Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner

We had a chat on Thursday at work about running and I mentioned that the only 2 times I got injured in the last 10 years were when I did som...

Ok, so I was prepared to walk away from running altogether. What's more, I still felt like that three days after Berlin, which was a new...

I had signed up for the Berlin marathon last year as a bit of fun, not really expecting to get through the lottery because that's what I...

Well, you learn something new every day. I always used to run very early in the morning, not because I thought it was the best time of d...

Ok, so I ran that race on Wednesday, completely unprepared after not doing any speedwork for months, and when I had tried a few workouts I h...

As I was standing on the start line of the Grant Thornton Corporate 5K Team Challenge, I was a bit apprehensive. I had not done any fast run...

The good news first, as soon as I took that needle to that blister on my toe (which, it should probably be pointed out, you're not suppo...

When I ran to work on Friday, I noticed some serious discomfort from my right foot. I thought it was the sock rubbing against one of my toes...

As I was cycling into work this morning, it occurred to me: I'm just like Mayo. No, not the condiment. The Mayo Gaelic football ...

With Berlin getting close, the time had come to take some action. First of all, I finally booked flight and accommodation. I'm not ent...

I don't know where the feeling is coming from. Who is the culprit? Is it the legs? Is it the brain? Whatever it is, something keeps tell...

It doesn’t happen often that I am completely stunned but that’s exactly what happened a few days ago. I opened Facebook and the very first e...

I’m definitely starting to slack with my blog updates. If that spells the beginning of the end of this blog or just reflects my present stat...

And so, last Saturday, exactly three weeks after the race in Irdning, I made my comeback. The first 100 meters down from our house are ste...

I vaguely remember once being a runner. I haven't run a single step since Irding and what's more, I still don't feel like runn...

In theory I had 10 days to think about the race by now; in reality I have done all I could not to think about it. Well, that's not en...

Caution: This race reports contains some amount of swearing. It would not be authentic otherwise. If that kind of thing offends you, better ...

I wasn't even sweating yet when I finished Tuesday's very short, very easy lunchtime run, and that was that. Training is done. On We...

On Thursday lunchtime I was just about to head out of the door when Norbert crossed my path, and since running with a mate is more fun than ...

or at least the heat adaptation I'm doing right now is, unlike the outside temperatures. Heat adaption means running wrapped in 4 layers...