The Coaching Roundtable
The road to a successful trail run or ultra race is littered with bumps, falls, and numerous other failures. Every runner has faced debilitating injury, equipment failures, blisters, gut upset and sleepless weeks on that journey to success. Hidden inside each little mistake is a unique opportunity to learn.
This podcast is about persistence, dedication, and a sprinkling of inspiration to get you out there winding along the trails, to achieve your wildest dreams.
Join us each episode here at The Coaching Round Table.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 51
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
27. Self talk for runners
In today's episode our coaches delve into the world of self talk and how it can make or break your race. We look at the power of the mind, with a conversation about adopting a growth mindset versus f…
26. How do you stay satisfied?
Ultra runners like to push themselves to new limits and levels all the time but when is it enough? Should we always be pushing to go further or faster or more wild or more technical? How do we find c…
25. Women's Safety
*Trigger warning*
In this episode the coaches talk all about women's safety in the context of running in public places like trails and roads. Isobel leads the discussion on this incredibly important …
24. Minimalist Running
Too many gadgets, devices, apps, fancy shoes and gear have made running quite expensive and complicated so in today's podcast our coaches talk about how we can make running more simplistic to redisco…
23. Are you over doing it in training?
We've all done it from time to time. A little too much mileage, a little too fast, a little too often. Thats right, today we are talking all about over reaching and over training. What is it, how doe…
22. Dealing with injuries
Injuries are an unfortunate reality of running. In today's episode our coaches unpack the physical and mental realities that go along with being injured.
21. Listener questions
In this episode we discuss some of YOUR questions about running and training. If you have a burning question you would like discussed just post it to our Facebook page or email it to us at coachingro…
20. Running as we get older
Getting old is inevitable and presents some considerations for all athletes if they want to keep on running and maintaining a healthy lifestyle well into old age. Today, our old and wise coaches wade…
19. Stress and running
How does stress impact your running? How does running impact your stress? How do we nurture the mind and body to cope with life stress, especially during times of emotional upheaval?
This week's epis…
18. The Power of the Long Run
Why should distance runners run long? How far and fast should our long run be? When should we run long?
Our coaches delve into this interesting and always relevant topic and explore the nuisance arou…
17. Nutrition for Runners
In this episode, the coaches talk all about food and nutrition for runners. It is just as important to fuel for our training and everyday lives as it is for race day nutrition. We discuss how we eat …
16. Strength training for runners
In today's episode, our coaches cover a range of topics including, the new 5000 metre world record, Ashley climbing mountains, Daniel running an impromptu ultra and Isobel talks about her 3km time tr…
15. Longevity - How to run for the rest of your life
In this episode, our coaches talk about what it takes to become a healthy runner for life. Isobel talks about her 3km time trial and how she is approaching her training on 1 hour a day. Ashley climbs…
14. Optimising your training
As Victoria goes into Stage 4 Lock down this week due to rapidly increasing Covid 19 infections, our coaches talk about Isobel's experience and how she will approach training for ultra distances on o…
13. Speed Training for long distance runners
Do you have a need for speed? If you are a training for a 5km, 10km, marathon or ultramarathon (or any distance in between), there is a good chance you do have a need for speed.
In this episode, we …
12. Base Training
In today's episode we cover a lot of ground! We go into the basics of 'Base Training'. What is it? Why is it important? How do runners build a solid base so that they can be the best distance runner …
11. Running/Life lessons
Running enormous distances teaches us many things about ourselves. On this episode of the Coaching Roundtable we share the biggest lessons we have learned from running. Things get deep on this one as…
10. Dealing with DOMS and recovery
This week, our coaches delve into the world of recovery as they look at DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) and many other aspects of recovery.
9. Staying motivated and committed to training through tough times
Listen in as our coaches talk about motivation, commitment and what it takes to keep training with consistency through difficult times. Also, Coach Daniel goes into detail about his calendar club run…
8. Measure versus magnitude
In this episode of the podcast we talk about the things that give us value as runners and how it influences the choices we make in training and racing. A deep and insightful episode.