Wayne Waldron

So the thing about coaching is that a coach can send you a plan.

It's up to you to do the plan, you know.

And whether you're running around the Phoenix Park on your own for 30k,

It's a mind battle as much as a physical battle, you know.

So I needed, being coached by someone, I needed to be in a group of people that were going to help and pull you along.

And obviously people that are better than you.

So we had a running group.

We'd meet every Saturday in the park and there'd be me and Ian and Gary O'Hallan and stuff.

And we'd always meet up, do the warm-up and then there'd be a group ahead of us.

And I'd always say to myself, I need to get to that other group.

I need to keep improving and get to that other group.

And Ian kept saying to me, he says, we'll be there next year and stuff.

And we were.

We're in with them now, like, you know.

Teenage years, like if I had started in the teenage years, I'd be going in around the sub 2.10 marathon.

In around 2.10 because I'm not saying I'm that good, but the discipline I have for the sport.

Yeah, if you had employed that earlier.

And the commitment, like...

I'm running 180k now with a full time job and a family.

You know, I'm doing what athletes do that don't have a job.