Marathon Training Diary Week 10: Half Full or Half Empty?
There are now just three weeks to go to the Cork City Marathon. I’m comfortably running twenty kilometres per excursion, but my attempts to push
Harry Smith May 13, 2022 No Comments
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Marathon Training Diary Week 9: Around the Grounds
A pleasing aspect of marathon training around Dublin has been the opportunities afforded to reacquaint myself with neighbourhoods I’ve previously lived, worked or socialised in,
Harry Smith May 13, 2022 No Comments
Marathon Training Diary Week 7: Reminiscences of Adventure Races Past
The upcoming, or more accurately impending, Cork City Marathon will be my first run over such a distance, all going to plan. I have run
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Marathon Training Diary Week 8: Target Time
We’re now just five weeks from the Cork City Marathon, and some people who know that I’m intending to run it have been asking me
Harry Smith April 26, 2022 No Comments
Marathon Training Diary Week 6: Playlists and Pain
It’s now roughly seven weeks until the Cork City Marathon, and time seems to be passing pretty quickly. I’ve been out running a few times
Harry Smith April 11, 2022 No Comments
Marathon Training Diary Week 5: Good Times at a Hometown Wedding
This week I was incredibly fortunate to spend a few days in my home county of Clare while attending the wedding of an old and
Harry Smith April 4, 2022 1 Comment
Marathon Training Week 4: A Coronavirus-enforced Break
The marathon training took a bit of a backseat this week as I recovered from Covid-19. My weekend of cultural delights was most enjoyable, but
Harry Smith March 28, 2022 No Comments
Marathon Training Diary Week 3: CMAT, Beckett and Smiles
Friday night, and the mood in the Academy was one of triumph, of communion between audience and artist. CMAT was playing a fantastic set to
Harry Smith March 14, 2022 No Comments
Marathon Training Diary Week 2: There’s no ‘r’ in Chapelizod!
I find running to be quite meditative. After the first two or three kilometres, I often find that I’m not really thinking about anything. Which
Harry Smith March 7, 2022 4 Comments
Marathon Training Diary Week 1: Pizza, Cake
The email landed stealthily on December 21st last, and I thought initially it might be an elaborate and oddly specific attempt to part me from
Harry Smith February 28, 2022 2 Comments