Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner

It was fairly miserable outside on Saturday. I had known that in advance but it just looked worse than anticipated. I sat there on the sofa,...

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe e...

It's 10 days into January already? Did I blink and miss half of it? They say if time flies you're obviously having fun. They also ...

I am actually surprised I'm still standing, never mind being able to run tough long workouts. As of now I have been without proper sleep...

First and foremost, congratulations to Pat O'Keeffe for running his 100th marathon today in Limerick. That's a fantastic achievement...

When Tuesday's evaluation workout indicated that I am in need of some recovery, I dialled down the rest of the week's runs. I didn...

One thing that differentiates Canova'a approach to the standard one is that pace is more important than distance. I read one interview w...

On Thursday morning I knew that I was pushing the boundaries. After hill repeats on Tuesday and 15 hilly miles on Wednesday I was in definit...

The last thing I said in my previous post was that I would assess on Friday morning if I should do an easy or a faster effort that day, depe...

Stop sniggering at the back, I’m strictly talking about the American, running related meaning of that word rather than the decidedly more fu...

Following the glory of Sunday's race it was time to knuckle down and get serious about training again. Marathon running isn't all ab...

Shea just learnt a lesson about electronic equipment and water the hard way, but somehow he seems determined to blame it on his mum. A bit l...

I used to hate Christmas, from the awful songs on the radio to the enforced happiness all around, but since the children have become old eno...

Even though I had to switch my long runs to the weekend, I still try to minimize the impact on family life. It might mean getting up at 6 am...

I had been nervously anticipating this weekend ever since I pinned the training schedule onto my wardrobe. 9 hours of running over 2 days – ...

It certainly took a while, but on Tuesday I finally found some results from Saturday’s duathlon. I got a few surprises. I came 15th overall...

I just realised that I can receive the wireless Internet signal here in the doghouse where I have been sleeping ever since Niamh read my pre...

After Saturday’s race, Sunday was never going to be anything but an easy day. I did 5 slow recovery miles in the morning before heading for ...

I don’t really feel like writing a review of 2009 – from a running point of view it was a slightly disappointing year. It started so well, w...

After a set of delays, the time of The One Workout had finally arrived. My old favourite of 10 miles at slower than marathon pace and 10 mil...