The Pyllon Ultra Pod

As we continue with Series 7 of the Sprint Pods, Pyllon Head Coach Paul Giblin returns to talk about the 'thinking mind' in racing - when things aren’t going as planned. This is a follow-on from the last episode where James tackled Awareness, on our journey through our ATAK model for dealing with challenges. If you haven't already listened to the intro episode please start there! In this episode P...

We are back! Series 7 of the Sprint Pods is underway. These are short podcasts around the 10 minute mark to give you something to think about as you move through your training and racing. If you haven't already listened to the intro episode please start there! We'll be talking about an approach to dealing with tough times in racing, and developing an approach to take your race craft to a new level...

We are back! Series 7 of the Sprint Pods is on its way. Short podcasts around the 10 minute mark to give you something to think about as you move through your training and racing. In this introduction James will introduce a Pyllon-specific approach to overcoming challenges when you are out there in the heat of racing or just trying to work through a tough training plan or session. As always, our t...

Pyllon Ultra Podcast.  BONUS EPISODE. This isn’t the start of the next series of our shorter sprint pods. We just couldn’t miss the opportunity to talk about a pretty special run from one of our Pyllon athletes - Romy Beard. Running a West Highland Way is a big under-taking for anyone. But Romy decided to tackle the High Route, which like the trail, finishes in Fort William.  It just has significa...

We are ready to wrap up this Sprint series of pods on the subject of belief and confidence.  Paul and James finally get together again to chat through any thoughts and learnings from the last series. Some useful discussion including: - How James has built his confidence ahead of his race this coming weekend - How you can buy into believing more of the positive self-talk - Why self integrity is cru...

We will shortly be recording the summary of the last series of Sprint Pods, and we'd love to hear from you, as we can then discuss any observations and comments.  This is a medley of the sprint series as a reminder of what we discussed. It's all 5 episodes in one handy podcast - it's centred on confidence and identifying how and where you can sharpen up your mind so that you can train better and r...

Welcome back to the Pyllon ultra Pod.  If you've listened to the last few episodes you will already be aware that we are focusing on confidence and self belief in this series of short podcasts.  This is the last of the short episodes in this series. Paul takes back the mic to talk about the threats to our self-belief and why it's important to improve your own awareness so that you can better handl...

Welcome back to the Pyllon ultra Pod.  If you've listened to the last few episodes you will already be aware that we are focusing on confidence and self belief in this series of short podcasts.  In the last episode Paul cut straight to the point on positive self-talk. It's pretty easy to say to yourself you are doing great or you can run better than anyone in the race - but it's much more difficul...

Welcome back to the Pyllon ultra Pod.  If you've listened to the last few episodes you will already be aware that we are focusing on confidence and self belief in this series of short podcasts.  In the last episode James talked about how our own self-talk can hold us back before we’ve even started in training, racing and our wider work and family lives. He also urged us to have some realism when s...

Episodes are coming weekly now for the next 4-5 weeks. In Episode 2 James moves things on by talking about the importance of 'conscious' self-talk. It's another 10 minutes to get you thinking. James gives us some really great practical examples of how self-talk can make a difference in your life - whether you're a runner or not. There's a fine line between delusion, realism and negativity when it...

We are back! With belief and confidence. No, not us. The pod. Wait. We are the pod. Paul and James are masters of their own pace. It’s been a busy few months with world splitting travel but they are here with the second series of sprints. In 2022 they talked about Thought Biases across 6 episodes. This is not long form podcasting. It is 10 minutes to get you thinking. In the first episode in this...

Pyllon Ultra Podcast. An Endeavour 192 Special   BONUS EPISODE.   PYLLON ENDEAVOUR 192 - THE WHY Ultra running has enriched our lives in so many ways and we hoped that more people might get involved in the sport or at least better understand our purpose. In the following years, Endeavour continued, with our boldest event being our Scottish National Trail FKT - with the team running continuously ac...

Pyllon Ultra Podcast. A Badwater Special with Pyllon Coach - Debbie Consani.   BONUS EPISODE.   This isn’t as you likely expected the start of the next series of our shorter sprint pods. We just couldn’t miss the opportunity to talk about another one of the iconic American ultra races - (Badwater) and to one of the most accomplished, consistent and 'hard as nails' long distance ultra runners in th...

