Q What are the difficulties facing you as athlete? 

Training at night in the dark. The night is a dark time for me 

Q How do you support yourself financial? 

I have a sports shop in birr and am putting up a website www.gksports.ie 

Q Where do you train? 

 I train in tullamore its the nearest track to me plus it s my home club so there is a good bit of support there for me. 

I trained in UL for 3 yrs but switching coaches meant we were following different paths. 

Q Describe the previous coaches you have worked with.

Paddy Larkin , Great way of getting his message across. Over saw all of my training up until winter 05. 46.70

Sean Naughton . Put the fear of god into you before a race. Definitely want him in your corner 46.70

Meave Kyle . As gentle as a lamb and great way of coaching. Loved my weekends in Meaves. 47.35

my self: Did what ever i wanted this was not a good thing at all  48.3

John Stacey: Definitely the most structured coach everything was planned. loved johns training truly a great coach and a good friend aswell. 46.89 Got sick and that was the season over really taught it was going to be a big one that year.

John Coughlan: Is coaching me at present brought me from fat man to 46.48 in a few months. First winter under John has being tough but I just get out there and get the sessions done. Trust him 100% and he s a tough but very knowledgeable coach 

Q Is your coach full time or do you do sessions on your own? 

No my coach is working he emails me the session and i text him the results. I train on my own not out of choice but at this level its hard to find a group to train with and my location is a bit of a problem 

Q Whats your coaches philosophy on the 400m.

Because I've always being training for 400 s i suppose i taught all of it was the same really. John has changed that alot, in that I'm not running at high intensity all the time.I train alot around 80% intensity 

and still race faster .

Q Do other athletes train with you?

No My ipod keeps me company alot.

LOL

Q What type of testing do you do during the year?

Blood testing , My nutrionist looks after all that 

Q What are the benefits of a blood test? 

To make sure im not over training, check certain levels. I faint at the sight of blood so no i dont like them

 but they are very nesseray.  

Q You mentioned you have an nutritionist, what do they do for you?   

yes i have a nutrionist. Its the most vital part of my program. She looks after everything from my breakfast to my after race snack . 

Q What type of foods do you eat, typical day dawn -dusk? 

Its a secret but no choclate

Q What food do you find useful before after training. 

Peanut butter

Q Supplements, your top 3 and why? 

cod liver oil. Omega 3 and a good multivit

Q Ever use a Sports physiologist?

Yes. Find it very good, it helped me alot last year preparing for races and battle !. 

Q What recovery methods do you use on a daily basics. 

Ice baths manily and try and get a rub as often as possible at least every 2 weeks 

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