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James Sullivan is back with another athlete Q&A, this time with 1500m runner Rory Chesser. Rory Chesser is an elite middle distance runner from County Clare, Ireland. He has won multiple national titles over 3000m Steeplechase and represented Ireland over 1500m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. James: Thank you for taking the [...]
We are entering the Autumn marathon and road racing season with many people putting the finishing touches to their training for the Berlin Marathon and New York City Marathon among others. One area that may be overlooked by many however is training the mind. Luke Coleman gives some interesting advice on how to block out those [...]
James Sullivan has been having a chin-wag with Dutch 800 metre runner Yvonne Hak, silver medallist from the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona. Yvonne Hak is an elite athlete from the Netherlands, who competes in the 800 metres. At the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona she claimed the silver medal in a personal best [...]
After chatting with Zola Budd previously, James Sullivan has been talking to another running legend from South Africa. Step forward Olympic silver medallist Elana Meyer… Elana Meyer is a former elite female long distance runner from Western Cape, South Africa, who competed primarily in the 10000 metres and half-marathon. The early part of her career was [...]
We are all guilty of it. Jargon seeps into your conversation no matter who you are or what you do and runners probably do it more than many. LSR, tempo, threshold pace, PMP – there seems to be no end to the fancy terms that we all drop into our conversations about running. So I [...]
And in the second of our Q&A articles James Sullivan has a chin wag with Ireland’s Olympic hopeful David Gillick… David Gillick is a 400m runner from Dublin, Ireland and is a two time European Indoor Champion over the distance. In 2009 he ran sub 45 seconds for the first time setting an Irish record [...]
James Sullivan is currently spending some time overseas and is using the opportunity to check out local sports facilities in various places. Here he talks to us about athletics in Australia and the lessons that can be applied closer to home. There are very few things that Australians don’t do well it seems (their very [...]
Gerard Martinez is building up to the a 100 mile race (yes I know, it is a *very* long way!). The physical work is done and now it’s all about the mind; here is his selection of inspirational videos. Not so sure about the Glee song though…! (Warning the videos may contain strong or adult [...]
Yep, it’s back to the gym again! Niall O’Crualaoich is back with another killer core exercise, this time it’s an one I’ve heard called “the best ab exercise there is”…. So the ‘Plank’? Why should you be interested at all? The plank is not just a core exercise for running but used in almost every [...]
Yesterday was Rachel’s impressions. But what did Rónán Mac Con Iomaire make of his shoes? Having had gait analysis in the past did the website match his feet to the right shoes? Find out below… It’s always a pleasant surprise to receive a parcel you’re not expecting, and having done the Mizuno Precision Fit gait [...]
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