Welcome to Episode 15 of Trail Running Ireland. The show is hosted by Eoin Flynn, UTMB Finish Line Race Announcer and 10 times Irish International Mountain Runner. 

We´re delighted to announce a new sponsor for the show, COROS, who have made a massive impact on the global GPS watch market over the last number of years:

• They have recently launched the PACE 2, the lightest GPS watch ever made

• The COROS APEX won the 2019 Runner’s World Gear of the Year award

• The COROS VERTIX was awarded the 2019 Best Altimeter Watch by Outdoor Gear Lab.

Make sure to check out their new UK and Ireland website: https://uk.coros.com/ for more info and we look forward to working with them over the next few months.

First up in this weeks episode, Eoin chats to Simon Kelly from the Waterville Trail Running Festival about the Big Backyard Ultra and an amazing winning distance of 312 miles. As Simon explains, in this race, mental strength far out ways the need for speed.

(19m10s) Our expert trail running coach Rene Borg looks at the aerobic and anaerobic training systems and explains how we can often sabotage our easy aerobic runs, vital for improving performance, by going too hard.

Rene can be contacted at www.runningcoach.ie

(42m20s) For our feature interview, we talk with one of Ireland´s leading Sports nutritionists, Evan Lynch. Evan chats about:

• The performance impact of coffee and how to maximize it´s benefit

• General tips to detach our emotional state of mind from our eating habits

• What to eat pre and post training for maximum performance benefit

• Fasted training sessions and a fat fueled approach to training and racing

• How a 1% drop in hydration can lead to a 10% drop in performance

• His top 3 supplements

• Whether it´s ok or not to have a sweet tooth

Evan has also just launched a new platform aiming to break down the world of nutritional research & sports science, to put it in the hands of the masses.

Www.research-bites.com

The aim of research bites is to act as performance enhancing tool, a study aid and a resource for athletes, coaches and students.

Trail Running Ireland listeners can subscribe and use discount code MOUNTAIN50 to get the first month half price!

Finally, a special thanks to Basic Needs with Trail runner Shane O´Mahony from Cork on drums, for our very cool soundtrack.

Get your running gear on, let´s go!