Matt Fitzgerald; how to run every race at your real limit!

10/05/22 • 53 min

Hi and welcome back to the podcast. My name is Isobel Ross and I am the coach at Peak Endurance Coaching. Episode 175 is my fifth interview with the brilliant author Matt Fitzgerald. I have previously interviewed him about his books 80/20 which discusses the concept of running easy for 80% of your training and hard for 20%, How Bad Do You Want It? Which delved into the topic of mindset and mental toughness and “The Comeback Quotient” which talked about athletes turning bad situations around and his book called: ‘Run Like a Pro (Even if you’re slow), elite tools and tips for runners of every level.’ His latest book is called ‘On Pace: Discover How To Run Every Race at your Real Limit’, which is obviously all about pacing when racing! I am a big believer in racing by feel, and you will be too after this interview! I will post the link to Matt’s book in the show notes. You can definitely get it on Kindle, and I think it’s showing now you might be able to get it in paperback! Thank you so much for supporting my podcast! I really appreciate those of you who have taken the time to get onto Apple Podcasts to rate and review the pod. I read all of the reviews and they sure do inspire me to keep working on it! Thanks so much!! If you enjoyed this episode, please do go on over and rate and review Don’t forget to go to my website, peakendurancecoaching.com.au to get on my email list so you can get my newsletters full of interesting articles and tips, or to get on board with coaching. Also, don’t forget to go on over to Peak Chocolate to get 15% off their amazing range of healthy chocolate that support your lifestyle and training. It’s nice to have something sweet and know that you’re not ingesting heaps of sugar! Join me in enjoying the delicious taste of Peak Chocolate by going to their website...the link is in the show notes!! Enjoy the interview with Matt! Link to Matt's book here<< Peak chocolate website here https://www.peakchocolate.com.au/ Are injuries or persistent niggles ruining your enjoyment of running and hindering your performance? Get on top of these now so that you can get back to the pure joy that is running!! Come in and see the specialists at Health and High Performance where they utilise the latest in technology, and experience, to help you get back to your running best. Head to www.healthhp.com.au/run to book an appointment and get back to feeling how good it feels to run without pain or discomfort! You can also find them on instagram: HealthHighPerformance

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Lincoln Quilliam on the state of European racing and how that can be applied to Australia, with the Churchill Fellowship.

Welcome to the Peak Endurance podcast! Episode 174 is another interview with Lincoln Quilliam, founder and race director for the Kunanyi Mountain run. When I interviewed Lincoln, he was overseas in Scotland as part his work for the Churchill Fellowship. Churchill Fellowships offer a diverse range of people from all walks of life an opportunity to travel overseas for four to eight weeks to explore a topic or issue that they are passionate about. The topic of people’s proposed projects are limitless, as long as they provide a benefit to Australia and the person is willing to share their findings with the Australian community is evident. Lincoln went to Europe to investigate the key features and benefits of aspirational trail running destinations with the findings to help him apply these features and benefits to Australian trail running. We discuss the state of European racing in this pod. I sure hope you enjoy it! Don’t forget to show your support for the show by rating, reviewing and subscribing! The link is in the show notes. The link is here. In spite of saying no more poles clinics, I have been inundated by people needing to learn poles skills for their upcoming races. I have one last one for the year (I promise this is really the last one!!) and it is 6th November, go to my website or click the link in the show notes to join me to learn all about up how to use poles uphill, downhill, on the flats, how to stow or carry them when you are not using them, and how to actually run on the flat with poles. This session is guaranteed to help you in your next trail race or ultra!! the link is here Churchill Fellowship: https://www.churchilltrust.com.au/project/to-investigate-the-key-features-and-benefits-of-aspirational-trail-running-destinations/ National association and 2032 games campaign: https://trailrunning.org.au/ www.skylinescotland.com Don't forget to get your Peak Chocolate discount here: https://www.peakchocolate.com.au/ 15% off at checkout with the code ISOBELROSS Are you sick and tired of being injured or running in pain? Ensure you are ready for racing in 2022 and come in and see the team at Health & High Performance .Love running again by heading to www.healthhp.com.au/run or find them on Instagram Healthhighperformance.

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Karin Traeger ran the length of the Yarra River!

Welcome to the Peak Endurance podcast! Episode 176 is an interview with Karin Traeger. Karin is the chief executive of the non-profit Yarra Riverkeeper Association set out to be the first known person to run the whole length of the river, from its source to the sea. Karin believes “Water is life, and the Birrarung/Yarra River is Melbourne's living entity connecting us to country”. Ron and I chat with Karin to find out how her run went, and what she discovered along the way. I really love working on this podcast and interviewing so many interesting people. I hope you enjoy listening! If you do, could you do me a huge favour and subscribe, rate and review?? It makes a huge difference to me not only personally, but helps the podcast audience grow and thus ensure I can keep getting amazing people to interview. Thank you! The link is in the show notes. The link is here. I have my next poles skills clinic on Sunday 6thNovember, 2-3.30pm. This course is invaluable for learning how to use your poles effectively when you are running and racing in the mountains. And to be honest, they are great for flats! Are you sick and tired of being injured or running in pain? Ensure you are ready for racing in 2022 and come in and see the team at Health & High Performance .Love running again by heading to www.healthhp.com.au/run or find them on Instagram Healthhighperformance. Peak Chocolate website is here https://www.peakchocolate.com.au/ Get 15% off at checkout with the code ISOBELROSS Enjoy our chat with Karin!

Here is the link if you would like to donate to Run The Riverkeeper<<