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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…

August 25, 2014
Race Report: Killarney Half Marathon 2014

I entered this one a few weeks ago, felt I had been progressing well on the 5ks recently but wondered would that speed translate to the half marathon? We made a weekend of it anyway, headed down the Friday evening, grabbed a bit of grub and some live music (just the one bottle of beer…

July 21, 2014
Race Report: BHAA Garda 5k 2014

So back to the super flat Marina course where I first ducked under 17 mins only 5 weeks ago, time to see how I’ve progressed having run some hillier (and hotter!) 5k’s in between. Training has been consistent with plenty of speedy track work and I’ve stayed injury free so felt I had a good…

July 10, 2014
Race Report: Daniel Kingston 5k 2014

So continuing on with my racing addiction streak, I signed up for this last week as it was on the same day as a session, I felt I recovered well from last Wednesday so why not give it a shot. I knew the course wasn’t going to be the flattest from looking at the preview, a total climb of…

June 30, 2014
Race Report: Clonpriest 5k 2014

Hottest day of the year? Anyone for a 5k?? Oooh me me!!! I don’t want to be complaining about our tropical heat wave, it’s great but seriously could the scorchiest day of the year have maybe waited for a day when I’m not doing a race? Anyway the show had to go on, it simply…

June 19, 2014
Race Report: Cork Half Marathon 2014

Having run a decent 5k earlier in the week I decided to target 78 mins for this meaning I’d have to hold 6 minute miles throughout, well that was the plan. PB before this was 1:21:40 from Bohermeen back in March so I felt I was in good shape to run a PB at the…

June 5, 2014
Race Report: John Buckley 5k 2014

This is the most popular race of the Cork BHAA Calendar, a lovely setting close to the banks of the Lee, only 8 euro and a super flat course so no wonder they turn out in their droves for this one. The competition would be fierce attracting Corks finest, I had a quick glance at…

May 28, 2014
Race Report: Cheetah 4 Mile 2014

It was a cold winters morn…no wait it was a warm spring evening myself and Jenny headed out to Fota wildlife park, a really smashing evening with the sun still spitting the rocks at 7pm and everyone in great spirits. Parking was a breeze and everything being kept in order by the excellent organisation of…

May 27, 2014
Back on the wagon

Well I’m back into the swing of things and feeling ready for some new challenges. I’ve joined up with Leevale in Cork city and loving the training so far under coach Donie Walsh. It’s real quality work focussing on speed with 2 weekly track sessions and a hill session on Saturday. I was feeling well rested…

May 6, 2014
Race Report: Rotterdam Marathon 2014

Well it all came down to one day, 3 months of quality training bagged and it was time to reap the rewards, so I thought. We woke around 7:30am, the atmosphere was tense but I was relaxed and quietly confident. In the hotel lobby, myself Rob and Bryan gathered for breakfast at 8am. I would…

April 14, 2014

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