To whoever needs to hear it: You can train max sprint speed and endurance during the same training period.
Unless you are hyper-specialized (i.e., 60m sprinter), it's possible, and likely beneficial, to improve both at the same time.
Did you hear the one about the cross-country races cancelled because of rain?
The downpours of the last few days might scare off the softer runners, but we’ve never been a soft nation when it comes to cross-country running
https://t.co/Tq1IXN87PM
🚨Coaches🚨
Athletics Ireland ticketing policy means many coaches with athletes competing on Sunday won’t be able to access the Arena. Athletics Ireland won’t budge on this.
Any spectators who have spare tickets for Sunday willing to give to coaches, who will pay, pls DM me.
This stuff isn't sexy, but it is important:
If the Paris Cycle Review has shown up one thing, it's that it's not so much facilities that are lacking for athletes and coaches. It's the investment in people: supporting them, valuing them.
Saturday column: https://t.co/m5aShFv5hZ
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If you have a few moments to listen to this interview as a parent with your child.
Possible one of the best post race interviews I have ever watched #PlayOn
That's two out of three Olympic medallists in the women's 100m hurdles who are coached by Dubliner John Coghlan - who just a few years ago was physical conditioning coach for Meath GAA. (Having been unable to earn a living coaching athletics in Ireland).
Some job once again.
‘Other teams look at them in the warm up. The German team stopped to let the Irish girls through. I’ve never seen that before’
@SineadKissane looks ahead to the 4x400m final with Jeremy Lyons
Good news for those looking for a Paris athletics timetable from an Irish perspective: fellow spreadsheet user @LouiseShanahan has put together the relevant info and made it look pretty, and I've added it to the spreadsheet!
https://t.co/dyEP0fKKy1
Saoirse Fitzgerald lowered her 800m pb to 2.06 while Aoife Coffey lowered her 1500m pb to 4.36 last night at the UCD athletics meet👏👏🔴⚫️
Saoirse travels to mannheim, Germany this weekend to compete for Ireland as part of the Irish u20 mixed 4x400m relay squad☘️
@RTEsport@RM_Heffernan@DervalORourke No disrespect to Sonia, Derval & Rob who are v knowledgeable but we want to watch live athletics not listen to constant analysis. V frustrating.