Category Archives: School athletics

School sports – all must have prizes

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Run and Jump

Every first of September I cheer inwardly – and a little outwardly too – that I’m not going back to school today. School’s out forever, baby! Running wasn’t a major part of my school days. In my all-boys secondary school … Continue reading →

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I walk the line for 10K fundraiser

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Run and Jump

This Sunday’s Fit Magazine City Series event in the Phoenix Park in Dublin will be my first ever 10K race. However, I’ve taken part in a 10K event before – a fundraising walk that became a run. Let time run … Continue reading →

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Fig rolls – go figger!

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Run and Jump

The fig roll, that well-known type of biscuit, has figured in my running career as far back as my under-age athletics. Most times we would merely eat the fig rolls. But one time on the bus back from a sports day, as … Continue reading →

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Hurdler on the ditch

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Run and Jump

Writing these blog posts about my marathon running, I find myself remembering long-forgotten scenes from my under-age athletics years: Did you know that I used to be a hurdler? My two brothers and I were members of the local juvenile … Continue reading →

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