Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner

I used my weekend in Kerry to get a couple of nice runs in. The first one, on Saturday, was an evaluation workout, back at the road where ...

Remember how I mentioned at the end of my race report that there is an area on my right arm that feels kind of numb and a bit weird when I t...

Ah yes, the best laid plans. I had it all worked out, got a rental car Friday after work, carefully prepared all the stuff that was needed, ...

I went up North for the EAMS 6-hour race but felt it was no longer safe to continue and decided to call it a day when I reached the marathon...

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe e...

I know the blog updates are starting to slip. It used to be about every 3 days, then 4, then 5, and now 6. It’s a reflection of how busy I h...

Tullyvale Well, it didn't start out all that tough, after a night in a 5-star hotel, though actually there were some repercussions f...

I had actually been planning on cranking up the mileage again this week but Real World stuff is still happening and it was definitely better...

The last few days have been very hectic and a bit stressful, nothing due to running and all due to real life intruding once again. Ah yes, t...

Donadea was marathon/ultra number 96, so you could say I’ve been there before. My recovery protocol is pretty much the same every time, it h...

Race instruction, summed up The annual 50k in Donadea has firmly established itself as one of the fixtures in the Irish running calendar...

I almost always run on my own. It’s not necessarily due to me being anti-social but more due to me running at funny times. Nevertheless, I d...

It’s Friday yet again. Usually people are desperately looking forward to that day, and under normal circumstances I’m no exception to that. ...

The age is in the photo! When you're 16 years old and look about 4 years younger, that really sucks. Take it from me. However, once ...

just imagine what I would have looked like had I tried hard enough ... A bit of rain doesn't bother me, after living in Kerry for ne...

I've reached the point where I wish winter would just pack it in and fuck off. It's been freezing for way too bloody long and consta...

I'm trying to do 2 workouts a week at the moment, covering 2 different aspects of speed. One workout is hill sprints, the other one is a...

It's 10 days into January already? Did I blink and miss half of it? They say if time flies you're obviously having fun. They also ...

The new year got off to a reasonably solid if entirely unspectacular start. I've re-started the run commute, but only one way at a time....