The 1st April saw the inaugural Verheul ‘Match’ in the Stablelove Sexarathon Series. Stablemates completed their solo ‘Matches’ over either 5k on the road or 5000m on the track. We had twenty-nine PBs, one man go sub 15’ (at altitude) and one woman go sub 17’ (this didn’t even qualify for the top ten).

General Puffball and I didn’t just pick the fastest times or the biggest PBs; we looked at each Stablemate’s ‘Match’ based on their current fitness against our predictions, extrinsic considerations—like work and family, etc—, injuries/sickness/and similar factors, weather, altitude, course profile, and each individual’s personal circumstances.

Let’s have a look at each of the top ten men and women and the special mentions…

Men

1st – Riley Cook – Riley ran 14:47 solo at altitude. It wasn’t a PB (his PB is from years ago at college; Riley’s a 3:42 1500m Stablemate and he’s popped out a 2:16 marathon) but his time equates to about 14:15 at sea level and by any standards, running a solo ‘Match’ of that quality is outstanding. Throw in that last year Riley broke his back on a trampoline and suffered a life threatening illness (exertional rhabdomyolysis) and you can see why Riley comes out on top.

2nd – Padraig Sheahan – Padraig banged out his ‘Match’ on his 55th birthday and ran a 40” PB (17:40). After only joining The Stable three months ago, this is some serious improvement, add in running a 40” PB at 55 and Padraig deserves his second place ranking.

3rd – Matthew Maynard – Matthew ran an outstanding 3’06” PB of 17:57. Matthew spent the last five months training at Stazza’s Stable High Altitude Training Centre in Iten, Kenya. He’s only been running around three years and was training for his marathon debut (Manchester) but like most races, Manchester was cancelled. Matthew’s marathon training suggested he’d debut with a 2:40—with some sharpening up, Matthew will take another two minutes off his 5k ‘Match’ time and go sub 16’.

4th – Andrew The Globetrotter Blake – Andrew blasted out his 5000m in Hong Kong’s sweltering heat and humidity—he ran a 38” PB and nipped under 17’ with a dive-at-the-line 16:59. Andrew spent the last few months zipping around the globe, avoiding coronona virus, skiing, and dabbling with the triathlon. His training targeted the London Marathon, so again, to run a huge PB over 5000m without specific work drops Andrew into fourth spot.

5th – Mark Steacy – Mark ran a stunning 1’06”, again, without any 5k specific training—Mark’s an ultra runner. So his 17:53 dinked him into fifth spot. Great to see the ultra runners tearing up the 5ks and running huge PBs.

6th – David Greene – David joined Stazza’s Stable nine months back. Since joining The Stable he’s reduced his marathon time from 2:57 down to 2:42. David continued his exceptional improvement with a zippy 16:20 and 24″ PB.

7th – Paul Moloney – Paul’s a 51’ 10 miler and 15:04 5k merchant. He joined The Stable in January and he’s transitioning across to the marathon. Although Paul didn’t run a PB in his ‘Match’, he ran an excellent, solo 15:15 off some heavy training. 

8th – Liam Lyons – Like Matthew, Liam was all set for Manchester. He was looking to take a good 15’ off his marathon PB and run around 2:42. So, off no specific 5k training, to run 17:05 and a 42″ PB, Liam makes the top ten.

9th – Ken Ince – Like Paul Moloney, Ken’s new to the Stable and his cheeky little solo 10” PB of 16:40 , brings him into the top ten too.

Three draw for 10th – Dr Jeremy Henrichs – Andrew McMahon, and Mark Cox.

World famous sports medicine physician, Dr Jeremy Henrichs has stopped working with the world’s best basketball players and is now helping in the fight against corona virus. He found time to drop out a 20:50, which was a 35” PB and that slam dunks him into tenth spot. 

Andrew McMahon – Andrew only joined Stazza’s Stable at the end of February and already he’s taken down many of his PBs. He ran an excellent ‘Match’ to drop out a 20″ PB of 17:30.

