Trail & ultra running from Wild Ginger Running

An interview with Ally Beaven - the man behind the entertaining book "Broken 2020 "(The year running records were rewritten). Fastest Known Times, tales of suffering and joy and lots more.Watch the video on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvVimcbtD4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marcus Brown, Podcaster and community leader.Marcus Brown is a runner from London, He is a World Marathon Majors Six Star Finisher, writer, England Athletics LiRF Coach. He went from a 4:55 to a sub 3 marathon. He is keen to enjoy the running journey and to see what his best looks like. Marcus is host of a runner’s life podcast, the aim is to share the commonalities that exist between runners of all abilities. Marcus is cofounder of Black Trail Runner’s, a community and campaigning group. He is committed to increase the inclusion, participation and representation of people of colour to get active in outdoor spaces.Watch the video of the interview on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVc5Dn4DL6I&t=72s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan Lawson is a British ultra runner and charity worker from Brighton. In 2016, he won the European 24 Hour Championships, and in 2020 set one of the fastest known times for Land's End to John o' Groats (LEJOG). Dan averaged over 80 miles a day on the roads and trails of Great Britain to break Richard Brown’s 25-year-old record to finish in 9 days, 21 hours, 14 minutes and 2 seconds, setting the fastest time with robust supporting evidence. dmtwo media’s Dave MacFarlane joined the crew for the entire adventure and in doing so has created one of the most memorable and endearing films about ultrarunning that you’ll watch this year called 'Breaking Ten. From the treacherous A30 in Cornwall, through England, Wales and Scotland and battling along the A9 in Scotland, the ultrarunner’s relentless progress, supported by his family and friends, is simply an inspiration. In 2015, he placed first in the Grand Union Canal Race, beating the previous course record by over three hours. He also placed first and set new course records in the Roseland August trail Black RAT (32 miles); the Ridgeway Challenge Ultra trail, 85 miles; and the Run the Rann 161 km ultra trail, India. Lawson placed second in the Spartathlon, making him the second fastest British runner in the race’s history. He placed 24th in the 2015 IAU 24 Hour World Championship, Turin, receiving a gold team medal as part of Team GB & NI. Dan Lawson won the IAU 24 Hour European Championships in 2016 with a distance of 261.843 kilometres (162.702 mi) and holds the record for longest distance run during a 24-hour Ultramarathon in India, and the record for distance run on a treadmill in 7 days, having run 521 miles. Dan is founder of ReRun clothing company which repurposes and aims to prolong the life of running clothes and equipment to reduce items going to landfill. The film ‘Breaking Ten' is available to watch on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/ondemand/breakingten , as well as added out-takes and extra interview footage from the record-breaking run. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wow! It's Joss Naylor everybody! Absolute epic fell runner back in the 1970's and 80's when he set records on pretty much everything and basically invented ultra running before hipsters were even born. He's here on the live chat to talk about how he got into fell (mountain) running, his fave achievements, runs and views, what his secret is to remaining active well into his 80's, and what he's up to these days - writing a book out this October! Can't wait to hear more from Joss in this live chat with questions from Patreons prioritised.Originally on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4g3saZrMxs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex Staniforth is a record-breaking adventurer, ultra-endurance athlete, international motivational speaker, author and mental health activist, aged 25 from Chester – now based in Kendal. Alex knows a thing or two about overcoming adversity, having experienced the two biggest consecutive disasters in Mount Everest history, including the 2015 Nepal earthquake which trapped him on the mountain for two days. In July 2017 he became the fastest person ever to climb all 100 UK county tops and won the Pride of Britain Granada Reports Fundraiser of the Year 2017. In 2020 he ran the National Three Peaks Challenge, covering 452 miles in just 9 days 12 hours. Having suffered with mental health challenges since a teenager, he co-founded Mind Over Mountains, a mental health charity to help others restore mental well-being naturally through outdoor experiences. Now Alex is committed to keep challenging his barriers whilst inspiring