Dave Stuart - Western States 100 and Bad Boy Running

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode we speak to Fiona Pascall. If you’re not familiar with Fiona already, then you will be soon. Fiona has had a whirlwind introduction to the UK ultra-running scene over the past couple of years. During the last 2 years Fiona has gone from Bob Graham mule to Lakes 24 record holder! She wins pretty much every race she enters and is fresh from winning @centurianrunning Wendover Woods 50miler in the last few weeks. ...

1 Joulu 202250min

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode of the Ultrarunning Sam Podcast we speak to Dr Martin Jones - expert in all things sleep! Martin has spent many years studying the effects of sleep and sleep withdrawal on athletes and soldiers around the world. We dive into why as ultra- runners we need to focus on the superpower that is sleep and how we can optimise it in our training. We speak about how to approach multi day events and the inevitable lack of sleep. We talk power na...

11 Marras 20221h 9min

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode of the Ultrarunning Sam Podcast we speak to Andy Blow from Precision Fuel And Hydration. Andy had a long career in IRONMAN with multiple top ten finishes and an Xterra age group world championship title to his name. But after lots of issues with sodium loss and dehydration he decided to do some experimenting to try to improve his performance in the heat. That was the birth of Precision Fuel And Hydration! Over the next decade A...

15 Loka 20221h 9min

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode I speak to Danny Bent. Danny has made a name for himself as an adventurer and a writer. He spends his time helping to make people happy with his motivational speaking and all-round big personality. Danny was once voted Britain's happiest person, listen to find out why! URS @ultrarunning_sam @hometrails_ http://www.youtube.com/@ultrarunningsam

8 Loka 20221h 9min

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode we speak to Paul Booth the nutritionist to the elites. Paul gives us the inside info on what Damian Hall fuelled with during his recent TdG. We speak about avoiding GI issues, heat acclimation and how to reverse the mid race nausea. We speak about ways to drop body fat in a safe way and ways to build a strong fuelling strategy for ultras of any length. Paul is a super knowledgeable guy and knows his onions! (literally) A must liste...

28 Syys 20221h 28min

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode of the ULTRARUNNING SAM podcast we speak to Allie, Lorna and James about Run Britania! We talk to James about route planning and juggling being a Rat Race employee whilst simultaneously running the event they are testing! Lorna and Allie give us the inside knowledge on what it takes to run 1000 miles in a month to cover the full length of Britain! Allie speaks about her prep, James speaks about his lack of prep and Lorna tells...

24 Syys 20221h 10min

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode of the new and improved Ultrarunning Sam Podcast, we speak to Damian Hall AKA Ultra Damo. We speak about his recent Jim Walmsley (taking a wrong turn) in TDG and the resulting 24 hour Deja vu episode. We talk about all things Spine Race, cups of tea and why he keeps coming back to Edale for more long course punishment. Obviously we had to also speak about the causes close to his heart and how we can all do our bit to encourage our b...

21 Syys 20221h 5min

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ On this episode of the Understanding Ultra podcast I speak to Jody Raynsford. Jody is somewhat of a ultra-running pioneer in that he popularised the MDS, was a vegan runner way before it was trendy and he founded one of the original podcasts about ultra-running - Bad Boy Running! In this episode we speak about his route into ultras, his career as a running journalist and how he’s now become a marketing genius! We dive into his book ‘How to start a cu...

26 Elo 20221h 35min