Any Given Runday

This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, we have ultra runner, photographer and PE teacher, Rich Gill ( @Rich. Trails on Instagram as well as his photography page @gilly_photography ) From competitive swimming in his youth to running the trails, Rich talks about his fitness journey, how he developed his competitiveness, transitioning from football to trail running, how he was involved in setting...

Having taken part in the Hellevation BYU over the weekend, Eric chats with a very sleepy Seán about how Seán got on and his plans for working towards the 24 hour goal If you've never had your VO₂ max or metabolism measured, there's a good chance you're training at the wrong intensity, missing valuable adaptations, or getting your race nutrition wrong. Health Matters replaces guesswo...

This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, we welcome Aisling Lacey to the show. Aisling is a PhD student working within Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics and DCU'sSchool of Health and Human Performance. She is also a certified athletic therapist. In this episode, we get into all things running injuries, studies Aisling has done on running injuries and their variations, exercises...

This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, we welcome Alanna Dunlea to the show. Alanna completed the Rome Marathon, her third marathon, on Paddy's weekend just gone. With more and more big city marathons needing a lottery to get into them, Rome not being one of them, and with Alanna having done Cork and Dublin marathons in the previous 12 months, we thought it would be great to get her persp...

In this week's episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast, we chat with Wayne Waldron ( @Wayne_Waldron8 on Instagram) Wayne has just transitioned into becoming a running coach and, as well as being a PT for 10 years has. a huge running resume to back his coaching credentials We talked to Wayne about representing Ireland in a 100km race and the phenomenal time he did it in, the high of winning a...

On this week's episode, we welcome Irish Triathlete Elizabeth Carr (@libs_carr on Instagram) to the Any Given Runday Podcast Elizabeth Carr is an Irish Triathlete who talks about her journey from the Mullingar Harriers and early years success to struggling as she aged, helping to set up a triathlon club in DCU, the World Championships in Rotterdam, working in the Defence Forces and how that a...

For our 200th episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast, the lads bring on one of the best running coaches in the country, Emmett Dunleavy ( @emmettdunleavy on Instagram) Emmett Dunleavy is the owner/running coach at Perfect Pacing as well as a distance coach at UCD AC, Senior Club Coach with Kilcoole AC, Run Coach with Belpark Triathlon, Coach Educator with Athletics Ireland and Part of Irish Team...

This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, the lads are joined by Ger Redmond ( @GerRedmond5 on Instagram). Ger is an Irish Professional Athlete as well as a coach at Coolock Running Club and Oberstown Children Detention Campus. From signing up for an Ironman 6 months in advance with no swimming ability to dealing with his childhood trauma, doing Hell Week, coming back from breaking his neck in a...

This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, we chat with Caroline Hassett ( @ahousebythetrees on Instagram), who takes us through her running journey that went from a 3:54 Dublin Marathon in 2017 to multiple sub 3-hour marathons in 2023, all while juggling busy family life as a mother of 4. If you've ever had the goal of running a sub-3 hour marathon, this is definitely the podcast episode for...

The lads review Seán's first 50k, the Donadea 50k, over the weekend and how it lived up to its hype as one of the best ultra marathons in the country! If you've never had your VO₂ max or metabolism measured, there's a good chance you're training at the wrong intensity, missing valuable adaptations, or getting your race nutrition wrong. Health Matters replaces guesswork with dat...

This week on the Any Given Runday, we welcome long-distance and Irish International runner Ian Fitzgerald ( @ian_is_running_1 on Instagram) to the show Having finished 2nd in the National 50k Championships last year in Donadea, what better time to have Ian on the podcast with that race coming up again this Saturday... at least that's Seán's opinion anyway as he picks Ian's brain for...

This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, we welcome Alicia from @She. Summits. TrailRunning on to the podcast. Alicia set up She Summits in 2019 to help support women and people from different backgrounds in trail running. They have done over 200 events with over 1,500 women and people from different backgrounds attending. Events have included providing trail runs in the Dublin & Wicklow Mou...

