This week we welcome Meryl Cooper into the ‘Don’t Mention the T Word’ studio.

Meryl is an International athlete in Trail Running.  Typically covering 80km-100km in a race, she is a perfect example of training and resilience from both a Physical and Mental perspective.

Meryl has many strings to her bow, as well as being an International athlete, she is also a PE Teacher and runs her own running, life and health coaching business which you can check out here www.merylcoopercoaching.com.

In our chat with Meryl we discuss her background and her route into trail running. We ask her what it takes to become a top trail runner and she tells us how she makes the most of every session to return the best long term results.

Since the recording of this episode, Meryl won the ‘British Athletics Ultra Trail Championships’ in the Lake District which was 100km long and included 3,200m of incline. This result not only made Meryl British Champion but also qualified her to represent Great Britain at the ‘World Trail and Mountain Running Championships’ scheduled to be in Thailand in November.

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