Ultra runner Mark Cox dropped the trail shoes and slipped on his super fast racing slippers to run 18:14—a 29” PB.

Special mentions (they get prizes along with 4 pts) go to…

Oisín Spillane 16:20 6″ PB (took a segment off General Puffball, and recently finished 7th in Irish Schools x/c champs).

Hyrum Johnson 16:29 (at altitude on the track, only 4 weeks back after a broken fibula).

Women

1st – Cathy Sully – Cathy takes first place with a 42” PB and a ‘Match’ time of 21:18. While there were a good few women who ran faster, Cathy’s on her way back from an injury and to run such a substantial PB after an injury fires her into top spot.

2nd – Becky Smith – Even though Becky’s only been with The Stable a few months, she ran 18:46”—a 10” PB. But what makes Becky’s run stand out all the more is that she’s a supermom and works on the frontline fighting the corona virus. Although she’s had to tackle the stress of the corona virus and being a supermom, she still managed to get out and run a PB.

3rd – Dr Alissa Packer – Alissa’s goal was the Boston marathon, her training was going great and then Boston got cancelled due to the corona virus. Within days, Doctor Packer switched from dealing with General Practice work and turned her skills to helping her community in the fight against the corona virus. Even though her workload increased, she still managed to run 21:19 at altitude—a 23” PB—and exceeded her goal by 55″. 

4th – Gaynor ‘Glorious’ Watts – Gaynor’s an ultra runner, training for her first 24hr race and hoping to make the British team. She dropped the ultra running and turned in a 21:52—1’03” PB. Gaynor’s been running some heavy mileage weeks with long track runs (30-40 miles), and tempo efforts. To drop out a PB by over 1’, was a great effort.

5th – Eva E. – When Eva joined Stazza’s Stable we discovered she had a nasty injury, which kept her out for many months. Slowly, we’ve built her back up and she ran her first ever 5k in 22:39. A great performance after being out for so long.

6th – Ellen Hanley – Ellen’s on her way back from a long-term injury too. She ran two ‘Matches’: in her first ‘Match’, she ran a 15” PB but her watch played up and her time could not be counted. She reran her ‘Match’ and actually ran a legit 20” PB of 19’40”. 

7th – Sophie Carter – GB 100k runner and 2:48 marathon runner, Sophie ran 29:29 but, hold on…Sophie suffered with a bleeding nose during her ‘Match’, a pulled intercostal muscle, and completed her ‘Match’ while being six months pregnant—with twins. 

8th – Sonali Desai – Sonali joined Stazza’s Stable after a horrendous stress fracture. Slowly, we’ve brought Sonali back from the running graveyard and she completed her first ever ’5k’ in 27:59.

9th – Joy Miller – Irish Olympic marathon hopeful and US Olympic Trials Qualifier, Joy, jumped into the ‘Match’ spirit and ran 17:24. She ran her ‘Match’ around a small car park and during her run, her laces came undone (the first time ever in many years of running—the elites have all the best excuses).

10th – Tawny Bybee – another supermom and super talented runner. Tawny’s been ticking over recently (she’s about to jump into her next hard training block). Even though she hasn’t banged out many hard sessions, she still managed to run 18:04—at altitude

Special mentions (they get prizes along with 4 pts) go to…

Irish national marathon champ, Aoife Cooke, ran the fastest ‘Match’ (16:39) but still didn’t make the top ten. She gets a special mention, however, for her excellent ‘Match’ report and being a great inspiration. See here for her ‘Match’ report: https://www.strava.com/activities/3241198027

Ultra Trail Runner, Lorri Randle set off to do her ‘Match’ and halfway through her run a hiker stopped her. The hiker stopped Lorri to thank her and her family for making face masks for health professionals in the fight against the corona virus. Lorri and her clan of kids have put loads of time into making homemade masks to help in the ‘war’ against the corona virus. On behalf of Stazza’s Stable, thanks to Lorri and her family.

