The Inspirational Runner Podcast
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On Sat 13th July at 2am five hearty souls stood under the arch in Donard car park at the foot of the Mourne mountains ready to take on the Denis Rankin Round, this magnificent course has been hot over the last few weeks with some great attempts ending both with success and failure.
They say a true challenge is one that completion is never guaranteed, and with only 24hrs to traverse all of the Mourne mountain peaks over 400m it would take a lot of skill and luck to complete the 90km course, with over 6500m of ascent strong navigation skills would be required to ensure success.
The team was made up of Sean Nickell the key lead out man and navigator who has more miles under his belt than the proclaimers, Marty ‘Chipper’ Campbell and Barry McCarroll all three of which had competed in races such as the 108 mile Donegal Hero, Keith Clarke Deca-Ironman and Mark Weir who’s experience racing through the Mournes would become invaluable.
We take a different angle this week and sit with the entire team for an open group discussion on what it takes to succeed in Denis Rankin Challenge, I hope you enjoy my being back on the podcast, if so why not drop us a line on our face book page and let us know.
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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