Ep 14 - 800m to 80km with Sports Scientist Joe Warne

Welcome to episode 14 of Trail Running Ireland. The show is hosted by Eoin Flynn, UTMB Finish Line Race Announcer and 10 times Irish International Mountain Runner.  First up, Eoin chats to Simon Kelly from the Waterville Trail Running Festival who bring us through the latest set of results and updates to the racing calendar. (18m15s) Our expert trail running coach Rene Borg talks about doping in Trail Running and Eoin and Rene discuss, why it happens, how, and what we can do in the Trail running community to help keep it at bay. Rene can be contacted at www.runningcoach.ie (45m05s) For our feature interview we talk with sports scientist Joe Warne about his 15 year running career ranging from 800m Track Champion to 80km Ultra Winner at last year´s EcoTrail. Joe talks about: ·        Why he decided to make the move from the track to the Trails·        His training journey on the way to winning the 2019 EcoTrail Wicklow in his Ultra race debut·        How he has applied his knowledge from his work as a sports science to his own training and tips we can all use to stay injury free and peak at the right moment·        His views on what are the fundamental aspects of human performance·        His conclusions from his extensive research on minimalist footwear for running. Finally, a special thanks to Basic Needs with Trail runner Shane O´Mahony from Cork on drums, for our very cool soundtrack. Get your running gear on, let´s go!