Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner

Who turned off the lights? Tuesday morning I ran through Clonkeen Park and was tempted to stop for a photo because it looked so pretty with ...

Its early morning, just after 6 o'clock. I open the blinds and it's still dark outside - summer is definitely over. No matter. I hav...

Maybe it's something to do with Kerry. As soon as I got home my throat was feeling sore again. I have no idea why. This time it wasn...

I spent the weekend in Kerry, as I do most weekends. Of course I want to spend time with my family. However, there is a drawback, apart from...

It must be old age, but time really is flying. It's already mid-September. Where did the year go? What did I miss? And how come my young...

I haven't got all that much to say right now, except that recovery from Dingle is going really well, much better than anticipated. H...

And so, exactly one week after being transported in an ambulance to A&E with chest pains, I found myself on the start line of the Dingle...

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...