Lizzie Wright is an online female performance coach who looks to help empower women to create healthier and happier lives.

We talk about her upbringing and early years which helped shape who she became.

And about her journey into the corporate world before taking a U turn and becoming a personal trainer.

We also talk about her own experience with endurance.

And her willingness to give things a go regardless of outcome.

Knowing that the journey will always be more powerful than the end outcome.

Plus much more.

To see what I am up to go to @olliewmccarthy on Instagram.

For enquiries email: [email protected]

Less than 3 months out James talks to us how training has gone for "The Worlds Toughest Mountain race"- The Dragons Back.

We talk over how training has effected things like work, relationships and his social life.

The importance of his recce days down in Wales.

Plus his thoughts and feeling about the race ahead.

Along with much more.

To follow James go to Instagram- @rightmindfitness

To follow me - @olliewmccarthy.

Email- [email protected] for enquires.

To see what I am up to go to @olliewmccarthy on Instagram.

For enquiries email: [email protected]

This week we speak to Chasing Ele who is a marathon runner and blogger.

We talk about what got her into running in the first place.

Why she decided to start blogging about her experiences.

And how she is currently recovering from injury.

To check out more about Ele visit her Instagram: @chasingele

To hear more from me go to @olliewmccarthy on Instagram.

To see what I am up to go to @olliewmccarthy on Instagram.

For enquiries email: [email protected]

This is the first Episode of Season 2.

In this episode I talk about my most recent race the North Coast 110.

The race started well but half way in started going downhill.

I discuss the mistakes I made and the learning points I got from it.

Plus what I am planning on working on moving forwards.

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This week I am wrapping up the season and talking about the future of the podcast plus how you can help. I will also be going over my own training and explaining my decision to pull out of my main race for the year.

To see what I am up to go to @olliewmccarthy on Instagram.

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The Dragons Back is a race which follows the mountains running from north to south of Wales.

Revered for its brutality and high attrition rate the race has been coined as the "Worlds Toughest Mountain Race" which chews up and spits out many accomplished ultra marathon runner.

James Bezant- a good friend and fellow PT decided to take on the race after hearing about it from his cousin and being in the area when the race was being run.

His intrigued turned to motivation which then drove him to enter the race and enter into over a year long training plan.

We talk to James about what made him decide to do the race and how he plans to train.

We also talk about his transition from someone who mainly lifted weights and did minimal running to a fully fledged "runner."

Another awesome episode with loads of great insight to what it takes to train to endure.

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In Episode 3 we talk to Nathan Moorey.

Nathan took on Marathon Des Salbes last year and had a tough yet positive experience.

We touch on the difficulty of have the event cancelled or postponed for several years in a row and how he dealt with that.

We also touch on the training process and hw he juggled work/life around it.

Plus his experience of the event itself- “The Worlds Toughest Race.”

Tune in for that and much more

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For the 2nd episode of Training to Endure we speak to Steven Andrews.

Steven has climbed and trekked in multiple countries.

He has climbed the highest freestanding mountain in the world and the highest trek-able peak in the Himalayas.

We talk over his experiences while training for and completing these huge challenges.

And how he naturally found himself completing tools such as visualisation and breaking tasks into smaller manageable chunks when put under stress

We also touch on how he has used adverse health to motivate himself to push the limits of what he can achieve.

An awesome episode and some great lessons in tools and techniques to use when facing challenging situations.

Let us know your thoughts and what parts you took the most from.

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Todays episode covers why I started a podcast and what I want to get out of the process. I also talk about my personal experience with training for endurance and my next big race.

To see what I am up to go to @olliewmccarthy on Instagram.

For enquiries email: [email protected]