My Running LIfe
My Running Life: “Small dogs on long leashes are a hazard”
October 16th, 2012 | My Running LIfe
In 2004, Aidan Curran (now 36) was ripe for a challenge without realising it, and now he has run six marathons in eight years When did you start running and why? I started in April 2004, with the objective of that year’s Dublin Marathon in October. I hadn’t run since my Community Games days and [...]
My Running Life: ‘I exercise more now because I was diagnosed with breast cancer last December.’
October 3rd, 2012 | My Running LIfe
This week, was a bit different: Jacquie Daniel has kept up her walking regime despite being diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing chemotherapy
‘If you wrote down all the excuses you have not to go for that run, you’d be half-way back’
September 18th, 2012 | My Running LIfe
Avril Moore (32) began running to lose weight and get fit, now she’s aiming for a triathlon When did you start running and why? January 2012. I have been losing weight and wanted to concentrate on getting fit. I had been walking a lot to lose the weight and needed to up a level. I [...]
My Running Life: ‘I’ve run 22 marathons in three months’
September 10th, 2012 | My Running LIfe
Gavin Redmond (28), is a web designer and founder and director of the Digital Academy
My Running Life: ‘Cuts and bruises heal and chicks dig scars’
August 20th, 2012 | My Running LIfe
MARK-DANIEL GALVIN (24) has run across Korea and along the Great Wall of China and says running has brought him to amazing places
My Running Life: Ethna Crowe
July 30th, 2012 | My Running LIfe
Ethna Crowe (41) on her favourite running tips and tunes
My Running Life: Alan Murphy
July 23rd, 2012 | My Running LIfe
Alan Murphy (40) from Mallow, Co Cork, started running to lose weight – now he runs six days and between 100 and 120 miles a week.
My Running Life #7: “Always believe in yourself”
July 16th, 2012 | My Running LIfe
When 47-year-old Catriona Rainsford gave up smoking, she put on two stone – which was the motivation she needed to get moving
My Running Life #6: ‘The worst was when I was once chased by a rabid pack of dogs’
July 9th, 2012 | My Running LIfe
Aid worker Moire O’Sullivan (36) on the joys of running in Wicklow, Afghanistan and Cambodia.
My Running Life #5: Running with the Kenyans
July 2nd, 2012 | My Running LIfe
Adharanand Finn, 38, author of a new book ‘Running with the Kenyans’ tells us why he went to Africa – and what he learned. When did you start running and why? I started running when I was nine. I had just started at a new school and they sent us all on a cross-country run, [...]
