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When I got the start for Constanta-Mamaia the Dad jumped at the chance to tick Romania off his list of countries. I went about my training and usual race prep as he planned for his holiday to Romania. As we were going through Dublin airport I still wasn’t sure if he knew I was racing or tagging […]

So finally I have a chance to sit down and write this after a mad few weeks trying to get back into the rhythm of school, study, training etc after the Age Group Worlds in Edmonton. I have mixed emotions writing this, on one hand it was an awesome experience and an honour, racing in […]

This was my 6th National Series race of the summer and I was pretty exhausted by this stage. I started doing triathlon last year and clearly I’m still too inexperienced to understand that racing so many duathlons since March and Triathlons since May was just too much for one year! I wasn’t leaving enough time […]

CHALLANGE ROTH 2014 The decision was made after dragging my ass across the finish line in Nice last year that I wanted to do this again, but next time I want to train properly. Nice was an amazing experience and I still smile when I think about it. Beautiful setting and I’ll never forget running […]

Shadowman 2014 I worked with an old marathon runner, he used to say that anyone can finish a marathon given enough time, the real challenge was doing it in a good time. Of course times are all relative to the person, one mans sprint is another man’s marathon. But when I signed up for HIM […]

You can listen to music on the run but I decided against it. I wanted to experience everything. To let all sounds and support soak into my soul. To enjoy, not endure. Naïve and innocent perhaps but…….. 7 days ago I completed my first Ironman in Roth, Germany. 3.8km swim, 180km bike and a 42.2k […]

Ok, so way back when we started talking about doing a Half Ironman. It had to be done, but the question was where?? After going down to watch Tri an Mhi in 2013, I was adamant that I was going warm. On that day last year (they since moved the date forward this year – […]

Race Report: Joey Hannon Memorial Tri Sunday, April 27 2014   Having originally missed the entry for the Joey Hannon Memorial Tri, I was pleased to get a place after putting my name down on the waiting list. In the week leading up to the race, I was suffering from a pretty annoying head cold, […]