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August 12th 2010
Ballinamore Athletic Club 10km Road Race and 5km Fun Run
Click here for full results
August 1st 2020
Colin 11th in European Championships
Colin Griffin put a recent injury, which threatened his participation in Barcelona behind him, by finishing 11th in the 50km. His time of 3.57.58 was also 2 seconds inside the IAAF A Standard for next years World Championships in Daegu, Korea.
Watch for a full account of his last few weeks and race on his blog in the comings days. Listen here for his post race interview.
June 26th 2010
Blog Entry - Back to Altitude
I’m here in Livigno in the Italian Alps for a 4 week period of altitude training. This is my 3rd summer here and I really like the place. At 1850m altitude with good strong hilly training routes, it is a good place for training.
May 19th 2010
Blog Entry - Satisfied with World Cup Performance but nothing more
I’m back from mexico this week recovering from jetlag, travel and of course a very hard 50km race. The World Cup had been my early season target before Barcelona, and I was prepared for racing in very hot conditions and 1400m altitude. My preparation included a 25 day altitude training camp in South Africa in March, 5 weeks sleeping in an altitude tent at 4000m 10 hours at night and 2 hours in the afernoon; and a 10 day warm-weather training camp in Monte Gordo in Portugal before leaving for Mexico.
May 11th 2010
Colin in action in World Cup this weekend
On Saturday morning next Colin will be in action in the 50km race at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Chihuahua Mexico. The race begins at 8am (15.00 Irish time) and you can track the race with live splits and updates on http://www.iaaf.org/wrw10/index.html.
Colin arrived in Chihuahua last week to adapt to the hot conditions and the 1400m altitude where the race will take place. Colin completed a successful 10 day stint in Monte Gordo at the Athletics Ireland High Performance warm weather training camp in advance of travelling out to Mexico, to help adapt the high temperatures expected, as well as well as sleeping in an altitude tent to help adapt to the high altitude.
Also in action will be fellow Leitrim athlete Laura Reynolds in the womens 20km race Saturday evening.
April 11th 2010
PB for Colin in Rio Maior
Colin Griffin showed that his preparations for next months World Race Walking Cup are well on track as he took 20 seconds off his best time for 20km at the IAAF Challenge in Rio Maior. In a top quality field, in hot conditions on a challenging 1km circuit; Colin finished 11th in a time of 1.23.53.
Colin will take part in the 50km distance in next months World Cup in Mexico and has been sleeping in an altitude tent for the last 4 weeks to help him prepare for racing at 1400m altitude in Mexico.
Jan 26th 2010
Blog Entry - PB in first race of the season
Just back from Italy where I’ve opened my season over 35km in the Italian Winter Road Championships near Rome. My time of 2.37.33 is a pb for the distance and almost 4 minutes faster than what I did in the very same race this time last year.
Jan 13th 2010
Colin looks forward to 2010
After a mixed 2009 season, Colin Griffin’s preparations for 2010 are in full swing with the European Championships in July in Barcelona where he will take part in his specialist 50km event, the main target. Colin, who this week flies out to Portugal for a warm-weather training camp with the Athletics Ireland High performance Squad, will open his season with the Italian 35km Championships at the end of January and will be hoping to get in a few solid weeks training having, like many other athletes, had his training disrupted by the bad weather over the Christmas.
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Hello and welcome to my website. I hope that this site gives you an informative insight into what it is like training and competing as a full-time international athlete. On my blog page you can read updates on how my training and competitions are progressing and where I am at, with photo’s and hopefully some video clips included. You can also follow me on Twitter, for more regular updates on what I’m doing. A new feature to my website will be section on fitness advice and training tips based on my own experience and knowledge. Keep up to date with my progress as I prepare for the European Championships next Summer and London 2012. For information about myself or the website email: info@colingriffin.ie. Colin Griffin |
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