1. What running shoes do you train in? New Balance. 2. How many miles did you run last week? 6.2 miles (Fields of Athenry 10k). 3. What’s your favourite racing distance? 10 miles/half marathon. 4. Where’s you favourite place to train? Renville Park and Tobberoe Wood. 5. What’s your favourite race or...

1. What running shoes do you train in? Asics Kayano. 2. How many miles did you run last week? 24. 3. What's your favourite racing distance? Five miles. 4. Where's your favourite place to train? Renville out in Oranmore and Dangan. 5. What's your favourite race or event each year? Galway Bay 10. 6...

1. What running shoes do you train in? Asics 2110 2. How many miles did you run last week? 0 - Gaelic Football injury! 3. What’s your favourite racing distance? Half Marathon. 4. Where’s you favourite place to train? In and around the grounds of Ashford Castle in Cong, Co.Mayo. 5. What’s your...

1. What running shoes do you train in? Asics Kayanos 2. How many miles did you run last week? 6. I am upping the mileage for Connemara as you can see! 3. What’s your favourite racing distance? 26.2 miles 4. Where’s you favourite place to train? Anywhere in Athenry 5. What’s your favourite race or...

I've been talking about this one for a while. When I first got wind of this, I was convinced it would be something unsual, and given that it was a once off, there was no 'wait and see how it goes this time'. I haven't been training since the marathon, and the residual fitness has waned. I pulled out...

I never write short race reports but I’ll try to write this in Ray’s style … Luton in December – not the most exiting place to visit. Let’s put it like this: I was happy enough to get off the streets and safely into my hotel without encountering too many ASBO holders. I hate to generalise, but there...

1. What running shoes do you train in? Asics Gel Nimbus 2. How many miles did you run last week? Ashamed to report only 6 miles (I was on holiday!) 3. What's your favourite racing distance? 10 Miles 4. Where's you favourite place to train? The Peak Forest Canal when I lived in England, today it...

The following Race Report comes from Helen Lavin who currently resides in Minnesota. Helen has competed in road races, triathlons and trail races in the past few years and this report shows her enthusiasm for the sport. I only had the pleasure of running with her once when we completed a few laps of...

1. What running shoes do you train in? Asics Gel Kayanos. 2. How many miles did you run last week? 0, currently injured. 25-30 would be some kind of average, needs to be upped. 3. What's your favourite racing distance? In theory, half-marathon, though I need to improve a poor PB, seems to be either...

1. What running shoes do you train in? Asics Gel Kayanos 2. How many miles did you run last week? 36 3. What’s your favourite racing distance? Marathon 4. Where’s you favourite place to train? Connemara. I've been lucky enough to have taken part in the Connemara Marathon a few times but we have also...

Dublin 2006 - One Lonely Bag It's funny really how every day we learn a little. Two weeks previously in Amsterdam my eyes were opened with the understanding that finding the correct pace and sticking to it is key to completing a marathon in good shape. It's simple really, if you've trained to do a 3...

1. What running shoes do you train in? Asics Gel Nimbus 2. How many miles did you run last week? 39 including Dublin City Marathon. 3. What's your favourite racing distance? 10km 4. Where's you favourite place to train? Tough Call. Either Dangan or the roads around Athenry. 5. What's your favourite...

1. What running shoes do you train in? Asics DS Trainers 2. How many miles did you run last week? 26.2 + 4 3. What’s your favourite racing distance? 26.2 4. Where’s you favourite place to train? I moved to Roscahill (near Oughterard) 4 years ago and was really disapointed that the only running...

A Personal Dublin Marathon Race Report by Peter Delmer Peter in Dublin 2005 To say I was well tapered for this race was an understatement – although the training had gone well all summer, the last four or five weeks saw a major drop off in mileage. Each year it’s the same thing – I set out to do...

1. What running shoes do you train in? Asics 2110. I’m on my 18th pair. I did a lap of the racecourse in bare-feet once back in my hippy days. 2. How many miles did you run last week? 62 3. What's your favourite racing distance? 26.2miles. I love every mile of it. 4. Where's you favourite place to...

1. What running shoes do you train in? Asics Kayano 2. How many miles did you run last week? None - rest is a very important part of my training programme... 3. What’s your favourite racing distance? One mile 4. Where’s you favourite place to train? Has to be Daingean with the option of the track or...

Paul McNamara 1. What running shoes do you train in? Asics 2110 2. How many miles did you run last week? 91 (all in singles) 3. What's your favourite racing distance? I've always felt at home over 3000m on the track. 4. Where's you favourite place to train? The Phoenix Park. It has everything. We're...