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Race Report: Limerick Half Marathon 2022
Following my bout of Covid around Paddy’s week and the few weeks of upheaval with the house move, I figured I needed to put a big race on the calendar. How about Limerick half followed by Cork full I said? Sure why not. It felt like a big ask at the time of registering for…
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Race Report: Clonmel Half 2016
Alright time for another report on another race I ran. I find always best to do these the day after when I’ve had some time to come up with excuses analyse it in a more balanced manner. This was a race I really wanted to do well in and given how the training was going I felt…
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Race Report: Waterford Half Marathon 2014
I saw this race and impulsively entered a few months ago. At 25 euro a pop, a great reputation and a free hat, how could I resist. Jenny also signed up, it being her first half marathon so we decided to make a weekend of it staying the the nearby Viking hotel. I figured I’d…
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Race Report: Charleville Half Marathon 2014
So up early and on the road to Charleville by 8:15am on a foggy Sunday morning. It was cold, so very cold but it was clear, not a breeze and perfect conditions for the race. I had a dioralye and the obligatory coffee before setting off and threw a banana into me about 30 mins…
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Race Report: Killarney Half Marathon 2014
I entered this one a few weeks ago, felt I had been progressing well on the 5ks recently but wondered would that speed translate to the half marathon? We made a weekend of it anyway, headed down the Friday evening, grabbed a bit of grub and some live music (just the one bottle of beer…
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Race Report: Cork Half Marathon 2014
Having run a decent 5k earlier in the week I decided to target 78 mins for this meaning I’d have to hold 6 minute miles throughout, well that was the plan. PB before this was 1:21:40 from Bohermeen back in March so I felt I was in good shape to run a PB at the…
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Race Report: Bohermeen Half Marathon 2014
Sunday 02/03 – Bohermeen 1/2 Marathon – 1:21:46 PB! So it was time for my first real test, the Bohermeen half marathon test to be exact. I headed off to county Meath on what started out to be a nice Sunday morning but as we got closer to the sleepy village of Bohermeen, the rain…
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Week 7 – Countdown to Bohermeen
Sunday – 15.5m (4m @ MP) A pretty miserable, blustery Sunday morning but no rest for the wicked (even though I’m a relatively nice chap) so off I set. The wind kindly helped me out the old Dublin road for the first 5 miles, feeling good and relaxed at 7:15 min/mile pace, faster than anticipated…