Episode 63 – Spinks, Williams, Meek, TAA

Episode 63 of Talk Ultra – We have a great interview with Queen of the Fells, Nicky Spinks. An in-depth interview with Morgan Williams all about the Bob Graham Round and we speak to Greg Felll from The African Attachment about what it’s like producing iconic ‘trail’ films such as Travailen w/ Ryan Sandes and Ryno Griesel, Wandering Fever and the Salomon running series of films. We also catch up with Jo Kelsey (Meek) on that incredible 5th place at Comrades Marathon and in Talk Training, we speak with Richard Fluck, the UK’s expert on kidneys and the effects of NSAID’s. The News, a Blog, Up & Coming races and Speedgoat Karl Meltzer is back from the wilderness….

NEWS

COMRADES

Results from comrades.com

1	31020	Bongmusa Mthembu	RSA	Nedbank Running Club KZN		5:28:34
2	45047	Ludwick Mamabolo	RSA	Nedbank Running Club GN		5:33:14	+ 4:41
3	18289	Gift Kelehe	RSA	Samancor Chrome Marathon Club LP		5:34:39	+ 6:06
4	55925	Stephen Muzhingi	ZIM	TOYOTA AC		5:35:18	+ 6:45
5	29889	Rufus Photo	RSA	Pietersburg Road Runners		5:35:30	+ 6:57
6	27026	Mncedisi Mkhize	RSA	Maxed Elite – KZN		5:36:06	+ 7:33
7	13892	Jonas Buud	SWE	Nedbank Running Club International	M40	5:38:17	+ 9:44
8	51249	Manoko William Mokwalakwala	RSA	-		5:39:29	+ 10:56
9	43769	Prodigal Khumalo	ZIM	Maxed Elite International		5:39:36	+ 11:03
10	28424	Latudi Makofane	RSA	Samancor Chrome Marathon Club LP		5:40:41	+ 12:08

1	13938	Eleanor Greenwood	GBR	Nedbank International	6:18:15
2	19987	Elena Nurgalieva	RUS	TOYOTA ATHLETICS	6:23:18	+ 5:04
3	19988	Olesya Nurgalieva	RUS	TOYOTA ATHLETIC CLUB	6:24:51	+ 6:36
4	19177	Irina Antropova	RUS	Nedbank Running Club	6:34:08	+ 15:53
5	10410	Jo Meek	GBR	Toyota Athletic Club	6:47:02	+ 28:48
6	24381	Caroline Wostmann	RSA	Nedbank Running Club GN	6:51:43	+ 33:29
7	32475	Zola Budd Pieterse	RSA	Hooters A.C	6:55:55	+ 37:40
8	20702	Frida Sodermark	SWE	Nedbank Running Club	6:57:33	+ 39:19
9	32448	Martinique Potgieter	RSA	Pietersburg Road Runners	7:00:46	+ 42:32
10	52266	Julanie Basson	RSA	Toyota AC CG	7:02:50	+ 44:35

INTERVIEW

We have an interview with 5th placed lady at Comrades - JO MEEK

ULTRABALATON 212km

Ivan Cudin 18:30:12
Lojze Primozic19:12:06
Boris Ivanovic19:39:56

Matene Varju Edit 23:41:11
Drusko Zsofia 25:11:59
Laurence Suisse Brunet 25:13:47

ENDURANCLIFE CLASSIC QUARTER

Duncan Oakes 6:58:18

Justin Nicholas 7:08:30

Clare Prosser 7:14:05

James Poole 7:24:27

2nd lady Jayne Angilley 9:02:18

3rd lady Becky Shuttleworth 9:03:37

Give a mention for Ultra D-Day Trail - http://iancorless.org/2014/06/10/ultra-d-day-trail-100-miles/

Contribute to Talk Ultra - http://iancorless.org/2014/06/10/contribute-to-talk-ultra-podcast/

BLOG

NICK CLARK gives us an insight into his training for WSER - http://irunmountains.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/four-weeks-ending-june-1.html

INTERVIEW

NICKY SPINKS completes the Ramsey Round in a new CR and adds to an impressive list of other ‘Rounds’ records. Hear about this amazing lady…

MELTZER MOMENT with Speedgoat

INTERVIEW

MORGAN WILLIAMS discusses the Bob Graham Round

TALK TRAINING with Dr Richard Fluck we discuss NSAID’s (Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) and sport.

DR. Richard Fluck, Consultant Physician, Derby City General Hospital, Clinical Director Renal Services and Service Director of Medicine.

Richard went to Trinity Hall, Cambridge and the London Hospital Medical College, London University

He has developed all aspects of nephrology within Derby looking at service delivery, planning, education, teaching, training and research. In his role as Service Director, his major projects have included Emergency Care Reform (Project Lead, Trustwide), EWTD (Directorate) and undergraduate teaching programme (Strategy document for Directorate)

Prior to Derby he was honorary senior registrar and lecturer to the medical unit and the renal unit, within the Royals NHS trust and Queen Mary Westfield College, London.

He divided his time between the medical unit, covering acute general medicine, with interests in diabetes and metabolic disease, and the department of nephrology.

In the last 18 months Richard has been elected onto the Renal Association, and sits on the Clinical Advisory Board. He has designed and led an audit of vascular access in all renal units in the United Kingdom.

He has been a programme chair for the British Renal Society’s Annual Conference in 2005 and 2006 and is involved in the production of Criteria for Success.

His renal research interests included the myopathy of renal failure and disorders of cellular calcium control in uraemia,

Richard has published extensively.

INTERVIEW

Greg Fell of The African Attachment talks to us about producing incredible films that we all have come to love and enjoy… TAA are the creators of many Salomon films and the recent Travailen documenting Ryan Sandes and Ryno Griesel’s ‘Drak Traverse’ - http://iancorless.org/2014/05/30/travailen-film-review-ryan-sandes-and-ryno-griesels-drak-traverse/

UP & COMING RACES