Any Given Runday

In this week's episode of the Any Given Runday podcast, we welcome Rachel Conway ( @rc_running_coach on Instagram), an online marathon coach with a BSc in Psychology and a Masters in Clinical Psychology.  Rachel shares her first marathon experience, detailing the physical and mental challenges she faced, including a partially torn Achilles. We also touch on broader issues such as the underrep...

On this week's episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast, we welcome David Carter, who is taking on the Ultra 300 Challenge in memory of his dad. David will run six ultramarathons across six counties over six consecutive days in the hope to raise €60,000 for the Dillon Quirke Foundation, Alzheimer's Society of Ireland, and Young Ireland's GAA in Kilkenny. Listen as David shares his in...

On this week's episode of the Any Given Runday podcast fresh off doing the Dublin Marathon and feeling not so fresh from that and the pints after, Seán talks to Eric about all things Dublin Marathon 2024. As well as thoughts on changes to the course and how he suffered in the second half of the race, we talk about how our recent guests got on as well as the incredible atmosphere that is The F...

Ultimate Dublin Marathon Prep: Tips, Strategies, and Motivation for the Big Day in 2024! Join us in this comprehensive episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast as David McCarthy shares invaluable tips and strategies for runners preparing for the Dublin Marathon 2024 this Sunday. Learn about managing pre-race anxiety, optimal fueling and nutrition, essential gear checks, and pacing tactics. Get expe...

In this week's episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast, we explore the vital aspects of athletic performance with Sean Kinane of Health Matters. Discover the importance of VO2 max and metabolic testing, aerobic vs. anaerobic training zones, and the key role of balanced intensity to avoid overtraining. Gain insights into optimising marathon training, managing ageing impacts on metabolism, and...

In this Any Given Runday podcast episode, we chat with Evan Scully ( @evan_runs on Instagram), a renowned coach, sports therapist, strength coach, acupuncturist, and nutritionist who has worked with over 200 Olympians. Despite living with cystic fibrosis (CF), Evan has achieved remarkable feats, such as claiming the record for 5k up to 13.1 miles marathons with CF and coaching elite athletes. We c...

In this episode of the Any Given Runday podcast, we chat with Aaron Horan ( @aaronhoran_builtdifferent on Instagram), personal trainer, online coach, and host of the Built Different podcast. Aaron shares his inspiring journey from suffering a severe ankle injury to becoming a passionate marathon runner. He discusses his transition into running, overcoming the mental and physical challenges of his...

In this episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast, we welcome Seán Noble, a standout athlete in the world of Hyrox. Seán claimed the top spot in last year's Irish Pro Men's competition and the London Olympia event earlier this year. He also finished second in the Hyrox Pro World Championships. In this episode, we discuss: - How his Dad pushed Seán in his training - Overcoming injuries and...

On a special Thursday episode of the Any Given Runday podcast, we chat with Tom Brady, who is organizing a 5-Mile Charity run and a 5k Fun Run in Ballyagran on Saturday, October 12th. The events will raise awareness for cancer research and funds for the Mid Western Cancer Foundation in memory of his father, John Brady, who passed away in February. John Brady was a legend in the Athletics Community...

This week on the Any Given Runday podcast, we have David McCarthy ( @davidmccarthy_88 on Instagram), a running coach with a very impressive running resume of a 3:55 mile and two National Indoor Championships: We go through a lot in this episode, including: How David was inspired with an early start in athletics Insights into David's early rivals in running and how rivalries helped shape his c...

On this week's podcast episode, we welcome adventure athlete Daragh Morgan. From running across and up the country to BYUs to insane swims around Howth Head, Daragh has already compiled many insane endurance events and stories. We talk about his first marathon, a mental and physical endurance battle that baffled both Sean and Eric, his attempts to run from Galway to Dublin, and his getting to...

This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, we welcome Evan Lynch ( @elynchfitnu t on Instagram), a dietitian and performance nutritionist, who is the director of South East Nutrition Clinic as well as the DCU Athletics Dietitian and the RPM Power Dietitian, with a background in track and field. This week's episode is a MUST LISTEN for those doing the Dublin Marathon this year! Evan recounts h...

