Paul Maskell is a Cornish ultra runner and paramedic who, amongst his many successes, has represented Great Britain at the 24 Hour World Championships where he ran 156 miles (251km). On this episode Paul tells us about how he got in to running, his experiences running the Arc of Attrition and Grand union Canal, the fact that drunk people seem to appear at every race he competes in, 24 hour track competition, getting lost, and the Cornwall Air Ambulance service.

John Mergler is a multi-discipline endurance athlete, adventurer and triathlon legend. John has run over 100 Ironman events and won in his age category at the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii in 2010. In 2017, he and his partner Debbie embarked upon the Iron Century, an attempt to complete 100 Ironman distances in 100 days (Debbie did half Ironman distances and subsequently set a world record). After being based in Australia for a number of years, John has recently returned to his Cornish homeland and very recently competed in the the BOYD 24 hour endurance race.

On this special before and after episode Jay and Tris talk about their experiences planning for and running The Plague, a 100km ultra marathon on the South Cornwall coast path which was held on Saturday 7th August.

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Jamie Stephenson is a well-known face on the Cornish running scene because he is very often the reason why it’s impossible to place first in a trail race down here. On this episode we talk about Jamie’s current training plan, his success at the Serpent Trail 50k, pacing and sweeping, pushing yourself to the limits (if there is a limit?) his plans for 2022, and - in an emotionally charged section of the episode - how much Jamie’s older brother Tristan has been an inspiration to him over the years ;-)

Andrew McCauley is a physiotherapist and strength and conditioning coach based in Truro, Cornwall. He is the founder of ProCare Sports Medicine, Cornwall’s only sports medicine clinic, which combines up to date sports science with strength and conditioning practices to assist with training goals, diagnose and rehabilitate injuries and help prevent injuries in the first place. On this episode we discuss how strength and conditioning can help runners, the differences between strength and power, the psychology of pain, tips for building strength, and much more.

https://procaresportsmedicine.com/

Vassos is a radio broadcaster, author and ultra runner. He has been the sports corespondent for the Chris Evans Breakfast Show for a decade and he also hosts the Parkrun Podcast. He has written three books on running including the bestselling ‘Running up that Hill, the highs and lows of going that bit further’. We talk jetpack injuries, the ethics of global travel and climate change, running the Lake District, the art of badly pacing an ultra, the 153 mile Spartathlon, Phidippides, Cretan ultra running and the Arc of Attrition.

Tracy Waite is an endurance runner and fitness and lifestyle coach who was recently awarded Personal Trainer of they Year for the South West of England. Based in Cornwall, she loves nothing more than spending back to back days running very long stretches of Cornish coast path.

http://www.personaltrainerincornwall.co.uk/

A special edition episode where Jay interviews Tris about his preparation for the Freedom Racing Salomon Serpent Trail 100k, which was held on 3rd July 2021, followed by a race de-brief that reveals how Tris got on plus some other stuff about toenails.

Mike McKNight is a Salomon sponsored ultra endurance athlete who specialises in the 200 mile distance and multi-day FKTs. He was the winner of the Triple Crown in 2017 and 2019, ran a 100 miles with zero nutrition in 2020, then took on the 486 mile long Colorado Trail FKT, which was fully documented in the new ‘Broken to Breaking’ film on YouTube.

Jeri is an extreme ultra distance runner, and the owner of Red Dot Running store and Fat Bird events based out of Singapore. On this episode we learn about Jeri’s introduction in to ultra running in Cornwall leading to her experiences running 400km+ ultras all around the world. We also discuss risk management and death, how to deal with a stampede of highland cows, backyard ultras, recovering from injury and napping.