Running Tricks from the LORE - Camino Ultra Camino Ultra

Camino Coaches are always being asked these questions.

'I have signed up for a technical ultra race in the Lakes/Alps/Coastal trail and I have seen that the elevation is massive and there appears to be a lot of scrambling....

'I don't own poles...or I don't get to terrain that allows me to practice poles...Should I be using poles in a technical event for the first time'

'If I have one opportunity to leave the city and go someone to practice technical scramble hills (and safely) where do I go and how do I do it'.

Camino were joined by Hill experts and friends living in the 'Outer-City'! to help answer these and other questions about Hills and training and more.

Show Notes:



Balanced Runner: https://www.balancedrunner.com



Highly Recommended Strength Routine for Hill Legs:

Walking Lunge Warm Up – 30 seconds out, 30 seconds backactivate major muscle groups and get your blood flowing.Stair Step Up – 1 minute per sideTargets glutes and hip flexors. Improves knee drive, which translates to more powerful uphill running.Focus on pushing down with one leg and swinging the other leg upwards naturally.Chair Lift Off – 1 minute per sideStand on one legLower yourself to seat ( the lower the seat the harder the exercise)Come back to standing on one legBulgarian Split Squat – 30 seconds per sidePromotes strength through a large range of motion. This can be done with weight to make it harderSplit Jump – 30 seconds each sideprepares your quads for running downhill. Focus on exploding upwards from your front leg and maintaining a good lunge posture.Stair Calf Raise – 1 minute per sideImproves ankle dorsiflexion and strengthens calves for better uphill running. Raise up on your toes as high as possible.

In this episode Bone and Daz talk with the living legend Dan Lawson, holder of LeJog record, EMU 6 Day Champion, European 24 Hour Champion, GUCR Course Record holder, Spartathlon 2nd place, UltraBalaton winner and generally the loveliest human being we know, apart from our wives and Mum's of course.    We talk sustainability and Dan's brilliant mission with Re-Run clothing, rescued vegetables (i'm looking at you @Oddbox), and lots of random running chat especially Dan's ability to withstand pain.  Daz and Bone fight over having Dan as a pacer at SDW100 next year. 

In the intro Bone and Daz almost discuss performance enhancing drug use in ultra-marathons, mull over Adele and Ronnie O'Sullivan running the Lea Valley 50k, we talk about David's incredible 19th place at this year's Spartathlon, and Daz plays an A-Minor chord on an acoustic guitar  Yes it really is extremely pony. 

Episode in conjunction with Camino partners:

Exhale Coffee the first thing we drink in the morning. - grab a free sample: http://exhalecoffeeroaste.refr.cc/davidb

KOM Fuel our go-to store for ultra marathon nutrition: www.komfuel.co.uk - contact us for amazing promo deals

80Noir Ultra our favourite post-race or long-run recovery drink, try it here:  https://www.80noirultra.com?sca_ref=1413812.3zztrNO8c4

Having been cruelly let down by our preferred guest Paul Ali - we had the immense pleasure of chatting to the one and only Canal King.

Yes a wonderful podcast with the ultra-running legend Alex Whearity.

Having been mentored by some of the ultra-gods Paul Ali, Paul Beechey, Rob Corney in his beloved Reading area, Alex has recently had huge results in the UK Canalrace series - 4 wins at KACR, LLCR and last two GUCRs - 145 miles from Birmingham to London.

Alex has recently become a Dad and his partner Wendy is also a world-class Team GB 24 hour ultra-runner. In the podcast Alex kindly shares with us some of the secrets to his recent successes as well as some of the mental health benefits that endurance running and racing has benefitted him.

As Alex gears up to another epic 24 hour race at UK's Crawley 24 hour we look at some of Alex's future dream races.

https://statistik.d-u-v.org/getresultperson.php?runner=495626

You can also follow Alex: alexwhearityruns.com @runningbants on Instagram 

Jason Hardrath IS the "King of FKTs"

https://fastestknowntime.com/athlete/jason-hardrath

Jason is currently attempting the FKT of the Washington Bulgars - previous record is 410 days!!! and Jason is aiming for 50 days

Track him here - https://fastestknowntime.com/tracking - then find Jason

We have been such a huge admirer of Martin Johnson for some time.

This podcast was a revelation. 

We found out that Martin owes everything to Andrew Smith (CactusRuns)!!!!

Seriously we love how Martin took on and beasted the wonderful Thames Path 184 miles and created a new Fastest Known Time. We discovered that Phil Young (Board Stupid) helped inspire and support the attempt and with Patagonia there is also a film being produced that will be available later in the year

Having podiumed at Centurion events and helped establish the "Black Trail Runners" we had plenty of fantastic new territory to cover off. It was a real privilege to get some advice on how everyone in our running community can better involve all marginalised groups and Martin has certainly inspired us to do get some more skills sessions and promotional material together to support this.

Looking forward to supporting Martin in a possible 2022 entry in our beloved Spartathlon.

INTRO: DaznBone talk about the incredible scenes witnessed at the Suffolk Backyard Ultra with John Stocker and Matt Blackburn plus our most recent recces of Bob Graham Round and Ben McGoverns successful round

https://www.blacktrailrunners.run/

@blacktrailrunners

https://www.instagram.com/insearchofmj/

https://www.instagram.com/cactusruns/

https://www.instagram.com/ben_mcgovn/

Fresh from her scintillating 15 hour finish in last Saturdays Centurion Track 100 mile event we were thrilled to speak with friend and legend Ali Young.

We have been lucky enough to run (behind!) Ali at epic ultramarathons such as the 2017 Spartathlon and 24 hour World Champs in Belfast and Albi (France).

What we loved about this podcast is that Ali is first a foremost a PT trainer and a lover of her local Parkrun and it is that "more realistic" connection to running and life balance that we explore in this edition. Ali is kind enough to share some wonderful detail on Bulgarian splits (Daz still hasn't recovered, great conditioning exercises as well as her nutrition and ultra-running tips.

Grateful to Andy and the team from Precision Hydration for sponsoring this podcast and some of our up and coming ultra pursuits.

We would thoroughly recommend that you contact/follow Ali - Conditioning for Runners class Mondays 6.30pm via zoom’ can contact Ali via social media or her email ali-parkfit@hotmail.co.uk