The Inspirational Runner Podcast

Podcast #58 Bobbie Irvine Takes on the Mind Bending Tunnel Ultra

A winner of the Inaugural Last one Standing, winner of the pairs escape from Meriden, competed in over 100 marathons and ultra marathons including Marathon Des Sables but he wouldn’t tell you any of this as he’s one of the most humblest, nicest guys you'll meet on course.

In this episode we breakdown last week’s Tunnel Ultra where Bobbie was the last one to DNF to finish in 3rd place having completed 189 miles, only 20 loops from the finish in arguably the hardest mental race in the UK & Ireland.

Podcast #57 Sean Smith Earns His Second World Major Marathon 6 Star Medal and Talks About his Experience in Boston 2013

We have Sean Smith from Newry Co.Down on the show this week, Sean has just earned his second 6 star medal by completing the world major marathons for a second time, I’m not aware of anyone else in Ireland who has achieved this amazing accomplishment so thought it was worth catching up and just having a chat about his experiences.

Sean hadn’t long crossed the finish line in Boston in 2013 when the two bombs went off, in this episode Sean talks us through his experience of the event and the chaos that it caused killing 3 people.

Podcast #56 Catherine Miskelly Moves into Uncharted Territory and Wins Last One Standing

We record this on International Women's day which is very fitting as Catherine steps into the uncharted territory to win the ladies section of Last one Standing by completing 109.2 miles which equalled the course record.

What makes this remarkable is the fact Catherine registered to support a friend who pulled out the day before with sickness and then she went on to win the race which shows what the body and mind can actually do once challenged.

LoS is a great race held at Castleward by the Atlas crew Sammy and Adrian Daye which was won this year by Peter Cromie who completed 172.2 miles, with Andy Persson pushing him to the last lap.

Catherine has really recoloured her life through running, I hope you enjoy this general chat about the race which I feel drawn to next year.

Podcast #55 Matthew Collins Boston 2018 and Awareness of Dementia Through Running

An exceptional runner Matthew has taken his marathon running from 3:18 to sub 2.59, then taking on a coach he leap frogged his performance down to 2:44 in a very short period of time.

He was there when it happened, Boston 2018 where he amazingly ran another sub 3 marathon in the worst possible weather conditions that could be thrown at you during a race.

His Sub 2:45 time has opened the door to London 2019 where he has set the goal of running a world record for the fastest marathon time dressed as a letterbox.

So why would you do such a crazy challenge well there is a very good reason, Matthew is hoping that through his race that he will bring awareness and help to raise funds for Dementia.

This is a serious disease that can effect a third of the elderly population, there is a stigma around this which Matthew is hoping to break down as awareness often leads to prevention.

You can support Matthew by helping his London Fundraiser for Dementia on the following link;

https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=postbox&pageUrl=1&fbclid=IwAR3NKkYDf65JphW3lHhgoZPMQzVv0RWE9fbf_yQR5kjR7bT3iPo5HJlyhf4

 

Podcast #54 Evan Scully 32 Years Old Living with Cystic Fibrosis, he's a Strength and Conditioning Coach to Numerous Olympic Medalists who has run a 67 min half marathon

We have a very informative episode this week from Evan Scully who is a remarkable individual, diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at an early age he is a successful strength and conditioning coach on the top flight working with over 100 Olympians including the likes of Mo Farah, Eliud Kipchoge and Haile Gebrselassie some of the biggest names in the sport.

In this episode we ask the question why try and make sport fair if you have genetic advantages, we creep around the world of illegal enhancements in the world of athletics, and we learn what its like to live with the most common genetic and life shorting disease Cystic Fibrosis.

Check out his blogs, and clinic...

https://www.evanscully.com/

https://www.scullytherapyclinic.com/

Podcast #22 Eileen Stewart It's never too late to set goals and pursue new challenges

Eileen has found her wellbeing improve since getting back into running at the age of 59, she is a determined woman who has taken on more challenges than she would like to admit battling four marathons in four days during the Donegal Quads at the beautiful age of 63.

It's all about the craic with Eileen, there is never a dull moment when she is around.....

Podcast #23 The Queen of marathon running Collette O’Hagan 10 marathon in 10 days, 100 miles and on path to run 600 marathons at the age of 68

Collette truly does shine a light for the rest of us to follow, she started to run at the age of 40 and has run almost 600 marathons which is an astounding amount for any person taking in her into an elite group of marathon runners.

I'm not sure there's to many have ran 100 miles or 10 marathons in 10 days at the age of 68.

Podcast #24 Paul Clarke and The Kerry way 200km Ultra two down and still not out

Another great episode for Podcast 24, Paul Clarke​ is an ultra runner from Kilkeel Co.Down who took part in the Kerry way 200km Ultra not once but twice, in this episode we hear what it’s like to take on a longer course and the highs and lows of getting to the finish line.

I loved this Podcast with Paul sometimes you just need to forget training plans and just run for the love it, you may be surprised how far you get.

Didn't really cut this so hope it comes across well just the way it is, I enjoyed listening to Paul's journey...

Podcast #26 Johnny Breen Leaves behind the stress of the corporate world for pain in the world of Ultra running

In this episode Johnny Breen talks about what it's like to leave the corporate world behind and walk down a different path towards helping others.

Johnny also talks about the sense of achievement but also the pain and agony of competing in the Belfast to Dublin 107 mile endurance race.

Podcast #28 Milo McCourt Ironman Legend and Pioneer

Welcome to Podcast #28 your in for another epic episode with a local legend on the Triathlon scene Milo McCourt from Infinity swimming in Camlough County Armagh.

Milo has helped introduce countless people into the world of triathlon including myself so I’m hoping that this episode plants a seed and inspires you to take to the water and bike before your run.