hill – mad IT runner

August 30, 2015

Caught me by surprise

Friday early evening I got message from Mark Conlon asking me if I can give him a lift to marathon. My reply was that I’m not going to Donegal. He was probably surprised by my reply but texted back that he is going to Leixlip to run local marathon. I was planning to run that one but was convinced that it’s on next weekend. Confused? Yes, probably cause I have skipped couple of marathon weekends lately and this year that wasn’t a regular thing. Anyway, I wasn’t ready to run but on Saturday morning I have picked up Mark and couple of minutes later both of us were heading towards Leixlip. That was the first marathon of the two which were organised to support hospital. Read more

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015

Not as bad as expected

I think that was the first time when I was expecting route to be more hilly than it actually was. Nice surprise. Everything started with email with document I should sign and bring with me to expo. In the email there were as well links to half-marathon and marathon route. Both led to same GPX route. So, I have assumed that same route just two loops. One thing was was just bothering me. It was said that big hill which was daunting runners was taken out from marathon route and on the GPX for half one I could see really bad incline. So, I have prepared myself for two loops with one big incline on each. That expectations but still weren’t sure about the legs after Ballina. Couldn’t say if the legs were heavy or wobbly. Usually before start I can say how I feel. It’s either crap or I’m buzzing can’t wait to start the race. Last Sunday I felt nothing. Completely empty. That was very strange. Didn’t know what to expect. All I knew is that I want just to run my comfortable pace. Knowing that body probably still hasn’t recovered from previous weekend I wasn’t trying to push too hard. Read more

March 3, 2015March 9, 2015

First time in Lusk

There was so many marathons run on the Lusk East of Ireland Marathon series route. But there was always in the way. So, Lusk virgin, besides that suppose to be first part om my first back 2 back this year. Not really with the fitness levels where these suppose to be I knew that I could be for a challenge. A quite of challenge. But first things first… Read more

September 30, 2014

Just Moo it

Almost 800 meters incline and almost 800 meters more than regular marathon distance. That’s from route details 😉 I was able to run it in 3:43 minutes. No to bad, I think. Considering that I can’t run hills… Read more

September 26, 2014

Clubbing

For the first time I had three sessions of training with club in one week – Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Usual Tuesday run besides lake in Roundwood, Wednesday speed session in Greystones and Thursday hilly session near Three Rock… Read more