Category High Performance

Swimming Galway Bay for Cancer Care West, and what marathon swimming teaches runners and triathletes about vulnerability.

A review of 2014: successes and learning experiences for Sports Ireland athletes competing at European and World Championship level.

A review of 2013: opening a new training centre in Roscommon and placing athletes at national and international level across several sports.

Weeks 3 and 4 of the eight-week 5km plan, slightly harder, with the RunIreland Ice Bucket Challenge for MND.

Weeks 1 and 2 of an eight-week plan to build a good 5km on a simple physical base.

Sixteen years of performance coaching in Ireland across swimming, running and triathlon, with athletes heading to European championships.

A busy summer of national, European Junior and British championships, and the opening of phase 1 of the Sports Ireland training centre.

A mid-season review of results across marathon running and swimming, including Barbara Sanchez's 2:37 marathon and selection with the Irish swim team.

Sarah Kelly (200m butterfly) and Niamh Kilgallen (200m breaststroke) are selected for the Irish team at the Celtic Tri-Nations Championship, May 2013.

One remarkable weekend: European Junior and Youth Olympic qualifications, a 15-mile win in Cork, 5th in the Seville Marathon and a High Performance Coach of the Year nomination.