After the deluge that was Lock up the Year, 2025 began with some fine, frosty weather, as was predicted. The polar air mass that gave us this clear and sharp few days then bumped into a warm air mass moving up from the south-west, and all hell broke loose… well, from a meteorological viewpoint, anyway. … More Snow Day
I can’t say I’ll really miss 2024. The feeling is mutual with my better half. That said, I guess one should never wish time away. Shit happens, and we just muddle through it the best we can. Some days there is more shit, and a lot of muddling to be done. Actually, I think, as … More Locking up the year…
You figure out after a while that running is mostly in your head. You set goals, and when the little voice tries to stop you, you tell it to shut up. For me, it’s not so much a pain cave as it is a pain patio with a slightly uncomfortable chair…The Prophet Gary I have … More Swinging swords and scoffing sausages…
I am not sure when or how I picked it up, but I’ve had quite the nasty, niggling groin strain for the last few weeks. I did what most runners do in these circumstances, and largely ignored it and continued to train and go to the gym. As you do. Consequently, it got worse. As … More The times they are a’ changin’
As the great Dave Lee Roth has said on many an occasion, time rolls on. And that’s as it should be, he added. Well, it will, regardless of our opinion, I suppose. Moot points abound! And so it was that during the week, a message popped in from Gary to see if I was around … More Return to Three Rock
There had been a sniff of a Dublin Marathon race ticket earlier in the year. It never materialised. A quick five-minute session on the pop-psychologist’s chair would have unearthed a certain indifference to the whole running thing anyway. This would have led to many more sessions on the couch, but we really don’t have time … More Marathon times
“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I put it to you that on the said date, Saturday 11th May, an egregious crime was committed in the vicinity of St. Catherine’s Park in Leixlip. A heinous act that has gone unchallenged for too long. An act of vandalism against good typographic layout that has caused unnecessary … More Alone, we are…
I am finally getting around to rebuilding my shed/workshop/man cave (delete as appropriate). For a whole range of reasons I need not trouble you with, the original was in the wrong place, and must be… replaced! It will be a fun project, although a lot of work, considering I am a one-man-band. The new one … More Not everything is a documentary…
Well, as Gary said earlier (and I paraphrase somewhat), that’s the evening’s entertainment sorted! As it turned out, he is as impatient as I am, and sat down and watched our film this afternoon, and has given it five stars. Now, I didn’t ask if that was out of ten. Nor would I point out … More A Hike in the Hills Film
Life has been busy of late, though since the Slieve Bloom Way, not so much in terms of running. A few, short ones, plus a good deal of walking, and a few dips in the lake. As compensation, I spent a lot of hours watching the Olympics, in the hope that some of that incredible … More Weddings and funerals…
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