Pyllon Ultra Podcast. A WS100 Special with Pyllon Coach - John Connolly.   BONUS EPISODE.   Before we launch into a new Sprint Pod series we took the chance to hear more about this year's Western States 100 race, as Pyllon Coach John Connolly found himself on a mission to reach Auburn, California.    John has crewed for Pyllon's very own Paul Giblin 3 x times at Western States and it was a dream c...

Series finale already. They've been Sprints up until this point and in this episode Paul and James get together to talk in-depth about 'thought biases'. We have covered a lot already in a short space of time, and you can catch up now on all episodes. After the 5 thoughts biases we covered across the Sprints series we promised to do a longer episode where we would chat through in more detail how th...

Hey hey! It is Sprint 5 of our latest series. The overarching topic is 'thought biases' and we finish this off with "All-or-Nothing" thinking. We have covered a lot already in a short space of time, so you can catch up now on all episodes in under 50 mins! In this sprint episode Paul will talk about: What all-or-nothing thinking is Where you'll spot it Why it is harmful How to make positive change...

Well, hello! It is episode 4 of our 5 sprints. The overarching topic is thought biases and we explore MUSTS AND SHOULDS in this one.  We are back to James chatting this one through. So, buckle up and listen to under 10 mins of thoughts on the subject. In this sprint episode James will talk about: The binary nature of the thinking How to recognise it What it looks like Strategies for managing This...

Hey hey! It is Sprint 3 of our latest series. The overarching topic is 'thought biases' and Paul talks about egocentric thinking in this one. We have covered a lot already in a short space of time, so check out the first few episodes after this.  In this sprint episode Paul will talk about: What egocentric thinking is Some examples in your life Why it matters to recognise it How you can reduce its...

Hey hey! It is sprint 2 of our 5 sprint series. The overarching topic is 'thought biases' and we explore overgeneralisation in this one. Although James does describe it as having a Z for our American viewers. And it is James taking the baton from Paul this week. In this sprint episode James will talk about: What overgeneralisation is How it shows up How to recognise it Strategies for dealing with...

Yo! We are back with a new series. This is the first of our bite-sized Sprint pods - where we talk about a specific topic related to the theme of the series - and we do that in under 10 mins. There will be 5 Sprints and a longer Ultra pod after that. We are going to talk about thought biases over the next few weeks. We have 5 to talk about. James and I will split these between us and then get toge...

This is not a full episode, as we’ve decided to do things a little differently for the next series and beyond. This is just an update on what we are planning to do and hopefully you’ll join us for this next series. We will create a theme for the series, and we’ll do 5 x short and sharp episodes on a particular topic. So, it’ll either be me or James talking about something useful or challenging to...

Happy New Year! Time to get moving with your training. But how do you make the most of winter and set yourself up for a great Spring and Summer season? We thought you’d maybe heard enough of just James and I, so we invited someone to join us for this discussion. Someone who is well versed in training and racing through winter - Debbie Consani. Debbie is currently training for the Spine race which...

We continue where we left off in Episode 1 Series 4 of the Pyllon Ultra Pod. Listen to that first if you like.  What do you do next when you know what you want to achieve? How do you best manage the initial spark and burst of energy that always comes when you initially take on a new challenge - and how could you think about harnessing that energy to take you all the way, rather than get fed up at...

We are kicking off Series 4 of the Pyllon Ultra Pod. We’re back again. We have some new things to talk about, and maybe some older topics that we’ll revisit as things have moved on, situations have changed and we are different people than we were back in early 2020. This last quarter of the year has been a busy time for both of us. It's been challenging on all fronts, but we've managed to find som...

Pyllon Ultra Podcast. An End2End Trail Special with Paul Giblin.   WE ARE BACK.   It has been too long. We know that and hope you do too. Paul and James get chatting 1-2-1 in this special episode on Paul's E2E trail endeavour. For those who don't know, Paul ran LEJOG and being Paul, he decided to increase the difficulty by doing it all on trail.    That meant it came in at over 51,000m of climbing...