Paddy O'Leary is an Irish transplant who on October 13 set the FKT on the East Bay Skyline Trail, running 32.61 miles in 4 hours, 18 minutes, 12 seconds. He was training for the TNF50, where he was 5th place last year; he's also been 3rd at Chuckanut and 4th at Way Too Cool.
So what's a young fast guy like Paddy doing running an FKT?
"When I moved to the Bay Area 5 years ago I didn't run at all, I was a Lacrosse player who moved here for work. Then I fell in with a bad crew, that peer-presured me into running ultras."
"It dawned on me that in Ireland I was a very good lacrosse player but in America, I was one of the weakest players, whereas with running, l was actually pretty decent at it. In the space of 14 months, I went from a half marathon to 100km race."
His advice?
"I try to take a lot of calories on board every 30 minutes, about 300 to 400 calories an hour. Outside racing, I don't follow a nutritional plan. The marginal gains achieved by having a restricted diet would turn into marginal losses for me because I'd be giving up the enjoyment I get out of food and beer."
Photo by Ryan Scura (@rscura)
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Letzte Woche konnte ich einfach nicht abschalten, die Gedanken kreisten nur um die Arbeit. Auf der Suche nach einer Ablenkung bin ich über einen Forumsbeitrag auf spingranny gestoßen. Die Seite wirkte direkt vertrauenswürdig und übersichtlich. Ich habe eine halbe Stunde mit ein paar Slots verbracht und danach war mein Kopf tatsächlich freier. Für Spieler aus Österreich ist der gesamte Prozess sehr benutzerfreundlich gestaltet. Es war eine einfache, aber effektive Methode, um eine mentale Pause einzulegen.