Eight people tested the newly-laid running track at Dangan on Sunday 18th in an informal 5k race cum time trial. The track looked and felt good, much bouncier than the previous threadbare version, and less hard on the legs, according to Peter Delmer. Indeed the track is so new that the lane lines...
Second marathon of the year. Did it the low-cost way: 6 good weeks of 25-30M with 6 long runs thrown in: 16, 16, 18, 20, 19 and 18 two weeks out. Ran cross-country the Sunday before and then two short runs the week of the race. Got three bouts of physio in too and was told I was in good shape. The...
Robert Staunton's Dublin 2007 Report Twelve months ago I ran DCM in a time of 3:03. Not bad considering I strained my left quad and groin three and a half weeks before the big event that limited my mileage from 0 to 25 to 48 on the three weeks leading into it. Those three weeks were spent splashing...
I hadn't planned well for Dublin, due to a number of reasons, to the extent that it was 7pm on Sunday evening before I was finally able to make the decision to travel. The usual build-up to a marathon would be to fret for several weeks over major issues like hydration, nutrition and carb loading...
Gosts in Mijn Hoofd Well it was a short while coming. On we go then to Amsterdam once more. I am making a point at this stage to not look back at previous reports on the same race as my experience differs so much from year to year that a sneaky look might alter my assessment of how the race went...
After Johnny's fantastic run in Berlin a couple of weeks back a few of us tried to encourage him to write a race report and here it is at last.He doesn't often record his racing experiences for posterity but I suppose lopping forty minutes off of your marathon personal best time requires that you...
Mick Rice agreed to pace Ray on his most recent marathon in Berlin (September 2007). The following is his report with comments by Ray in italics. How do you offer advice on running marathon races to a man who has run thirty four of them already? How can you try to guide or pace a man through a...
Hi all Just to you know how Dublin Half Marathon went for the us last Saturday there was six of us from Athenry club and I think i saw 2 others in the Club top. It started off this year with the Flora mini marathon followed by the Clare people 10k, Galway 5km May Series, Headford 8K, Streets of...
1. What running shoes do you train in? ASICS 2120. 2. How many miles did you run last week? About 52 miles. I do most of my training by time as opposed to distance, but I think that would be quite close. 3. What's your favourite racing distance? 5K. 4. Where's you favourite place to train? On the...
1. What running shoes do you train in? Brookes Adrenaline GTS7, had to change from ASICS as kept getting a blister in exactly the same place no matter how many pairs I got through. 2. How many miles did you run last week? 17. 3. What's your favourite racing distance? Although I have only run one of...
That headline should improve the google search ratings of the Athenry site for Alan... but luckly for me it's true. More on that later. I had penciled Longford into my marathon schedule as usual late last year but what was unusual about this years race was that I had decidecd to use it as a long run...