The prize winners will receive their prizes in the next few days. These are ‘special’ prizes and it’s important not to let anybody know what prize you won (you’ll understand when you receive your prize)…

Irish Stablemates of Stazzaland, this morning, you’ve risen to an existential crises: how are you going to train, protect your families, and survive the lockdown? Although these times will fray every fibre of your being, you have nothing to fear. Why not? 

Stazza’s Stable is the greatest training group on the planet. We are the shining Stable on the hill, The Stable full of legends, potential legends, and knackered nags. 

Our Stable is the envy of the world. Across this planet, many training groups strive to emulate our brilliance. They fail. Why? 

No, it’s not because of me, The Stablemaster; it’s you, The Stablemates. You are The Stable that shines brightly on the hill, you are The Stable that, week-in week-out, drops-out more PBs, podiums, and great performances than any other training group, you are The Stable that the world is talking about. You are, The Stable. 

What makes you, The Stablemates, so great and an inspiration to others? 

When the world began to crumble under the attack of Covid-19, not one of you panicked, not one of whinged about cancelled races, and not one of you threw in the towel. 

Instead, each of you saw the opportunity where others floundered in a mire of gloom and pessimism. 

And now, as we’re challenged with the greatest of all challenges (our livelihoods, our lives, and the lives of those whom we love), again you will rise and show your form, your class, and your ability to flex and overcome any hurdle. You are, The Stable. 

We now face the challenge of a 2km radius for all runs, we now face the challenge of many losing jobs, and we now face the challenge to end all challenges: given the quarantine, it’s likely you’ll produce many Stable foals. Remember, only one good thing happens around midnight, but love only lasts a night and you pay for the folly of love for a lifetime. Be safe… 

The 2km radius is no hurdle for you thoroughbreds. You all know the many times told story of your founder, The Stablemaster, you all know how for five months he pretty much ran 130-170 miles per week (mainly in the 7’-7’59” pace area) on a 1.4 mile, concrete loop, and you know that during those five months—as a 52 year old codger—he ran many 30 and 40 milers on a 1km loop, in the hail and in the rain and in winds that would have sliced many a-man in half. Now is the time for you to rise up, arm yourself with the resilience and inveterate fortitude that’s a quality of all Stablemates, and now is the time for you to show the running world why Your Stable is full of the brightest stars in the running world. 

There will be times when you struggle on the road to greatness, but fear not… 

If you’ve lost your job, if you’re battling with your demons on the 2km road in the Covid-19 blizzard from hell, or if you need toilet roll, pasta, or paracetamol, together, we can overcome and find a way through the darkest hours, together we’ll pull each other through this war, and together we will come out the other side of this apocalypse, shoulder to shoulder, standing tall, and shining bright. 

You are the cynosure for runners around the globe, you are Stazza’s Stable Stablemates, you are, The Stable.

The General

We’ve got him—General Puffball. As many of you know, he’s a world-famous playwright and scintillating journo. He’s kicking-off his account with a tidy article on the US Olympic Marathon Trials. I’m sure you’ll enjoy General Puffball’s intelligence, pithy style, wit, and eloquent wordsmithery. 

The Big News

Great to see Stablemate Jack Spencer annihilating his marathon PB by 26 minutes. To take that amount of time off his PB with just seven months training, shows what can be done. So many runners in and around the 3:05-3:10 mark struggle to break 3hrs and our Jack went from 3:21 down to 2:55. If we can keep him healthy and consistent, he’ll get down under 2:40 in autumn.

US Olympic Marathon Trials

As General Puffball mentioned in his article, Stazza’s Stable had three qualifiers for the US Olympic Marathon Trials…

Joy Miller opted out and will focus on raking in loads of coin from half marathons and smaller races—next year, she will look at making a major impact on the Irish distance running scene (although Joy resides in the US, and has done for many years, she’s Irish).

Bryant The Kid Jensen will round-off a great running career with his first ever US Olympic Marathon Trials. Prior to working with The Stablemaster, Coach Stazza, Bryant had several unsuccessful attempts at making the Olympic Trials Qualifier (OTQ) but in his first go at the OTQ as a Stablemate, he nailed it.

