Why am I doing this?

People who know me know that I love to run (and sometimes swim and bike too!). With a new season of races coming up and a host of new year resolutions in my mind, I reflected on the fact that most of my friends think I'm mental for actually enjoying putting myself through all the training and races I sign up for.

So I thought - why not try and leverage this insanity and raise some money for a good cause? The charity I've decided to support is called Moving Mountains. I know some of the protagonists involved with this charity personally - and I can vouch for the difference their efforts make. So I thought I'd like to add my own little efforts to their worthy cause.

Thank you for your support!

- Andy

How to donate...

  • Make your donation via the link below ...
  • http://www.justgiving.com/andykinane
  • To be in with a chance of winning a spot prize, use the 'race betting' form below to submit your guess for my finishing time (to the nearest second) for my next race based on my training blog or just wild guesswork! The three most accurate punters win their choice of spot prize.
  • Next charity race - Undecided as yet... keep checking back!

Current Spot Prize Pool

  • Empty - waiting for next charity race to be decided....!

Training Log - Citius, Altius, Fortius!

Below are the details of my latest training sessions - feel free to comment, suggest improvements or laugh! You can read about earlier sessions in my blog archive (link at the bottom right of the page). Sincere thanks to all of my training buddies who keep me going and make training way more fun - and my friends and family for all their encouragement ... especially the very special person who drives along the N2 to find me with water and a smile - you know who you are! ;-)

Monday, November 9, 2009

Saturday November 7 2009

Same session as last week. 6 laps of the Magazine Fort (900m lap). Did it in 21 mins last week but this week did it in 20:37. It was *VERY* cold this morning. Time for leggings!!
Posted by Andy Kinane at Monday, November 09, 2009 0 comments

Friday, November 6, 2009

Thursday November 5 2009

Swim session with 3D.

10 x 50m warmup

Main Set
2 x 50m
2 x 100m
2 x 150m
2 x 200m
2 x 250m

100m easy

5 x 50m kick

4 x 25m sprint

100m easy
Posted by Andy Kinane at Friday, November 06, 2009 0 comments

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Tuesday November 3 2009

Did my stability set in TF before the swim session. Generally good though twanged my left hamstring doing the axe chop exercise.... worried about swimming and compensated for legs by pushing arms hard.

Swim:

Warmup
4 x 75m
Main Set:
5 x 200m (20 sec recovery)
10 x 100m (off 2:10)
2 x 200m
Cooldown:
200m easy

tough but good!
Posted by Andy Kinane at Wednesday, November 04, 2009 0 comments

Monday November 2 2009

Did a 4km tempo run around the pond in tymon park. Feeling strong. Yoga in the evening. Managed a head stand - though was a bit of a jump with my ass resting on the wall :-) still - small victories etc!
Posted by Andy Kinane at Wednesday, November 04, 2009 0 comments

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Saturday October 31 2009

Did 6 laps of the magazine steady running - 3min 30 sec per lap. Feeling strong and right calf ok now after rolling it out last night.
Posted by Andy Kinane at Saturday, October 31, 2009 0 comments

Friday, October 30, 2009

Thursday October 29 2009

Did an easy long loop around to the long mile road and back at lunch. Right calf is a bit tight - probably due to running on a hard surface in spikes yesterday.... otherwise feel ok.

Swim session with 3D. A lot of practice on reducing amount of breaths - will try to breathe every 7 strokes for the next while and see how it goes..

Good exercise:
8 x 25m off 35-40 sec with 1 breath per length...
Posted by Andy Kinane at Friday, October 30, 2009 0 comments

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Wednesday October 28 2009

Went running again at Bohermeen AC. Did about 2km warmup - then 3 x 1200m intervals with 400m recovery. Pace not too hard - but a good speed session. Seems the key to fast injury free running is "a lot of a little, not a little of a lot"...
Posted by Andy Kinane at Thursday, October 29, 2009 0 comments
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