Trail Running Ireland Podcast

Welcome to Episode 135 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast. In this weeks show René Borg from Running Coach Ireland takes over the presenter role as he asks our usual presenter Eoin Flynn the questions as we reflect on the World Masters Mountain Running Championships. Ireland picked up 6 individual medals and 19 teams medals including 3 Irish teams being declared World Champions including Eoins´...

Welcome to our Episode 134 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast. In last weeks show we spoke with one of the leading lights from Team Ireland from the recent European Off Road Running Championships, ie The European Mountain Running Championships; Sinead Farrell was with us to tell us about her 34th place in the 13km Up and Down, Ireland´s highest senior individual place across the...

Welcome to Episode 134 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast. In this weeks show we speak with one of the leading lights from Team Ireland from last weeks European Off Road Running Championships, ie The European Mountain Running Championships; Sinéad Farrell is here to tell us about her 34th place in the 13km Up and Down, Ireland´s highest senior individual place across the weekend along with Sarah...

Welcome to the Episode 133 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! In last weeks show René Borg from Running Coach Ireland brought us through the final piece of the puzzle of the Norwegian Training Method: how the system actually holds together week to week, and what it looks like when you try to apply it on the Trails. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go!

Welcome to Episode 133 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast! In this weeks show we have an interview with Terry McConnon, the mastermind behind the record equalling 5 times Champions of the Wicklow Way Relay, the TT Racers who claimed victory over the other 44 teams who competed across 104km last weekend. René Borg from Running Coach Ireland is also here to bring us through the final piece of the...

Welcome to Episode 132 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast. In this weeks show we´ve got a special racepreview of the Wicklow Way Relay, one of the highlights of the IMRA calendar every year where year after year we have great action, great racing and lots of high octane drama. This year there are some new elements to the race thatour WWR expert and coaching guru Rene Borg will bring us through....

Welcome to the Episode 131 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast. In last weeks show we chatted with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland about how we can apply the Norwegian Method to Trail Running and some details of the method that we may not have fully grasped yet. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go!

Welcome to Episode 131 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast. In this weeks show we chat with Luke Weldon, the youngest athlete to ever represent Ireland at Senior Level and he has just got his hands on the green jersey again, qualifying in style for the European Championships this summer with a big win at one of the most iconics races on the Irish calendar, the Maurice Mullins 50k. We also have Re...

René Borg from Running Coach Ireland spoke to us last week about how to get the balance right between training smart and racing hard. Everyone, get your running gear on, let´ go!

Welcome to Episode 130 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast. In this weeks show we chat with Race Director of the Kerry Way Ultra Eileen Daly about the challenges that Race Directors often face, aswell of course as chatting about the joys of the Kerry Way Ultra and what makes it so special. We also have René Borg from Running Coach Ireland chatting about how we can get the balance right between tr...

Welcome to Episode 129 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast. In this weeks show we analyse once again the topic of optimum fuelling strategies, revisiting our analysis of Tim Noakes latest paper that we discussed in our last show while looking at the recent research paper on fuelling from James Morton's who has worked with British Cycling, Team Sky, elite marathoners, and who is very much in f...

Welcome to Episode 128 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast We have a coaching special this week with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland talking to us about a sweeping review from the famous South African Sports scientist Tim Noakes and his team asking whether we slow down because muscles run low on glycogen, or because the brain is protecting itself from falling blood sugar. Get ready guys for...

Welcome to Episode 127 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast. It´s Trail Running Ireland awards time and on this weeks show we chat to Seanie Clifford who has just been up and down the country delivering awards to this year´s winners. Tune in to find out who won what! Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go.

Welcome to the Episode 126 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast. Last week we had the winner of the Bauers Megabackyard Funrun down in Waterville, Co. Kerry, Wayne McGuigan. Fun Run it aint as Wayne needed to run 220km to get the win. Tune in for a really enjoyable and insightful chat with Wayne. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. 

Welcome to Episode 126 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast. We are back and in our first show of 2026 we have the winner of the Bauers Megabackyard Funrun down in Waterville, Co. Kerry, Wayne McGuigan. Fun Run it aint as Wayne needed to run 220km to get the win, can´t wait to hear more and we have as ever, our coaching guru René Borg to chat to us about January being the riskiest month of th...

Welcome to the Episode 125 Coaching Special of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store. In last weeks show we spoke with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland to talk about our most important coaching lesson of the year, Consistency, not Perfection, is King. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go.  Use code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all you...

Welcome to the Episode 125 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store. In last weeks show we spoke with the new President of the Irish Mountain Running Association, Liam Vines who talked to us about his new role, his love of the mountains and his thoughts on helping steer IMRA into 2026. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go!  Use code “Fue...

Welcome to Episode 125 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store. In this weeks show we´ve got the new President of the Irish Mountain Running Association, Liam Vines to talk to us about his new role, his love of the mountains and his thoughts on IMRA in 2026 and we have René Borg from Running Coach Ireland to talk about our most important coaching lesson of th...

Welcome to the Ep 124 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store. In last weeks show we had a coaching special as we discussed How to Train Muscular Endurance Without Losing Your Aerobic Base with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go! Use code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports...

Welcome to Episode 124 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store In this weeks show we´ve got a coaching special as we discuss How to Train Muscular Endurance Without Losing Your Aerobic Base with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go! Use code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports nutrition and s...

Welcome to the Episode 123 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store In last weeks show we had the man of the moment, John Kinsella talking to us about his successful training block this summer which resulted in: an excellent run at the World Trail and Mountain Running Championships being the 2nd Irish runner home in the 45km Short Trail Race 2n...

Welcome to Episode 123 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store In this weeks show we’ve got the man of the moment, John Kinsella talking to us about his successful training block this summer which resulted in: an excellent run at the World Trail and Mountain Running Championships being the 2nd Irish runner home in the 45km Short Trail Race 2nd o45 at the Worl...

Welcome to Episode 122 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store. In this weeks show we’ve René Borg from Running Coach Ireland for our annual Dublin Marathon special as we chat through the lessons learned from our two Running Coach Ireland Dublin Marathon 2025 Squads such as: best practices in our marathon training, best recovery tools and the important skillse...

Welcome to the Episode 121 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store. In last weeks show we spoke about how it felt to win the 80k at EcoTrail Wicklow with this years 80k champ, Muireann McDonnell aswell as an insight into Muireann´s Race Prep and Race Tactics. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go.  If you need to stock up on any of t...

Welcome to Episode 121 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store. In this weeks show we’ve René Borg from Running Coach Ireland talking to us about cracking the code for Aerobic Development. We also talk about how it felt to win the 80k at EcoTrail Wicklow with this years champ, Muireann McDonnell. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go.  If you need t...