Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner

There as something strange going on with my body. On Sunday the weighing scales reported 147.6 pounds. Nice. 24 hours later, and after a pe...

The legs felt distinctly heavy during the first mile of Thursday's run, a sign that the fartlek workout had left its mark. However they ...

I've had troubles with my Garmin yet again, but this time I think I finally figured out what's causing the problem (hint: don't ...

There were two birthday parties, two swimming lessons, one stage school and one Tae-Kwon-Do workshop; obviously that is on top of the usual ...

I've definitely got a case of the ouchies this week (see picture from Sunday's post), though funnily enough it's at its best wh...

Friday was obviously an easy run, that was never in question after Thursday's evaluation. It was Saturday's run that had me wonderin...

I was pretty please with myself that I had managed a daily run despite the rather challenging weather conditions over the last 3 weeks. Sadl...

I could have gotten used to it. All I had to do was to sleep until I woke naturally (which was still hours before anyone else in the house),...

When I started my run on Sunday, I immediately noticed that the legs were rather sluggish. This did not come as a great surprise, having ru...

2013 had started in rather spectacular fashion on New Year's Day by breaking 18 minutes for the 5k for the first time ever. While I don...

It's been a stormy few days, but so far I have managed to get a run in every day. Sunday was reasonably okay, but I preferred the some...

Make no mistake, I am not complaining about the weather. We had a great summer followed by a nice autumn and we have had nothing to moan abo...

My lower back started hurting on Sunday after sleeping in an awkward position (blame that damn cat of ours). It got really bad on Monday aft...

It has to be said, we've had some very good weather here in Ireland over the last few months. Not only did we have an actual summer with...

It’s always good for a distance runner to be confident. In fact, it is absolutely crucial. However, there is a fine line between being conf...

The weekend was always going to be a tough one. Work Christmas party on Friday, a marathon on Saturday and Cian's 10th birthday on Sunda...

I did not expect any great insights from today's evaluation. In fact, any deviation from the last evaluation would have come as quite a ...

When I arrived at that field in Beaufort, I immediately noticed two things: the scenery was absolutely stunning with the Reeks in the backgr...

Ah sweet Jesus, what is it about the Irish and not taking "no" for an answer. I ran the cross country last year and not only did I...

I don’t know what the difference is, but I am feeling so much better than after the Dublin marathon, it is unreal. It doesn’t make sense to...