Three ways to run faster ultras and multi-days, with coach & physio Tim Pigott from HP3 Coaching. We cover speedwork, sessions, duration, build, intensity, strength work, efficiency during the race and navigation. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/hv3G_09V6iU Loads of great ultra running tips on Tim's insta here https://www.instagram.com/timpigotthp3/ Tim has made some Wild Ginger Running training plans including strength drills and skills, take a look here https://www.trai...
Jun 13, 2025•53 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Coach and physio Tim Pigott is a master of strength work for his ultras and multi-dayers - here’s how he does it, how long, how often, what weights to use, how to motivate yourself and some killer moves that you can steal to ensure success at your next race. Loads of great strength moves on Tim's insta here https://www.instagram.com/timpigotthp3/ Originally on YouTube here: https://youtube.com/live/lVHCmRViZ4s Tim has made some Wild Ginger Running training plans including strength drills and ski...
Apr 15, 2025•52 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Diolch! Thanks! To the lovely Lowri Morgan for chatting to us about her Ras Cefn y Draigg (Dragon’s Back Race) experience in 2019 where she crossed the finish line as 4th female and first in her age category, looking so strong with her 4-year-old son on her back, despite having been battling a knee injury for over half of the race! Lowri is Wales' finest TV presenter and BAFTA-award-winning broadcaster commentated on last year’s race and the 2021 race film. Thumbnail credit: No Limits Photograph...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 6
March competition winner! Update & April competition prize reveal. Who is the lucky Patreon supporter of Wild Ginger Running YouTube channel who has won the Intermediate Trail Bundle worth £150 from Harrier this month??? And there’s a bonus prize for a lucky someone watching live :) Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/8iGb953iJLU The Harrier Intermediate Trail Bundle includes a Kinder 10L race vest, soft bottles, longer soft bottle straws, collapsible cup, neck tube, first ai...
Mar 31, 2025•23 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Coach & Physio Tim Pigott from HP3 Coaching takes us through the physical and mental training jump you need to take to go from happily completing 50+ mile one-day (ish!) ultras, to a 6-day mulit-dayer ultra like the Dragon’s Back Races. Is the preparation and training actually that much different? What key skills do you need to enjoy your transition from single day ultras to mutli-dayers? How do you know how your body will cope with the day after day movement? Nutrition? What about blisters?...
Mar 11, 2025•52 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Ahead of my Dragon's Back SKT (Slowest Known Time) over 6 separate weekends this year, Dragon's Back Race director Shane Ohly shares the story of his FKT (Fastest Known Time) over this 6-day route that he organises annually - 380km with 16,400m ascent in 4.5 days in August 2024. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/gmlpKK8r7VI Why did he decide to take on such an epic challenge? What were the highs and lows? When did he think he might quit? This was the first FKT on the Dragon’s B...
Feb 26, 2025•49 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Meet awesome Wild Ginger Running Patreons Christian Poulton and Lloyd Watkins, who both took on the infamous Dragon’s Back Race - a 380km, 6-day ultra over the mountainous spine of Wales, from Conwy Castle to Cardiff Castle every September. https://www.dragonsbackrace.com/ Originally broadcast on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/MvadSDFebas Christian completed the race while Lloyd DNFed on Day 4 - he’s going back for another shot this year. Join me to find out more about what the race is li...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Today are talking about the 10 easiest things you can do to improve your ultra running this year with talented chef, should be on bake off, gingerbread house-making coach and physio, Tim Pigott from HP3 Coaching! We do a deep dive on the following: Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/-fBSUjIF0qI 1 More easy volume (slow running and walking) in zone one 2 Sleep, one of the biggest things for recovery, more than gadgets and potions 3 Nutrition - deep dive on your day to day nutriti...
Jan 14, 2025•54 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Competition draw December - then a pause on comps for 2025! Sign up for my FREE talk midday Sun 26 Jan at the National Running Show at the Harrier Trail Zone, top 10 essential tips for beginner ultra runners: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/10-tips-for-beginner-ultra-runners-with-claire-maxted-wild-ginger-running-tickets-1111293511809 If you bring your copy of either of my books I can sign them for you, or Bloomsbury will have a stand there if you want to buy one and bring it over to my talk to get...
Jan 08, 2025•30 min•Season 5Ep. 1
This year Martin Elcoate from The Green Runners ran almost every single one of the 400 squares of a custom OS Map centred on his house. What a fascinating, personal challenge! Along the way he discovered surprises, took photographs of each grid square, ran more local trails than ever before, did a bit of trespassing and scrambling through bushes and met some interesting people, all in the name of a better connection with the landscape that he has lived in for the last 20 years, and promoting his...
