Dara

2025 Running Goals: 1 mile: sub 4:50 5km: sub 16:30 10mi: sub 60:00 HM: sub 1:18 Run 2500 km in the year.

Gonna dip out from twitter for a while. Need a reset. Training continues. Catch me on Strava 🤙

@littlebayschool My daughter is coming up on 2 years, frequently snotty and can't blow her nose. How does one teach a kid how to blow their nose? And at what age isnit appropriate? It's something I've been pondering lately.

Something I didn’t know before becoming a mom is what a challenge it would be (and how essential it is) to teach little kids how to blow their noses when they’re sick.

@tomcoppens_ Yes, I do think they lose value because of the recovery needed after a hard session of oly lifts. For 1500m probably worth doing, anything longer I don't think they are necessary. If the goal is overall health, then yes they are worth it.

@_thedescent_ Do you think they lose their value for longer distances? That’s a fair remark. First ones are indeed hang power cleans, last one is a power clean. A clean for my is going into a squat receiving position

If you have any performance based goals A power clean should have a place in your program in my opinion It improves strength, flexibility, power, speed, accuracy, agility, coordination, and balance It's way less technical than a snatch or the squat clean and is perfectly safe for everyone to learn

My toxic running trait is that I run my strides too fast

I am so glad I don't fly often enough that I need to optimise airport time. The below take is absolutely insane to me. I'd much rather arrive in plenty of time and enjoy a coffee / read / play with my daughter while waiting to board.

@ProbWashedUp Wow. That's a bunch of fast dudes

A look at what the FrontRunner lads have been up to this month. We're really building something cool here. Almost entirely d3 guys (a couple d2) with a combined 0 all-american certificates, running really fast now and chasing big goals

@tim_roozendaal Dress for the 5th k not the first one

Read this before my morning run. Still overdressed because it felt cold. Had to run with my wind jacket in hand for 4 km. Rational thoughts vs emotional ones

Can't stop thinking about this. My strategy, assuming I'm alone: run ~5km at race effort (adrenaline is a hell of a drug), ideally uphill, and then find a big tree or a cave. If I was with my wife and daughter we'd be fucked.

@inaki_delaparra @Garmin The warranty is 2 years, right? 3.5yrs is on the lower end of what most people get out of their garmins but you are prob in the top 0.5% of users given your training vol. So while not ideal for you, they don't owe you anything. My Feñix 6 is 4.5 years now, still going strong.

@_thedescent_ @Garmin 3.5 years

My Garmin 945 started failing, so I reached out to @Garmin They took forever to reply and eventually offered me a -25% discount on a 965: no cables, I’d have to send my old watch first, and wait 7–14 days. I did my own research and found a 955 for even less than their offer. So I bought that instead in a distributor, I will have it tomorrow morning by 9:00 am Still, a bit disappointed, Garmin used to have great customer service (I was sponsored by them for several years in my elite career), but it feels like they’ve lost touch. I told them I’m an active athlete and can’t really train without my watch, yet the process was slow and unhelpful. Just sharing this as a heads-up. The 955 works fine, but the experience wasn’t what Garmin used to be. Notice all screen lateral sides “damaged”… 👇

@blkkenyb I've got the Feñix 6 and strongly considering the 8. Interested to hear your review after a month. Reviews at launch were hit & miss, mostly around SW bugs. I'd imagine it is stable at this point.

My Instinct works perfectly fine. I just wanted a little upgrade ⌚️

@ishdo79 @fluidathletics Super shoes. Everyone can handle more frequent intense workouts while still recovering. Coaching and sports science has improved across the board. Bicarb also a factor esp in 800m & 1500m / mile. Contrary to what many would have you believe, it's not all about doping.

@_thedescent_ @fluidathletics Sorry that doesn’t explain it. If everyone is now only micro dosing, why is the field depth deeper now. Ps - not arguing that the majority were doping then and now. But assuming that, explain the increase in the depth of fast times.

if trackflation is just a combination of supershoes and EPO I will be bummed

@brady_h Nike Aeroswift - they're fairly lightweight which is good for most of the weather we get here

@_thedescent_ These tights look cool. What are they?

It's 05:26 in Cork this morning, 9°C / 48°F , we've got 60mins E + strides on deck and I am team full tights all the way.

@ishdo79 @fluidathletics It's because all the WRs in track were set by super talented individuals who were also juiced to the gills. Doping is still happening but it's not as blatant. Micro-dosing etc. And the talent level has to be insane to even be in the ballpark.

@fluidathletics The thing I still want to understand about trackflation regardless is why the depth of fast times has exploded but the peak hasn’t. Nothing below the men’s 5000m has seen a recent WR, despite the explosion in near WR performances and junior records.

@tiga_style Hell yeah

70 miles/112.7km for the week 10.20 – 10.26 Training Recap 🏃‍♂️ • Mon: 6 miles / 9.7 km + anterior-focused lift • Tue: 8 miles / 12.9 km • Wed: 20×400m @ threshold + upper-focused lift • Thu: 8 miles / 12.9 km • Fri: 5×1600m @ threshold + 10×200m rhythm work + posterior-focused lift • Sat: 12 miles / 19.3 km • Sun: 16 miles / 25.7km 📈 Highlight: Feeling better at sustaining this volume and frequency. Learning how to manage load and recovery inside the threshold-heavy model, it’s as much about control as it is capacity. 📉 Lowlight: Watching American football aka the Pittsburgh Steelers (my favorite team). Enough said. On a serious note, don’t let external things you can’t control dictate your mood or effort. This week’s @Tigeresilience newsletter breaks down the concept of Providence, foresight in action. How preparation shapes your future, why discipline beats luck, and how stewardship of the body sets the tone for every other part of your life. Link in bio / site to read the full issue.

My morning pre-run stack

@JB_Goldstein If the money at ultra distance gets big enough, you will see East Africans start to get interested.

@_thedescent_ I think crossover would be wild to see here, likely a personality thing why some choose one and no the other

Kipchoge and it's not even close. The number of true elite distance runners that have attempted 100mi is close to zero. Show me someone with a sub 2:10 marathon who has gone for the 100mi record.

@michaelgraffeo Not saying these ultra guys are not good. They are v good. But it's a young, niche sport, and marathon running is not.

@_thedescent_ You know, it’s possible to answer “definitely Kipchoge” without simultaneously crapping on everyone who’s ever run a 100mi ultra.