And while Bryant is heading into the autumn of his running career, Stablemate Savannah Berry launches a marathon career full of promise. When budding Berry joined Stazza’s Stable in April, she had a marathon PB of 3:14:14 and a half marathon PB of 1:22:43. In eight months, she’s taken eight minutes off her half marathon PB, lowering it to 74 minutes, and a whopping 30 minutes off her marathon PB, reducing it from 3:14:14 to 2:44:12. Unfortunately, Savannah’s struggling with plantar fasciitis but will give the trials a decent lash. Watch out for Stablemate Berry in the 2024 trials: she has the necessary talent to get in the mix and contest for an Olympic berth—you heard it here first. 

Upcoming

We have several Stablemates preparing for 10 milers, ultras, and marathons. The next few weeks and months will prove exciting and no doubt, we’ll have rucks of great PBs.

Kenya

We have some exciting news about Kenya: next week, we launch the fully inclusive, Stazza’s Stable Kenya Run Camps. Places on these camps are limited to six people per camp—it’s first come, first served. Tune in next week for full details…

Apologies for the long overdue update but I was busy on the ground in Iten, Kenya, looking after Stablemates. I’m back in Ireland now and normalcy has returned. 

Ten Huge PBs At Dungarvan 10

What an awesome day at the Dungarvan 10 for Stazza’s Stable Stablemates. We had ten huge PBs, a course record, and a couple of podiums. Not a bad day’s graft.

Ultra Stable

And talking about a day’s graft, Chris Krash Pope’s fantastic win at the world famous, Across The Years 24hr race has catapulted him from obscurity into seventh place on the USA 24hr rankings. Incredible run from Stablemate Pope. With Mark Cox’s second place in the Leicester Round Ultra Series, and Danny Boy Ellis’ sixth place in his first ever 100 miler, we’re developing a great ultra squad. Josh Robles also opened his 2020 season with a cheeky little run in the Red Hot 33k. Josh is just warming up for a fantastic season of racing. 

We’ve also got the Notts Minx, Glorious Gaynor Watts, who’ll run in the Crawley 12hr race in April—she has a great chance of winning this outright and beating the distances from last year’s men and women too—poor standard last year, but all the same, she’s motoring. On the female front, we also have Lorri Randle. Lorri made a great start to her ultra running with Stazza’s Stable and she’s sure to press on and continue improving. 

Phoenix and Houston Marathons

Super run from, Joy The Rocket Miller in Houston. Joy’s 2:43:31 was yet another PB for her and now ranks her in the top six on the all-time marathon list for Cork women. She also snaffled the US Olympic Trials Qualifier (the third Stablemate to make the US OTQ).

Over in Phoenix, Jaydn Asay and Rush Mills had great runs, especially considering they hadn’t done any specific marathon training. Rush ran a five-minute PB (2:29:38) and finished fourth, while Jaydn ran 2:22 for a PB and took third place to boot.

In the half, four-minute miler, Dustin Bionic Bybee ran a PB of 69:54—he hasn’t dropped out too many half marathons but watch this space…

And it was great to see Meghan and Tawny representing the women in the half. Tawny ran the race as a training run and finished in 79 minutes. Meghan hasn’t raced in nearly a year and used the half as part of her build up for the Boston Marathon. Meghan’s 88:31 was exactly what she wanted.

We’ve a big few months coming up with 10 milers and spring marathons. All 91 Stablemates are training hard and pushing on. 

Next week, we’ll have a detailed update on Kenya and news of our fully inclusive 10-night training camps—stay tuned, kids…

Another great couple of weeks for Stazza’s Stable Stablemates with rucks more PBs, podiums, and great performances. We’ve had a brilliant year and no doubt next year will bring in more awesome results and PBs.

While you are all tucking into mince pies and quaffing Dom Pérignon 2009  over Christmas, I’ll be packing my suitcase for Kenya—I’m heading out on the 28th December for two months. I suspect Maurten sachets, Maurten gels, and luxury food items will make up most of my luggage—don’t tell any of the Stablemates but I’ll have loads of chocolate and posh coffee in my suitcase (Joachim, bring a thingamajig: so we have a back up.) 

