The Pyllon Ultra Pod

WE ARE BACK.

A special podcast this week. James chats to Paul about his first week on the end to end trail from the luxury of a Travelodge near Bristol. 

The end to end trail is a challenge to run from Lands End …

Regular listeners will know that we often steer an impulsive path on this podcast. It’s about running, by runners but for more than runners. And this week Paul and James got into a conversation about…

Straight outta lockdown Paul Giblin and Graham Connolly decided to take on the Cape Wrath trail. Their aim was simply to run it in under four days. If you don’t know what the Cape Wrath trail is like…

DOING THE INTERNAL WORK!

In the last episode of this series we talked at length about cognitive biases, how and why we might be conditioned without really being aware of it, and how these gaps in our…

Now it is time for Paul and James to go deeper into the subjects they promised at the Series 3 kick-off. This one will be very different from series 2. There are no guests - it is just the two of th…

We are kicking off a new series of the podcast. As we said in the last episode, we want to make the most of the time that we put into these episodes by talking at length about some of the areas in tr…

Paul and James catch up on the second lockdown, running 1,000 miles in a week and the new Pyllon Exposure race

It's been a couple of months since we last recorded.

We recorded this bonus episode as w…

Paul and James talk about what they learned speaking to some of the best athletes in the world

It's been a couple of months since we last recorded.

This episode (the final of the series), we get back…

An interview with Elite athlete - David Hauss

It's been a few weeks since we recorded. But this show's guest is a world class athlete. David Hauss finished 4th at the 2012 London Olympics in the tria…

Pyllon Ultra Pod, Series 2 Episode 4 Show Notes

Episode 4: Running is My Religion

There are few runners in the world as tough and as accomplished as the Lithuanian legend Gediminas Grinius. The …

Episode 3: Maximising performance

We go to the other side of the world, in a virtual sense of course this week as Paul and James get down to chatting with the incredible 3x triathlon world champion …

Pyllon Series 2 Episode 2: Frederick van Lierde, belief is earned and goes a long way

In partnership with Compressport, Series 2 continues with an interview with former Ironman World Champion, Bril…

Series 2 Episode 1, with Compressport: 'Find your why' with ultra runner Mike Wardian

Well, that escalated quickly. Series 2 of the Pyllon Ultra Pod has kicked off and we have a couple of big chang…

Pyllon UP Episode 7: A retrospective with a great guest

That is it done. Series 1 is over and we end on a high being joined by the incredible Kaz Williams to reflect on the previous 6 episodes in th…

Pyllon Ultra Pod: BONUS EPISODE

We take a step back and have a conversation about what we have learned from the last 6 episodes of the podcast and about the direction we'd like to take next----more-…

Pyllon Episode 6: Where there is hope there is optimism. Or is there?

After last week’s chat on adventures Paul and James had a lightbulb moment when debating what subject to discuss next. The energ…

Pyllon Ultra Pod, Episode 5 Show Notes

Episode 5: The epicness and fun of planning your own running adventure

This Episode, Paul and James change the subject to adventures and experiences. More and…

Pyllon Ultra Pod, Episode 3 Show Notes

Episode 3: Adaptability Part 2

It’s Part 2 of Paul and James’s chat on adaptability. This time it’s Paul’s turn to be quizzed and the conversation moves aroun…