Ep 28 - The Iveragh Traverse with Joe O'Leary and Kevin Leahy

Welcome to episode 28 of Trail Running Ireland. The show is hosted by Eoin Flynn, UTMB Finish Line Race Announcer and 10 times Irish International Mountain Runner. This week we have Kerry men Joe O'Leary and Kevin Leahy who recently completed what has been described as the longest hardest high level route in Ireland, The Iveragh Traverse. Kevin and Joe ran for 22 hours, facing all the elements nature could throw at them, sunburn and windchill, over 44 summits, 85km and 7,500m overall ascent and it’s a real pleasure to have them with us this weekHead Coach René Borg from Running Coach Ireland also chats to us about best training practices for those on shift work and difficult work timetables.Our Patreon page to support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/trailrunningirelandpodcastWe will never put paywalls up for our content as our aim is to grow the sport of Trail and Mountain Running in Ireland in a fun and free way for our listeners. With this Patreon page, we simply ask that if you would like to make a contribution to the show to help cover costs and a small recognition for the hours put in to produce the show, we would be very grateful and will continue to do our best to produce great content for you. Thank you for your support of the show, good luck with your training and racing, get your running gear on, let´s go!