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Summary of article by Alex Hutchinson – The Seven Pillars of Running Wisdom Nov 06, 2024

By Ciaran Deely

Really excellent article in Runners World from Alex Hutchinson regarding what’s he’s learned about running and the sport science and performance in of endurance events over his athletic and journalistic career called The Seven Pillars of Running Wisdom (see link below):

Quick summa...

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Work smarter, not harder – embrace your Downtime! Nov 06, 2024

By Ciaran Deely

I’m in the Barbican Centre in London on my laptop working through my daily tasks, when my minds begins to wander- I’m thinking about my working day and trying to be more productive and make it more enjoyable…when a very interesting article is pinged through to me by email! After rea...

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The GAA ‘#Super8’ restructuring of the Gaelic Football Championship – Super or Superficial? Nov 06, 2024

by Ciaran Deely

There has been much debate concerning the proposed Gaelic Football championship restructure recently, and especially with Congress on this coming weekend and the County Representatives about to vote on it. Director General of the GAA, Pauric Duffy set forth his plans many months ago...

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Introduction to Wellbeing for Athletes Sep 11, 2024

By Mark Deely.

Introduction to Wellbeing for Athletes

In the last number of years, we have seen terms such as Wellbeing, Wellness and Self-Care emerge as we all navigate modern life.

One very obvious example of this is the recent changes to the teaching of PE in Secondary Schools where it is a ma...

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