Trail Running Ireland Podcast
218 episodes Last Updated: May 30, 25
Welcome to Trail Running Ireland, a podcast for the Trail and Mountain Running Community in Ireland. The show is hosted by Eoin Flynn, UTMB Finish Line Race Announcer and 10 time Irish International Mountain Runner.
First up in every episode, Eoin brings us the latest race results from around Ireland.
Post results, UKA qualified mountain running coach and professional trail running guide and race director Rene Borg joins us to help make you a stronger and faster Trail and Mountain runner. Rene can be contacted at www.runningcoach.ie
Each episode also features a special guest interview.
We´re here for you the listener so don´t hesitate to get in touch and finally a special thank you to band Basic Needs with Trail runner, Shane O´Mahony, from Cork on drums, for our very cool soundtrack.
Get your running gear on, let´s go!
Episodes
May 30, 2025
Ep 113 Highlights Show - Captain of the Wicklow Way Relay Champions 2025 - Nick O´Donoghue from East Cork AC
Welcome to the Episode 113 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.We had a Wicklow Way Relay special last week as we chatted to Nick O´Donoghue, Team Captain of the new Triple Crown winners from East Cork Ac after their 3 in a row win last week.A realy enjoyable listen.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go.
Welcome to Episode 113 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.We´ve a Wicklow Way Relay special this week as we chat to Nick O´Donoghue, Team Captain of the new Triple Crown winners from East Cork Ac after their 3 in a row win last Saturday.We also talk to our coaching expert René Borg who was on the ground, on the race organisation side, enjoying a fantastic day of racing in glorious Wicklow sunshine. Can´t wait to hear all about it.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go.
Welcome to the Episode 112 Highlights show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.On last weeks show we talked to the new record holder of the 130k race at the Waterville Trail Running Festival, Ross Donovan.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast
Welcome to Episode 112 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.On we this weeks show we talk to the new record holder of the 130k race at the Waterville Trail Running Festival, Ross Donovan and René Borg from Running Coach Ireland talks to us about adapting to racing in the heat and how heat exposure can actually be a massive performance enhancer.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast
Welcome to the Episode 111 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.On last weeks show we spoke to an athlete who is racking up big finishes at UTMB World Series events one after another and who has just smashed out a top 10 finish at Istria by UTMB in Croatia, Chris Toner was with us last week, enjoy.Check out our Social Media pages for our competition to win a free entry to The Western Yards, the Connacht Backyard Ultra Championship event in Clarinbridge on May 31stEveryone, get your running gear on, lets go. www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast
Welcome to Episode 111 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.On this weeks show we talk to an athlete who is racking up big finishes at UTMB World Series events one after another and who has just smashed out a top 10 finish at Istria by UTMB in Croatia, Chris Toner is with us this week and René Borg from Running Coach Ireland will be chatting to us about how terrain impacts our Trail running form and how we can recruit different muscle groups to help us adapt.Listen in also for our competition to win a free entry to The Western Yards, the Connacht Backyard Ultra Championship event in Clarinbridge on May 31stEveryone, get your running gear on, lets go. www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast
Welcome to the Episode 110 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.In last weeks episode we looked at the role of Artificial Intelligence in running, can it help us train better and race faster, Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland helped take us through this one.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast
Mar 28, 2025
Ep 110 - Can AI help us train better and race faster? - with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland
Welcome to Episode 110 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.In this weeks episode we look at the role of Artificial Intelligence in running, can it help us train better and race faster, Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland will help take us through this one. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go. https://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcast
Welcome to the Episode 109 Highlights Show of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.Our special guest last week was Nicola Soraghan who chatted to us about her numerous top 10 finishes at some of the biggest Trail races in the world such as Transvulcania, Istria 100 by UTMB, Doi Inthanon The Thailand by UTMB race aswell as being a clear winner of the recent IMRA Leinster Winter League with a perfect score of 3 wins from 3. Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go.
Mar 07, 2025
Ep 109 - Multiple Top 10 finishes around the World and recent Leinster Winter League Winner Nicola Soraghan
Welcome to Episode 109 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.In this weeks episode we look at what the research tells us about executing best race strategy, is it best to push hard on the uphill or is it best to save the legs for a fast descent, Rene Borg from Running Coach Ireland will tell us more.Our special guest this week is Nicola Soraghan who has numerous top 10 finishes at some of the biggest Trail races in the world such as Transvulcania, Istria 100 by UTMB, Doi Inthanon The Thailand by UTMB race aswell as being a clear winner of the recent IMRA Leinster Winter League with a perfect score of 3 wins from 3.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go.