Any Given Runday

Before we talk about today's episode of the podcast, we want to say a huge thank you to our members in the Any Given Runday Run Club that continue to run and push each other each and every week on the group. This episode serves as an appreciation episode to you guys.

This past weekend was the 5k PB attempt for a lot of our running group members. Seán talks about his 5k PB attempt and how anything can happen on 'Any Given Race Day.'

The Seán and Eric then talk about the advice they have received from others in the running group as well as how they have progressed over the last few weeks and how great it was to see their journey and results over the weekend.

The lads talk about their struggles and being humbled doing Yoga sessions with Dani in the group, especially with the strength training element brought into the Yoga session this past week. Thanks, once again, to Dani for the last 4 weeks of Yoga training!

What's next? With the country opening up more now with gyms, pubs, hairdressers etc you may think it's time to wind down this social distancing running club? But with the community feel we have gotten over the past few weeks, we have decided to make things even bigger! Keep an eye on our social media pages for a plan to push towards a 10k PB very soon!

Thank you for listening to this week's episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast. If you are enjoying the episodes, we ask for a little favour in that could you leave a 5-star review on iTunes. This will help us get bigger and seen by more potential listeners of the show.

And thank you again to everyone that has put themselves out their in our running group and documented their stories.

To get involved in the running group and contact us on social media, check out our link below:

https://linktr.ee/AnyGivenRunday

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We have a very inspiring podcast for you guys today as Ciara Beuster takes us through her journey from not evening knowing you could sign up for a half marathon to finishing a full Ironman and qualifying for the Half Ironman World Championships.

Having never met Ciara before but hearing in his circle of friends how Ciara has inspired others to take up running, Eric knew he had to get Ciara on the podcast.

In this episode, Ciara takes us through her journey into running from signing up for her first marathon in Dublin, multiple marathons in Berlin (including hitting a 3:28 Marathon PB), signing up for a full Ironman, having never done a triathlon at the time of signing up, how she got on during that Ironman, how she faired in the Half Ironman World Championships and her advice for anyone that wishes to take up running.

You can check out even more about her journey by clicking on the link to her blog below, that we talk about in this podcast episode:

https://journeytochallengegalway.wordpress.com/2016/04/04/believe-you-can-and-youre-halfway-there/

We are also into the last week of our 5k PB Challenge, which includes our last Yoga with Dani session this Thursday. To get involved in our run club, be sure to click below:

https://linktr.ee/AnyGivenRunday

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In this episode, after a short catch up with Seán and Eric the first shop they went into since Covid-19, Eric's Running Knee Injury and practical stretches they learned from Dani's Yoga session with the Any Given Runday Run Club, it's into today's episode as Conor Nolan talks to the Fitness Goose, Andrew Moore.

Andrew is a FlyeFit Personal Trainer who ran his first-ever Marathon in Greenland. In this episode, he talks about his experiences doing his first marathon, dealing with the cold and adventures in Greenland, advice for pre-race nutrition, and how to adapt from a gym-only programme to incorporating more running into your training.

You can join our running club, which will continue to have Yoga sessions with Dani for the month of June, by following the link below:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/anygivenrunday/

#AnyGivenRunday

The Ultrapure 5K Running Bundle is a must have for your running routine. Shop HERE

Get the AGR Ultrapure Sprint Bundle HERE with the exclusive AGR Bobble Hat!!

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 over 15 years of experience, they're one of Europe's most experienced performance testing providers.

Find out more or book your test at myhealthmatters.ie.

In this week's episode, Seán and Eric look to the Any Given Runday Running CLub for motivation for the podcast as Reuben posts in the group about getting up at 4:30 am to run a marathon through the mountains.

Reuben has been a member of the running group from day 1 and has helped motivate the group by documenting his progress. In this podcast, he talks about:

 - Why he did he run a marathon distance through the mountains this past Saturday
 - His first experience with the Dublin Marathon (after a horrific injury) that almost put him off running forever
 - The importance of being around like-minded people when getting involved with running
 - His previous running mistakes and what advice he would give to people setting out to run more now
 - Why he decided to compete in a Half Ironman
 - The welcoming community of triathlons after he competed in his first one.
 - His training journey to his first Half Ironman and the lofty goals he set
 - His future goals, one of which Eric has committed to do with him in the future.

