Martin O Leary’s Blog Week 11: Fun in the Sun.
Runners and golfers can be quite similar, while the sports are remarkably different, those who participate in both can be comparable. Runners and golfers come in all shapes and sizes. Runners have different running styles and golfers have different types of swings. Both sports are enjoyed and loved by people of all ages. During my […]
Ruairi O Hagan: Plenty of miles but even more smiles
Ruairi O’Hagan, Watergrasshill AC runner, Runners Diary Podcast Cork City Marathon Leader, envier of Martin’s writing prowess and renowned sore nipples owner tries to steal Martin’s glory by writing a blog of his own…. Roar’s Race Reports – The Great Railway Run, April 16th 2023 Ruairi at the start of the race, channelling his inner […]
40 is the new 25(km)
“You can’t control the past, you can’t control the future, you can control your attitude, effort and performance in the moment”. Bill Belichick, New England Patriots Head Coach Apart from running, one of the other sports that I enjoy most is American football. I regularly tune into the NFL on Sunday nights to watch the […]
Martin O Leary’s blog: Week 9: Running friend (n): One who listens, doesn’t judge and somehow makes 2 hours of running fun!
The hills of Cobh got the better of me and my quads last Sunday, so after a badly needed rest day on Monday, I went out for an easy run on Tuesday evening. A familiar face greeted me on my route, as my buddy the heron from a few weeks ago glided by to check […]
Martin’s Blog: Week 8: The day Sonia missed her chance to get a picture with me
A picture paints a thousand words, so the saying goes. And when I look back at the photos from my most recent races I can see why. I’ve noticed that in most of the pictures I’m either smiling or looking relatively content, or as Lorna tells me ‘you don’t have a big head red on […]
Martin’s blog week 7: Running is 1% mental and 99% looking good in glasses.
I’ve heard of writer’s block but at the beginning of the week I was suffering from runners’ block. While I’m not sure if this actually exists I felt all my runs early in the week seemed like an effort and I couldn’t figure out what was wrong. I backed off a little in mileage as […]
Martins Blog Week 6: ‘Hard Yards’
“Dogged” – having or showing tenacity and grim persistence This week’s training was a bit of a struggle. While the weather didn’t help, my energy levels weren’t great and I was constantly running on tired legs. On one particular run this week, I had nothing left in the tank and it brought me back to […]
Martin’s blog: week 5: Martin tells everyone to “put a sock in it”
I’m Martin and I’m a Sockaholic. I have a mild obsession with running socks. I recently purchased from Steigen socks online. Now, like most, I have only two feet, but I felt I needed to treat myself to four new pairs. Some of the old pairs had too many miles on the clock and have […]
Martin’s blog week 4: Reeling in the years
I have a confession to make. I’ve always doubted that I am a runner. I’m guilty of looking at other people out training or at races and have thought, I’m not good enough to be here with them. I’m unsure where this inferiority complex came from (that’s for a psychology blog!) but I need to […]
Martin’s blog week 3: I turned into the running version of David Attenborough
I do a lot of running on the Crosshaven road walkway. It’s nearby and has a lovely surface that’s perfect for running. The walkway goes right by the water and when the tide is in, it’s magical. I see all manner of creatures on my runs; swans, ducks, seagulls (no penguins!) One bird I see […]