The Inspirational Runner Podcast

A winner of the Inaugural Last one Standing, winner of the pairs escape from Meriden, competed in over 100 marathons and ultra marathons including Marathon Des Sables but he wouldn’t tell you any of …

We have Sean Smith from Newry Co.Down on the show this week, Sean has just earned his second 6 star medal by completing the world major marathons for a second time, I’m not aware of anyone else in Ir…

We record this on International Women's day which is very fitting as Catherine steps into the uncharted territory to win the ladies section of Last one Standing by completing 109.2 miles which equall…

An exceptional runner Matthew has taken his marathon running from 3:18 to sub 2.59, then taking on a coach he leap frogged his performance down to 2:44 in a very short period of time.

He was there wh…

We have a very informative episode this week from Evan Scully who is a remarkable individual, diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at an early age he is a successful strength and conditioning coach on the …

Eileen has found her wellbeing improve since getting back into running at the age of 59, she is a determined woman who has taken on more challenges than she would like to admit battling four marathon…

Collette truly does shine a light for the rest of us to follow, she started to run at the age of 40 and has run almost 600 marathons which is an astounding amount for any person taking in her into an…

Another great episode for Podcast 24, Paul Clarke​ is an ultra runner from Kilkeel Co.Down who took part in the Kerry way 200km Ultra not once but twice, in this episode we hear what it’s like to tak…

In this episode Johnny Breen talks about what it's like to leave the corporate world behind and walk down a different path towards helping others.

Johnny also talks about the sense of achievement but…

Welcome to Podcast #28 your in for another epic episode with a local legend on the Triathlon scene Milo McCourt from Infinity swimming in Camlough County Armagh.

Milo has helped introduce countless p…

There is one place on earth that scares most elite ultra runners, and that’s Frozen Head State Park near Wartburg Tennessee.....so what is it that drew Michael Shiels from Kilkeel Co.Down to take on …

We have a special guest on the show this week, he holds many world and Irish records in the world of ultra running such as;

World record holder for the fastest crossing of Ireland on Foot, 550km runn…

Welcome to podcast #31 I was on the edge of my seat listening to Paul and his achievements on the road to becoming the 1st Irish man home in the marathon during the 2016 Rio Olympics, not only is Pau…

his week we speak to Brian Bell from Wicklow who currently lives in County Louth, I have been intrigued by Brian’s adventure he truly is Ireland’s answer to Ranulph Fiennes

In this episode Brian tal…

Another great episode this week as we speak to Zak Hanna from Dromara Co.Down Newcastle AC.

I have watched Zak scale the Mourne Mountains during the Hill & Dales taking many wins so its no surprise t…

Kerry is an amazing athlete and she only took up steeplechase when she was 30, with a lot of consistent focused hard work 5 years later she found herself on the biggest stage in athletics Rio 2016 Ol…

For anyone who run Dublin marathon on the weekend your going to enjoy listening to podcast #35 Michael Fox from Newry an exceptional runner who let it slide finding himself 3 stone over weight, with …

Mick is an amazing athlete having qualified for Rio Olympics in 2016 but form had left him meaning that he had an under par performance, the lack of form didn’t last long with a series of PBs to foll…

Recovered from Cancer twice, Ali’s ran around 100 marathons which includes jet setting off to Australia for the weekend, a sub 3 in a naked triathlon suit in London, back to backs, he crashed out in …

At the age 38 Finbar buys a bike to get to work, starts a little swimming and the odd run, two years later in 2014 he enters Try a Tri and rapidly progresses through the sport of Triathlon by not onl…