24 hour World Championships Team Ireland Announced for 2015.

Eoin Keith, Eddie Gallen, John O'Regan.

The 24-hour World Championships  for 2015 will take place in Turin, Italy on April 11th and 12th.  The Irish team selected for this event will include participants in both male and female races.

Women's Team

Ruthann Sheahan announced herself on the global scene with a battling performance in 2012 when her 229km achieved 7th place in the World Champs and 5th place in Europe.  She backed up that form last year when winning the Irish title in a very impressive 225km.  Ruthann will seek to be very competitive in Turin.

Susan McCartney will be making her international debut over 24 hours in Turin.  She has shown impressive form in the build up to these championships and will seek to underpin these performances at the highest level.

Men's Team

Eddie Gallen (Captain) based in Madrid is probably the most experienced member of the team. Eddie performed well in last year’s national championship with a new track PB of 227km and will be seeking to reach that level again.

John O’Regan is a three time Irish 24 Hour champion who recorded a strong performance in this year’s Irish 24 Hour race.  He is an experienced international competitor and will hope to better his 33rd place in the 2012 World Champs.

Eoin Keith will seek to build on his strong performance last year when he recorded 234km to earn 25th place in the World and top 15 in the European champs.  Eoin underlined his form later in the year when he established a new 24 Hour track record of 244km in winning the Irish Championships.

  

Support Crew:

John Collins (Team Manager)

Kevin Belton (Support & Physical Therapist)

Gary Mc Conville (Support & Physical Therapist)

Athletics Ireland.

Training Diary 6-12 May 2013

Monday May 06^th. HRV= 59 Red.

Expected after a good weekend.  Rested for most of today and then hit the Track for a short but intense Interval session of 3*1K off 5 min Recovery.  Splits were: 3:15, 3:13, 3:12 followed by a long cool down.

Plan for tomorrow is an early Gym session and an evening recovery run.

Tuesday May 07^th. HRV=66 White.

Moving in the right direction.  Early Gym session of mobility work & stretching followed by a very short recovery run after work.

Plan for tomorrow is a lunchtime rest day.

Wednesday May 08^th. HRV=67 White.

Rest Day

Tomorrow will be spent travelling..

Thursday May 09^th. HRV=67  White.

Early start for a long day travelling to The Netherlands.  No training and an early night

Tomorrow will be spent preparing for the race and trying to relax.

Friday May 10^th. HRV= 72 White.

Higher than expected after a long day of travelling and today will be yet another busy day.  While queuing for breakfast I was approached by an IAAF official and then taken away for interview and drug testing.  Not a pleasant experience but good to see it being carried out.  Busy day with meetings to attend and the Athlete parade with a bit more walking than I’d have preferred.  Finished the day preparing race day food & clothing and had our pre race Team meeting.

Plan for tomorrow is a very long run.

Saturday May 11^th. HRV= 62 White.

Didn’t sleep to well but woke without an alarm clock which is always a bonus.  After a rushed breakfast because of the long queues we made our way to downtown Steenbergen arriving close to 2hrs before the start.  The weather seems very unsettled with some light rain to start and I decide to wear a rain jacket to start.

As the race started I settled into an easy pace with my team mates which was slightly faster than planned but in the early stages it can be more comfortable than slowing down and within an hour we had split up and settled into our own zones.  The race started cold and wet and soon became very warm and sunny meaning the loss of a few layers to prevent overheating.  The change was done quite quickly and for the next 8 or more hours I ran in just my shorts and singlet while occasionally putting on my hat and / or gloves but then it all changed and shortly after starting one of the laps it started to pour rain without warning and I got drenched and very cold.  The wind was also starting to pick up and by the time I got back to the support crew I’d taken a weather beating.  I quickly changed into some warmer clothes and got going again but could feel the energy draining from my body and my pace began to drop.  I kept going but ended up making more stops than planned to try heat up with some shelter and each time it got harder to get going again.

It eventually got to the point where I had to leave the course and go indoors and use a sleeping bag to get warm again but by this time my game plan was gone as too much time had been lost.  I returned to the track and got going as best I could but was still shivering with the cold and after checking the Team Rankings and working out my possible quota based on lap times it was obvious that I wasn’t going to help the Team move up the score board.  I think at this point I had covered approx 140K but decided to keep going until at least 150K and then when I hit that target I thought that 100Miles would be a semi respectable finishing distance and I told myself that I’d keep going until that distance was covered and that’s when it ended.

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Tomorrow is still Today.

Sunday May 12^th. HRV= No Reading.

Still running and the race finally finished at midday.

Tomorrow will be spent travelling.

Weekly Summary

Not a great end to my week but I’ll get over it.