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Marathon man, iron man, bike man, nachos man... |
Finishing Time: 3:22 Entry: €70, (Full marathon, half and 10 km) 2500 people at the Curragh race course. Accommodation: Home – 40 min drive from Dublin. Notes: Bad stomach pains/ stopped 3 times during run to try and get myself together. The Horse racing course (The Curragh) is an excellent venue for a marathon. Lots of space and plenty [...] Travel: Train from Dublin €40 Rtn IrishRail.ie 2 1/4 hours DUB/BEL Accommodation: Radisson Blu Belfast GBP 79 Water: 80 pence/ 2 ltrs. Meals very handy, restaurants available everywhere. Expo: Very small affair in the town hall. Quiet and little booths available. Belfast: Very urban, concrete and quiet city. Finishing Time: 3:04:14 *Fastest so far for the year.
Marathon course was quite [...] 6th March, 2011 Finishing Time: 3:24 Flights: Dub/BCN Ryanair, Accommodation: In-laws, Airport transfer: train €3, Race cost €Free (Mizuno) Beer prices: €1 – 4 available everywhere Weather: Sunny (16C max felt warm)
Very easy marathon, because I have run BCN marathon before. Wife came along to this one. Food is easy to get in Barcelona with so many options unlike [...] Malta Marathon 4 our of 5 Stars: Affordable, relaxing, good course, poor race expo and registration. Combining a short holiday with a marathon race early in the year is a great way to start your season. In January while the temperatures remained low in Ireland, many Irish hopped on a plane for [...] Marrakesh Marathon on January the 30th was a total blast from the second I arrived to the moment I left Morocco. The whole Morocco experience was a sensory overload which began with a 6 am wake up call by public speaker of a reading of the Koran. The starting line was a [...] This morning when I set out the temperature was nudging 1.7 degree Celsius so I took on as much clothing as I felt necessary. It still wasn’t enough as I got mid-way through the run, my bones started to feel the cold. I’ve always had a habit of saying the wrong things at the wrong [...] January – Morocco marathon, Marrakesh February – Malta Marathon, Malta March – Barcelona Marathon, Spain April – Paris Marathon, France + Boston Marathon May – Stockholm marathon Start time: 0900 am Location: Howth- Ireland’s Eye Entry fee: €30 Rating: 4/5 stars *super fun/experience/challenging swim/great soup/hot whiskey! The ‘Escape from Ireland’ swim took place on a Sunday morning (Sep5) with registration at the Howth Scout’s hall in Howth Harbor. It was a very comfortable morning, with warm Southerly winds and overcast skies, but relatively warm and welcoming [...] Zurich, 26th July. If you have seen recent examples of people on the street walking backwards down steps and embankments, then you might have seen the latest crazy in Zurich, backwards walking! (Acting and video complements of Paul ‘Burner’ IM Zurich) BACKWARDS WALKING! Following a day on the course of Ironman – the organisers are staging a ‘farmers tan’ party for the athletes with prizes for the best farmers tans. Here are some pics from the contenders. |
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