Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner

We've done the routine before. Niamh collected me at Friday lunchtime from work, I had taken the afternoon off, and we set off towards E...

I'll keep the running bits short, or this will be a very long entry. I woke early yesterday, and eventually got up 20 minutes before the...

The second week of my Dublin training started pretty well with a run on Monday that went faster and faster without any real increase in effo...

This was entirely predictable. We had weeks of nice weather, so what happens on the first official day of summer? The storm clouds take over...

The first week of official training is coming along nicely, and I already seem to be speeding up. This is presumingly a temporary blip, and ...

I knew I would receive a few warnings when I mentioned that the weeks that I had chucked out of the schedule were mostly recovery weeks, and...

As you don't have 24 weeks before Dublin, are you just going to jump into week 4 or 5 of the 24 week "Brain Training" programm...

"I like your photo's, but I can see a lot of unnecessary tension in your face and body ... now all that tension in your body is jus...

John tagged me a week ago, but I was a bit busy with the marathon. Since I haven't got much to write at the moment, I thought I'd ta...

Marathon running is not a beauty contest, and the photos are yet another proof to it. I actually like one or two of them, but the rest ... h...

I feel good. It's amazing how quickly you can recover from a marathon once you get used to it. This was my ninth race at marathon distan...

Where do I start? Out of town races can be awkward with the organisation, from being unable to get some decent breakfast to having troubles ...

It's almost time. Tomorrow I'll take the coach to Cork, get my race number, and after a hopefully good night's sleep I'll be...

Usually I write a summary of my training a few days before a marathon, partly to create a little summary database of my marathon training, p...

In an ideal world I would have spent the weekend relaxing, putting my feet up and get tons of rest. Unfortunately, this is the real world, a...

Pfitz has this 3x1600 workout 10 days before the marathon in each of his schedules, and even though I'm not following these any more, do...

In autumn 2005, when preparing for the Three Country Marathon, the first marathon I trained properly for, I could not wait for the taper. My...

With running being such a competitive sport, it is rare that we can congratulate someone on a win. Even rarer are the occasions when we can ...

The weather has been absolutely beautiful the last few days. It would have been even better if I would not have to spend all that time in th...

There are 20 days left until the Cork marathon, and, as I've said, I'm feeling like I'm hitting form just in time. Until very re...