Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner

Maybe it’s crazy, or maybe it’s just a sign how old and boring I have become the last few years, but I was actually much more excited by see...

"Do the race", he said. "It's going to be fun!" he said. As I've said a few times, training has been going r...

Yesterday, I walked into a door frame. I've been living in that house for 13 years and you would think by now I know my way around it ...

After all those months of nothing but easy running I am actually relishing running a few workouts, even though (or maybe because) this is al...

Ed Whitlock RIP. The legend will be missed. The weather gods seem to be taking turns at the moment. Saturday morning nice. Sunday mornin...

On Friday it actually happened. Niamh well and truly blew a gasket, with steam coming out everywhere and she looked like she was going to ...

Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer. Like I said on Sunday, this week marks the start of a more focused training pha...

Belfast is 17 weeks from now. After a few months of slowly, slowly rebuilding after it all had come crushing down in Albi, I am now moving i...

Another week, another evaluation. Is it just my advanced age or is time really flying? Following the twin storms last week the temperature...

Even though I'm running the risk of jinxing myself here, I have to say that February has been a great month. After months of rather limi...

As soon as I finished Sunday's run and saw the pace on the watch I knew there would have to be some payback. As much as I wish for it, m...

I think I've been on a bit of a high this weeks because after months and months of rather limited progress my fitness finally seems to b...

Usually I would be doing an evaluation every fortnight but for now we decided to go for a weekly session. The purpose is not so much to eval...

Having come back slowly from my overtraining, I had forgotten what it feels like to run on sore legs. I did get a reminder after Thursday...

I don't think anyone can accuse me of being impatient during the present training cycle. After taking a month off late in October I star...

World Record holder Did you know there are world records for running long distances in full fireman gear? I happen to know the guy who o...

On Monday morning, my legs felt heavy. Last year that would not have been unusual. My legs felt heavy basically all the way from July to S...

Once again I got reminded that I am getting dangerously close to being an old man, though the way I prefer to see it is that I celebrated my...

Niamh and Shea have recovered from their respective bouts of flu, feeling fully recovered by now. I guess I have indeed managed to dodge tha...

That's a term I've come across at work, though it fits very well into my running life. I've complained on many occasions that ...