Out of the Ras Bubble

An Post Ras 2016 I must admit I had huge reservations about this race. I felt I wasn’t ready. You didn’t hear of me on stickybottle getting up in races and to be honest I was getting a kicking in some races I did. I was coming good but I still felt I wasnt...

An Post Rás 2016 – the build up

That’s me in the photo. Bricking myself in my first ras a few years ago with Cuchulainn. I hadn’t a clue what to exact. I’ll be starting my 3rd ras (finished 2) and I’m still bricking myself because I now know what to expect.. The Ras is...

Ras Mumhan 2016

Easter weekend for the last 2 or 3 years is spent down in the Kingdom with like minded fools that ride bikes. We were down racing the epic 4 day race Ras Mumhan that takes in some of the most beautiful countryside your eyes will ever see. But this time it was hard to...

Sportsmans Duathlon #2

I would put duathlons up there with the most painful exercises you can do. From the gun its balls out until the end although there is a pace eliminate involved. Ive done the sportsmans duathlon many times(actually I am the founder of the race) so i know how to race...

My 2016- what are ye at??

The locals  see me running, they see me swimming…training in felda is a clear giveaway..oh and im going shite on the road at the moment! somethings up???. I’ll come clean.. I’m back on the tri wagon! I find myself in the same predicament I did...

mondays lesson- Dont be a sheep

Dont follow the crowd. From a young age I never followed the crowd. I was always taught to have a leaders mindset. I’ll try and instil that into my own kids as I feel it has helped me to this day. Where am i going with this?? I had a discussion with an athlete I...

Free yards

Am I qualified to speak about this. I think I’m more qualified than anyone because I am you and I am working progress. here goes.. Background Almost all my triathletes come from a non swim background. And I get asked the same question over and over by them. I...

35 today

35 today so that’s me  officially in my  mid thirties. At 16 I thought getting to this day would take a life time but its here. Back then I was in dream land when all my wishes came true when I began a career to fulfil a boyhood ambition to be a...

December wisdom..

Why do we do it?… Endless self F-ings off.. endless ‘ tomorrow the ‘diet starts ‘… You promised yourself on the 20th of december this wasnt going to happen.. now you lie in a pool of obese shit… as I said to Rob cummins, the fuck it...