GAA & Marathon Training

For our 200th episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast, the lads bring on one of the best running coaches in the country, Emmett Dunleavy (@emmettdunleavy on Instagram)

Emmett Dunleavy is the owner/running coach at Perfect Pacing as well as a distance coach at UCD AC, Senior Club Coach with Kilcoole AC, Run Coach with Belpark Triathlon, Coach Educator with Athletics Ireland and Part of Irish Team Management for Senior International Championships.

With that resume, needless to say Emmett has A LOT of coaching experience, and he brings it all to this week's episode with tips on how to build your own race season, intervals, altitude training, working with Olympian David Gillick, thoughts on how slow is too slow/junk miles and much more.

To see more about Emmett's coaching plans, go to his website linked below:
PerfectPacing.com

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https://www.instagram.com/anygivenrundaypodcast/

This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, the lads are joined by Ger Redmond (@GerRedmond5 on Instagram). Ger is an Irish Professional Athlete as well as a coach at Coolock Running Club and Oberstown Children Detention Campus.

From signing up for an Ironman 6 months in advance with no swimming ability to dealing with his childhood trauma, doing Hell Week, coming back from breaking his neck in a Triathlon, setting up Coolock Running Club along with Another Way 5k and much, much more this is an episode you don't want to miss

We also get a little bit into his coaching philosophies as well. Having trained athletes to run a sub-3-hour marathon, Ger certainly has the credentials to back up his no-nonsense approach. You can find out more about hiring Ger as your coach through his website:

GerRedmond.com

We have had a lot of inspirational guests on the podcast over the last few years, and Ger is right up there at the top. So much so that after Ger talks about his next goal, it pushes Seán over the tipping point to sign up for his next big event... but we promised not to say on the podcast, so you're just going to have to listen for that one!

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This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, we chat with Caroline Hassett (@ahousebythetrees on Instagram), who takes us through her running journey that went from a 3:54 Dublin Marathon in 2017 to multiple sub 3-hour marathons in 2023, all while juggling busy family life as a mother of 4.

If you've ever had the goal of running a sub-3 hour marathon, this is definitely the podcast episode for you as Caroline talks about how she was patient with her running, starting with just easy runs for her first marathon and then how she progressed her training over the last few years to achieve a sub 3 hour marathon in Berlin and to follow that up with another sub 3 hour marathon the next month in Dublin

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The lads review Seán's first 50k, the Donadea 50k, over the weekend and how it lived up to its hype as one of the best ultra marathons in the country!

This week on the Any Given Runday, we welcome long-distance and Irish International runner Ian Fitzgerald (@ian_is_running_1 on Instagram) to the show

Having finished 2nd in the National 50k Championships last year in Donadea, what better time to have Ian on the podcast with that race coming up again this Saturday... at least that's Seán's opinion anyway as he picks Ian's brain for all the help he can get come Saturday!

We also talk to Ian about:
- Going from a 3:46 marathon to aiming for a sub-2:30
- Running gear/runners
- Running a 100k for Ireland in 2023 and how hot water helped save his race
- The Dublin Endurance Project, a sub-elite training group
- His thoughts on the Berlin Marathon and how it compares to Dublin
- How to avoid burnout in running
- Running for speed vs running for speed endurance
- His approach to training, tempo runs and pacing for the long run
- Running with Inner City Running
- Running with his local club, Donore Harriers

And so much more

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This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, we welcome Alicia from @She.Summits.TrailRunning on to the podcast.

Alicia set up She Summits in 2019 to help support women and people from different backgrounds in trail running.

They have done over 200 events with over 1,500 women and people from different backgrounds attending. Events have included providing trail runs in the Dublin & Wicklow Mountains, race recces for events such as the Art O'Neill Challenge and the Wicklow Round as well as navigation for Mountain Runners with 1.Step.More and Adventure.ie.

Alicia also talks about her own running, competing in events such as the Limone Skyrace in 2022 as well as the Seven Sisters Skyline.

We also talk about the 100km Wicklow Round event that covers 26 peaks and other trailing running events, especially those ran through IMRA, that people may be interested in doing

You can find more details about their events, including the Summit Supports programme, on their website: shesummits.net

On a special Thursday episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast, the lads chat to ultra runners Keith Russell and PJ Meehan about the upcoming Hellevation Backyard Ultra in Tipperary in April.

A Backyard Ultra (6.7km loop every hour on the hour) is a great way to get a new PB distance on the legs, whether that's your first half marathon, full marathon, 50 s or even 100 miles inside 24 hours.

The lads talk about what to expect from the race, including a nearby Coffee Coop, camping, crewing, tips for the course and more

If endurance running is a goal for you and you want to take part in an up-and-coming sport in this country, then Hellevation is a great starting point!

To sign up, go to:

www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=12115

There is a discount code for signing up: keith1

And for more on the event, follow Hellevation and Keith Russell on Instagram at @hellevationrunning and @Keith___Russell

On this week's episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast, the lads talk to high performance junior coach, Joe Ryan 


Joe, from Mullingar Harriers, has worked with some of Ireland's leading Junior and U23 endurance athletes, including John Fitzsimons, Cian McPhillips and Cormac Dalton

On this week's episode of the podcast, Seán talks about his Half Marathon over the weekend in Donadea and how he feels it sets him up for the 50k next month.

Eric talks about feeling uneasy putting himself out there for reels on his 'Fatman to Ironman' journey before we introduce our guest for this week's episode, whose journey is similar to Eric's in that he moved away and set up his own business along with having, and completing, Ironman aspirations, David McAllister

David, originally from Belfast, completed the Belfast marathon and his first Ironman in Mallorca before making a big change in his life.

He, along with his wife, packed up and headed for the sunshine. He set up a Burrito business in Spain and talks about his journey back into Ironmans to get fit while trying to run a successful business and learn a new language.

He completed 3 Ironman events in 2023, including going sub 11 hours in one of them and credits his success to his coaching through Rideland Endurance Training

On this week's episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast, we are previewing the Art O'Neill event coming up this Friday. While we could just look back at everything Seán did wrong at his first crack at the event last year, we decided to record this episode with someone who has not only completed the Art O'Neill but also completed it THREE times, finishing in the top 10 for females last year and is doing it again this year! 

That person is endurance runner Ciara Smullen.

In this episode, we break down the training for the event, the gear you should have for it, tips and tricks along the way to help you navigate, as well as breaking down each segment of the race itself.

If you're doing the Art O'Neill Challenge this Friday or have ever been interested in knowing more about it, this is the episode for you!