Canicross Conversations

In this episode, Louise and Michelle chat through everything you need to know if you are thinking about starting canicross, busting some common myths and worries people have about it, talking through kit and commands, and explaining what happens at a taster session.

In this episode, Louise records live from the first Canicross Midlands race of the 2022 season at Box End. 

In this episode, Louise and Michelle chat to Phil Irwin, founder of Bark Life and the World League Canicross.
Phil is a keen canicrosser with his two dogs Bella and Lucy. His background in the military, power electronics, mathematical modelling, marketing and telecommunications has given him the unique skills to set up a virtual racing league to enable canicrossers of all ages and abilities to compete on a level playing field using age grading, but particularly aimed at helping veterans and beginners compete more equitably with elite athletes.
The World League Canicross is relatively new, having run a hugely successful trial during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Phil gives Canicross Conversations an EXCLUSIVE announcement in this podcast about the WLC's future plans.
Register for the World League Canicross here 
Get involved with Bark Life here
 

In today's episode, Louise and Michelle chat to Natalie Chadwick about her experience of competing in the Trophée des Montagnes 2022. The TDM is a 9 day canicross event in the French Alps, and Natalie paints a vivid picture of an exciting, challenging, yet inclusive, canicross event.
The shoes Natalie mentions in the podcast are Decathlon Evadict Women's Trail MT Cushion
Here is a link to Natalie's blog about the event if you want to learn more

In this episode, Louise and Michelle are thrilled to celebrate Canicross Conversations' first birthday by discussing their Top 5 episodes so far.
 
If you're new to Canicross Conversations, have a listen as we signpost you to some of our favourite episodes, and if you're been listening from the start, we would love to know your favourite episode, so please do get in touch.  

In this episode, Louise and Michelle chat to Paul Jones, who, together with his partner Lucy, rescued Astor in 2019. Astor had been found in quite a bad way in Mauritius, and arrived in the UK a very anxious, scared, dog. Over the last few years, he has learned to trust humans again, and discovered a joy for canicross. Paul talks candidly about the realities of adopting an anxious, reactive dog, and shares what he has been working on to build Astor's confidence.
 
You can follow Astor's adventures on Instagram @astor_pup 

As canicrossers, we all have a million photos of our dogs' rear ends on our camera phones, right? In this episode of Canicross Conversations, Louise and Michelle chat to professional dog photographer Kerry Jordan from Fur and Fables. Kerry describes her work as "creating FOMO inducing images" and she shares some brilliant tips with us about getting the most out of our camera phones, how to get our dogs' attention on us, and editing advice. You won't want to miss this one.
 
Louise and Michelle have been practising their newly learned photography skills, and would love to see you photos too, so make sure you tag them on social media @paws_4running @mileswithmichelle and @fur_and_fables
 
For more information about Fur and Fables see www.furanfables.com

Louise and Michelle interview Sarette, the owner of Wilson for our regular Canicross Stories feature. Sarette chats about her running, competitiveness, and what the dream team will be getting up to for the rest of the year.
 
You can follow @woofswithwilson on Instagram here 

Louise and Michelle have a chat about how they can improve their running through discussing all the elements a training plan might contain, including strength training, hills, intervals, fartlek runs, tempo runs, long runs. 
Here is the link to Louise's Pilates course mentioned in the podcast.
Here is the link to Michelle's website if anybody needs run coaching advice

This week, Louise takes us on a live tour of Goodwoof, as she teaches Pilates with dogs, and chats to various cani-sports exhibitors, including canicross (of course!), bikejor, and scooterjor.