This podcast episode, like the running group its self, is all about motivating each other to just do it and not always be concerned with the numbers, as long as you are pushing yourself.

To get involved with the running group, check out:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/anygivenrunday

#AnyGivenRunday

The Ultrapure 5K Running Bundle is a must have for your running routine. Shop HERE

Get the AGR Ultrapure Sprint Bundle HERE with the exclusive AGR Bobble Hat!!

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 over 15 years of experience, they're one of Europe's most experienced performance testing providers.

Find out more or book your test at myhealthmatters.ie.

ALTAR Speed Dust is engineered to keep fuel in your tank so you can go faster, farther and longer than ever before. Use the code AGR15 to get 15% off at checkout (excludes bundles).

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In today's episode, Seán and Eric are humbled by the self-proclaimed 'travel agent for guilt trips' as they have Danielle Griffin on to talk about what they have neglected most in their training plans: Stretching.

Danielle Griffin is a Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist who is trained in many types of yoga (Hatha, Ashtanga, Sports, Prenatal, Kids, Babies in Yoga Medicine) and also trained in Myofascia Release Techniques which adds to her sports classes to loosen up & recover faster. She is a Sports Yoga Teacher and additionally has completed Sports Yoga Training with Sarah Ramsden (Ryan Giggs Yoga teacher). With Sports Yoga Training she can design cross-training classes to work on mental focus, strength, mobility, breathing, relaxation, flexibility to enhance stamina, endurance and prevent injury. Sports Yoga is designed as a complement to your given sport give you more ease to move and recover quicker and improve your performance, mindset, ability and enjoy a longer career.

Get your pen and paper put for this one as Dani drops a ton of practical information that is going to help you become a better runner and help reduce your risk of injury.

Seán and Eric talk about why they haven't done enough stretching and yoga in their running and Dani tells them why and how they should work Yoga and complement it with their routine [4:10]

How Yoga can help you go from feeling good to feeling great after a run [7:25]

How long you should spend on stretches at the end of your run [12:15]

The best and easiest thing you can do for myofascial release while listening to this podcast or even watching Netflix, that will help the entire back length of your body [13:30]

The correct amount of pressure and time when massaging the muscles [15:00]

Why you need to spend more time stretching the soles of your feet [20:50]

The connection between yoga and improving sports performance, what a sports yoga session is like, the importance of the breath and how flexibility and strength go hand in hand [23:45]

How to balance yoga session with running and S&C work [33:15]

In the last 5-10 minutes of the podcast, we talk about bringing Dani in as our Yoga coach for live Zoom sessions with our Any Given Runday Run Club members for the next 4 weeks. The sessions will be on every Thursday at 8:30pm. We talk about what to expect in these sessions and how they will benefit you.

Click on the link below to get access to our Running Group on Facebook. There is still time to get involved in the 5k Challenge too as we are only in our second week of the challenge

https://www.facebook.com/groups/anygivenrunday/

And be sure to check out Danielle Griffin too:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellegriffinyoga/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellegriffinyoga/

The Ultrapure 5K Running Bundle is a must have for your running routine. Shop HERE

Get the AGR Ultrapure Sprint Bundle HERE with the exclusive AGR Bobble Hat!!

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 over 15 years of experience, they're one of Europe's most experienced performance testing providers.

Find out more or book your test at myhealthmatters.ie.

ALTAR Speed Dust is engineered to keep fuel in your tank so you can go faster, farther and longer than ever before. Use the code AGR15 to get 15% off at checkout (excludes bundles).

altarfuel.com

We continue the "Lawless Files" as Eric interviews Rachel Farrell on her journey from meeting Eric at Lifesaving in college to trying out triathlons and leading up to the Half Ironman World Championships in Nice and more.

Rachel talks about how, when she had met Eric in college, she never ran or did any cycling. She tried her first triathlon a few years ago in Athone and fell in love with the sport.

From there, Rachel joined a triathlon club and, despite her main goal being to lose weight, she signed up for an Olympic distance triathlon and felt like she was going to get sick at the end of it. Rachel decided to sign up for a half Ironman to help her motivation to train over the winter months. She finished second in her age category and was told that she qualified for the World Championships! She didn't even know what that was or that she could qualify in that race!

From there, Rachel takes us through what it was like to compete in the World Championships, her triathlons in Ireland and why she had to the half Ironman over here again, how she views her training as a lifestyle now, the support she has gotten and a message to everyone in our running group pushing themselves for a 5k Challenge!

