Injury This racing results blog has been a long time coming. I’d say i have been busy but you have heard it all before! I’ll pick up from my previous blog last summer which you can read here. After racing fairly well at Crooked Lake and Belfast, my next scheduled race was Top of The

Overview I’m aiming to write a review once a month or so and they will just outline a few topics that i think might be interesting or relevant regarding my race training. The key thing is outlining the difference between self training and having a one-to-one coach.  Ill also give some insight into training techniques

I’ve never had much triathlon coaching, just as part of a local club.  I’m old school, picking up tips along the way and much more into how I’m feeling than following figures and stats. If I’m feeling good ill run faster and if I’m not ill run slower.  If I’m not swallowing water then I’m

2016 was an up and down sort of season with thankfully more ups than downs! I began with great pre-season and good solid training in January & February which really built the foundation for the year. A family holiday in March slowed things somewhat and then a calf injury hung over me for a few

That’s another one off the bucket list! Completing an Ultra Marathon has been on there for a long time and I never knew if I would or could actually achieve it as I’m normally pretty knackered after completing just 1 marathon.  The preparation wasn’t ideal either limping out of Belfast marathon 6 weeks before after

  A lady runs laps of our estate dressed in a fur coat.  She comes around every few days and seems to do laps of the various other estates in the area. She hasn’t got much faster over the past few years, just plods along in whatever her quest is [insert here fitness / lose

Here’s my light-hearted rundown (pun intended) on running and what will make you go faster… or at the very least confuse you enough to make you think you are faster!   Gear – you’ll need to get a new pair of runners, you’ve had them for more than 300 miles.  Doesn’t matter if you still