Training to Endure
This podcast aims to explore what it takes physically and mentally to train for and complete endurance based activities.We will interview guests plus explore different topics within the podcast with host Ollie McCarthy.
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 34
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Taking steps towards change with Chevy Rough
Chevys story is an interesting one.
From ice skating every weekend as a kid.
To falling into the party lifestyle as a city boy.
From drink, drugs and depression.
To finding walking as a catalyst to chang…
The Dragons Back with James Bezant
In our final episode with James we talk to him about his epic race through the Welsh Mountains- The Dragons Back.
We go through a day by day account.
Talking about the highs, lows and lessons he learnt…
Lessons from 2023, a sneak peak of season 3 and my next big challenge.
Hey team,
Welcome to Season 3. Today I discuss my 3 biggest lessons from 2023.
I also very briefly talk over some of the guests I have lined up for 2024.
And touch upon my next big challenge.
If you want…
Season 2 Finale- Q+A, recap and looking forward to 2024
Todays episode is the last of the Season.
It's also the last of 2024.
I recap who we have spoken to so far. Talk about Season 3. And also answer some of the questions that got sent in. Such as my favou…
Eliot Ward- Going all in
Eliots story is an inspirational one.
From playing football to squash to becoming a professional cyclist.
And now to becoming successful in business.
There is one thing that links all of these things an…
Lizzie Wright- empowering women, ultramarathons and training to endure life.
Lizzie Wright is an online female performance coach who looks to help empower women to create healthier and happier lives.
We talk about her upbringing and early years which helped shape who she becam…
Final stages of preparation for the Dragons Back with James Bezant
Less than 3 months out James talks to us how training has gone for "The Worlds Toughest Mountain race"- The Dragons Back.
We talk over how training has effected things like work, relationships and his…
Chasing Ele- Running marathons, writing blogs and recovering from injury.
This week we speak to Chasing Ele who is a marathon runner and blogger.
We talk about what got her into running in the first place.
Why she decided to start blogging about her experiences.
And how she i…
The North Coast 110- Training to Endure
This is the first Episode of Season 2.
In this episode I talk about my most recent race the North Coast 110.
The race started well but half way in started going downhill.
I discuss the mistakes I made a…
Season 1 Finale
This week I am wrapping up the season and talking about the future of the podcast plus how you can help. I will also be going over my own training and explaining my decision to pull out of my main ra…
Training for the Worlds Toughest Mountain Race with James Bezant
The Dragons Back is a race which follows the mountains running from north to south of Wales.
Revered for its brutality and high attrition rate the race has been coined as the "Worlds Toughest Mountain…
Conquering Marathon Des Sables with Nathan Moorey
In Episode 3 we talk to Nathan Moorey.
Nathan took on Marathon Des Salbes last year and had a tough yet positive experience.
We touch on the difficulty of have the event cancelled or postponed for seve…
Climbing mountains and facing adversity with Steven Andrews
For the 2nd episode of Training to Endure we speak to Steven Andrews.
Steven has climbed and trekked in multiple countries.
He has climbed the highest freestanding mountain in the world and the highest…
Episode 1- Why start a podcast?
Todays episode covers why I started a podcast and what I want to get out of the process. I also talk about my personal experience with training for endurance and my next big race.