Once you listen to Rachel's episode, you're going to be motivated to push yourself with your own goals. And while there is no immediate races to sign up to, you can get involved in our Running group where we are building towards a 5k PB (or your first 5k) at the end of June.

To get involved, check out this link below:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/anygivenrunday

And be sure to follow us on social media to see everyone's progress:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anygivenrundayofficial/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anygivenrundayofficial/

#AnyGivenRunday 

The Ultrapure 5K Running Bundle is a must have for your running routine. Shop HERE

Get the AGR Ultrapure Sprint Bundle HERE with the exclusive AGR Bobble Hat!!

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 over 15 years of experience, they're one of Europe's most experienced performance testing providers.

Find out more or book your test at myhealthmatters.ie.

A short solo episode from Seán on this one. With the Dublin Marathon cancelled this year, it's really thrown a spanner into the works for what this podcast was meant to be all about.

There are far worse things going on so we're not going to cry about it. But we are going to adapt.

Seán talks about the initial plans and the long term future for the Any Given Runday Podcast as well as plans that the group have.

Then he talks about adding direction to the Any Given Runday Run Club and how it was initially only a short term project.

So, with the lack of races in 2020, we're going to set our own goals for the year. Starting with a 5K Challenge to get a PB. We've got 5 weeks to train for it, with a Challenge Day set for the end of June to attempt a PB.

To help get the most of the challenge, join our Facebook group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/anygivenrunday

And, as promised in the podcast, here's a link to 5k Challenge eBook:

Any Given Runday 5k Challenge eBook

And join us on Social Media to see your progress as well as everyone else over these next 5 weeks:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anygivenrundayofficial/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anygivenrundayofficial/

#AnyGivenRunday 

In this episode of the Any Given Runday podcast, Conor breaks down the training he has been doing for the last 6 weeks to get down to a sub 20 5k. Seán also talks how to reduce common running injuries.


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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anygivenrundayofficial/

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The Ultrapure 5K Running Bundle is a must have for your running routine. Shop HERE

Get the AGR Ultrapure Sprint Bundle HERE with the exclusive AGR Bobble Hat!!

The Lawless files continue as Eric interviews his friend and endurance runner enthusiast, Austin Doyle.

In this episode, Austin takes Eric through his running journey and epic challenges. From being a rugby player and struggling to do a full lap to getting into long-distance running and challenges such as the Quest 12 (a 147km bike/run on Carrauntoohil to be completed in under 12 hours and the Art O'Neill Challenge (a 53km running challenge up the Dublin/Wicklow mountains).

You're guaranteed to want to go running and challenge yourself after listening to this episode!

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anygivenrundayofficial/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anygivenrundayofficial/

#AnyGivenRunday 

The Ultrapure 5K Running Bundle is a must have for your running routine. Shop HERE

Get the AGR Ultrapure Sprint Bundle HERE with the exclusive AGR Bobble Hat!!

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 over 15 years of experience, they're one of Europe's most experienced performance testing providers.

Find out more or book your test at myhealthmatters.ie.

After recording an episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast, unknown to the rest of the team (and accidentally), Seán lets the recording continue.

This leads to an unscripted, unedited, very open and honest conversation about all things running.

From Eric's sweet tooth being a main motivator behind running to Aaron's struggles with running and real reasons for buying the Garmin watch along with Conor's heart rate when pushing himself to a sub 20 minute 5k, it's a real eye-opener of an episode that we hope you enjoy.

We will publish the intended episode on running injuries and prevention in the near future along with a detailed account of Conor's intervals pushing towards the sub 20 minute 5k.

With no marathons or runs insight, the lads are setting weekly goals while adhering to social distancing first and foremost. With no running groups or races, it can be hard to stay motivated. Which is why they have set up a Facebook group and weekly run targets: 5k Mondays, Interval Wednesdays and Long Run Weekends. You can get involved too by clicking on the link below:
 
 https://www.facebook.com/groups/anygivenrunday

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anygivenrundayofficial/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anygivenrundayofficial/

#AnyGivenRunday 

The Ultrapure 5K Running Bundle is a must have for your running routine. Shop HERE

Get the AGR Ultrapure Sprint Bundle HERE with the exclusive AGR Bobble Hat!!