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Oct 4, 20244 min read
Dublin Marathon 2024 Route Description
As most people know there have been minor changes made to this years Dublin Marathon course from previous years but essentially the...
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Oct 5, 20223 min read
Dublin Marathon Route Description
Miles 1 – 2: The first 2 miles are generally quite flat with a slight downhill section after roughly 1.5 miles. The first 2 miles are...
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Aug 31, 20224 min read
Encountering and Overcoming Setbacks whilst Training for a Marathon
Many of you who have ran a Marathon know that the preparation for a Marathon isn’t always plain sailing. The Marathon and the training...
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Aug 10, 20224 min read
Fueling for a Marathon
How do I fuel for a Marathon and how do I practice this in the lead up to Race Day I’m going to go into a bit of detail on how I fuel for...
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Jun 23, 20228 min read
My Marathon Journey to Date
You’re 36k in and one part of you says why are you putting yourself through this, the other part, maybe the deluded part, says this is...
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Oct 26, 20213 min read
Rebuilding
Hey folks, sorry for lack of Blog Posts over the last month or so. With having to take time off running and the fact that I am slowly...
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Sep 29, 20214 min read
Belfast Marathon - DNS
So not the Blog Post I thought I’d be writing a couple of days before Belfast Marathon! So unfortunately, due to my body breaking down...
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Sep 20, 20213 min read
Belfast Marathon Training Week 10
And so the taper begins! The last few weeks I’ve constantly been saying to myself just get to the last 2 weeks and you’ll be fine! The...
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Sep 13, 20212 min read
Belfast Marathon Training Week 9
Hard to believe this is the 50th Blog Post I’ve penned! If you’ve managed to read every single one, fair play for enduring and putting...
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Sep 6, 20213 min read
Belfast Marathon Training Week 8
For most of last week definitely felt like I was in the throes of marathon training. Felt very heavy legged and quite fatigued all week!...
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Aug 30, 20213 min read
Belfast Marathon Training Week 7
Another week in the books and the best week to date in this marathon block. Really solid consistency throughout the week and 2 very solid...
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Aug 23, 20213 min read
Belfast Marathon Training Week 6
Hey folks! This past week was a bit more promising and almost resembles what a typical marathon training week would normally look like...
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Aug 16, 20213 min read
Belfast Marathon Training week 5
Hey folks! As I write this late Sunday night feeling a lot more positive about things, when putting together last weeks blog can’t say I...
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Aug 9, 20213 min read
Belfast Marathon Training Week 4
Hello folks! Not a great week of training to report on unfortunately. Managed 3 runs and 1 short session on the Turbo Trainer. This...
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Aug 2, 20213 min read
Belfast Marathon Training Week 3
I wrote in the first paragraph of last weeks blog the following sentence when talking about a positive week of training: “However not...
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Jul 26, 20213 min read
Belfast Marathon Training Week 2
2nd week of this marathon block in the books and as I type this Blog late on Sunday night I can definitely say that my legs know that...
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Jul 19, 20213 min read
Belfast Marathon Training Week 1
BOOM! First week of marathon training done, and probably the most enjoyable week of training I’ve completed in a long time 😊 Over the...
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Jul 12, 20212 min read
Belfast it is
Really solid week of training in the bank and definitely an improvement on last week. Body for the most part felt good and starting to...
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Jul 5, 20212 min read
You get out what you put in
Hello folks! Very much a mixed bag this last week with both positives and negatives. Weekly Recap: Monday: 7.13 miles – 53.39 Tuesday:...
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Jun 28, 20213 min read
Progression
Hello folks, I’ll start off with my usual spiel about having another positive week which has thankfully been the case again 😊 Felt a wee...
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