RÁS 2013 – Days 5 and 6

Morale in the camp is good. No complaining and we have a ‘let’s get it done attitude’! We are getting the same treatment as the professional teams. That’s all to do with Dominic, Cuirithir and Aimhirghin, Pat, Gro and now Ray. We are able to...

RÁS 2013 – Days 3 and 4.

  This RÁS thing is getting legs. By all accounts the country is hooked, friends are hooked, friends that wouldn’t turn Eurosport on for the Giro (bike race) if it was the only channel working. I’m having a blast. The craic is 90 and the company is...

RÁS 2013 – Days 1 and 2

I’m on a journey; one of pain and suffering. An Post RÁS, where men are men! I can’t boast like some to say I grew up watching the RÁS but it’s something that has interested me greatly since I changed sports. I want the t-shirt and I want to tell my...

Antwerp 70.3

  Antwerp 70.3 Patience, hard work, dedication, commitment, focus, the will to succeed. These are all the things that I would advise new comers to the sport if I had my coaches hat on. Putting my athletes hat on I have found it hard to take that advice onboard. I...

Athlone National Champs!.

Sleep is a great thing. Combine that with Vitamin D and maybe fish oil your on a winner. I can control the last two but the sleep end of things is a in the hands of my children. Any time from 4:51am-4:59am one of my kids will rise. Even at such a young age they look...

Lanza done and dusted..

Someone asked me whats it like being a pro. I replied.. its like having a VIP pass at a  nightclub. Your important at the start of the night but as it goes on  your just like everyone else at the club. We all end up drinking from the same bar. My race- What did I...