No Finish Line

No Finish Line

By John O'Regan - Ultra Runner & AdventurerHealth & FitnessFitness
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No Finish Line episodes

  • Keith Lane - Kerry Way Ultra.
    Keith Lane won the Kerry Way Ultra 2022 in a Course Record time of 21:18:31.  This was Keith's third time taking part and his third time on the Podium with an ever increasing time from the application of lessons learned from his training and racing.
    In this episode we talk about Keith's training to include the mental as well as the physical and discuss how he takes his training from the lab to the mountains.
    Keith also talks about his race preparation and he gives some good takeaways for anyone wanting to be competitive in this or any other race.  If you listen with an open mind you will see that the strategies discussed in this episode can transfer to any sport or beyond.
    1 hr 12 min
  • Scott Jenkins - The Uk's 200 Mile Man

    Scott Jenkins is a Welsh male Ultra Runner, motivational speaker and philanthropist. He favours races of 200 Miles or longer and has finished 15th out of the 227 finishers at the Moab 240  in Moab, Utah, behind winner Michael McKnight. Jenkins's finish was the fastest on record for a British finisher.

    Scott has Raced and Crewed at some of the most challenging Races out there and in this podcast we talk about how he plans and executes his race.  We talk about the importance of a good crew and how to also be that good crew.  There were a few questions I wanted to ask but I also got a few answers I wasn't expecting.  I let the interview happen rather than just going through a list of prepared questions.

    Races Include:

    Badwater 135

    Bigfoot 200

    Moab 240

    Cocodona 250

    Instagram: @scottjenkins


    For more information on Scott's chosen charity:  https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/scottjjenkins


    1 hr 7 min
  • Keith Russell - Backyard Ultra, Race of Champions

    Irishman Keith Russell claimed second place in the gruelling Race of Champions Backyard Masters in Germany.

    The race began last Saturday morning and participants had to complete a 6.7km lap every hour, running it as fast or as slow as they wanted, while ensuring they were back at the start line on the hour mark to go again. Any runner who failed to finish a lap recorded a DNF (did not finish).

    In the early hours of this morning, Russell's race came to an end at 89 laps, covering an astonishing 597km in 66 hours, 14 minutes and 22 seconds.

    Russell started running in 2016 with his daughter Alanna, who had spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy, and ran the 2017 Dublin marathon, pushing Alanna in a special running chair.

    The pair raised more than €60,000 for the Meadow's Children's Respite Centre in Navan, but tragically, Alanna passed away six weeks after the marathon.


    #backyard ultra #backyardultra #ultrarunning #marathon


    1 hr 20 min
  • John Belton: The Ice Ultra - Cold Weather Racing
    Coach John Belton talks about his experience in the Ice Ultra. During the conversation we discuss the Arctic Environment and the hazards hidden by its beauty. We talk more about what can happen during a race like this rather than just this race. Cold weather injuries and strategies for survival also get a mention. What is the Ice ultra? It’s a 230km race split into 5 stages taking in Arctic tundra and frozen lakes all set against a back drop of white topped mountains.
    The days are short and the course is long; runners should expect long periods running in darkness, following a marked route by head torch, under skies free of light pollution and filled with stars and sightings of aurora.
    As a self-sufficient race you are responsible for carrying your entire kit, including food, safety equipment and a minimum of 1.5 litres of water which can be re-filled at checkpoints along the stages.  You’ll need some specialist gear to take on the conditions the Arctic Circle can throw at you.
    Accommodation each night is provided by way of remote huts and teepee tents with open fires for warmth.
    1 hr 15 min
  • Ed McGroarty- Ultra Runner / The Ultra Mindset
    Ed McGroarty an Irish International Ultra Runner from Lifford, Co.Donegal.
    Ed is the Irish 24hr Record holder with a distance of 256.570Km set in Belfast Victoria Park in October 2021 and he also holds the 24hr Indoor Record with a distance of 249.761Km set in Espoo Finland in February 2020.  He also holds the Record for the FKT (Fastest Know Time) for running the length of Ireland starting at Malin Head in Co.Cork and finishing in Malin Head Co.Donegal, a distance of 570Km which he covered in 3days 1 hour and 55 minutes.
    Ed is a very unique Character and I have know him for quite a few years and have witnessed his journey and progression from Marathon Runner to one of the best ever Irish Ultra Runners.
    56 min
  • Shaun Stewart - Multi-Sport Athlete
    SHAUN IS A MULTI-SPORT ATHLETE CURRENTLY COMPETING IN SINGLE AND MULTI-DAY ADVENTURE RACES AND TRAIL RUNNING RACES THROUGHOUT IRELAND AND INTERNATIONALLY.
    IN 2018, SHAUN WAS CROWNED NATIONAL ADVENTURE RACE CHAMPION WITH A STRING OF VICTORIES IN THE IRISH ADVENTURE RACE SERIES.
    ALONG SIDE THESE RACES, SHAUN ALSO TAKES ON PERSONAL ADVENTURES IN COLD AND MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS.
    www.shaunstewart.com
    Instagram: @shaunstewart1
    Races Referenced in Podcast:
    Gael Force - https://gaelforceevents.com
    Quest Adventures - https://www.questadventureseries.com
    Westport Sea to Summit - https://www.westportsea2summit.ie
    For all your Outdoor needs - www.greatoutdoors.ie
    1 hr 15 min
  • Dr Sharon Madigan, Performance Nutritionist.

