Internationally renowned global endurance athlete and successful high altitude mountaineer Jason Black has spent the last 30 years as a high performance athlete having scaled the world’s highest mountains and raced to the end of the earth.   His accomplishments include summiting Mt Everest and the most technical and dangerous mountain of them all, K2.   The fatality rate on K2 is 25% compared to Everest with 6.5%. The main reasons why K2 is a tougher climb than Everest are the lack of Sherpas, support, fixed ropes and claimable routes. K2 also has more unpredictable weather and more frequency of avalanches. Then there’s the technicality and immediate steepness of the climb and the logistics of the climb and trek. At 8611 meters, it’s the second highest peak in the world, bested only by Everest at 8 848m. 2008 brought on one of the greatest tragedies in mountaineering history when 11 climbers died on K2 in a single day. www.jasonblack.ie Instagram @jasonblack_athlete --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnoregan777/message

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K2 Mountain - Jason Black, Endurance Athlete.

10 years ago, the 36 year-old Paula was struggling with a life-threatening health condition, seriously overweight due to a debilitating form of diabetes contracted during pregnancy. She was on a cliff edge, her confidence shot, and the prospect of not being there to watch her kids grow up a genuine concern. “When my youngest was one, so I’m talking around 2011, I realised that I had a serious problem because I was just that heavy, so I decided I’d start walking. And walking didn’t really do anything, I started a bit of swimming, that didn’t work, I started diets and they would make the weight drop a bit but you can’t live with the diets – you have to live normally as well. So then I decided that’s it, I’ll start running, because I did like a running a bit before.” The literal and metaphorical distance Paula has travelled over the past seven years is borderline inconceivable. After all, her beginnings in the sport were humble, in the most extreme sense. “I couldn’t run past two lamp-posts before I was out of breath - I was so bad, I was so out of breath, I was just so out of shape. It took me well over seven or eight months before I could run from 0 to 5k, but the first 5k was actually the hardest.” This is a small part of her story adapted from the Nenagh Guardian. You can follow Paula's journey on Instagram @paulawright_runner --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnoregan777/message

Couch to 220K - Paula Wright, Ultra Running

This episode is a recording of a recent Q&A with Great Outdoors.  We talk about Running, Training, Fitness, Adventure, Outdoor Activities along with a chat on gear and equipment to include some of my personal choices.  I also talk about racing and give an example of a strategy I applied during a Race with No Finish Line.  Hope you enjoy. UltraRunning Trail Running Instagram: @johnoregan777 www.greatoutdoors.ie --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnoregan777/message

Great Outdoors Q&A with John O'Regan, Ultra Runner

At the time of recording, Caitriona Jennings was quarantining in a Hong Kong hotel in line with travel restrictions imposed because of the COVID-19 Pandemic.  Caitriona had just returned from taking part in the Hoka One One 'Project Carbon X2' event in Arizona. In this episode we talk about Quarantine and the coping strategies Caitriona is using during this time.  We also talk about the PCX2 event and competing as an elite female athlete who is also pregnant at this time. We mention a medical journal article and you can access it with the attached link: https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000652   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnoregan777/message

Quarantining with Caitriona Jennings, Ultra Runner.

This episode was from a series of Instagram live interviews hosted by Great Outdoors.  Eoin Keith talks about his life of Adventureland shares some of his tips and advice learned from racing around the world.  If you were thinking of trying an Ultra Marathon then this episode might help you decide. www.greatoutdoors.ie #ultrarunning #adventureracing #thespinerace #thebarkleymarathons --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnoregan777/message

Eoin Keith Q&A with Great Outdoors

Mark Casserly is one of the most well known and respected fighters in Ireland and when you start listening to this interview you'll understand why.  In this episode we talk about Mark's training and coaching philosophy and his lessons learned from a lifetime of training in the Martial Arts.  We also talk about how Mark uses his Martial Arts Skills in all aspects of his life and his recent interest in Trail Running.  Mark shares some of his coping skills for high stress situations along with some other tools and tips and I'm sure there'll be takeaways for everyone in this conversation. Towards the mid point of the the interview Mark countered my attack and had me on the ropes and if you can stay focussed on the conversation you'll see how it played out.   www.championthaiboxingk1.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnoregan777/message

High Performance Muay Thai & K1 Coach - Mark Casserly

In this episode I talk about Training Principles or The Principles of Training and how they are applied to a training plan.  Hopefully this podcast will give you a better understanding of how to train along with the tools to help you maximise your training time to help improve your performance. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnoregan777/message

Training Principles

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No Finish Line (Trailer)

In this episode I talk about the benefits of Hill Training for sports and endurance athletes.  This is based on some of my own training and experience.  The cover photo was taken before the start of the IAU Trail World Championships 2012.  This race was held in Connemara, Ireland and I was running with Team Ireland. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnoregan777/message

Hill Training for Power & Endurance Athletes

This podcast was prompted by a recent conversation I had with a group I met while out running.    They were fans of the podcast and were asking questions I get asked so often.  It was the reason to start recording again. You can find my plans on instagram @togetherapartwerun Or printable plans from www.runinthedark.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnoregan777/message

Tips for Running your first 5K

On May 29th 2007, I took part in the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon with blind adventurer, Mark Pollock.  This race which boasts the highest start line for any race in the world took us almost 2 weeks of trekking to reach the start line.   Then, on the 54th anniversary of the first succesful ascent of Mount Everest we assembled at the Khumbu Icefall above Base Camp to begin our Marathon back to the Sherpa town of Namche Bazar.  This was to be an incredible challenge and in this podcast I share my own experience of how I came to take part in this amazing adventure. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reach Everest summit at 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953,  Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand, become the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnoregan777/message

Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon

Over the past 17 years I’ve competed in some of the most extreme races in the world taking in the 7 continents (twice) plus a Marathon at the North Pole and have represented Ireland on 10 occasions in the Ultra Marathon, but my running career was almost over as quickly as it had started. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnoregan777/message

Looking Beyond the Finish Line.

In this episode I catch up with Hoka Athlete & Professional Ultra-Runner Mike Wardian.   We talk all things running and Mike share some of hi thoughts and strategies on Training, Racing and Recovery.  We include the boys in between the races.  I know you're going to like this one. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnoregan777/message

Mike Wardian - Professional Ultra-Runner

This podcast is the recording of an Instagram Live Q&A with Great Outdoors.  In it I answer question submitted by viewers and we talk about mostly about training and racing and include some of my adventures. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnoregan777/message

Ask Me Anything - Q&A Hosted by Great Outdoors

Eddie Gallen from Belfast but living in Madrid did his first Marathon in Dublin back in 1982.  He followed that with a few more Marathons before taking on his first Ultra Marathon in 1995.  This was a 100Km race in Madrid. In 1998 he discovered the time based 24hr race and in 2007 he made his International Debut when representing Ireland in the IAU 24-hr European Championships in Madrid.  Since then Eddie has gone on to represent Ireland in 8 European & 9 World Championships with the highlight being his Captaincy of Team Ireland when the World Championships were held in his native Belfast. In this Podcast we discuss his journey and his motivation along with the training and mindset that has earned him the name Steady Eddie. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnoregan777/message

24hr Racing - Eddie Gallen, Irish International Ultra Runner

Welcome to No Finish Line Podcast. In Conversation with those that go the extra mile. Featuring athlete interviews and discussion on running, training, travelling and adventure. My objective is to interview athletes from a wide range of sports and to talk about how they do what they do. We will discuss the mindset and find the point at which all disciplines intersect. Twitter @johnoregan777 Instagram @johnoregan777 #running #ultrarunning #marathon

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