On his birthday, Eric headed into the Phoenix Park to take on the Dublin Half Marathon.

The lads discuss the event itself along with:

- The next steps for those during tapering, 

- A pet peeve Eric had while running the race, that Seán also agrees with, despite doing it in EVERY training session

-  Basing your race off heart rate training

- Using HR to try to predict when you might hit the wall

- Using gels and when NOT to take a salt tablet or you might suffer severe consequences! 

- Setting yourself up for the Dublin Marathon in 5 weeks' time and much more in this week's episode of the podcast

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