Sebastien Locteau

The day I became a Zombie Picture courtesy of Vanessa Daws First Irish 24 hour swim in Waterford ( Picture courtesy of Vanessa Daws) A friend John Gilbert from Pulse Triathlon suggested he was going to swim 6h in Waterford. I asked him to send me the email and I discovered there was a 24h swim, which consisted of 24 times 1 mile swim. I emailed the race organiser, Colm and asked him if I could attempt to swim a full marathon. I am preparing to swim the channel for Croi in Agust 2011 and needed a preparation race. Well this is my story swimming the first Irish 24h ultra swim. Me and John Gilbert as a friend and crew where he swam the 6h ! I found interesting while preparing my bag that you only need a swim tog, goggles, towel and hats to make such an event. The hydration and nutrition part was very heavy compare to the equipment required. We all had a different challenge, the guys planned to do a steady 1mile 24 times with 30min recovery whi

Series finale ! Sebastien Locteau, Laura O'Shaughnessy, Sonia O'Sullivan ( Irishtown stadium 2011) Another sunny day over the Irishtown stadium today. Today fm, SPAR, Runireland crew were helped by the Crusaders AC for the final set up of the last 5k race today. Sonia O'Sullivan was our guest, and Maired Farell from Today FM our leader for the event. Will Hanafin was brilliant as usual and with Alan O'Donohoe, I really had a great time in the last 5 days. I was very lucky to have Lilly Muldoon and her children today, they just did all the set up and work you saw on the pictures. The two teenager were just fantastic, with a great spirit and were a great crew for runireland. We had a nice photo shoot with Sonia O'Sullivan who held a big number 5 and myself caring the little "K" at the bottom. Not sure how the picture came off after me going around trying to get the sponsors on the shot, and dealing with the participants. The

Another successful event ! Another beautiful day in Mullingar this time, where Mullingar AC ran a great show ! Lovely location with over 600 people. The celebrity guess was Neil Delemare from "The Panel". I never met him before and will definately be watching him more in the future. A gentleman and everybody knows how hard it is for me to take a joke, well he succeeded and made me laugh. The event itself was a success, and the Today FM team was up early again, preparing the goody bags, banners etc.... The SPAR team was also there as usual making sure people get their Tshirts and sponosred product. Mullingar AC with Bobby leading the team were on the clock and nothing was going to stop the race to start in time. The volunteers, ambulance, garda were like a well maintain clock like a military mission which each details was treated as important which made it a success, congrats to Mullingar AC. I forgot two important people in the last few days I worked with : W

Galway City Harriers top notch job ! What a beautiful day today in Galway with over 900 people turning up on the beautiful city of Galway. I knew most of the people involved in the race from Galway City harriers and their experience in organising big event is well known. registration went smoothly, plenty of marshals and the weather has been booked perfectly for the race. what could you expect more ? Read on..... Liam Hennessy the president of the Athletic Association of Ireland came to witness the impressive turn out of over 900 people coming for a fun run, in a great atmosphere. SPAR crew, Today Fm and runireland teamed up again with the local club Galway city harriers to provide a fantastic event. As per the last few days, great people, superb atmosphere and great weather. Participants received a great quality Technical Tshirt and the usual goody bag after finishing the event. Galway City Harriers, with the experience of running the famous Streets of Galway, e

Ray Darcy "Join SPAR & Ray for 5k" Credit  S.Locteau   Runireland team led by High performance Coach Sebastien Locteau were in Waterford today for the first leg of the "Join SPAR & Ray for 5k" with over 700 participants The series of 5km runs are held everyday this week respectively from Monday in Waterford, Cork, Mullingar, Galway and finishing in Dublin on Friday. The event is sponsored by SPAR, Today FM, RunIreland, the AAI, local clubs, and Red Tag Timing. Early mornings are never a problem for coaches, but leaving Galway with a small trailer for Waterford, with a full finishing event kit is a bit out of the ordinary. Everyday this week, participants will turn up to receive their technical "I ran with Ray" tshirt and will take to the start of a relaxed and enjoyable 5km run, in the "SPAR & Ray 5K" series. As a french native speaker, I couldn't possibly describe how amazing the atmosphere was and how it p