I only decided at the last minute to go along to the Corrig race (I was supposed to be seeing a man about a boat – more on that later), so when I arrived at the car park of Scholar’s pub near Tallaght, it wasn’t just for selfless reasons I was looking to carpool … [...]
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Last Wednesday in Howth saw the second race of IMRA’s Leinster League.
Since I know the route well at this stage, I was hoping I’d run it a good bit faster than last time. Off I went at the start, pushing it as hard as I dared on the lap around GAA pitch and into the [...]
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What’s the most common mistake made by bloggers? Starting out with a flurry of posts and then letting them dwindle until there’s only one in a blue moon. Yeah, well …
Skiing
Early in March, a group of eight of us went skiing in Söll, Austria. As usual, we had a great week. Lots of skiing, lots [...]
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Saturday’s Carrick Mountain race was “interesting”.
It had all the ingredients of a great day out – a beautiful Spring morning, mixed terrain underfoot and a tough ascent followed by a couple of excellent descents.
Once I’d finished slogging up to the peak, I overtook a bunch of people and crazily tore down the first steep [...]
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Picture running along the muddy, boggy, rocky peak of a mountain. Picture running into a freezing cold gale of a wind. Picture not being able to look anywhere but your feet without getting a clatter of hail stones across the face. Well, that was what the mid-section of yesterday’s IMRA Winter League race at Three [...]
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Just came across Rene Borg’s account of yesterday’s run in Howth – a much more entertaining write-up than mine!
Rene very kindly helped me get my race number off my shirt at the finish since I was fumbling about at it uselessly
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Today I went along to my first race organised by the Irish Mountain Running Association and had a ball.
I had bought a pair of Inov-8 Mudroc in Amphibian King back in October before the marathon and had only gone for a few trial runs up on the Ben of Howth in the last month. So, [...]
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