In the last episode James and Paul talked through the last part of their ATAK approach to challenging situations. They shared some detail on how they’ve made the approach work and when they haven’t had the awareness or control to turn a hard time into a good experience.

So the theory is good, but it can be really easy to stall at any step.

In this, the final episode of the series -  #TeamPyllon runner Ally McColl talks about his own views on ATAK. Ally has a few specific races in mind to illustrate the benefits and the potential blockers - both examples having very different outcomes!

If you’d like to join the team, work with a Pyllon Coach or buy a Pyllon training programme please check out the website at www.pyllonultra.com.

If you would like to collaborate with us please get in touch: [email protected]

If you liked the pod give us a 5* review below and drop us a line. The best feedback is hearing from you. We love to get your insight as to what the episodes and sprints spark in you. Follow us on socials @pyllonultra.

You can get Paul on @pyllon on all social media platforms and James is on Twitter @james_stewart13

To find out more about the support and coaching Pyllon offers go to www.pyllonultra.com

A to the motherfunkin' K homeboy!

We are busting our way towards the end of this series on our ATAK model for dealing with challenges in racing, training and life.

If you haven't already listened to the intro episode please start there!

In this episode we break the 12 min structure and have both James and Paul discussing the final piece of the jigsaw. In this episode they'll talk about:

• Why 'Kick Ass' is not an instruction but a state of mind

We'll do one more episode and be joined by one of our TeamPyllon athletes to discuss learnings and alternative approcahes.

If you’d like to join the team, work with a Pyllon Coach or buy a Pyllon training programme please check out the website at www.pyllonultra.com.

If you would like to collaborate with us please get in touch: [email protected]

If you liked the pod give us a 5* review below and drop us a line. The best feedback is hearing from you. We love to get your insight as to what the episodes and sprints spark in you. Follow us on socials @pyllonultra.

You can get Paul on @pyllon on all social media platforms and James is on Twitter @james_stewart13

To find out more about the support and coaching Pyllon offers go to www.pyllonultra.com

As we continue with Series 7 of the Sprint Pods, James Stewart is back, and he's taking ACTION!  

This is a follow-on from the last episode where Paul tackled 'Thinking', on our journey through our ATAK model for dealing with challenges in racing, training and life.

If you haven't already listened to the intro episode please start there!

In this episode James talks specifically about:

• The importance of acting on the awareness and thinking

We'll finish up the final part of ATAK in the next episode :)

If you’d like to join the team, work with a Pyllon Coach or buy a Pyllon training programme please check out the website at www.pyllonultra.com.

If you would like to collaborate with us please get in touch: [email protected]

If you liked the pod give us a 5* review below and drop us a line. The best feedback is hearing from you. We love to get your insight as to what the episodes and sprints spark in you. Follow us on socials @pyllonultra.

You can get Paul on @pyllon on all social media platforms and James is on Twitter @james_stewart13

To find out more about the support and coaching Pyllon offers go to www.pyllonultra.com

Next session will be diving deeper into KICKING ASS!!!

As we continue with Series 7 of the Sprint Pods, Pyllon Head Coach Paul Giblin returns to talk about the 'thinking mind' in racing - when things aren’t going as planned.

This is a follow-on from the last episode where James tackled Awareness, on our journey through our ATAK model for dealing with challenges.

If you haven't already listened to the intro episode please start there!

In this episode Paul talks specifically about:

• Decision-making and strategy

Some of these might end up as separate longer-form conversations, but provide some areas to be aware of in the heat and emotions of racing.

If you’d like to join the team, work with a Pyllon Coach or buy a Pyllon training programme please check out the website at www.pyllonultra.com.

If you would like to collaborate with us please get in touch: [email protected]

If you liked the pod give us a 5* review below and drop us a line. The best feedback is hearing from you. We love to get your insight as to what the episodes and sprints spark in you. Follow us on socials @pyllonultra.

You can get Paul on @pyllon on all social media platforms and James is on Twitter @james_stewart13

To find out more about the support and coaching Pyllon offers go to www.pyllonultra.com

Next session will be diving deeper into ACTION!

We are back! Series 7 of the Sprint Pods is underway.

These are short podcasts around the 10 minute mark to give you something to think about as you move through your training and racing.

If you haven't already listened to the intro episode please start there! We'll be talking about an approach to dealing with tough times in racing, and developing an approach to take your race craft to a new level. We call it ATAK.

In the first main episode James tackles AWARENESS. You can't begin to sort an issue if you don't know exactly what you are facing and accepting that there is indeed a problem. It's a key stage in improving your situation and weighting up options - which we'll talk about in the next episode.

