Ballycotton 10
Not What I Expected My plan for today in Ballycotton was to run a sub-65 minute ten miler in the vibrams. To...
Daegu Round Up
https://www.paulhession.co/blogs.html Things didn’t go to plan in the end in Daegu. I came into the race with a bit of an up-and-down...
Top Tips On What to Pack for the TCS New York Marathon
The 2019 New York City Marathon takes place this weekend on Sunday 3rd of November. Over 50,000 people will take part in the 26.2...
Motivation and The Attribution Theory
To motivate an athlete it is helpful for coaches to understand their athletes’ perception of events. The reasons which an athlete will attribute...
Superhuman Eliud Kipchoge attempts a sub-two-hour marathon in Vienna
Will Eliud Kipchoge make history and break the barrier by running a marathon in under two hours?
Eliud Kipchoge the Olympic champion set the world...
No Offense Intended
from Diary of a Rubbish marathon Runner There is one thing I did not mention about Tuesday’s school evening, though it was...
Marathon 2012 Dublin City
D-day..It arrived After months of preparation and tedious sessions and testing. Simon stood on the start line of the Dublin Marathon with...
A duo of race reports
Reports from the BHAA Maynooth race and the Kildalkey race So the first race I did this year was a bit different...
It is time to taper that training towards the European Indoor Championships- Georgie Hartigan
Who can forget the scene as Georgie Hartigan (DSD) crossed the finish line at the Athletics Ireland Indoor Micro Meet as winner of the...
Just Two Will Do
The last few weeks have been eventful but quite fulfilling on the running front. In contrast to the early months of the year I...











