How did you get into athletics? April 2014 I signed up to a work related Charity 10k…… and then had to train to run a 10k. I had a coffee with a colleague prior who innocently asked “so what time are you going for?” Little does he know the monster he created? While I have always had a strong interest across all sport and do remember being fascinated as a kid to the meets … [Read more...]

I've attached a photo of me coming 101st as a juvenile, I'm in the blue vest blue shorts, 3 from the left, hand on hip. I can still remember the day, heartbreaking! 1. How did you get into athletics ? I was in an athletics club in my home town of Cavan from age 8 til about 13, then gaelic football took over. Athletics was big across Ireland in the 80s, there were loads … [Read more...]

Can't believe its nearly 7 years when my old buddy Frank Hendron introduced Conor to me for him to join the group. Conor is a pleasure to work with and he has stuck with the training and 2019 was his best year with PB"s achieved across the board. Today's athlete profile is Conor Cleary. 1. How did you get into athletics? In school it was football all the way. I … [Read more...]

Another one for you all to read. I forwarding on another of our newcomers to the group . As he mentions in the profile , he asked me would I be able to get him to run a sub 3 hour marathon . I was very confident of this judging by how he trained early on with us. Not only did he break 3 , he ran under 2.50 and I know there is a lot more to come . Martin also has huge potential  … [Read more...]

How did you get into athletics ? I started running in my mid thirties. At the time I just wanted to complete a marathon as one of the items on my bucket list. So I started running around the block one January afternoon and somehow managed to get around Dublin some 10 months later October 2009. Didn’t hate it so I had another go in 2010. After that I had enough of marathons … [Read more...]