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  • 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: Doneraile Park 5k 2021

    Anything that opens up for registration these days, I register for. It’s worked out quite well so far. 3rd race in 10 days but I don’t think it’s been too mad and I’ve managed the schedule well so far. This wasn’t one I really wound down for and saw it was a good alternative for…

  • Race Report: Inch 10k 2021

    One race in 16 months and now we’re looking at two in the space of four days. You know what they say, make hay when the eggs hatch…to save a stitch in…nine. I was very aware that this could backfire on me and that all sense pointed towards regrouping for a period and getting in…

  • Race Report: Dundrum Coillte 10k 2021

    So finally a race. A real one, with real people. The last road race I took part in was almost a year ago in the Fermoy 4 mile so there would likely be some cobwebs to blow, some chains to oil, some knives to sharpen, some…never mind, I took it too far. I was excited…

  • Race Report: Berlin Marathon 2016 (part 2)

    Stick on the kettle or fill a glass of ribena, it’s time for the highly anticipated part 2 of the Berlin Marathon race report. Some critics say it’s destined to be a flailing disappointment and I think they might be right. I’m nervous. I apologise for the delay, I’m moving house. That is a terrible…

  • Race Report: Clonmel Half 2016

    Alright time for another report on another race I ran. I find always best to do these the day after when I’ve had some time to come up with excuses analyse it in a more balanced manner. This was a race I really wanted to do well in and given how the training was going I felt…

  • Race Report: Frankfurt Marathon 2015

    Alright blog, I’ve had time to step back and absorb an unforgettable weekend in Frankfurt so it’s time to empty out my experience of the day. I start writing this from the comfort of the Brehon hotel in Killarney where I sit with a pint of grog having just spent the last 2 hours lounging…

  • 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…