Trail & ultra running from Wild Ginger Running

How to train for hills in flat places with coach Andy Pye from the Trail Running West Midlands, fantastic to chat to him about the Midlands Tops route and get some of his awesome training advice. Andy Pye is a UK Athletics Fell/Trail Coach in Running Fitness, Endurance Coach, UESCA Ultra Running Coach, and L4 Strength and Conditioning Coach (in training) who will coach runners from beginner to eli...

VERY excited to announce that we have the incredible Jasmin Paris talking about her Barkley Marathons experience on the live chat 6:45 - 7:15pm Wed 6 April. Thank you Jasmin!    Podcast version tbc search Wild Ginger Running on your usual podcast provider.   More interviews with Jasmin: How Jasmin Paris set the Montane Spine Race outright record (while still breastfeeding) https://youtu.be/OQLsbNZ...

Who has won the March 2022 competition worth £404? And what is up for grabs in the April prize this month? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down.  Original YouTube broadcast here https://youtu.be/i9jiXdeqEk8 Links to things I talked about in the live broadcast: My shop for a WGR buff or Happy Trails t-shirt, my book The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook or our training ca...

Delighted to chat to LeJog world record holder Carla Molinaro about her awesome records, adventures and how she believes simple, regular strength training has played a huge part in her success and staying injury free. Find out how your trail and ultra running too can benefit from strength training with Carla's advice here, and more online here https://www.carlamolinaro.com/scy   The podcast versio...

Tonight I’m going to be talking about the Shokz OpenRun Pro bone-conducting headphones, the Inov8 X-Talon Ultra 260 and Brooks Cascadia 16 trail shoes, comparing the new, great value Harrier Curbar 5L running pack to the old one, and sharing some thoughts on the latest sports nutrition from Torq, Maurten, Precision Fuel PF90, 80Noir Ultra dark chocolate (check out the link below for a 20% discount...

We talk to high performance sports dietitian Rebecca Dent about how to fuel yourself right for trail running both during training and racing. She gives us a few very simple tricks and tips to eat a more nutritious diet to help you run faster and recover quicker. Does it involve plenty of cake...? Let's find out!    To work with Rebecca to maximise your performance on the trails see her website her...

Who has won the December 2021 competition worth £434? And what is up for grabs in the January 2021 prize? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down.   Links to things I talked about in the live broadcast: My shop for a WGR buff or Happy Trails t-shirt, my book The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook or our training camp https://wildgingerrunning.co.uk/shop/ Other relevant films...

Psyched to chat to the awesome Robbie Britton who ran 650km across Jordan in 9.5 days in March 2019. He has just written a fantastic book called 1001 Running Tips: The Essential Runners' Guide which you can buy using the links below. UK https://amzn.to/3dsSQ3o USA https://amzn.to/3lI9uAN https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781839810664   Links to other things Robbie mentioned in his chat: T...

Whoop! With Finny in nursery two half days a week and a couple of daddy days, I can finally get back to work part time. I'm really keen after my break, the spark has been reignited (dark chocolate defo helping keep me awake...) so let's start off with a catch up and Q&A. Ask me all your training questions, let me know what you want to see covered on the channel in 2022, and just come say Hi!!! ---...

How best to fuel up for trail & ultra running - Mountain Fuel's nutrition expert Rupert Bonington, thanks so much for Rupert for doing this for my training camp in June, it is now live on the YouTube channel for everyone to benefit from. Originally on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-OQaq_II0M Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don't worry I'll be back! But I need to take 3 months off from the YouTube channel to not be stressed and have some time with my baby before he goes to nursery. He's at that difficult in-between stage of starting weaning but still also breast-feeding frequently, not napping so much in the day, and starting to become mobile when he is awake! I have my work cut out! I'll be back.... Hosted on Acast....

Everything you need to know about fast-packing - hiking fast for runners (with coach Tim Pigott) Hiking for runners (and anything else you want to ask!) Originally on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGcb_mt7VX4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Elise Downing, with absolutely no ultra-running experience, unable to read a map and having never pitched a tent alone before, set off to run 5,000 miles around the coast of Britain, carrying her kit on her back. Over the 301 days that followed she developed a debilitating fear of farmyard animals, cried on a lot of beaches and saw Britain at its most wild and wonderful. She became the youngest pe...

This week's live session is with Tim Pigott (Physio & Coach) who answers your questions on post-race recovery. Originally on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjU4-o4hQOk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An interview with Ally Beaven - the man behind the entertaining book "Broken 2020 "(The year running records were rewritten). Fastest Known Times, tales of suffering and joy and lots more. Watch the video on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvVimcbtD4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marcus Brown, Podcaster and community leader. Marcus Brown is a runner from London, He is a World Marathon Majors Six Star Finisher, writer, England Athletics LiRF Coach. He went from a 4:55 to a sub 3 marathon. He is keen to enjoy the running journey and to see what his best looks like. Marcus is host of a runner’s life podcast, the aim is to share the commonalities that exist between runners of...

Dan Lawson is a British ultra runner and charity worker from Brighton. In 2016, he won the European 24 Hour Championships, and in 2020 set one of the fastest known times for Land's End to John o' Groats (LEJOG). Dan averaged over 80 miles a day on the roads and trails of Great Britain to break Richard Brown’s 25-year-old record to finish in 9 days, 21 hours, 14 minutes and 2 seconds, setting the f...

Wow! It's Joss Naylor everybody! Absolute epic fell runner back in the 1970's and 80's when he set records on pretty much everything and basically invented ultra running before hipsters were even born. He's here on the live chat to talk about how he got into fell (mountain) running, his fave achievements, runs and views, what his secret is to remaining active well into his 80's, and what he's up t...

Alex Staniforth is a record-breaking adventurer, ultra-endurance athlete, international motivational speaker, author and mental health activist, aged 25 from Chester – now based in Kendal. Alex knows a thing or two about overcoming adversity, having experienced the two biggest consecutive disasters in Mount Everest history, including the 2015 Nepal earthquake which trapped him on the mountain for...

The company Vert.run is a complete training platform for trail and ultra runners. This evening I meet Kirsten Kortebein and Moises Jimenez who set up Vert. Run. Their aim is to provide training plans, designed by some of the best Trail and Ultra runners in the world- to all runners. Vert.run was founded to make trail running accessible to everyone of all income and experience levels. Please join m...

Damian Hall, runner, coach, journalist, and author, comes on to talk about his new book, In It For The Long Run (out now from Vertebrate Publishing), looking at the rise of his ultra running career and recording breaking run along the Pennine Way in 2020. He credits an midlife crisis for getting him into ultra running. He has since gone on to finish 5th at UTMB, and podium at some of the toughest...

A Wild Ginger Running question and answer session with Physiotherapist and Coach Tim Pigott. Originally on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKwQjgbKvFc     Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you get into Fell Running, what is Fell Running and how can you run downhill so fast?  Fell runner, photographer, blogger, teacher and graphic designer, Ben began competing in fell running races 16 years ago and has since become one of the UK’s leading trail and mountain runners.  Ben was born and raised in Yorkshire and currently lives in the Yorkshire Dales. However, he is a renowned trav...

Bridgedale's new range of trail running socks - Q&A with a designer This film is sponsored by Bridgedale who have just brought out a new range of trail running socks. They're my fave brand of sock so I was really pleased to I work with them to help design and test them with a team of regular trail and ultra runners.  Find out more and buy them here: www.bridgedale.com/ Originally on YouTube here:...