This week we talk to Basil Heaney, an accomplished ultrarunner who co-founded the charity Into Ultra.

Basil was a latecomer to ultrarunning but has slowly crawled his way up to being a mid/back-pack runner finishing many gnarly multi-day races in the UK and Alps but also with an impressive collection of DNFs too. No GB vest or FKT but has small corner in the record books of being only person (foolish enough) to complete the Spine and Arc of Attrition back-to-back.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How basil came into the sport
• How he selects the races that he wants to do (hint, if it is tougher, or longer then it's a yes)
• The difference between the distances and what makes 200+ mile races special, in a
• Why the charity Into Ultra was formed and what it's mission
• How you and others can get involved (and probably should)
• The impact that Into Ultra has had on people

Please check out the website at www.intoultra.org.uk to find out all about them and also @intoultra on Instagram or email at [email protected] While you are there you could also check out the very cool Kit Squad that we talk about here: https://kitsquad.co.uk/

As always, if you are looking for coaching, please get in touch here: https://teamrunrun.com/coach/david-taylor-irvine-scotland-running-coach/ and we can talk over how I can help you. You also get a 20% discount on the coaching if you mention the podcast and put WCUltra in at the payment stage. Bargain :)

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