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.

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After being our most downloaded guest ever a few short weeks ago, we welcome Kevin English (@kevin_english29) back to the Any Given Runday Podcast to discuss all the tips you need for the Dublin Marathon this Sunday. 

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Eric sits down with Seán 12 hours after doing his first Ironman to relive all the ups and downs going through his first ever Ironman. 

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A goal that Eric has had for years, doing his first Ironman, will be attempted this Saturday in Portugal.

In this episode, the lads talk about Eric's prep for the event, what he would do differently, what he felt has worked for him and more.

As well as how Chicken McNuggets and McFlurrys could lead to World Records...

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This week on the Any Given Runday podcast, the lads are joined by Celina Stephenson to talk about all things slow running in the lead-up to the London Marathon in April.

You can follow Celina's journey through her Instagram page @celinastephens0n as well as her Runners High Running Club @runnershighlondon

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 We have running coach Kevin English on the podcast this week, which makes for a great listen, especially if you are entering your final stages towards the Dublin Marathon

Kevin trains runners of all ability levels, from achieving your first marathon to breaking. sub 3 and more.

- Berlin Marathon with his athletes over the weekend and why Kipchogue may not be the greatest of all time...

- How Kevin got into marathon running...

- Why people don't like 5ks and the training they should be doing to get better at them

- The Great World Race

- How Kevin's approach to coaching marathon runners has evolved over the last 5 and a half years

- How to make your training more specific to your goal

- Approach to tapering for a marathon

- Kevin's number 1 rule for his athletes

- Thoughts on cross-training

- Why 80/20 approach to running may not always be the answer

- A plan for nutrition for the Dublin Marathon

- Why 'carb loading' should not be left until the night before the marathon

- Hidden Gem races in Ireland

For more details on getting coaching from Kevin, you can follow him on Instagram @Kevin_English29 as well as his website kevinenglishrunning.ie

Kevin is also a seller of Maurten gels, which Eric has been using for his IronMan training, that are available on his website as well

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On his birthday, Eric headed into the Phoenix Park to take on the Dublin Half Marathon.

The lads discuss the event itself along with:

- The next steps for those during tapering, 

- A pet peeve Eric had while running the race, that Seán also agrees with, despite doing it in EVERY training session

-  Basing your race off heart rate training

- Using HR to try to predict when you might hit the wall

- Using gels and when NOT to take a salt tablet or you might suffer severe consequences! 

- Setting yourself up for the Dublin Marathon in 5 weeks' time and much more in this week's episode of the podcast

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After coming 19th in her age category for the Ironman World Championships, Rachael joins the lads on this week's episode of the Podcast to talk about her experiences in Finland.

We talk about:

- Her training leading up to the Ironman 70.3 and anything she would have done differently

- Whether she followed her fitness statistics on her watch to monitor her progress and how she decided when to take days off/monitor her training load

- Her approach to each stage of the Ironman and whether she had any pre-race nerves

- Why there were so many people in the penalty tent and how you can get disqualified from the race

- Crossing the finish line and setting new goals for herself.

Congrats again to Rachael on a phenomenal race! 

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On this week's episode of the Podcast, Seán informs Eric about one detail for the Dublin Marathon that we are convinced he was the last person to know about!

From there, Eric talks about his struggles to get back on track after the Lost Sheep, and Seán talks about his charity event over the weekend - doing 2000 pull-ups in aid of Jigsaw, Youth Mental Health on World Suicide Prevention Day.

https://gofund.me/2000PullUpJigsaw

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In this episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast, Eric takes us through not only his longest triathlon to date but also his most challenging race to date, The Lost Sheep Triathlon.

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