others to achieve their own Everest, https://alexstaniforth.comOriginally on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqOd7IQuas4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The company Vert.run is a complete training platform for trail and ultra runners. This evening I meet Kirsten Kortebein and Moises Jimenez who set up Vert.Run. Their aim is to provide training plans, designed by some of the best Trail and Ultra runners in the world- to all runners. Vert.run was founded to make trail running accessible to everyone of all income and experience levels. Please join me to learn how this platform may enable you to become a stronger athlete and help you to go on even bigger adventures. https://vert.run/Originally on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGSE7Co5E0w&t=2999s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Damian Hall, runner, coach, journalist, and author, comes on to talk about his new book, In It For The Long Run (out now from Vertebrate Publishing), looking at the rise of his ultra running career and recording breaking run along the Pennine Way in 2020.He credits an midlife crisis for getting him into ultra running. He has since gone on to finish 5th at UTMB, and podium at some of the toughest races such as the Montane Spine Race, Dragons Back, Highland Fling Race as well as winning The Ice Ultra, Lakeland Trails 55km, Ultra Tour de Monta Rosa. He also has a number of record and FKTs to his name, such as the Pennine Way, South West Traverse, Cape Wrath Trail, Paddy Buckley Round, South West Costal Path. He represented GB at the World Trail Championships. He is also well known environmentalist, even picking up litter and being plastic free on his Pennine Way Record.Originally on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1A74AwX_Gw----Follow me on Instagram www.instagram.com/wildgingerrunningGet a Wild Ginger Running t-shirt or buff here: https://wildgingerrunning.co.uk/shop/​If you found this film useful, please support me on Patreon for perks & prizes: www.patreon.com/WildGingerRunningBook a place on my beginner to intermediate trail running training camps here: wildgingerrunning.co.uk/training/training-camps/Run in the 100-mile UTMB course over 6-days from Chamonix with me here! www.tracks-and-trails.com/holidays/mont-blanc-ultra-trail-wild-ginger-running Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Wild Ginger Running question and answer session with Physiotherapist and Coach Tim Pigott.Originally on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKwQjgbKvFc   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you get into Fell Running, what is Fell Running and how can you run downhill so fast? Fell runner, photographer, blogger, teacher and graphic designer, Ben began competing in fell running races 16 years ago and has since become one of the UK’s leading trail and mountain runners. Ben was born and raised in Yorkshire and currently lives in the Yorkshire Dales. However, he is a renowned traveller and enjoys competing in unique mountain races across Europe, especially in Italy, his second home.During his long and successful career, Ben has competed multiple times for Yorkshire, England and Great Britain at fell and mountain running. His most notable achievements include winning the UK inter-counties fell running Championship in 2016, twice crowned Yorkshire fell running champion (2014 & 2015) and finishing 3rd in the English Fell Running Championship, 2016.He likes to encourage other people of all abilities to run, race and travel, ultimately for improvements to health, well-being and to enjoy the unique experiences created through the sport.Originally on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHMCXtDgJGU    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bridgedale's new range of trail running socks - Q&A with a designerThis film is sponsored by Bridgedale who have just brought out a new range of trail running socks. They're my fave brand of sock so I was really pleased to I work with them to help design and test them with a team of regular trail and ultra runners. Find out more and buy them here: www.bridgedale.com/Originally on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC0hu6S8Gmw----Follow me on Instagram www.instagram.com/wildgingerrunningGet a Wild Ginger Running t-shirt or buff here: https://wildgingerrunning.co.uk/shop/​If you found this film useful, please support me on Patreon for perks & prizes: www.patreon.com/WildGingerRunningBook a place on my beginner to intermediate trail running training camps here: wildgingerrunning.co.uk/training/training-camps/Run in the 100-mile UTMB course over 6-days from Chamonix with me here! www.tracks-and-trails.com/holidays/mont-blanc-ultra-trail-wild-ginger-running  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.