Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner

A few things have happened recently that seem to have changed some people’s perception of my running. I got my cheque for winning the M35 ag...

I’ve been whinging about this enough by now. Time and time again I have been unable to hit the prescribed pace for my workouts, and I should...

Ideally, after running a tough race, you take it easy for at least a day or two. Not just when running, but generally. However, when I got a...

It wasn't hard to sell a drive to Liscarroll to Niamh and the kids. Two months ago (actually, the day of the Cork City marathon) we had ...

The holidays have slightly messed up my schedule, but with a little bit of good will I can work around that. The biggest annoyance is the co...

No, Mike , I don’t think Dublin will feature 700-feet climbs in less than 2 miles, but I happen to believe that running hills will provide b...

One week of holidays is not a lot – time has flown, and I can't believe I'm basically at the end of my time off already. We will sta...

Real life has a habit of interfering with our running training, doesn't it? Some things that happened on Thursday, and on which I won...

That’s what I feel like saying every time I get out of my chair, or any other supporting medium for that matter. I have known sore legs befo...

I hope I have not overdone it a little bit at the end of last week; mile repeats followed by a race followed by a long run followed by a qui...

Until Friday I had never raced in the evening, but there is a first time for everything. Because I wasn't entirely convinced if the 4-mi...

On Sunday evening I checked out this week's scheduled program. When looking at the 2 prescribed speed workout, Tuesday's 10x400 at 5...

Just to clarify a few things about my new diet, it's not entirely raw food. I mostly followed the recommendations in that book , where t...

I guess I have to come clean about the remark regarding my weight in my previous entry. I hesitate even to say it, because it might make me ...

The most important thing for me was the gorgeous smile I got from Maia when I came home after my run on Monday. She's definitely over he...

Having to go to work on Monday was a bit of a let down. After taking Thursday and Friday off I was getting used to staying at home. Lola was...

Every once in a lifetime you get a race where everything goes according to plan, the pace feels easy and you cruise to the finish. This was ...

This is a very unusual day for me; I’ve taken the rest of the week off work, and I’m not going anywhere, just chilling out. As Niamh pointed...

Look what I made on Sunday morning as a surprise for the homecoming family members. I was dead proud of myself, and Niamh and the kids were ...

For the second night this week I hardly slept last night. I got not much more than 3 hours of sleep, and spent the rest reading and watching...