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How to train for UTMB as a normal person with a busy job! (coach Lucja Leonard’s advice)
How to train for UTMB as a normal person with a busy job! (coach Lucja Leonard's advice) Lucja's blog and coaching websiteFollow her on instagram https://youtu.be/edfRPAMpWJQ Do you do strength work every week? Comment below to join the discussion, and check out my...
HYDRATION – what to drink when on a 100 mile race, from coach Scotty Hawker (3rd place UTMB 2019)
Thanks so much to Scotty Hawker, coach and Camelbak athlete, for his great tips on hydration for 100 milers, especially UTMB. 0:00 Congrats & training with Pau Capell and Hayden Hawks 1:49 Racing in the UK? Bob Graham Round? 2:47 Hydration tips for 100 milers...
Top 3 tips for endurance from Harry Runs after his 15th place at UTMB 2019 (3rd Brit!)
Fantastic to get Harry Jones' top 3 tips for building running endurance the day after he completed his first ever 100 mile race, the UTMB (of course!) and came an incredible 15th place overall, making him 3rd Brit to cross the finish line! Harry will also be chatting...
Camille Herron’s training & nutrition advice (tacos & beer!) PLUS will she try The Barkley Marathons?
An amazing live chat with the ever-positive and so, so lovely, incredible record-breaking US road & trail runner Camille Herron! Camille won Comrades 2017 and holds so many American speed records for road and trail from marathon to 100 mile distances we've lost...
The key to ultra running success – Debbie Martin-Consani (BGR, UTMB, TdG, Spine, ML100, GUCR, GB 24hr)
"There's a naked man up there with his head up an arse," said ultra endurance athlete Debbie Martin-Consani on the finish line of the Spine Race 2020. From sleep deprivation to nutrition and training and everything in between, join us for a fantastic conversation with...
Top 5 ultra running mistakes not to make (endurance coach Ian Sharman’s training advice)
If your trail or ultra running race has been cancelled or postponed due to coronovirus, look on the bright side - it gives you more time to train and avoid making one of these five mistakes that top ultra running coach Ian Sharman sees all the time from beginners to...
Spine Race 2020 ladies’ winner Sabrina Verjee (training tips, dealing with pain & her next record)
Thanks so much to Sabrina Verjee for her honest account of the Montane Spine Race 2020 where she came 1st lady, 1st Brit and 5th overall! Sabs gives her training tips at the end, including how to shut off pain, and reveals her next big record attempt this summer......
Damian Hall – 61 miles over 47 mountains – Paddy Buckley winter record smashed!
Last night we chatted to Paddy Buckley winter record smasher Damian Hall who last week ran this snow-covered 61 mile route over 47 Welsh mountains to record a new time of 21 hours 30 mins. Damian is also a coach and sponsored by Inov-8 so he gives some excellent ultra...
Chamonix to Lac du Brevent trail run – Mont Blanc view, ace UTMB training (but I cheated!)
This was one amazing day of trail running above Chamonix in the French Alps with stupendous views of Mont Blanc in the background and a real toothy-white mountain horizon all the way around. We ran on stoney, grassy and muddy paths to Lac du Brevent which was a...