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  • Race Report: Cork Marathon 2022

    After living in Cork for nigh on 8 years now I think it’s fair to say this is the hometown marathon and one that’s been on the to-do list for some time now. People go into this marathon under no illusion that it’s tough. It’s not just the hills, or the inevitable loneliness but the…

  • Race Report: National Masters XC 2022

    A 14 minute drive to nationals, I really timed this house move well! What a luxury being able to leave my house after 1pm for a 2:30pm kick off. Castlelyons was the venue, a town I know well and the home club are known for their excellent organisation. The day was fantastic, a superb buzz…

  • Race Report: Rathcormac 4 mile 2021

    Another race? sure why not. This one seemed to fit well in place of a tempo this week so myself and my training partner John decided to head up to Rathcormac on a fine Thursday evening. I’ve had the tendency to skip racing during a marathon build up in the past but I think they…

  • Race Report: Fermoy 4 mile 2021

    So, my 4th race in 3 weeks and I am really loving being back in the thick of it. Grange-Fermoy were one of the few clubs last summer who took it upon themselves to put on a road race amidst all the chaos. They managed to pull together a small invite-only field and it was…

  • Race Report: Charleville Half Marathon 2015

    Pre-race Sunday morning, 7:15am and the alarm blares. Crap, it’s here. I groggigly rise and go straight to the window, I can see the trees swaying but it’s dry. I shug and put the coffee machine on while making a bowl of porridge. Maybe this is getting too detailed… After a 50 minute drive I…

  • Race Report: St.Lukes Home 5k 2015

    I picked this race out a few weeks earlier as a potential target. Nice flat course, good timing on a Thursday (instead of a tempo) and the thoughts of a sub 16 5k are always lingering, threatening and pestering. On the morning of the race, the coach told me not to kill myself, I’d run…

  • 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: 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: 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…