Welcome to episode 20 of Trail Running Ireland. The show is hosted by Eoin Flynn, UTMB Finish Line Race Announcer and 10 times Irish International Mountain Runner. 

First up is a special segment on Strength Work for Running with Head Coach from Running Coach Ireland René Borg. What type of strength work is needed, when to do it and why are just some of aspects of strength training we touch on.

For our feature interview, we chat to Ireland´s World Champion on the mountains, John Lenihan.

In this special interview, dedicated to John´s old friend and fellow Kerry running legend Jerry Kiernan, John chats about:

• His great memories training with and racing against Jerry
• Being at peace on the mountains despite not racing on them like before
• Where you´ll find him on the Kerry Way Ultra every year
• His fantastic memories of the time he conquered the World and became World Mountain Running Champion
• His racing and training before becoming World Champion
• Some of the reasons why he had such a long and successful career

New Patreon page to support the show

https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast

We will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners. With this Patreon page, we simply ask that if you would like to make a contribution to the show to help cover costs and a small recognition for the hours put in to produce the show, we would be very grateful and will continue to do our best to produce great content for you. 

And check out our new Podium Run feature!!

Thank you for your support of the show, good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!