Dec 11, 2024•52 min•Season 4Ep. 160
Competition draw November and update - good news and bad news about the channel! Have you won anything in the November 2024 Wild Ginger Running competition worth £448 And what goodies are up for grabs in the December 2024 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down. For 2024 I'll be giving away either a Naak sports nutrition bundle worth £25 OR a couple of running books or 80 Noir Ultra chocolate worth £50+ total only to LIVE VIEWERS ONLY! So tune in for you...
Dec 06, 2024•50 min•Season 4Ep. 159
Mental strength for ultra running races & training in the dark from coach & physio Tim Pigott. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/otkUadbp_P4 Live broadcast and podcast sponsors are Naak Sports Nutrition! I’ve been using their new chocolate and maple syrup gels to give me the energy I need for my new, weekly strength and conditioning sessions. If you want to try these gels, and Naak’s tasty energy bars, waffles, energy and recovery powders, use code WILDGINGERRUNNING for...
Dec 03, 2024•55 min•Season 4Ep. 158
Now we have the next Last Place & Proud of It guest, where we celebrate the awesome runners who have come last at races and challenges. Today we welcome the incredible, the unstoppable Andy Dewar from Shipley, West Yorkshire who holds the SKT (Slowest Known Time) for no less than two epic challenges, the Wild Peak Half Round and the Petzl Lunar Round, which is what we will be grilling him about today. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/j0qqwH5v9x0 The Petzl Lunar Round is a ...
Nov 20, 2024•47 min•Season 4Ep. 157
Today's live chat at 1pm today is going to be an update on GEAR that I've been testing lately, namely the NNormal Tomir 2 trail shoes, a first look at the Insta 360 Ace Pro 2 action camera, and a review of the Naak baars and gels that I like the best. Patreons, do you have any trail & ultra gear questions for me or the group? Pop them on Patreon or in the exclusive Patreon FB group or join us live to get them answered! First broadcast on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/Jsis1bQlPe4 Live...
Nov 13, 2024•39 min•Season 4Ep. 156
Have you won anything in the October 2024 Wild Ginger Running competition worth £390? And what goodies are up for grabs in the November 2024 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down. For 2024 I'll be giving away either a Naak sports nutrition bundle worth £25 OR a couple of running books and 80 Noir Ultra chocolate worth £50+ total only to LIVE VIEWERS ONLY! So tune in for your chance to win! Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/G6FEldpS6nE...
Oct 31, 2024•31 min•Season 4Ep. 155
Think you can't run a 100 mile ultra? Well the truth is....you absolutely can! Especially if you read this awesome new book by Jen Benson. This lunch we had such a lovely chat to Jen about 'The Path We Run', which charts the ups and downs of her 100 mile journey, with advice and inspiration along the way from ultra running greats and experts like Courtney Dauwalter, Jasmin Paris, Beth Pascall, Lucy Bartholemew and more. It's a great read, wonderfully written with some fascinating insights. For e...
Oct 23, 2024•56 min•Season 4Ep. 154
How to run with chronic pain & fatigue from health & wellbeing coach Joanne Lee Smith. Find out how mindset can help you with fibromyalgia and long term conditions concerning chronic pain and fatigue. In a nutshell, Jo found that whether she ran or not, she was still in the same kind of pain, so why not run a 100 mile ultra! Find out how that worked for her, how she trained, and find out if any of her ideas will work for you. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/Z77uk9KBEH...
Oct 17, 2024•55 min•Season 4Ep. 153
Do you worry about going over on an ankle while running off-road? Coach and physio Tim Pigott from HP3 Coaching has the answers, and it turns out, wobble boards just don't cut it for trail and ultra runners - we talk concentration, technique, rehab & prehab strength exercises, plyometric moves, shoes and more! Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/TBNBqEVB8pg Live broadcast and podcast sponsors are Naak Sports Nutrition! I’ve been using their new chocolate and maple syrup gels ...
Oct 01, 2024•45 min•Season 4Ep. 152
How to be a more resilient runner - with Jen Scotney, author of Running Through the Dark, host of the Resilience Rising podcast, former Human Rights Lawyer and podiuming ultra runner, writer, coach, speaker, yoga teacher and Mountain Leader. Jen's book is a deeply personal account of her journey through grief and pain while dreaming about setting a record on the Pennine Way. It's a story about resilience, about never giving up, and battling through the night and always believing that there will ...
Sep 18, 2024•39 min•Season 4Ep. 151
Today at midday we’re talking to coach & expert Fran Blackett from Run Like A Haggis about navigation - how it’s easier than you might think, shouldn’t be intimidating or put you off fell and mountain running, some key, basic skills everyone can easily learn and the inspiration to stretch your skills further on a navigation event like a mountain marathon. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/4s38Irch9pQ Get a Silva compass https://amzn.to/4gnzjR4 Book Fran's courses here https...
