What is the deal ! Last 2 weeks training was 4 days on, 3 days off. Not by choice mind you, well, not really anyway. Of course its easy to come up with reasons not to run, kids need me, dog needs walking, cats getting sick, I’m tired, maybe I’m anemic, yadayadayada, but come on!

I need some great motivational tools guys. Anybody any failsafe ideas that work for them?

The 2nd annual Annaghdown summer solstice 10k will take place next Saturday, June 21st at 5pm (which is only natural since that is the day of the summer solstice). Annaghdown is located 10mls north of Galway city on the west coast of Ireland. Irish Running Tours expect a large turnout at the event. Stay tuned for pics and video following the race.

Don’t run after cows ! I was running recently and encountered a bunch of cows merrily chewing the lawn of someone’s garden. Once I started to get close, they got scared and started jumping over the walls like some champion race horses and darting out the gate. So now I am in the situation of having them running 20 yards ahead of me, and as I got closer and thought about passing them, they started relieving themselves all over the road. Now I know where the expression, scared sh**less came from !