Episode 57 In this episode there are two main items Dave Troman’s Training Tips. John Kynaston and Dave Troman chat about whether to use the Fling as a race to a training run in preparing for the West Highland Way Race. John Kynaston interviews Marc Casey. Marc has run the race 5 times in succession from 2009 […]
In Podcast 57 Dave Troman and I (john Kynaston) discussed whether to ‘race’ the Fling in preparation for running the West Highland Way Race or to treat the Fling as a good long training run. People have different ideas and obviously there is no ‘right’ answer. One of the other things we discussed was whether
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Episode 56 In this episode there are three main items John Kynaston interviews Fiona Rennie. Fiona is preparing for her 10th West Highland Way Race in 2014 and we catch up with how her training is going so far. John Kynaston interviews Amanda Hamilton. Amanda is doing the race for the first time in 2014 and we
Episode 55 In this episode there are two main items John Kynaston interviews Matt Williamson. Matt is doing the race for the first time in 2014 and we are following his progress as he trains and prepared for the race. John Kynaston interviews Mike Adams and Bill Heirs. Mike and Bill have run various ultras but
Episode 54 In this episode there are two main items … John Kynaston interviews Jonny Rowan. We are following Jonny’s progress as he trains for his first West Highland Way Race in 2014. In this interview Jonny talks about how his training is going so far. John Kynaston interviews Karl Zeiner. Karl has started the
We had a great turn out for our training weekend. There were over 70 who ran from Balmaha. Some went all the way to Inversnaid and back while others turned back at various points. I wrote a report on my blog ….. http://johnkynaston.com/2014/02/02/west-highland-way-training-weekend-run/ Plus I made a short video of the run … [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLWgsgGkAhY?feature=player_detailpage]
Report from West Highland Way Race Training Weekend Read More »
In this episode there are 3 items … John Kynaston and Dave Troman chatting about Training and in particular the value and importance of back to back long runs. John Kynaston interviews Victoria O’Reilly. Victoria has completed the West Highland Way Race 3 times from 2011-2013 improving each year to 30:33:14 David Waterman’s latest Piranical
We have a good number of people staying at the Oak Tree at Balmaha for our training weekend. It is a very informal gathering with lots of opportunity to chat and learn from each other. On Saturday 1st February 2014 we will run from Balmaha to Inversnaid and back which is just over 30miles. A
Episode 52 In this episode we have three main items … Andy Cole discusses the setting of goals for the West Highland Way Race John Kynaston interviews Jeff Smith who looks after the runners on the Lairig Mor with his mountain rescue team John Kynaston interviews Fiona Rennie as she prepares to run her 10th
We are delighted to hear that the West Highland Way Race has been nominated for the Best Trail Race Award in The Running Awards 2014. There are just 7 days left until the list of nominees is reduced to a short-list of the top 12, based on the number of votes received. Winners will be
