The Inspirational Runner Podcast
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We have one of, if not the UKs most notorious race director on the show this week Mark Cockbain who has created events such as the 200 mile Tunnel Ultra which we have featured twice on the podcast, the infamous Hill Ultra which is technically a 160 mile not stop of significant hill repeats, the 260 mile Warrior Way just to name a few, I’ve attached his events page in the show notes so if you’re looking for a real challenge click in, but don’t say you haven’t been warned.
Mark Cockbain Events click here at your own peril http://www.cockbainevents.com/
Mark himself is a sub three hour marathoner but he has been drawn to events around the globe that have challenged his limits and beyond such as a double Badwater which was a 300 mile race in Death Valley Arizona, he completed the famous Spartathlon five years in a row and has finished crazy races like the Yukon Arctic Ultra, he has an extensive CV having completed 106 ultras and 198 marathons and it’s that experience he tries to bring to his events.
I found this to be a brilliant episode that presents a road map on how to mentally manage and navigate through those more challenging times on course, I hope you enjoyed,I hope you find something that you can use yourself, I know I’ll be listening to this again as part of my prerace prep in my next big event.
RACE COUNTER
ULTRAS 106 MARATHONS 198 (PB 2:53)
THE HIGH 2010 (WINNER and only finisher)
JOHN O GROATS TO LANDS END (JOGLE) 2010 (15 days and 3 hours and 40mins)
SPARTATHLON 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 (PB: 34:23)
BADWATER DOUBLE (DEATH VALLEY 300) 2007
BADWATER 2005, 2003, 2009 (PB: 46:12)
GRAND UNION CANAL RACE 2009, 2007, 2006, 2002 (PB: 34:44)
TRANS 333 2006 (second place overall)
YUKON ARCTIC ULTRA (320) 2006 (sixth place overall)
JORDAN DESERT CUP 2001
MARATHON DE SABLES 2000
COMRADES 2004
WEST HIGHLAND WAY 2005, 2006
VERDON TRAIL 2002
LONDON TO BRIGHTON 2001, 2002, 2003
MARATHON OF BRITAIN 2004
LIBYAN CHALLENGE 2008
BASEL 24 HOUR 2008
ULTRABALATON 135 2008
HULL 24 HOUR TRACK 2008
DAVOS 78K 2008
ULTRA TRAIL MONT-BLANC 2008
CAESARS CAMP 100 2008
ATACAMA CROSSING 2009 (seventh place overall)
THAMES RING 250 2009 (fifth place)
FINLAND INDOOR 24HR TRACK 2010, 2011 (PB: 201km)
GLASGOW TO EDINBURGH 2010
THE ONER 2010
CRAWLEY 12HR 2010, 2011 (PB 75.83 miles)
TRANSYLVANIAN 50K
Episode #159 Dave Proctor & The 7,159km Trans Canadian Land Speed Record 67days 10hrs
Episode #158 Harvey Lewis the Runner who keeps on Running ’The Lost Episode’.
Episode#157 The Barkley Fall Classic a Fine Line Between Success & Failure
Episode#156 Andrea Larson and The Barkley Fall Classic
Episode #155 James Gibson The First Winter Wainwrights Round 325 miles 36,000mtrs Vert
Episode #154 Graeme Black The Barkley Marathon 2022
Episode #153 Keith Russell Nobody Escapes the Suffering in a Backyard Winner 2022 Castleward
Episode #152 The Art O’Neill Challenge 2022 Ellen Vitting & Alastair Higgins
Episode #151 Ross Jenkin 4@40 UK Mountain Round Challenge 387km 31,800m
Episode #150 Gareth King Club Runner to 100km Record Holder
Episode #149 Noel Hanna The Savage Mountain (K2)
Episode #148 Liz Canty from the 15 Metre Line to 100 Mile Endurance Races
Episode #147 Keith Russell 63 Loops of Backyard Chaos
Episode #146 Vajin Armstrong Flow Running Behind the Spiritual Curtain
Episode #145 GB Runner Rebecca Robinson Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S)
Episode #144 Paddy Hamilton First Place Introduction into the World of Ultra Running
Episode #143 Karen McNeany & Chris Hanlon The Barkley Marathon
Episode #142 Gary House Run Strong Coaching Insta Ultra Lad
Episode #141 George Foster Mountain Running and a Sublime Bob Graham Round
Episode #140 Martin Cox The Fine Art of Performance Coaching
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