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b'Welcome to episode 9 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 Richard Nunan, Secretary of the Irish Mountain Running Association. Richard is at the Trial Race for the World Mountain Running Championships Long Distance event. The race took place on a scorcher of a day at the Ballyhoura Peak Marathon in Limerick and it included a few surprise comeback performances.\\xa0\\xa0(15m00s) Our expert trail running coach Rene Borg is back this episode and takes a deep dive into one of the most important training sessions you can do as we prepare to get racing; the \\u201clong run\\u201d. One of our key questions, does it always need to be done on a Sunday!?\\xa0Rene can be contacted at www.runningcoach.ie\\xa0(36m00s) For our feature interview, we speak with Salomon Running athlete Zak Hanna, the star of Irish Mountain Running over the shorter courses over the last few years. Zak talks to us about:\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0His recent back to back stunning performances against some of the best runners in Europe in the mountains of northern Italy and how he recovered from one race to the next within less then 24 hours.\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0How the trip went given the current covid-19 climate and how racing itself was affected.\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0How he turned a bad situation positive and lived like a pro-athlete for the last few months.\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0His thoughts on trying to become a professional runner\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Some great tips for anyone new to the sport\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0His drive and ambition to keep on getting better and stronger.\\xa0\\xa0A big thank you to our show sponsor, EcoTrail Wicklow, taking place on Sept 26th 2020.\\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!'