Irish national marathon champ, Aoife The Elfin Beast Cooke, arrived in Iten yesterday—Matt The Chicken Slayer Maynard is making sure she settles in. Meanwhile, her training partner, Damian Crusty Kenneally, has already forgotten her and yesterday banged out the best session of his life.

In the New Year, we’ll post weekly video updates from Kenya (we’ve got one of those cheeky little DJI Osmo Pocket thingamajigs and it’s awesome). You’ll get a good insight into life in Iten and how all the Stablemates are getting on—we’ll have a weekly update on Aoife’s Olympic journey too. You’ll meet our squad of elite Kenyan runners. We’ll interview them and you’ll see what life is really like for Kenyan runners. We’ll also have exclusive interviews with some of the world’s best runners…

And talking about elites and Olympic journeys…what a joy to see Joy Miller running so well and kicking-off her preparations for Olympic selection. Joy’s win and four-minute PB in a training run at the Rocket City Marathon has kick-started her build-up for Olympic selection—she’s hoping to make the Irish team for the 2020 Olympics. Over the next five months or so, I’ll keep you posted on how Joy is progressing over in South Carolina.

Staying with the Olympic theme…what a great run from Savannah Berry to snaffle the US Olympic Trials Qualifier at the California International Marathon. As Savannah prepares for the US Olympic Trials in Atlanta, we’ll keep you posted on how her training is progressing. We’ll also keep you updated on the other elite Stablemates as they prepare for Phoenix and Boston.

In the last two weeks, we’ve had 10 new Stablemates join—they’ll be starting with us after Christmas—all of them from Ireland. You’ll get to know them in the New Year—you’ll know a few of them already. In amongst the new male Stablemates, we have a current national champion and we’ll definitely be keeping a close eye on his progress next year.

On that note, I’ll leave you until I get out to Kenya. Merry Stazzamas and have a happy New Year. 

“Hey…let’s be careful out there…”

#stazzalove #stablelove #iamstazza

Well, what a cracking few weeks and months we’ve had since launching the site. Podiums, national titles, and huge PBs—every week. Brilliant stuff. And that’s one of the key things we’re here for—to deliver results.

As we head into the winter and knuckle down to the graft—which brings the results—to keep you motivated, we’ll be bringing you regular updates from the Stazza’s Stable High Altitude Training Camp out in Iten, Kenya. 

We’ve got rucks of Stablemates and guests heading over this winter and spring. It’s going to be great craic . Our new six bedroom house is nearly ready, we’re just putting the finishing touches to it. The exciting news is that the washing machine has arrived—at  the house. We’re just trying to find a fundi to plumb it. There aren’t too many mafundi in Iten with experience of installing washing machines.

The elite team of pacers are all ready to help out the Stablemates and guests—they have some great routes prepared. 

STAZZA’S STABLE LIMITED

In other news, I’m excited to announce that from the 10th December, Stazza’s Stable will no longer be a sole trader operation, run by me,—I’ve registered The Stable as a limited company. We’re just preparing some of the necessary legal stuff. What does this mean for you, The Stablemates?

Well, it’s great news. Majella is taking on the role of Company Secretary. She’ll deal with all the legal stuff, admin, and finances, etc, working closely with our accountants, Orchid Accountants & Statutory Audit Firm (thanks Antonio).

Joachim has been promoted from intern, coffee maker, and dogsbody to a title we haven’t come up with yet. But he’ll continue to manage all the tech stuff.

We’re also in negotiations with a soon-to-be very famous playwright. We’re hoping that the wordsmith will take on a role with The Stable News, writing features. 

We’re taking on a team over in Kenya to help run the Stazza’s Stable High Altitude Training Camp. This is fantastic. As most of you know, we started out by supporting a few runners through the Arete project. Well, rather than supporting or helping them with charitable donations from Stablemates, we’re now empowering them so that they can take control of their lives. And this exemplifies the Stable’s slogan, ‘It’s not coaching, it’s life changing.’ 

