Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner

Can you imagine being shackled to a complete idiot for 22 years, having to endure all his stupid ideas ("I'm going to run in circle...

There's a quirk in the German language that allows you to create new composite words out of existing ones. That's why there exist wo...

Just Imagine. You're running up that random road at a random time in Birmingham, actually heading in the wrong direction but you don...

Because last week's long run had me on my knees I decided to take it a bit easier this week. No doubles, no workouts, no long runs. Sinc...

A few years ago someone posted a question on a popular Irish discussion forum about falling over while running. I remember thinking there ...

At the tail end of last year I did one run with Gary when he slowed down to my snail's pace and I sped up close to breaking point, which...

I can't remember if it was for Christmas or my birthday but Niamh gave me 2 tickets for The Cure in Malahide in June, which also solved ...

I've heard it a lot. To become a better runner you must run with someone faster than you. In Kerry I never had that luxury - while there...

I actually thought I was doing an easy week. It sure started very easy with 5 and 4.5 miles on Monday/Tuesday. After that it got a bit more ...

I was basically forced to take a week's holiday. Well, not exactly forced as such, but still having some leftover days from last year...

The past week was the one where I finally felt some real progress had been made. The legs might not have felt perfect but all of a sudden my...

A few days ago I realised that I was not signed up for any race at the moment. I don't know the last time that was the case, it might ha...

Ok so, now where were we? Ah yes, bent over the railing of the Connemara finish, trying to keep upright, not entirely successfully. I ac...

Finished, in every sense of the word!

The Connemara Ultra is an iconic race in Ireland, and it used to be an absolute highlight of my running year, at least during the earlier st...

Well, looks like this was the week when I actually started to feel good again, did some faster running without even noticing, and the miles ...

Every weekend seems to be some special date at the moment, this time we were combining Mothers Day and clocks-going-forward day, which defin...

The last few months have been very frustrating, running wise. After that silly accident in January I sure did not expect to be sidelined for...

Much of what I do in life, whether running or otherwise, is based on trial and error and some things just don't change. The hip had been...

You start out as a newbie, eager to learn and looking admiringly and completely in awe at those incredible feats of human endurance that som...