We welcome Helen ( @nurturemamas on Instagram) to the podcast this week. Helen is a personal trainer, online fitness coach, marathon runner, pre and postnatal fitness specialist, and yoga instructor, having previously worked in the corporate world. Helen shares insights into her multifaceted career in fitness, emphasising the importance of strength training and whether she prefers that to stretchi...

In this week's episode of the Any Given Runday podcast, we welcome Aichlinn O'Reilly ( @aichlinno on Instagram), a professional triathlete who has represented Ireland at various levels, holds numerous records, and continues to achieve remarkable feats in the world of endurance sports. Aichlinn has impressive accomplishments, including representing Ireland in track and field at an early a...

On this week of the Any Given Runday Podcast, we chat with Gavan Hennigan ( @soulogav on Instagram), an extreme ultra runner and adventurer who has gone from early struggles with addiction in his youth and subsequent rehabilitation journey to transitioning from recreational sports to extreme adventure sports along with balancing that with living and working as a commercial diver, which mentally pr...

This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, we welcome accomplished triathlete and aeronautical engineer Mary O'Donnell as we discuss her transition from competitive swimming to triathlons, her resilience in overcoming an eating disorder, and her accolades, including age group victories in Ironman Cork and TriAthy Olympic, a podium finish in the Triathlon Ireland National Series, and doing TWO...

This week on the Any Given Runday podcast delves into Sean Meehan's inspiring journey from a casual marathon runner to a podium finisher in some of Ireland's top ultramarathons such as the 82k Mourne Way, the 200k Kerry Way Ultra and Winner of the Waterville Festival 3 Day Stage. Seán highlights his initial struggles, like a challenging marathon in Rome, why he stuck with running after i...

On this week's episode of the Any Given Runday podcast, we welcome sub 3 hour marathon runner Maebh Brannigan. Maebh shares her experience as a competitive runner, including her remarkable transition from track athletics to falling out of love with running to getting into long-distance running. In her first marathon, she clocked a seriously impressive 2 hours 53 minutes in Dublin and has her...

With the intense heat, Eric is taking to slow, gradual approach to build himself up for the Barcelona Marathon next year (and potentially the Dubai Marathon). Seán, on the other hand, is signed up for a Last Man Standing in three weeks, the Dublin Marathon, Hyrox in Frankfurt in December and Donadea 50k to build himself up for the first-ever Any Given Runday Marathon Trip! Which approach do you fa...

This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, we welcome Oisin McGrath to the show.   Oisin has been the National Board Paddle Champion for the last 16 of 20 years as well as winning Ireland’s first ever European Championship titles, Ireland’s first ever World medal with a bronze in 2016.  He also recently set a world record in paddle boarding, covering over 37km on a paddle board in 4 hours across t...

On this week's episode of the podcast, we welcome Brandon Hargreaves, a high-level athlete turned coach with The Endurance Mode. Brandon talks about the highs and lows of competition, representing both Australia at a Junior level and Ireland at U23, becoming a National Champion before it was all cut short due to injury. Brandon's coaching journey is equally impressive. He shares how he p...

We asked you earlier in the week to give your tips and questions for the Dublin Marathon this year on our Instagram page and you more than provided. On this week's episode, Seán and Eric go through those tips, answer your questions and talk about their experiences and lessons learned from previous years doing the marathon. You can follow us on Instagram: @anygivenrundaypodcast If you've...

'There is nothing worse in life than wasting potential'. This is the powerful mantra that our guest, Stephen Murphy, lives by. His story on the Any Given Runday Podcast is a testament to this belief. From not being able to run a few hundred metres to recently setting the National 100 Mile Record and everything in between, this is an inspiring episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast that...

This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, we have a father/son duo, along with 8 other members of the White River Wheelers from Dunleer, Co. Louth, attempting to cycle from Malin to Mizen Head in under 24 hours this Saturday. The lads talk about their other experiences in cycling events, such as the Mallorca 312, Wicklow 200 and through the French Alps. They also discuss how they have trained for...

On this week's episode, we welcome Catherina McKiernan to the Any Given Runday Podcast Catherina is an Irish Olympian, European Cross Country Champion, winner of London, Berlin & Amsterdam marathons and current Irish record holder as well as a sought after fitness trainer, ChiRunning instructor and motivational speaker If you've never had your VO₂ max or metabolism measured, there&ap...