what can we do to recover quicker and protect ourselves from common age-related running issues like osteoarthritis, and how can we come to terms with never again reaching PB's from previous years? Nick is from NK Active, one of the UK’s leading musculoskeletal and re...