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Make running your New Year’s resolution

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Sunday Independent 29 December 2019 Running regularly will make you better able to cope with the challenges that life can throw at you, writes Katharine Teeling If someone asked you “why is running good for you?” you would probably reply it is good for your health. Which is correct. But when most people talk about... Read more »

Marathon Running: The Ultimate Challenge Of Mind Over Matter

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Sunday Independent 20 October 2019 Self-belief, commitment and a willingness to push through physical barriers bring enormous rewards. There is so much more to marathon running than physically covering the 26.2 miles. The mental challenge is equally as important and can be what separates short distance runners from marathon runners. First and foremost to train... Read more »

Marathon Running: 26 Training Tips for Running 26 Miles

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Running a marathon, like many challenges in life, takes commitment, focus, determination and strength. When I ran my first Dublin marathon in 2005, there were 8,000 participants. Today 20,000 people are registered to run the 2019 Dublin Marathon, and a further 2,500 race entries went on sale this week. The challenge hasn’t changed. Nor the... Read more »
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The Ideal Sports Bra To Add To Your Running gear

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A properly fitted sports bra provides support, reduces movement, and prevents discomfort during running by using compression, encapsulation, or a combination of both methods. The right running gear choice depends on your size, running intensity, and comfort preferences. Selecting Running Support Levels Sports bras for running require different levels of support based on running intensity... Read more »

Mini Marathon tips to get you across the line

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You have put in the hard work – now it is time to enjoy your big day, writes running coach Katharine Teeling. Sunday Independent 26 May 2019 Just a week to go until the Women’s Mini Marathon 2019. A week of clean eating, drinking and living. Some 30,000 women of all ages, shapes and sizes... Read more »

2019: The Year You Started Running

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We’ve reached the last week of January 2019. We’re not hearing or saying the words New Year’s Resolution quite as much as we did at the start of January. What often happens as we reach the end of this month is that all the energy and enthusiasm we felt about what we are going to... Read more »

Today’s Personal Best Today

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I received an email during the week from FinisherPix reminding me that I hadn’t bought any of my finisher photos from the Dublin Marathon 2018. This then reminded me that I never updated my personal Facebook page profile photo with what I update it with after every marathon. A photo of me taken by a... Read more »

Paris: The City of Love. And Lovers of Running.

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Being a runner for almost 15 years, you would think that new running experiences are rare. Think again. I have recently discovered what will make my next 15 years of running just as if not more interesting, challenging, rewarding and fun as the first 15 years. It’s called overseas running. If you keep up to... Read more »

Dublin Marathon Ready, Steady, Go

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Katharine Teeling, running coach and owner of Coast Road Runners gives us the final tips for a great race day Sunday! Run Ireland 27 October 2018 With less than 24 hours to go until the start of the Dublin Marathon, your mind will start racing faster than your body ever will. Nervous energy starts to creep... Read more »