On Monday Brian Murphy will return to Montegordo for another warm weather training stay, after a full week back in Ireland. This time however, Brian will be joined by his fellow project400 members, Paul McKee and Brian Doyle.

At Montegordo, they will rejoin Gordon Kennedy, who had stayed on while Brian flew home last week. However, they will not be the only Irish athletes this time at the renowned training facility, as the AAI have organized a special training camp and there will be many other athletes in attendance for the 2 week stay.

Among those expected to attend will be fellow project400 member David Gillick who will fly out later in the week as well as Paul Hession and many other stars of the Irish athletics team.

Stay tuned for even more reports, photos and stories from the training camp.

This is a bit of an overdue post considering that we haven’t added much to the site in the last month. Apologies. March was a case of keeping the head down and putting the training in. In my case I also had to take care of my work before I could head off warm weather training in April.

I arrived in Portugal last Wednesday to train with Gordon in Monte Gordo. Gordon had come over a week before me so he had the place sussed out for me which was very handy. As a place to train, it really is fantastic here. The weather is sooo much better than home, the facilities are top class and the buzz of being around other athletes never wears off. As resort towns go MonteG (as we like to call it) is very quiet but it suits the people that come here, namely athletes and old people. At the moment there is about 10 other Irish athletes so it’s great to have people to hang out with when we’re not training.

Anyways if we don’t give in to a case of Cabin Fever, we’ll add a few photos and maybe a video of our training over here (Gordon loves a good montage).

Cheers
Brian

As an Athlete, Valentines day and Christmas day are all the same really. We still have to go training.

I found my self in a quandary yesterday - The sun wass shining but after the sun set it dropped to freezing temperatures. Why can’t the sun shine at night?

I pack my kit which at this time of year involves three layers on my chest and two pairs of leggings. Once you get moving its fine but it is a struggle to get up to speed sometimes. No worries its good to be alive and lets” Get it done!!” (more…)

Gordon made the bold move this week of launching his own online sports store. The URL for the website is http://www.gksports.ie.

While the website is still in its infancy Gordon hopes this to become Ireland’s leading online sportswear store catering for the Irish market. As most of the guys in Project 400 have to work as well as run it makes sense to support Project 400 by supporting them in business.

GKsports is centrally located in the midlands ensuring quick delivery to anywhere in Ireland. So if you are looking for athletics apparel or footwear, team outfits or sports nutrition GKsports are the people to call. If you want advice on running or sportswear, where else in Ireland can you pick up the phone and get advice from an Olympian and current elite athlete.

Gordon would love your feedback of the website be it positive or otherwise. If there is anything you would like to see featured that isn’t there now, give the big man an email (info@gksports.ie) and let him know.

As all of the Project 400 boys are in training at the moment, none of the guys were in action for the AAI Games. A few of the lads will be running in February so we’ll keep you posted on their progress. (more…)