Category High Performance

A look back at the 2012 season and the athletes' results, from a coach for whom the job is a lifestyle.

A run through Sheffield, written between sessions at the British swimming Youth and Age Group championships.

A run through Antwerp during the European Junior Swimming Championships with the Irish junior team.

A thank-you to the RunIreland community after the eircom Spider Award, followed by advice on training to run well.

The principles of training, from rest and regeneration to progression, to help plan a new season after the Dublin Marathon.

Five practical pieces of advice for your first marathon, from setting the right target time to learning from experience.

What chlorine poisoning after the 2011 Waterford 24-hour swim did to Sébastien's lungs, and how it jeopardised his Channel swim.

Day two of the free COPE Salthill Triathlon training sessions, supporting COPE Galway and Croí.

The first free training session for the COPE Salthill Triathlon, and why COPE has always been one of Sébastien's favourite charities.

The story of the first 24-hour swim in Ireland, 24 one-mile swims in Waterford, and the day Sébastien became a zombie.