Entries by Ciaran McDonald

Dublin Marathon 2012

Results Video of the Course Apologies for the delay, I’ve been meaning to sit down and write this up for ages. The only upside of this for you is that I’m struggling to recall most of this so you’ve a shorter report to read than my usual race ramblings. This was my first attempt at

Ceres 8 Mile Road Race

Tuesday 14th August 2012 I took Brian Bonnyman’s advice and ran this terrific wee race last Tuesday; it really is as he says a “hill-runner’s road race”. Some of the hills were truly painful as I tried to stick in and keep my position on the long, demanding ascents, which were quickly followed with short

Strathkinness to Blebocraigs 2012

Strathkinness to Blebocraigs 2nd May 2012 Race info including results and course map Having been garrisoned to the Kingdom of Fife of late, I’ve been a bit out of the Westy loop, so was delighted to see this wee race taken place last Wednesday evening. In a few weeks time, some colleagues and myself will

Glen Clova Half Marathon

This weekend I ran a race. But I didn’t race a race. I just ran it for the sheer enjoyment of running! Or at least that was my intention. This half marathon isn’t in the p.b. range, so why did I bother traipsing a 260 mile round trip to it? Well for a while my

Alloa Half Marathon

This was my first road race in a while and had a friend from uni running it so thought I may as well have a crack at it. After achieving a pb there last year (01:31:18) I was hoping to make a similar repeat performance with a sub-90 but my training’s been a wee bit