    Dr Sharon Madigan is Head of Performance Nutrition at Sport Ireland and works with the Irish Olympic Team.  She is well-known for her work as a performance nutritionist for the High Performance Boxing team and has worked with young boxers and the international team who have had numerous successes at European, World and Olympic games since 2003. She has also worked with the Ulster Rugby team, club and county GAA teams (including Donegal) and currently works with the Olympic Council of Ireland as a member of the sports science and medical team. 

    Twitter @madigan_sharon 

    Instagram @sharon_madigan

    55 min
  • Ricki Wynne - Ultra Trail
    A very insightful and honest interview with Ultra Trail Runner, Ricki Wynne.  There are lots of useful takeaways from this episode as Ricki talks about his attitude to training and racing.  We also talk about the psychology of racing and how he has dealt with injuries and other setbacks.
    You can follow Ricki on Instagram @rickiwynne10
    56 min
  • Jason Black: K2 Mountain Summiteer & Endurance Athlete.
    Internationally renowned global endurance athlete and successful high altitude mountaineer Jason Black has spent the last 30 years as a high performance athlete having scaled the world’s highest mountains and raced to the end of the earth.  
    His accomplishments include summiting Mt Everest and the most technical and dangerous mountain of them all, K2.  
    The fatality rate on K2 is 25% compared to Everest with 6.5%. The main reasons why K2 is a tougher climb than Everest are the lack of Sherpas, support, fixed ropes and claimable routes.
    K2 also has more unpredictable weather and more frequency of avalanches. Then there’s the technicality and immediate steepness of the climb and the logistics of the climb and trek.
    At 8611 meters, it’s the second highest peak in the world, bested only by Everest at 8 848m. 2008 brought on one of the greatest tragedies in mountaineering history when 11 climbers died on K2 in a single day.
    www.jasonblack.ie
    Instagram @jasonblack_athlete
    1 hr 34 min
  • Paula Wright: Couch to 220K - Ultra Running
    10 years ago, the 36 year-old Paula was struggling with a life-threatening health condition, seriously overweight due to a debilitating form of diabetes contracted during pregnancy. She was on a cliff edge, her confidence shot, and the prospect of not being there to watch her kids grow up a genuine concern.
    “When my youngest was one, so I’m talking around 2011, I realised that I had a serious problem because I was just that heavy, so I decided I’d start walking. And walking didn’t really do anything, I started a bit of swimming, that didn’t work, I started diets and they would make the weight drop a bit but you can’t live with the diets – you have to live normally as well. So then I decided that’s it, I’ll start running, because I did like a running a bit before.”
    The literal and metaphorical distance Paula has travelled over the past seven years is borderline inconceivable. After all, her beginnings in the sport were humble, in the most extreme sense.
    “I couldn’t run past two lamp-posts before I was out of breath - I was so bad, I was so out of breath, I was just so out of shape. It took me well over seven or eight months before I could run from 0 to 5k, but the first 5k was actually the hardest.”
    This is a small part of her story adapted from the Nenagh Guardian.
    You can follow Paula's journey on Instagram @paulawright_runner
    1 hr 1 min

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With John O’Regan, Ultra Runner & Endurance Athlete.