We have many more ideas and little gems to enhance your Stable experience but we’ll bring them to you, pole pole.

This also means that I will have more time to focus on you—the Stablemates. I won’t be getting bogged down with admin. 

And the great news is that Stazza’s Stable Ltd will continue to provide, what I genuinely believe to be the best coaching experience and best value product on the planet, not because of me, but, as Majella just said: “Because of Damian Crusty  Kenneally’s, fast twitch fibre bread.”

This week, rather than blether about all last week’s fantastic PBs and podiums, we’ll let them speak for themselves. 

Instead, this week, I want to chit-chat about the beautiful softness of Corkman, Damian Kenneally, and how he resembles the great Nottinghamshire writer, D H Lawrence…

Lawrence famously said, “How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.” He also said, “The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.”

Kenneally recently said, while threatening to sue The Stable News: “Maleness manifests and expresses itself in the beauty of baking bread.”

As a child, young Damo would join his gang of rapscallions and roll around in the wet grass, wrestling and playing Gaelic football. For little Damo, the physicality of wrestling and playing sport gave expression to his burgeoning manliness. And yet, a close family member told me recently, “He would often hang around the kitchen, watching his great, great grandmother baking bread.”

The relative went on to say: “One day, I saw him caressing the rolling pin and sniffing the flour on the table. I vividly remember his little fat fingers playing with a small ball of dough. He made it into a runner and pretended to have his little bread–man runner do laps of the kitchen table. It’s no surprise to me that he recently finished second in the Thomas Kent 10k, running a savage PB—he’s some man.”

Like Lawrence, Damo The Bread Man, has struggled with the quotidian vicissitudes of life: one minute he’s a ruffty-tuffty GAA player, scantily clad, sweating and panting and grappling men on the football pitch, as though he were a character from Lawrence’s, Women in Love—wrestling, naked, with other men, around the fireplace, and next, he’s a puny runner, who loves to bake bread.

But Damo The Bread Man embraces the dichotomy of his new–found manliness. He told The Stable News (before threatening to sue, like Paula): “As Lawrence did, I grew up in a physical world. For Lawrence, his youth was spent scuttling around the graft and grime of the coal mining town of Eastwood, for me it was the wind and the rain and the muck of the GAA fields.”

Damo went on: “Like a well made sliced pan, Lawrence rose from the coal face of grit and grime to artistic magnificence. He never forgot his roots. I too haven’t forgotten the dank smell of wet grass. The years of grappling made my portly fingers strong and great for kneading dough. For me, my artistic magnificence finds its voice in the perfect fruit scone.”

For Lawrence, love and life operated like the two phases of the cardiac cycle—diastole and systole. Each phase, wholeheartedly independent and yet contingent upon each other. For Damo The Bread Man, love and life operate like the cycle of his life—running and baking. Each love, wholeheartedly independent and yet, contingent upon each other.

Stablemate and marathon maniac, Curtis Morley, realised a lifelong dream at the Big Cottonwood marathon when he Boston Qualified (BQ’d) with a 12-minute PR (3:17:27).

Stablemate Dave Boy Greene boxed-off a knockout one-minute 52-second PR at Saturday’s Greenway half marathon, running 78:28 to take tenth place.

Aoife Cooke—Olympian in the making—dominated the Charleville half marathon with a stunning – one-minute 20-second PR (74:41).

Fruit and veg man, Anthony O Shea, peeled an incredible 10 minutes off his half marathon PR at Charleville, finishing in 82:16.

Enda Kiernan sweated like a man with a push-and-go lawnmower, mowing 1.5 acres of rough grass, to get to a two-minute 25-second PR (1:42:05) at the Charleville HM.

Stablemate, Bennyboy Van Beekum, beamed with joy after receiving a staggering $1200 check for his two-in-a-row Huntsville marathon win.  Billionaire Benny bounded down the road to victory in 2:25:23, winning by a staggering 12 minutes.

Riley Cook, Utah running legend and 2:16 marathon man, is back on track after breaking his back in a horrifying trampolining accident. Marathon man Cook bounced back to racing with a win at Saturday’s Huntsville half marathon. Cook sailed to victory in 68:13. 

