How to reflect on the highs and lows of your race year when planning your 2024 goals - we chat to coach and physio Tim Pigott from HP3 Coaching. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/opjeslOZtS0 Coming up next time with Tim: How to execute the perfect winter base training Five key things to learn from DNFs that will make you a better ultra runner Resources: How to avoid & treat blisters - medic from Dragon's Back & Cape Wrath Ultra Nikki Sommers https://youtube.com/live/fs-...
Oct 11, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 112
Thanks so much to Damo and Basil for chatting to us about their training for Tor des Geants 2023, Damo with his 4th overall in 72hrs and Basil with his 135hr time, absolutely incredible both. Let’s find out their training secrets. Plus they’re going to share more about Basil's new almost-charity they have just set up called Into Ultra, helping people from disadvantaged backgrounds get into ultra running. Aren’t they just bally good chaps? Very wholesome. Can’t wait to hear more! Join us live or ...
Oct 04, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 111
Have you won anything in the Sept 2023 competition worth £307? And what is up for grabs in the Oct 2023 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/_rpTxBjxOC0 Resources mentioned Why is SOAR Running gear so expensive? https://youtube.com/live/PjtjdFZvVHg Mick Siouville's Jersey Intertidal Challenge film https://youtu.be/L0zFKkIB1eQ?si=59CVQx4SfF0u3UjS Lloyd Watkin Marathon des Sables interview https://you...
Sep 28, 2023•40 min•Season 3Ep. 110
We talk to Tim Soar, the founder of SOAR running gear to find out what makes it so expensive. We’re thinking it’s a lot to do with sustainability and ethical working practices… let’s hear it from the man himself! See the shorts I'm banging on about on the original YouTube broadcast here https://youtube.com/live/PjtjdFZvVHg Discount 15% off use code wildginger15 https://www.soarrunning.com/pages/sustainability My book, The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook https://amzn.to/3jgKvTy Follow me on Insta...
Sep 13, 2023•49 min•Season 3Ep. 109
Kitsquad is all about breaking down the barriers to low income families accessing the outdoors - if we donate our old running and outdoor gear to them, they check, clean and reproof it and send it to low income individuals families so they can enjoy the outdoors. Since launching Kitsquad in Feb 2020 founder Fran Pearson and team have supported over 200 people and taken in thousands of outdoor items ready to send out to less fortunate folk. To our knowledge Kitsquad is the only organisation doing...
Sep 06, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 108
Have you won anything in the Aug 2023 competition worth £463? And what is up for grabs in the Sept 2023 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/Og0h8rVtzRY Resources mentioned Open-ear headphones review https://youtu.be/t-OsvbhQd2k Tony's Camper Tribe film https://youtu.be/oolHc7dr0kE My book, The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook https://amzn.to/3jgKvTy Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/w...
Aug 31, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 107
Ever wondered how you could get better at navigation, or want to do a race where navigation is required? This unmissable talk from The Nav Guy Sean Bolland will equip you with the top 3 tips to improve plus loads more! Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/LhwegenFcqs Sean has won the elite class at prestigious navigation event The OMM (Original Mountain Marathon) and delivers workshops for them via Mountain Run, find out more about Sean here https://www.facebook.com/TheNavGuy1/ an...
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 106
Hi everyone and welcome to the Wild Ginger Running YouTube channel live broadcast, today we are talking to the most excellent coach and physio Tim Pigott from HP3 coaching about how best to recover from an ultra, both in body and mind. What should you do immediately after the race? How many pints of beer is ok? Do massage and massage gadgets actually help speed up recovery? How long should you wait to run again? What if you have DNF-ed...? Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/qU3m...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 105
Have you won anything in the July 2023 competition worth £464? And what is up for grabs in the Aug 2023 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down. Podcast version here tbc or search "Wild Ginger Running Competition July" in your usual podcast provider. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/kKgRz3v5PEQ Resources mentioned Tony's Camper Tribe film https://youtu.be/oolHc7dr0kE My book, The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook https://amzn.to/3jgKvTy ...
Aug 02, 2023•34 min•Season 3Ep. 105
Eat right on your next ultra - how to choose, prepare & organise your scran with coach Tim Pigott. This could make or break your race! Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/j33RSxcJ8_g Supernatural Fuel 20% discount code WGR23 UK only, until 31 July. Tim's Supernatural Fuel review https://youtu.be/RWFWsBRJLYE Tim is sponsored by Scarpa, Sidas, Supernatural Fuel and possibly a few more that don’t begin with S, I’ll get him to update us in this chat! Tim's ultra advice playlist h...
