Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner

First the kids turned our house into a spooky mansion, then they set off to relieve the neighbours off their sweets. Even though this wa...

It was supposed to be bed time last night, but Maia has her own ideas and her parents have long learned that she is better at negotiating th...

To answer your question, Grellan and Rick, yes, I did carry that sign over the entire marathon distance. Since the handle was rather short, ...

The ideal scenario would of course be to be a professional marathon runner, get put up in a swanky hotel for free, expenses paid, and get bu...

There was an interesting discussion in the comments section following the last entry. Keep it up, but remember: as MC said, this phase is al...

Since I do not have access to a running track, I had been racking my brain where I should run my 4 mile evaluation. 2 miles along the road t...

I was just about to turn off the computer last night when I got an email from MC, telling me to postpone the evaluation until Thursday and t...

One thing that occurred to me yesterday is that following the coach's advice will require more brain power than simply following a print...

It looks like replacing the battery in my HR strap has sent the gremlins on their way again, at least the recent HR data looks believable. T...

Jean Byrne , the RTE weather lady, might be good looking and is wearing, erm, “interesting” outfits at times, but she really made it into my...

The dark time of the year has definitely started. It’s almost pitch dark when I leave the house in the morning and this means an increased n...

There are always good things and bad things. Take today’s cycle commute into work, for example. There was blue sky to my left, blue sky to m...

Did I keep you in enough suspense? I know you have all been holding your collective breaths (well, maybe), and I can finally post the news t...

I didn’t know there was such a thing either, but I sure know what it feels like. Turns out it was not the achilles tendon itself that had be...

My resting heart rate was down to 44 on Saturday. On Sunday I ran at a faster pace with a lower HR than the previous week This morning the H...

The main reason why I had decided to use the Brain Training plan again was the pure and simple fact that I had run my best marathon using th...

With the kids returning to school/preschool, it was only a matter of time until they picked up some germs, I just did not expect it to happe...

I had intended to take 2 weeks off. I lasted 11 days. Close. The achilles is still an issue. On Wednesday I did not feel it at all any more,...

My achilles was still a bit sore on Monday and Tuesday, which is why I delayed my return to running. I have nothing to gain from an early st...

That's my combined total of exercise this week. No running, no cycling (apart from my normal commute to work), no stretching, no nothing...