Sebastien Locteau

"The mellow glory of the Attic stage"  I brought down the Christmas three down the attic and found my old military and trophies boxes. Christmas is almost here. Most of you are shopping expecting the last minute deal. For most people Christmas is the joy of family time and holiday. Food flowing around even with very little money a Christmas can be very enjoyable. L eft,  My old military chest and some of my old trophies For me Christmas has a very different meaning. I am going to share something very personal. People always ask me why I love so much coaching, and why I look so happy and wonder how my family cope with me been away most of the time. I never liked Christmas, I always thought it's too commercial and don't want to feel obliged to buy something because I have to. I believe in buying presents to someone when your feelings are there, if you see something which you think can make someone you know happy you can do it 364 days a year and not

And thank you. Winning the Eircom Spider Award with the runireland crew was a nice feeling, but the true winners are the community we are building between us. It showed you do care about our website and do care about our news, articles and online entries so a big thank you to you personally. Now back to the article...........The sensation of putting one foot in front of the other in a smooth flowing action of single sport running is not regarded enough as technical sports. Many books are out there, about how to train but not enough about how to run. Developing runing skills through Drills and specific sets are important. Triathletes for example although the legs are predominantly the main limbs used in the bike and run sections the individual muscles in both the upper and lower leg are contracting in a different way when running. There are no shortcuts to becoming a good runner. Technique, speed, strength and mobility training, together with an awareness of the