These are harsh and recessionary times. The numbers of people in work is plunging. Tax revenues are down. Even the temperature in a miserable washout of a summer has gone through the floor.
And yet there is one thing that is going up and up and up. The dreaded curse of Start Line Inflation (SLI for [...]
The first time I ever heard anyone mention triathlon was over ten years ago when triAthlone CEO and organiser Liam Heavin wanted to find out about improving his swimming stroke. I must admit that the idea of doing a multi-disciplined event sounded very cool and I thought that it was something I would love to, [...]
Every now and again when I am in the company of the people I call running friends and my wife calls geeks the subject turns to clubs.
Now I want to make it really clear – I have nothing against clubs. They organise a lot of the races on the calendar, get kids active and involved [...]
Last Thursday evening found me on the road to Westport to spend three days at Fitness West residential boot-camp…. a journey into the unknown! I had not one clue of what was ahead of me!
On arrival, my initial impression was one of amazement at the sheer beauty of the setting and the accommodation. The residence [...]
On 21 May 2010 a lady called Joanne Ui Chrualaoich (nee Fearon) will be running from Malin to Mizen Head here in Ireland, against prevailing winds in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record. She will be doing this in aid of the Limerick Carers Association (the National Charity for Family Carers [...]
Fitness West ran a competition on RunDirectMagazine.com for a three-ay residential boot camp. I looked at the Fitness West website and thought – wow that sounds great – I would love to do that, writes ALAINE MURRAY.
FitnessWest.ie – a scenic location to make dramatic changes
One of the testimonials said that they now got more out [...]
As one of the two lucky winners of the recent RunDirect competition, I head down to Westport to participate in FitnessWest’s residential bootcamp weekend, not really knowing what to expect, and with my daughters’ words ringing in my ears on the drive down (if you must know, they were “Dad’s going to fat camp, dad’s [...]
Grey skies, grey weather and, to be brutally honest, more than a smattering of grey hair came together at a special boot camp run by Fitnesswest.ie to test the premise of the GAA that a referees who are over 50 will no longer be allowed to ref inter-county games, writes JOHN CULHANE.
A number of my [...]
Its very nice to do something together as a group; our group consisted of prehaps over a thousand and we were all running; ten kilometres to be precise.
Brian May, John Culhane, David and Des May in their hats!
The gun fired and everyone took off; a few at a gallop, most too fast, some too slow, [...]
Today we announce the release of “The Runner”, a Documentary Movie by Paolo Casalis and Stefano Scarafia, produced by Bodà (Italy).
The Runner
“The Runner” is the story of Marco Olmo, a living legend of extreme running. He became late, when the others started to stop. In his
“previous lives”, as he defines them, he has been a [...]