Jul 11, 2023•57 min•Season 3Ep. 104
Can you believe Lloyd Watkin Patreon Lloyd Watkins came around 170th in the Marathon des Sables 2023 on just 2 training runs a week! Ok so he also did a tonne of hiking with his dog and a heavy pack on, plus lots of heat training (find out what a heat suit is, and Lloyds top 3 tips in this broadcast!) but only 2 runs a week - that's so doable isn't it! He made the MdS sound super amazing too, I've never wanted to run it before, but if they offered me a media place now I'd say yes! Originally on ...
Jul 05, 2023•48 min•Season 3Ep. 103
Have you won anything in the June 2023 competition worth £408? And what is up for grabs in the July 2023 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down. Podcast version here tbc or search "Wild Ginger Running Competition June" in your usual podcast provider. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/u4Uc8S0rCCY Resources mentioned Enter my exclusive comp now for the chance to win a pair of Tom Evans Signature Series SunGod Ultras™ sunglasses worth £15...
Jun 29, 2023•58 min•Season 3Ep. 102
Welcome to the Wild Ginger Running YouTube channel live broadcast and podcast, today we are talking to a personal trainer I admire very much indeed. She has recently completed the 103 mile Five Rivers Ultra and she never fails to inspire me every time I stalk her on instagram because her situation is often very much like mine - she’s an ultra running mum of one like me! She’s also one of my Patreons who supports the channel every month which is incredible, today we’re chatting to Melissa Mason! ...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 101
Delighted to chat to old adventure racing buddy Kim Collison about his 6th place in the Monte Rosa Sky Marathon, with training partner Josh Wade. Kim's other accolades include breaking the Lakeland 24 hour fell running record in 2020 - running 78 summits in 23 hours 45 minutes (which he actually helped Andy Berry to break last month!) and still holds the Men’s winter Bob Graham record. Kim is also a coach too, follow his progress and find out more here https://www.instagram.com/kimcollison/ Orig...
Jun 24, 2023•21 min•Season 3Ep. 100
Fantastic to chat to Tom Evans today who is sharing his best advice for ultra running including training philosophies and tips for “normal” runners like you and me. We also have an exclusive competition to win a pair of the SunGod sunglasses he has helped design - the Ultras, worth £150 and emblazoned with Tom’s mantra “Endure + Compete”. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/PzE7aY9h9V8 Enter the competition to win Tom Evans’ exclusive SunGod Ultra sunglasses worth £150 - http://w...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 99
Have you won anything in the May 2023 competition worth £498? And what is up for grabs in the June 2023 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/-HoeUl2xzZs Resources mentioned Ultra-Trail Snowdonia 50k https://youtu.be/STxyubEwgkA How not to do the Cape Wrath Ultra https://youtu.be/m6FlWTgbJeU Chat with former teacher Anne Wade on her 100 milers https://youtube.com/live/aFWfWHHA-Lk Buy a buff at my sho...
May 31, 2023•38 min•Season 3Ep. 98
Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/0C3apYgs-Hg John Kelly chats to Wild Ginger Running about his 2nd Barkley Marathons success - including weird nap spots, hallucinations, low patches & fuel, and showing Damo Frozen Head and Tennessee delicacies from Sonic. Thanks John! Follow John on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/p/CqbLAFWODSj/ Get my book, The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook https://amzn.to/3jgKvTy Please like and subscribe here on YouTube https://linktr.ee/ClaireW...
May 24, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 97
More amazing advice from coach and physio Tim Pigott from HP3 Coaching fresh from his 10th place at Ultra Trail Snowdonia (UTS) 100k, including the best way to stay cool and hydrated while running in hot weather (like we had on race day), how to be more efficient in aid stations, how to be tactical to avoid bottlenecks and queues, how to prepare a pre-race plan with enough food, drink and with timings to beat the cut offs comfortably, why you should be looking at more than just your choice of sh...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 96
Exciting to chat to Damo again after his amazing 5th loop starting on the Barkley Marathons. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/5T9Smm5gpGM Follow Damo on insta https://www.instagram.com/ultra_damo/ Read more about it: https://www.ultradamo.com/blog/book-bothering The Damian Hall playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyZ16LRfpz0CaiB8Ov6TEqbxGtSw_Zm_v Also available as a podcast here tbc or search "Damian Barkley Wild Ginger Running" in your usual podcast provider. My ...
May 18, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 95
Longtime Patreon of Wild Ginger Running YouTube channel Hannah Bazley has stunned us all again with her incredible feats of endurance, this time running/hiking the Pennine Bridleway 270km (168 miles). I think we’re going to have to stop referring to her as a “normal” person at this rate. She does these far too often now. But anyhoo, how was it? How does she train? How does she keep going? What does she eat? How motivating are her children and hubby? How does she recover after wards? And what’s t...