On a special Thursday episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast, the lads chat to ultra runners Keith Russell and PJ Meehan about the upcoming Hellevation Backyard Ultra in Tipperary in April. A Backyard Ultra (6.7km loop every hour on the hour) is a great way to get a new PB distance on the legs, whether that's your first half marathon, full marathon, 50 s or even 100 miles inside 24 hours. Th...

On this week's episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast, the lads talk to high performance junior coach, Joe Ryan  Joe, from Mullingar Harriers, has worked with some of Ireland's leading Junior and U23 endurance athletes, including John Fitzsimons, Cian McPhillips and Cormac Dalton If you've never had your VO₂ max or metabolism measured, there's a good chance you're trainin...

On this week's episode of the podcast, Seán talks about his Half Marathon over the weekend in Donadea and how he feels it sets him up for the 50k next month. Eric talks about feeling uneasy putting himself out there for reels on his 'Fatman to Ironman' journey before we introduce our guest for this week's episode, whose journey is similar to Eric's in that he moved away an...

On this week's episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast, we are previewing the Art O'Neill event coming up this Friday. While we could just look back at everything Seán did wrong at his first crack at the event last year, we decided to record this episode with someone who has not only completed the Art O'Neill but also completed it THREE times, finishing in the top 10 for females las...

In our first episode of 2024, Eric talks about hitting the reset button, while adjusting to life in Dubai., and building up his goals for 2024. Seán talks about the mistakes he made in 2023 and how he is trying to rectify them in '24.  If you've never had your VO₂ max or metabolism measured, there's a good chance you're training at the wrong intensity, missing valuable adaptati...

This week on the Podcast, we throw the topics out to you. We put a couple of questions to you on our @anygivenrundaypodcast Instagram page and were overwhelmed with the responses. So in this episode, we talk about what lessons you have said you have learned over the year to advise others as well as any questions you had for the lads (fitness or non-fitness related) If you've never had your VO...

We welcome Michael Fox ( @runningfox26.2 on Instagram) to the Any Given Runday Podcast to talk all things Marathon Running as well as balancing family life with running his own business and accumulating over 110 miles a week towards his running goals, which include a 15:01 5k and achieving a PB in the Dublin Marathon this year with an incredible time of 2:24 On this episode, we also discuss: - How...

Unfortunately, we couldn't get a new episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast recorded for this week. However, we did want to put something out and keep the consistency going for the year. And Spotify Wrapped gave us an idea.  Our listenership, though Spotify alone, has jump +255% with a +357% increase in streams. A lot of that came in the second half of the year. So with a huge increase in ne...

Anthony O'Brien ( @anthonyobrien1991 on Instagram) is a Smart Endurance Triathlon Coach as well as the 2023 Irish Duathlon Champion, and 2023 Irish Sprint Champion joins the lads on this week's episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast Anthony discusses how he transitioned from boxing to triathlons as well as: - Pushing himself by running with some elite athletes in Ireland and running a h...

This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast we have trail runner Ricki Wynne ( @rickiwynne10 on Instagram ) Ricki set a World Record in 2022 for ascending the most metres and descending the most metres (24,000 total) in 24 hours by running up and down Croagh Patrick 15 times and raising over €37,000 for Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association Ireland The YouTube video we discuss on the podcast can b...

Eric's yearly trip to Westport for Sea to Summit 2023 as the lads compare experiences in different adventure races the country has to offer  If you've never had your VO₂ max or metabolism measured, there's a good chance you're training at the wrong intensity, missing valuable adaptations, or getting your race nutrition wrong. Health Matters replaces guesswork with data. With ov...

With Seán recovering from the Dublin Marathon and Eric still recovering from his Ironman while trying to set up life in Dubai, it's a hangover episode of the Dublin Marathon. The lads discuss talk of the Dublin Marathon changing route, issues with transport in the area on marathon day, transfers, training and more in the intro of the podcast before talking about future goals and the importanc...

The lads review the 2023 Dublin Marathon through all its rain and glory as Seán attempts his 5th Dublin Marathon while Eric experiences it as a supporter. If you've never had your VO₂ max or metabolism measured, there's a good chance you're training at the wrong intensity, missing valuable adaptations, or getting your race nutrition wrong. Health Matters replaces guesswork with data...