Welcome to Episode 32 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.

This week we chat to Noel Brick, co-author of the book The Genius of Athletes, written with Runners World writer Scott Douglas.

Noel is chartered psychologist, a lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Ulster University, and a Researcher on the psychology of endurance performance.

The premise of the book is two-fold. First, successful athletes have a toolkit of mental strategies that help them to perform at their best. Second, once learned, these techniques can be adapted to overcome challenges in everyday life. 

As a runner, Noel has completed more than 30 marathons and ultramarathons, including Dublin, Berlin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Ultra marathons Marathon des Sables and the Kerry Way Ultra (200km).

We also chat with René Borg from RunningCoach.ie about finding a training philosophy best suited to you as well as some thoughts on Trail Running becoming an Olympic support.

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