Carla Molinaro LEJOG Comrades & more - Young Hearts Run Free Podcast - Season 10 Eps 1

Season 10? Come on in, make yourself comfy the kettle is just off the boil! We've a magic guest to get the season motoring along. Carla Molinaro, 2023 World 50k Champion, joins us all the way from her base in Cape Town. First up John n Steven have a feature length intro as we peel back the skin on the unpredictable plans for the next 20 episodes! This could go in any direction! We take the oppo for a look back the way oh and we've an ask.....please share the podcast with your pals, interact with us on socials and even (if ye can be ersed) leave us a review on Spotify, Apple etc etc! CHEERS! Our headline act Carla enters the chat and she is in fine form. We fire through her running origin story including her time spent in Glasgow, a city where her running really started to flourish. We then hurl through her multiple finishes at the largest Ultra Marathon on the globe, the Comrades Marathon. A race that her affection for is obvious. Carla's phenomenal 2020 Lands End to John o' Groats (LEJOG) FKT then rightly dominates as she regales her approach as well as the rigours of her 874 mile epic adventure. We then zoom into something more recent; Carla ran out victorious at the 2023 IAU 50k World Championships in Hyderabad, India. Find out how she proudly wore the Team GB vest in a sweltering city to triumph. We finish up hearing all about Carla's Strength, Conditioning and Yoga program for runners, see links below, and finding out what's next on her racing schedule. Of course, it wouldn't be YHRF without covering the essentials, fav kit, fav refuelling, fav dialect word and a starter song for our new Le BuffBuff collection Vol 7 playlist. Season 10, we're only getting started, twit twoo. Try out Carla's SCY program by enjoying a week's free trial here https://www.carlamolinaro.com/scy