Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner

I had a busy weekend so far. I registered for my 4 summer races, all of which will be used as training runs, for a combined mileage of 153.8...

I'm perfectly aware that this blog has sounded like a broken record in the last few weeks, at least to the oldies here who still remembe...

I started doing evaluations a bit over 4 years ago, when MC successfully coached me for the 2011 Vienna marathon. There is nothing particula...

Things started improving rapidly after Sunday's long run, just as I had hoped. The legs were still a bit heavy on Monday but I only ran ...

I have been whinging and whining more than enough over the last few weeks about my lack of progress. Fact is that recovery from Turin took m...

After Saturday's mountain run it was always clear that I would need a few days to recover. The legs never actually felt sore but there w...

Oh shit! What have I done ! Right now I'm barely able to run 10 miles. I'm not even sure how I'm going to pace Cork in 3 we...

So I listened to my body, mainly because it started screaming at me, and made some changes. Not a lot, just enough to hopefully get through ...

I guess this is a post just for the sake of providing an update - I don't actually have an awful lot of things to say. This is a gra...

I owe the 24 hours race a lot. It elevated me from average part-time jogger at any other distance to a holder of 2 national medals and an in...

I did a double take on the weighing scales Tuesday morning. I had not weighed myself for a couple of weeks. I usually put on a couple of pou...

Darling, I love you, you deserve a reward for all the support you have given me over the years. What about we go on a week long holiday. Let...

After going through the pre-race check-in and having a nice little chat with American runner Maggie Guterl we assembled at the start line. T...

Going to your first international championship is a nerve wracking thing. I had not slept well for several days already when on Saturday, ex...

If Tarantino can stitch his film scenes together in a funny order then so can I with my race reports! Quite frankly, I'm in bits! ...

215.691 km / 134 miles 60th in the World. 2nd Austrian. 1st Irishman. :) The carnage even amongst the super elite was huge. I'm no...

Ciao! We made it into Turin. Nice sunny weather; if I were here on holidays I sure would not complain but for running a race it may be a tad...

Grellan asked about race strategy in a comment. I'm actually not a big believer in setting detailed targets. There are too many variable...

You can't read the internet properly today for all the April Fool stories. I have yet to come across an actually funny one but there...

Photo by Marcus Howlett It's been a busy few days. On Thursday evening I headed to Tralee to give a talk about training for the upco...