I entered the sport of running through mountain running and swiftly progressed through almost all branches of the sport - both as a competitors, coach, administrator, journalist and race director. This provides me with nearly 360 view of anything running related.

I possessed very limited talents when I entered the sport and so sought the advice of the most successful coaches - dead or alive (through books or in person) - using particularly the philosophies of Arthur Lydiard and Percy Cerutty as my base.

I have coached hundreds of runners for thousands of hours. My favourite example is Jason Kehoe, who started as a mid-pack runner with me in 2008 but went on to win several mountain running races and two Irish championships in the decade we worked together exemplifying what can be achieved with a good coach/athlete partnership.

POSITIONS

head coach of Glendalough AC
Team Leader of the Irish Mountain Running development team at Snowdon 2009-2010
Former Mountain running coach for Crusaders AC in Dublin
Former secretary of the Irish Mountain Running Association
Featured article writer in several magazines such as Irish Runner and Athletics Illustrated

CREDENTIALS

MsC in Systems, Organisation and IT
National Qualification in Neuromuscular Therapy
UKA educated L2 Fell and Mountain running coach
AAI L1 coach
Lydiard Foundation certified coach
VivoBarefoot coach / Lee Saxby BTR coach
ND in Event and Sports Massage
Stryd Certified Coach