Johnny's Diary

Connemara 100 Mile race-Ireland
15-Aug-2011

Jesus what a day. I love Connemara with a passion. But today i loved it, hated it, all at different times throughout this long day. 

Finished in 21hr 09mins 15sec. 



  No 61 Cork City Marathon-Ireland
15-Jun-2011

Well got up and stupid o clock and drove to Cork. Some fellow runners very kindly had collected my race number so i stuck in on and ran like a fecker! I finished in 3hr 36mins ish and drove straight back home. I have to say i really enjoyed the marathon, the route was lovely at times and the...

  No 60 Edinburgh-Scotland
23-May-2011
Edinburgh Marathon Scotland May 22nd
  No 59 Clare Burren-West of Ireland
23-May-2011
No 58 London Marathon-England
03-May-2011
No 57 Paris Marathon -France
13-Apr-2011

 

Paris marathon

Saturday April 9th drove from Galway to Dublin for what seems like the millionth time and flew to Paris. On arrival in Paris I went straight to the Expo as it was late and registered then onto the hotel for food, bath and bed. Boring or what but as I arrived...

No 56 Barcelona marathon-Spain
10-Mar-2011

 

March 5th 2am Drive to Dublin and fly to Alicante. On arrival in Barcelona I went to register early and checked into the hotel.

I met a lot of Irish runners on the flight on the way over and at the Expo for the marathon. At times I felt like I was at home as it was...

No 55 Tokyo Marathon-Japan
07-Mar-2011

No 54 Tasmania-Australia
18-Jan-2011

Well this will be short and sweet. I arrived in Tasmania and walked around the main city Holbart only to be bored out of my head by a town that didn't seem to have any life. The marathon the next day was pretty much the same. A Marathon where you run up one side of the road and run down...

No 53 New York City Marathon-USA
15-Nov-2010

 

 

To Follow;;



No 52 Dublin City marathon-Ireland
16-Nov-2010

 

 

Blog on the way...



No 51 Munich Marathon-Germany
14-Oct-2010

 

Oct 9th   Up at 4am and drove to Dublin then flew from Dublin to London. Had a tight turn around so got to terminal 1 through security and all that only to be told I need to go to terminal 5, they also told me that I wouldn't make it. I ran like a fecker then raced...

No 50 Cologne Marathon-Germany
04-Oct-2010

 

Oct 2nd 2am up and out. I drove to Dublin to catch a 7am flight to Dusseldorf then got a train to Koln. I went straight to registration and collected my number and chip before checking into the hotel. It,s been a long time since I was in Koln last about 15 years ago with the Saw...

No 49 Mooathan Marathon-Donegal Ireland
30-Sep-2010

 

Sept 25th Bit of a mad day today because i was working on a gig, then went home, had dinner and spent some time with the kids, drove to Letterkenny late, arrived at all hours of the morning to be greeted by a hotel that was jammed full of people and  loud music. I went to bed...

No 48 West Of Ireland Marathon
11-Sep-2010

As always Connemara is just a special place. I got up at 6am and drove to the start. We started at about 8am and i took off after about a mile because after a tough week at work all i wanted to do was to listen to my i Pod and get lost in my head. So at mile 2 i Pod on and Rain and Sun and...

No 47 Inca Trail Marathon-Peru
31-Aug-2010

  

Friday 13th August 2010

 

Well funny one this as I was due to go on this run last year but poor Harry got sick the day before I left so I cancelled. Where did the year go and here I am again but this time I'm actually going. I went to bed...

No 46 Mullingar Town Marathon (in aid of Autism Ireland)
10-Aug-2010

 

God i have a lot of writing to do< Soon!!



No 45 Cavan Town Marathon (in aid of Autism Ireland)
10-Aug-2010

 

What a great day!

More to follow:



No 44. Ballina Marathon -Ireland (http://www.32marathons.com)
30-Jul-2010

July 18th 2010- Ballina Marathon (in aid of Autism Ireland)

Up and out very early and I then drove to Ballina. It's a town I don't know that well but I was surprised by its sheer beauty. I was running today to lend my support to two guys running 32 Marathons in 32 days, Gerry...

No 43 West of Ireland Marathon Series
10-Jul-2010

 

July 10th Up at 6am and drove accross to Mamm Cross.

It was a coldish day, however a bunch of ful lovin runners all headed off on the Connermara Rout for todays marathon. I ran all of the race today with the race Director Ray O Connor, a lovely man, a great runner (although...


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