May 10, 2023•56 min•Season 3Ep. 94
We talk to Tim Pigott from HP3 coaching about final prep and tapering for an ultra, specifically the Ultra Trail Snowdonia (UTS) 50k that I am doing 13 May, he is doing the 100k event. How to taper if your training never really got off the ground in the first place… training worries, tapering right, carb-loading myths, niggles & injuries, packing kit & fuel, mandatory kit and footwear choice and more questions from Patreons. If you have a burning question for Tim then support me on Patre...
May 03, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 93
Have you won anything in the April 2023 competition worth £411 And what is up for grabs in the May 2023 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/thy2MeTlzC4 Buy a buff at my shop here https://wildgingerrunning.co.uk/shop/ Buy my book here https://amzn.to/36tuO8x Link to last week's talk with my former teacher Mrs. Wade here https://youtube.com/live/aFWfWHHA-Lk Discounts! 15% off Chia Charge with code wi...
Apr 27, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 92
Utterly delighted to chat this week to my former teacher Anne Wade who played a major part in my addiction to long distance hiking and running. Mrs. Wade (really hard to call her Anne!) took over the DofE at our school where I did the Gold award, and she took a group of us camping and hiking the 190mile Wainwright’s Coast to Coast walk over 2 weeks which I’ll never forget. Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/aFWfWHHA-Lk I clung limpet-like to her as she navigated her team around ...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 90
Have you won anything in the March 2023 competition worth £504 And what is up for grabs in the April 2023 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down. Originally on YouTube here: https://youtube.com/live/areQ72S6r9I Discounts 15% off Chia Charge with code wildg15 Discount 20% off 80_Noir Ultra online here https://bit.ly/80NoirUltraWGR Use code: 80NUWGR CurraNZ blackcurrant extract to help reduce DOMS https://www.wildgingerrunning.co.uk/shop Available as a po...
Mar 30, 2023•39 min•Season 3Ep. 88
This week our friendly podiatrist Nick Knight from NK Active is here to tell us all about how to prevent or cure plantar fasciitis, from preventing it happening in the first place to managing this potentially run-stopping condition if you have it. Nick is based in Hampshire but he does zoom consultations to solve all your running injuries, find out more and contact him and his team here: https://nkactive.co.uk/ Links to resources Nick Knight busts the overpronation myth https://youtube.com/live/...
Mar 23, 2023•49 min•Ep. 87
Best to follow this one along in its original format on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/eNoIgWjV5UI Great to have Eoin Everard with us today to show us how pilates can make us stronger for trail and ultra running in this 20 minute session within our chat. To find out more and book Eoin’s classes https://everardpilates.com/ Follow him on instagram https://www.instagram.com/everardpilatesphysio/?hl=en --- My book, The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook https://amzn.to/3jgKvTy Please like and su...
Mar 17, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 86
This week’s chat with summer Spine Challenger South winner and coach Tim Pigott from HP3 Coaching (https://www.hp-3.co.uk) is all about how to train to run a 50 mile ultra in a fast enough time to qualify for the 100 milers that require you to have completed a 50 in 15 or 16 hours like the Centurion 100 milers and the Montane Lakeland 100. Why is planning so important? What kind of sprint work is best? What about giving yourself the best chance in the race itself by being super efficient at aid ...
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 85
Have you won anything in the February 2023 competition worth £421? And what is up for grabs in the March 2023 prize giveaway? To enter the Wild Ginger Running monthly competition, scroll down. Discounts 15% off Chia Charge with code wildg15 Discount 20% off 80_Noir Ultra online here https://bit.ly/80NoirUltraWGR Use code: 80NUWGR CurraNZ blackcurrant extract to help reduce DOMS, 40% discount offer here https://www.wildgingerrunning.co.uk/shop/gear/curranz/ Originally on YouTube here https://yout...
Feb 28, 2023•39 min•Season 3Ep. 84
Very excited to talk to Natalie Hawkrigg, the ladies Winter Frog Graham Round (and summer FG!) record holder, having completed her wintery run and swim of 40+ miles with 4,800m ascent and 4 swims across the Lake District in 15 hours 46 minutes in December 2022. So many questions for her, including her training, logistics, nutrition, cold water, biosecurity, high points, low points and recovery. Natalie (and her friend Clare Regan) are also the first to create AND complete the FrogMan - a Bob Gra...
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 83
Thrilled to chat to my friend and fellow Stamford Strider Fiona Martin about her amazing thrice completion of the Montane Lakeland 100 over the last few years! She is going for her 4th this year and wants to complete 5 in order to get a coveted slate trophy! I am working towards the ML100 myself, first doing the ML50 this summer followed by the 100 possibly (if I am successful and get in!) in 2024 or a future date. Here we find out all about teacher Fiona’s training, gear, nutrition, how she dea...
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 82
