Welcome to Episode 127 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.

It´s Trail Running Ireland awards time and on this weeks show we chat to Seanie Clifford who has just been up and down the country delivering awards to this year´s winners. Tune in to find out who won what!

Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go.

Welcome to the Episode 126 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.

Last week we had the winner of the Bauers Megabackyard Funrun down in Waterville, Co. Kerry, Wayne McGuigan. Fun Run it aint as Wayne needed to run 220km to get the win. Tune in for a really enjoyable and insightful chat with Wayne.

Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. 

Welcome to Episode 126 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.

We are back and in our first show of 2026 we have the winner of the Bauers Megabackyard Funrun down in Waterville, Co. Kerry, Wayne McGuigan. Fun Run it aint as Wayne needed to run 220km to get the win, can´t wait to hear more and we have as ever, our coaching guru René Borg to chat to us about January being the riskiest month of the year in terms of Training and the decisions we make!

Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. 

Welcome to the Episode 125 Coaching Special of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store.

In last weeks show we spoke with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland to talk about our most important coaching lesson of the year, Consistency, not Perfection, is King.

Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. 

Use code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports nutrition and supplements needs on Irish Store www.newleafonline.ie where mountain runner and proud UTMB finisher Mairead O´Keefe and the team will be more then happy to help you out. 

Welcome to the Episode 125 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store.

In last weeks show we spoke with the new President of the Irish Mountain Running Association, Liam Vines who talked to us about his new role, his love of the mountains and his thoughts on helping steer IMRA into 2026.

Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go! 

Use code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports nutrition and supplements needs on Irish Store www.newleafonline.ie where mountain runner and proud UTMB finisher Mairead O´Keefe and the team will be more then happy to help you out. 

Welcome to Episode 125 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store.

In this weeks show we´ve got the new President of the Irish Mountain Running Association, Liam Vines to talk to us about his new role, his love of the mountains and his thoughts on IMRA in 2026 and we have René Borg from Running Coach Ireland to talk about our most important coaching lesson of the year, Consistency, not Perfection, is King.

Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. 

Use code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports nutrition and supplements needs on Irish Store www.newleafonline.ie where mountain runner and proud UTMB finisher Mairead O´Keefe and the team will be more then happy to help you out. 

Welcome to the Ep 124 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store.

In last weeks show we had a coaching special as we discussed How to Train Muscular Endurance Without Losing Your Aerobic Base with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland.

Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go!

Use code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports nutrition and supplements needs on Irish Store www.newleafonline.ie where mountain runner and proud UTMB finisher Mairead O´Keefe and the team will be more then happy to help you out. 

Welcome to Episode 124 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store

In this weeks show we´ve got a coaching special as we discuss How to Train Muscular Endurance Without Losing Your Aerobic Base with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland

Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go!

Use code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports nutrition and supplements needs on Irish Store www.newleafonline.ie where mountain runner and proud UTMB finisher Mairead O´Keefe and the team will be more then happy to help you out. 

Welcome to the Episode 123 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store

In last weeks show we had the man of the moment, John Kinsella talking to us about his successful training block this summer which resulted in:

• an excellent run at the World Trail and Mountain Running Championships being the 2nd Irish runner home in the 45km Short Trail Race
• 2nd o45 at the World Masters Mountain Running Championships
• and then going on to win the 045 Title at the National Marathon Championships 2 weeks ago in Dublin in a time 2h26m
• aswell as coaching the new sensation of Irish Athletics, Ava Crean to the Marathon National Senior Title at just 19 years of age

Lots to talk about with John - everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. 

Use that code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports nutrition and supplements needs on Irish Store www.newleafonline.ie where mountain runner and proud UTMB finisher Mairead O´Keefe and the team will be more then happy to help you out. 

Welcome to Episode 123 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast, sponsored by New Leaf Online Heath Store

In this weeks show we’ve got the man of the moment, John Kinsella talking to us about his successful training block this summer which resulted in:

• an excellent run at the World Trail and Mountain Running Championships being the 2nd Irish runner home in the 45km Short Trail Race
• 2nd o45 at the World Masters Mountain Running Championships
• and then going on to win the 045 Title at the National Marathon Championships 2 weeks ago in Dublin in a time 2h26m
• aswell as coaching the new sensation of Irish Athletics, Ava Crean to the Marathon National Senior Title at just 19 years of age

Lots to talk about indeed with John and then as always we have the excellent René Borg from Running Coach Ireland talking to us about the fourth performance pillar after  VO₂max, lactate threshold, and running economy — Resilience.

Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. 

Use that code “FuelUp” uppercase or lowercase for 10% off all your sports nutrition and supplements needs on Irish Store www.newleafonline.ie where mountain runner and proud UTMB finisher Mairead O´Keefe and the team will be more then happy to help you out.