Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner

I did not run on Sunday. I was too tired after the mostly sleepless night in A&E, and I wanted to spend what was left of the weekend wit...

bored I was wondering if I should even write about last night but I guess I should. After some deliberation I decided to do a parkrun...

Things are progressing nicely so far. Having said that, I'm only 3 weeks into training so it's still very early days, obviously. I...

Thursday's run into work was the last run commute of the week. The legs felt somewhere between tired and okay. I took it easy until I go...

I don't exactly have a lot of experience with 5 star hotels, but out of the 4 I have stayed in the Cliff Hotel in Ardmore, Waterford, re...

Surely it is a bit early to be getting impatient already? I've been back on the road for less than 2 weeks now and I'm already start...

I'm only having sporadic access to a computer at the moment, so there is the possibility of longer breaks between posts at the moment. T...

It feels good to be back! Well. Ok. Actually, it doesn't feel all the great. Physically, that is. Mentally I'm happy like a pig in...

Yesterday I was running, for miles and miles, completely effortlessly, going much faster than I could have expected, marvelling at how easy ...

What does a runner do when he's not running? Mostly thinking about running, I suppose. Usually I'd start training again when I get a...

I've acquired a new nickname at work. It's not the most original of nicknames, I know. Besides, I would have thought Brian Ankers ha...

It's been a week since Belfast and I've had plenty of time licking my wounds. Mental wounds, that is. Physically I'm nowhere ...

In the days leading up to the race I felt strangely detached from it all, as if I was watching from the outside. That was very much n contra...

A disastrous race for me. I felt really good early on but kept myself in check and didn't think I started out too fast (still don't)...

Why do I have that twinge in the Achilles? Is that my knee starting to hurt again? Why are the legs so heavy? Why are the shoulders so ten...

When your weekend long run consists of 7 miles you know it's taper time! When the coach told me last week to bin all workouts and keep...

APOD https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170621.html For once, solstice actually seems to coincide with some proper summer weather here in Ire...

Usually I would have started to take it easy by now. While I never quite managed to figure out the ideal length of a taper, a 24 hours race ...

My honest opinion is you are digging that hole again Thomas, why the hell you did that hill workout and what i consider a heavy week post a...

I used to have recovery from those training marathons dialled in to a T. Five miles a day to start with, listening to the body, then increas...