Sep 11, 2024•54 min•Season 4Ep. 150
Have you won anything in the August 2024 Wild Ginger Running competition worth £438? And what goodies are up for grabs in the Sept 2024 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down. For 2024 I'll be giving away either a Naak sports nutrition bundle worth £25 OR a couple of running books and 80 Noir Ultra chocolate worth £50+ total only to LIVE VIEWERS ONLY! So tune in for your chance to win! Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/HEnNfz6L4wE This...
Aug 30, 2024•35 min•Season 4Ep. 149
Delighted to chat to co-founder of Girls on Hills Keri Wallace about her new book, Running Challenges: 100 of the best runs in England, Scotland & Wales. Which is her personal favourite in all three of those countries? Has she run every single one of these routes? How long did it take her to write the book? These questions and more will be answered in today’s chat! Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/P6ql9vHSArs GET KERI'S BOOK HERE Running Challenges: 100 of the best runs in...
Aug 21, 2024•43 min•Season 4Ep. 148
Tim August chat - Patreon Questions! Teena - training to run 215 miles in 100 hours on the GB Ultras Race Across Scotland, plus training for hills in flat places from Pieter and osteoporosis and running from Arleen. Pre-order my second book, The Ultimate Ultra Running Handbook, here! https://linktr.ee/ultimateultrarunninghandbook Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/fhMlIlEm8rE Training for a hilly race in a flat place? - Tim says, “Simply add this easy move into your runs.” Demo ...
Aug 16, 2024•52 min•Season 4Ep. 147
Yikes everybody, so I've somehow managed to book an actual TV celeb for today's live chat at 2pm - it's Patrick Grant, award-winning designer and one of the judges from The Great British Sewing Bee! He has a sustainable, plastic-free clothing company called Community Clothing, all made at a factory in Blackburn with local workers, models and photographers. They have a small range of sportswear ideal for summer running - namely t-shirts, vests, shorts and hoodies. They aren't highly technical gar...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 146
Have you won anything in the July 2024 Wild Ginger Running competition worth £397? And what goodies are up for grabs in the August 2024 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down. NEW for 2024 I'll be giving away either a Naak sports nutrition bundle worth £25 OR a couple of running books and 80 Noir Ultra chocolate worth £50 total only to LIVE VIEWERS ONLY! So tune in for your chance to win! Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/8StkUPAtMT8 T...
Jul 31, 2024•42 min•Season 4Ep. 145
Thanks so much to Sally Gilson for today’s episode. Four months ago, ultra runner and Wild Ginger Running Patreon Sally badly broke her ankle while on a hike in the Lake District to celebrate her 50th birthday. The damage was so bad she had to be stretchered off the hill by Keswick Mountain Rescue. They had to put her foot agonisingly back in place on the hill quickly or she risked losing it altogether. After surgery, two pins and a metal plate, Sally’s bone is gradually fusing back together but...
Jul 24, 2024•41 min•Season 4Ep. 144
Last Place & Proud of it: Lakeland 100 - advice and inspiration from 'normal' runner Katie Alexander. Our new series for 2024, Last place & proud of it, celebrates the runners who have come last on some of the UK's most famous and most brutal ultras. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/PLenHfegq80 This broadcast and podcast is sponsored by Naak sports nutrition, who make long-lasting energy bars, waffles and drinks using high quality, sustainable ingredients. I used Naak ...
Jul 18, 2024•45 min•Season 4Ep. 143
Have you won anything in the June 2024 Wild Ginger Running competition worth £367? And what goodies are up for grabs in the July 2024 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down. NEW for 2024 I'll be giving away either a Naak sports nutrition bundle worth £25 OR a couple of running books and 80 Noir Ultra chocolate worth £50 total only to LIVE VIEWERS ONLY! So tune in for your chance to win! Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/Kvr8G6yaDVc Wan...
Jul 03, 2024•40 min•Season 4Ep. 142
Hi everyone and welcome to the Wild Ginger Running YouTube channel live broadcast and podcast, today are covering how to recover right from trail and ultra running, with the lovely, loquacious Lavardeo-loving coach and physio, Tim Pigott from HP3 Coaching! Originally broadcast on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/hbXqijFuR18 This live broadcast / podcast is sponsored by Naak nutrition which I used on the Arc50, Coventry Way 40 and Keswick Mountain Festival 25k. Use code WILDGINGERRUNNING for...
Jul 02, 2024•53 min•Season 4Ep. 141
Hi everyone and welcome to the Wild Ginger Running YouTube channel live broadcast and podcast, today we are talking to Stephen Fry from Bingley Harriers (not QI) who amongst various amazing running adventures like the Bob Graham Round, UTMB has completed Lands End to John Groats, LEJOG. Follow Stephen here, and contact him to buy his book: https://x.com/stephenfryruns Originally on YouTube here Thanks to Naak sports nutrition for sponsoring the live broadcast and podcast, I’m looking forward to ...
Jun 27, 2024•42 min•Season 4Ep. 140
