Book Review: The Body Electric
Reading medical books for leisure isn’t one of my preferred hobbies. But I did just read a really insightful book called “The Body Electric: Electromagnetism And The Foundation Of Life” […]
Making progress on goals & training
Since Caroline Kearney Triathlon 2 weeks ago, I’ve been training away but probably not as focused as (a) I feel fit and (b) the season has been long so motivation […]
Dublin City Triathlon 2016 Race Review
DCT has a great reputation and I really was impressed. Piranha club volunteers do such a good job – super course, slick comms, top venue, food and atmosphere. For me […]
What makes a good race?
We all had a great weekend down in Mullingar recently, where nearly 400 people took part in the Caroline Kearney Memorial Triathlon, hosted by Midland Tri Club. I was thinking […]
Fat Adaptation Diary: Week 10
Three weeks ago I wrote about some of the challenges I faced while adopting to a Keto/LCHF nutrition approach. Good news is I feel better writing this time around. The […]
Fat Adaptation Diary: Week 7
It’s nearly 2 months since early June when I made a commitment to improve my overall nutrition, with the goals of living a healthier life, feeling better and being able […]
Luna Sandals Review
Many of you will have read Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. One of the central characters is Barefoot Ted who lived and ran with the Taramahura Indians in Mexico. […]
Dingle Adventure Race: 6th time, just as good
I’ve been looking forward to the 2nd weekend in June since January when I signed up for Dingle Adventure Race 2016. I said last week it was favourite race and […]
Fat Adaptation Diary: Week 2
The past 10 days have offered sunny weather every day – making it harder to be at work in an office, but so rewarding when I did get outside to […]
Fat Adaptation Diary: Week 1
It’s been over a week since I started on a new nutritional journey. Nutritionist and endurance runner Barry Murray has provoked lots of thoughts in my mind over the past […]
Darkness into Light 2016
HOPE written in large letters on a banner, lit up the grass in front of Marlay Park at 4am last Saturday morning. Along with over 2,000+ others, I set my […]
Quest Glendalough 2016: Race Report
Last time out, down in Killarney, I walked across the finish line. Different circumstance in Glendalough, but same slow saunter under the Quests gantry. Shoulder to shoulder, chatting away to […]
Duathlon Doodling from Mondello
Ten things I learned from doing the 2016 National Duathlon Championships around Mondello Racetrack last weekend. 1. Draft legal bike racing is hard You need to be so much more […]
Frankfurt Airport Runaround
If you’ve ever wanted to learn about running around Frankfurt, whether it’s the airport during a stopover or downtown by the river, read on. I was there twice recently, so […]
Wicklow Way Trail: Race Report
I finished 3rd in the Maurice Mullins Wicklow Way Trail race, organised by IMRA in March 2016. Read my race report below. Race distance: 25.5km (Strava activity) Race time: 1:56:51 […]
Quest Glendalough Bike Recce
While many of you were kicking off your adventure race season in Killarney on 13th March, I decided to look forward to Quest Glendalough on 23rd April. I did a […]
Saalbach Ski Holiday 2016
Our annual college reunion happens on the slopes of Austria. This year I met my mates from Rotterdam in Saalbach, along with my good mate Mossy. Six of us in […]
Secrets of a 50 year old runner: Pauric McKinney
Age is just a number, so you’re never past your best, unless you choose to believe it. I’m a firm believer that we have huge potential to improve as we […]
Winter Training in Gran Canaria
After 4 days of cycling over Christmas in Gran Canaria, I thought I’d share my reasons for coming here and why it’s such a good base for warm weather winter […]
Visiting Galicia: A Coruña & Pontevedra
I’ve previously written several posts about my 2 trips to Galicia and Porto in 2014 and 2015 (my thoughts on Santiago, running the Camino to Fisterre, Galicia: A Seafood Lover’s […]
What makes us tick: motivation & peak performance
Over the past 7 weeks, I’ve been taking part in a 10 week programme at work, focusing on improving the personal and professional performance of everybody on the course. We’re […]
Exploring Santiago de Compostela
Last September 2015, I visited the famous pilgrim city of Santiago de Compostela, the destination for millions of pilgrims each year who walk along the camino. After my own run […]
Meia Maratona do Porto: Race Report
Run: 21.1km in 1:18:57, 3:45min/km pace, new PB, 87th place Porto is a special city given its history, amazingly rich architecture and beautiful setting on the steep banks of the […]
Killarney Adventure Race 2015: Race Report
So after 3h30m of racing around Killarney National Park, in the biggest adventure race of the season, with the most competitive field I’ve raced against, I find myself 5 minutes […]
Killarney Adventure Race: preview
With 5 days to go to Killarney Adventure Race 2015, I thought I’d write a quick preview since I’m really looking forward to this race. It’s my third year racing, […]
Yummy Hummus & Dip Recipes
This year I’ve really enjoyed cooking new recipes and discovering how tasty and healthy food can be. Recently I cooked for friends and family and got great compliments and requests […]
Running the Camino to Fisterre
Galicia Trip: September 2015 Disclaimer: this is not a blog about walking the Camino de Santiago, as I haven’t even done one mile of it. It’s not even a blog […]
Achill ROAR Adventure Race: 2015 Report
I now know why the Achill ROAR logo is a woolly sheep. After cycling around the island, I definitely met more sheep than people on this remote part of west […]
John Power – An Inspiration For Us All
Do you remember where you were in August 2005? The news was full of the war in Iraq, Tiger Woods was at the peak of his powers, apparently “Bad Day” […]
Early mornings
“Fáinne geal an lae” is a song I sometimes listen to in the car on the drive up from Waterford to Dublin on a Sunday evening. The setting sun casting […]
So how’s 2015 going?
