Ep 11 - The Kerry Way Ultra: Special Report
b'Welcome to episode 11 of Trail Running Ireland. The show is hosted by Eoin Flynn, UTMB Finish Line Race Announcer and 10 times Irish International Mountain Runner.\\xa0\\xa0First up, Eoin chats to Simon Kelly from the Waterville Trail Running Festival who gives a first hand account of the fantastic trail running that went on in the Kerry Way Ultra this weekend with some spectacular race results to report on.Our expert trail running coach Rene Borg took part as a race participant in the Kerry Way Ultra and has a fascinating race report on many aspects of his own performance with some great racing, training and recovery tips for everyone. Rene chats about:\\xa0mental preparation for the race taking into account that replan his racing schedule this summerany concerns going down to race given the current environmentatmosphere come race daytraining preparation for the race and how he adjusted his summer schedulemental stressors leading up to race day and a tough physical challenge to overcome within 40 minutes of startingreview of the race coursepost race recovery strategies\\xa0A big thank you to our show sponsor, EcoTrail Wicklow.\\xa0https://wicklow.ecotrail.com/\\xa0Finally, a special thanks to Basic Needs with Trail runner Shane O\\xb4Mahony from Cork on drums, for our very cool soundtrack.\\xa0Get your running gear on, let\\xb4s go!'