Stablemate Danny Ellis (22) crushed Saturday’s ‘Bear Trap 15’ with a deadly display of trail running to take the win.

Stablemate Mark Murphy delivered a perfect display of marathon running to defy the running gods as he cruised through the finishing line without hitting the Berlin wall. Murphy dropped out a two-minute PR (2:56).

It was the best of times, it was the wurst of times at the Berlin marathon for Stablemate, Klemen Magajne. Klemen banged out a six-minute 35-second PR (3:17).

Instagram celebrity, Runner’s World Most Inspiring Man nominee, and Stazza’s Stable Stablemate, Marcus Brown banged out yet another wonderful marathon PR and Boston Qualifier in Berlin. Marcus crossed the line in, 3:01:07 (a four-minute PR). Marvellous Marcus’ incredible marathon journey has taken him from 4:55 down to 3:01 in Berlin. 

Beach bum, Padraig Sheehan(50), surprised the Dublin running community on Sunday when he turned up to the Rathfarnham 5K and smoked a huge one-minute two-second PR (16:48).

Liam The Rocket Lyons steamed to a 50-second PR at the Rosscarbery Steam Engine 5k—to take third in 17:47. 

At the St George Marathon, Stablemate Scott Allen (53) showed age is no barrier to running marathon PRs,  Forever young Scott ran 3:12:12, taking three minutes 26 seconds off his previous PR

Ultra trail running legend, Jennifer Lamborghini Lambert, popped out a breathtaking 14-minute PR at St George Marathon, coming home in 3:09.

Magic Melissa Terpenning ran a spellbinding 10-minute 33 seconds PR (2:55:12) at St George Marathon. Terrific Terpenning’s huge PR follows up on her three minutes eight seconds half marathon PR at this year’s Hobble Creek race.

Irish Olympic hopeful, Aoife Cooke, served up a perfectly cooked starter at the famous Cork to Cobh 15 mile race. Cooke crossed the line in 1:27:11 for the win, 13 minutes ahead of second place.

Stablemate Dustin Bybee obliterated his marathon PR at the St George Marathon. Bionic Bybee finished in 2:21, taking a gargantuan 11 minutes off his PR.

Stablemate Lorri Randle had her first outing in Stable colours and managed to bang out a 12-minute PR over the Corner Canyon 25km race.

Young Danny Ellis ran a stonkingly huge, one-hour PR to finish sixthth overall in this year’s corner Canyon 50k trail race.

Stablecolt Hyrum Johnson delivered a stunning second place performance in the Utah State Qualifier XC race (Region 1 – 6A Cross Country XC race).

Mark The Champ Steacy delivered a courageous performance to win the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 12hr race.

Irish international Orienteer, Jens Waechter got lost at the Northern Ireland National Orienteering Champs and still managed to win.

Aoife Cooke delivered a stunning 14-minute PB at Sunday’s Dublin marathon to win the Irish national championship (2:32:34) and set herself up for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.  Cooke’s run lifted her from 55th to fifth on the all time Irish rankings.

Dave Boy Greene gave his marathon PB a 13-minute spanking at the Dublin marathon. Greene obliterated his 2:55 PB to finish in 2:42. 

Despite suffering from an acute dose of maramania, Stablemate Sandra Manning gave her 3:18:31 marathon PB a 10-minute walloping at the Dublin marathon—she finished in 3:08.

Stablemate, Dave Mullins, mutilated his 3:35 marathon PB at the Dublin marathon. Mullins chopped an incredible 10-minutes off his PB to run 3:25.

Best looking Stablemate, fruit and veg geezer, and top booze buying Stablemate, Antonio Twinkle Toes O’ Shea stormed to a  staggering 15–minute five-second sub three-hr PB in the Dublin Marathon.

Trigonometry guru, Barry ‘Scalene’ Hobbs, discovered the right theorem to hobble home with a three-minute PB in Dublin marathon. Hobbs clocked an awesome 2:59:06.