Seven months into 2015 and I’m happy with my year so far. 16 races done across several disciplines – from cross country and duathlons over the colder winter/spring months, then […]
Cooking up a Storm
The last 6 months have marked a real change in my cooking and eating habits. I’d a few triggers: doing some cooking classes; discovering paleo; hearing from great sports nutritionists […]
European Duathlon Championships Report 2015
26 April 2015 (Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain) In April 2015, I returned to Spain to race in a duathlon championships, finishing 16th in my age group over a tough run/bike/run course […]
College memories: my biased football referees thesis
It’s funny how things come out of the blue. Last week, I was reminded of months of slogging at a keyboard, writing a thesis about football referees, back in 2004 […]
Food for Thought: Paleo & Wholefoods
I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for months. Since January I’ve been on a culinary & nutritional journey, discovering so many great things about food, how to fuel […]
The Joy of Food & Cooking
I love food. I mean, I know we need it to survive and it’s something you can find everywhere, in infinite varieties and flavours. Yet sometimes we treat as a […]
A Few Good Reads: Part 2
Recently I reviewed two cycling books, but this blog is about two different but absorbing books. First, The Happiness Advantage helped me understand success in life; while the second, The […]
2014 Season Review
This year was my best yet. Show me the medals you may shout? Oh I have a few of them but for we what made 2014 great was being able […]
Cycling in Gran Canaria
Cycling in winter can be hard work – putting on base layers, gloves, hats, warm jackets, shoe covers…more gloves, an extra hat, oh and then you go out and still […]
A Few Good Cycling Reads
I’ve read a bunch of good books lately. Reading is a great way to switch off – it absorbs all of your attention. You can’t tweet and read. You can’t […]
Eating in America
After a recent trip to the USA, I realised American food & diet can get a bad rap. Yes they have huge obesity, portion sizes are enormous and fresh healthy […]
Nevada: Reno & Tahoe
November time in Northern Nevada is all about Thanksgiving and winter season on the slopes. I spent a week working in Reno and got a few days to explore Lake […]
A Weekend in Catalunya
The last 10 days have been great in terms of training, racing, exploring new places and re-visiting old favourites & friends. I’ve gone from Barcelona to Seattle to Reno, with […]
Killarney Adventure’s
The first weekend in October is now fixed in my calendar as a must-make trip down to Kerry for the Killarney Adventure Race. This was my 2nd year going down […]
Killarney Adventure Race: T-1 Week
Next Saturday, I’m returning to the Kingdom for the 3rd time this year. Each trip has been super – 2 days golf in Ballybunion Golf Links in April, followed by our annual pilgrimage to Dingle for the Adventure Race in June. Next Saturday I’m back to experience one of Ireland’s (and Europe’s) top adventure races in Killarney.
Blacksod Point Challenge Triathlon: Race Report
David Power reports back from the edge of Europe in Ireland’s North West on an epic weekend competing in one of Ireland’s most scenic triathlons. He finished 13th behind race […]
Project Management Ireland National Conference
The premier project management event in Ireland this year took place on April 10th in the Aviva Conference Centre Dublin. I was lucky to attend with a number of Microsoft […]
2014 The Story So Far
It’s been a great year so far. Both in sports as in life in general which is a good place to be really. I thought I’d take some time to […]
