Episode Details

With Seán Backyard Ultra coming up this weekend in Glencullen, we are delighted to welcome Dara O'Brien back to the Any Given Runday Podcast to discuss his previous experiences doing the Backyard Ultra with Eric and Seán and much more.

With having done the backyard ultra twice before, as well as other ultra marathon events such as the Wicklow Way and setting a FKT along the Barrow Way, Dara is no stranger to long-distance events and there are A LOT of takeaways from this episode, especially if you want to take on an Ultra event in the future.

Even if ultra distances are not appealing to you, we are sure you will find quality info in this one as Dara discusses:

- His Top Tips for taking on the BYU including; nutrition, camp & crew, running shoes, mistakes to avoid and much more
- Why Seán has another DNF in his future!
- Why he was kicking himself after his first two BYUs
- His insane warm-up event before this upcoming BYU along with what he is really training for in June! 
- How events such as a Backyard Ultra and Barkley Marathons got started
And much more

It's always a please to have Dara on the Podcast and he certainly delivers on this one

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