As always, our thinking is always adaptable to normal life outside of running too. So please dig out those headphones and let us know what you think. 

If you liked the pod give us a 5* review below and drop us a line. The best feedback is hearing from you. We love to get your insight as to what the episodes and sprints spark in you. Follow us on socials @pyllonultra.

You can get Paul on @pyllon on all social media platforms and James is on Twitter @james_stewart13

To find out more about the support and coaching Pyllon offers go to www.pyllonultra.com

Next session will be diving deeper into THINKING!

We are back! Series 7 of the Sprint Pods is on its way.

Short podcasts around the 10 minute mark to give you something to think about as you move through your training and racing.

In this introduction James will introduce a Pyllon-specific approach to overcoming challenges when you are out there in the heat of racing or just trying to work through a tough training plan or session.

As always, our thinking is always adaptable to normal life outside of running too. So please dig out those headphones and let us know what you think. 

James talks ATAK!! :)

If you liked the pod give us a 5* review below and drop us a line. The best feedback is hearing from you. We love to get your insight as to what the episodes and sprints spark in you. Follow us on socials @pyllonultra.

You can get Paul on @pyllon on all social media platforms and James is on Twitter @james_stewart13

To find out more about the support and coaching Pyllon offers go to www.pyllonultra.com

Next session will be diving deeper into AWARENESS!

Pyllon Ultra Podcast. 

BONUS EPISODE.

This isn’t the start of the next series of our shorter sprint pods. We just couldn’t miss the opportunity to talk about a pretty special run from one of our Pyllon athletes - Romy Beard.

Running a West Highland Way is a big under-taking for anyone. But Romy decided to tackle the High Route, which like the trail, finishes in Fort William.  It just has significantly more ascent, covers some seriously rough ground and is a navigation challenge all of its own!

Romy was kind enough to share some of her adventure with Paul, and John (her coach at Pyllon). 

Not to be missed! :)

You can connect with the Pyllon Ultra team on twitter and instagram @pyllonultra or check out the website at www.pyllonultra.com 

Paul is on Twitter and instagram @Pyllon

John is on instagram @johnconnolly

We are ready to wrap up this Sprint series of pods on the subject of belief and confidence. 

Paul and James finally get together again to chat through any thoughts and learnings from the last series. Some useful discussion including:

- How James has built his confidence ahead of his race this coming weekend

- How you can buy into believing more of the positive self-talk

- Why self integrity is crucial

- Some useful tools for building confidence

If you liked the pod give us a 5* review below and drop us a line. The best feedback is hearing from you. We love to get your insight as to what the episodes and sprints spark in you. Pyllon is on socials as @pyllonulotra.

You can get Paul on @pyllon on all social media platforms and James is on Twitter @james_stewart13

To find out more about the support and coaching Pyllon offers go to www.pyllonultra.com

We will shortly be recording the summary of the last series of Sprint Pods, and we'd love to hear from you, as we can then discuss any observations and comments. 

This is a medley of the sprint series as a reminder of what we discussed. It's all 5 episodes in one handy podcast - it's centred on confidence and identifying how and where you can sharpen up your mind so that you can train better and race more effectively.

If you liked the pod give us a 5* review below and drop us a line. The best feedback is hearing from you. We love to get your insight as to what the episodes and sprints spark in you. You can find us @pyllonultra and can reach Paul on @pyllon on all social media platforms and James @james_stewart13

To find out more about the support and coaching Pyllon offers go to www.pyllonultra.com

Welcome back to the Pyllon ultra Pod. 

If you've listened to the last few episodes you will already be aware that we are focusing on confidence and self belief in this series of short podcasts. 

This is the last of the short episodes in this series. Paul takes back the mic to talk about the threats to our self-belief and why it's important to improve your own awareness so that you can better handle these threats when they come knocking.

In the series finale - James and Paul will get together to spend a bit more time reviewing the series and asking some of the questions we know you have. Please feel free to get involved and send us any of your questions or observations and we'll try and cover them off in the next week. 

If you liked the pod give us a 5* review below and drop us a line. The best feedback is hearing from you. We love to get your insight as to what the episodes and sprints spark in you.

Join us on instagram: @pyllonultra

Join our Team Pyllon Facebook group

You can get Paul on @pyllon on all social media platforms and James is on Twitter @james_stewart13

If you listened to Episode 3, there's some further reading on the Pyllon Ultra website.

To find out more about the support and coaching Pyllon offers go to www.pyllonultra.com

Thanks for listening.