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  • Race Report: BHAA Garda 5k 2015

    So 3 weeks after my 16:18 PB in Ballincollig I’m ready to rock again and hoping to be knocking on the door of a sub 16, or even better, running though the door. The race is the Garda BHAA 5k down at the flatlands of the marina, one of the fastest 5k’s around Cork without…

  • Race Report: BHAA VMware 5k 2015

    This one fitted the schedule pretty well, I’m trying to run races on days I would normally run a session so they’re not impacting a typical weeks training too much. I know how much I improved last summer when focussing on shorter stuff and a big factor was regular racing. Having chatted to a few…

  • Race Report: Strawberry 5 Mile 2015

    Early rise for the long drive from Cork to Enniscorthy, mixing a race in with a visit to the folks. 2 birds one stone. I arrived with plenty of time on a calm sunny morning, perfect conditions. The half marathon had just headed off so I got a 2 mile jog in and was feeling…

  • Race Report: Kilcredan 5k 2015

    Preface: If you’re looking for a Rotterdam 2015 race report, I’m sorry but it didn’t happen. It’s a long story that doesn’t require too much detail but in short I missed it because I developed a very VERY painful pilonidal cyst days before the race so I had to fly home and get immediate surgery. No running for…

  • Race Report: Mallow 10 mile

    56:02 (chip) and 11th overall Full Results So finally I made it to the start line of a race, my first of 2015 and it had been too long since I felt race pain, i.e pain exclusive to racing. Though I would have hoped for a quicker time, I’m very happy with the effort and…

  • Race Report: Waterford Half Marathon 2014

    I saw this race and impulsively entered a few months ago. At 25 euro a pop, a great reputation and a free hat, how could I resist. Jenny also signed up, it being her first half marathon so we decided to make a weekend of it staying the the nearby Viking hotel. I figured I’d…

  • Race Report: Dublin Marathon 2014

    Well while it’s still fresh, time to put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard) for my 4th marathon experience. Background This would be my 2nd marathon attempt this year having had a bit of a nightmare in Rotterdam a few months ago in April. After joining Leevale I had a good summer of training…

  • Race Report: Cork Intermediate XC 2014

    I don’t want to talk about this for too long because the tears might break my keyboard. This was my 2nd XC race ever, my first being 2 years ago and I had obviously wiped that from my memory. This was quite the brutal reintroduction to XC but the good news is I made it…

  • Race Report: Charleville Half Marathon 2014

    So up early and on the road to Charleville by 8:15am on a foggy Sunday morning. It was cold, so very cold but it was clear, not a breeze and perfect conditions for the race. I had a dioralye and the obligatory coffee before setting off and threw a banana into me about 30 mins…

  • Race Report: Frank Duffy 10 Mile 2014

    So off I headed up to capital city on Friday evening, hadn’t run a step since Thursday evening and was feeling well rested come Saturday morning. A perfect morning for the race, blue skies, sun was beaming yet temperature felt ideal. I was staying in a friends just outside the park so after my ritual…