Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner

I would show you a picture of the birthday girl and the presents and the party and the cake, but all of a sudden Niamh has reached that stag...

I've just realised that I have not updated this blog for 3 days and now it's late and this will be a short entry. Stop celebrating, ...

The Cork marathon is in 2 weeks and since the original 3:15 pacers cried off with various excuses (like running 132 km over a few mountains...

This just does not get old. I know you might disagree, but I don’t. Eventually I’ll have to remove the match from our Sky box as it’s full a...

It's been a spectacular few weeks. First this: And now this: 35 years of waiting finally over. I can die a happy man. Oh, and even thoug...

Being a meteorologist in Ireland must be one of the easier jobs in the world, the above seems to apply 90% of the time and it sure has for t...

honestly I do not see why you take risks, while it would be better to go cycling for 4-5 days... Roberto , as always, is absolutely right. M...

I had thought my knee troubles were already on their way out, otherwise I would not have run 12 miles on Sunday. Turns out, I was wrong. I w...

Today marks two weeks since the marathon, and while the initial euphoria has worn off, the warm inner glow is still there. Not even a week b...

Well, it was 25 degrees and beautiful sunshine in Vienna and when we landed in Dublin it was 15 degrees and cloudy and just generally misera...

After yet another long journey, not made easier by our entourage of four children all under the age of ten, we are back on Irish soil. I...

And there was me thinking my readership had whittled down to about 3, over 40 comments and counting, with the added bonus of making Ewen gre...

Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted - One moment Would you capture it or just let it slip? Emi...

Caragh Lake to Vienna, door to door, 12 hours, with a bunch of 4 lunatics children in attendance, left us absolutely knackered but 11 and 9 ...

Even though my training under MC’s guidance has been different to my self-tutored attempts, I decided to keep the same summary format that I...

Right now, as I'm sitting here, I'm desperately hoping that the tiredness than engulfed me all weekend and the headache from today a...

Just like many others I used to follow the Pfitzinger&Douglas plans for some of my earlier marathons. They are solid and intelligent pl...

Taper madness has not set in yet, at least not enough for myself to notice, but I can sleep in every morning and still get the run done befo...

It's yet another sign of old age, but time is certainly flying. I can hardly believe the marathon is only a fortnight away. I could even...

As you might know, I have four small children. The fact that they bring home a constant stream of germs from school/preschool comes with the...