Evan Scully

Tomorrow is 65 Roses Day ( ). You’ll see purple flowers in shops. Please pick one up and help CF Ireland raise money. It gets no funding from the government so days like tomorrow are hugely important.
You can also text “Fight CF” to 50300 to donate €4. There is also Revolut way which I will post to my story.

The Sub 20 5k Pushing Roscoe In A Buggy (not a 3 wheeler) before he turns 2 is complete (he’s 21 months). It had to be in which is one of the hardest with 3 big hills.
The hardest part was my arms. I’d say it’s what calves used to feel like at the end of a marathon pre super shoes.
Anyway, despite his nonchalant facial expressions he always claps going on a run.

Roscoes second ! A solid 20:16

20th Valentines Day together.
20 years of opening your heart to me!

It’s Mr Steal Yo Girl

Our first race (is Park Run a race???). His face meant business as he kept on shouting “yah yah yah” as if I was his horse! Navan Park Run isn’t the easiest but it’s so much easier without pushing a non running buggy up 3 big hills. Sub 20 incoming!

My tradition brought my family together on Christmas Day but for the wrong reasons. I had a tradition on Christmas Day ever since I started running near 30 years ago. I’d always go on a run mainly because I got new running stuff from Santa. 2012 changed that tradition. I was a mile into a run and had a seizure. My second one in the space of 5 weeks. This time they wanted to keep me in but there was no way in hell I was having Christmas dinner in hospital. I don’t remember much about that day but I remember that. While running is amazing, it can also become a very selfish very quickly. I realised this that from that Christmas. There could be a chance it could happen again, and for what reason? So I get some miles in to round up my weekly mileage?
Anyway, what I’m saying is run, but dont lose sight of who’s waiting for you to come back in the door.

Valencia Marathon, Jingle Bells 5k and National Cross Country.

was agonisingly close last year to breaking 3. Just 8 seconds shy! He is now in the Sub 3 gang with a 2.57!
ran a huge PB with 3.11. Ciara started with me in May 2023 and has PBd in every marathon since. Starting out with a 3.38.
pulled out some performance to even finish. After getting knocked down in August while out on a run and tearing cartilage in his knee. The only good thing is he can run in a straight line. Ends up getting sick the week of the marathon to make things worse. It wasn’t a PB but to run 3.22 is way more impressive given the circumstances.
ran a 10 minute PB with a 3.34. He ran Dublin as a prep and wasn’t actually too far from his PB without going to the well so we knew a big PB was looming.
somehow managed to miss his cup and poured boiling water over his foot. I won’t show the images of his foot but let’s just say he’d make a lot of money from OnlyFans if he went on it. Ran an impressive 3.38
ran a PB with a 3.55. Running her long run on a treadmill was a sure sign that she knew how to dig deep when it mattered.
Eoghan Maloney ran a great debut with a 4.09. Only new to running this year and he threw himself into the deep end!

Jingle Bells 5k
- 17.02
Conor Murphy - 17.11
Joe O Brien - 18.40goulding.14 - 19.19
- 20.43
- 22.34
- 22.50

National Cross Countrymarjara finished 40th. Her highest ever place.

A few flicks for November.

That’s it. Another marathon block done. 3 weeks to go = Taper time. I absolutely love the taper. I must be the only one. You can feel the energy returning to the legs. You also don’t have a dread of a long run. The marathon is just a dance with a few thousand people.
In 3 weeks time I will be showered, fed and having a big cold pint in front of me.