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Bump, Bike & Baby
Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year
In Bump, Bike and Baby, Moire O’Sullivan charts her journey from happy, carefree mountain runner to reluctant, stay-at-home mother of two. With her sights set on winning Ireland’s National Adventure Racing Series, she manages to maintain her post-natal sanity, and slowly learns to become a loving and occasionally functioning mum.
In 2009, Moire O’Sullivan became the first person ever to complete the Wicklow Round, a 100km circuit of Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains, which has to be run within twenty-four hours. She is now married and the mother of two young sons born in 2013 and 2015. During this hectic time, Moire won Ireland’s National Adventure Race Series in 2014 and 2016. Bump, Bike and Baby is about this personal journey.
In Bump, Bike and Baby, Moire O’Sullivan charts her journey from happy, carefree mountain runner to reluctant, stay-at-home mother of two. With her sights set on winning Ireland’s National Adventure Racing Series, she manages to maintain her post-natal sanity, and slowly learns to become a loving and occasionally functioning mum.
In 2009, Moire O’Sullivan became the first person ever to complete the Wicklow Round, a 100km circuit of Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains, which has to be run within twenty-four hours. She is now married and the mother of two young sons born in 2013 and 2015. During this hectic time, Moire won Ireland’s National Adventure Race Series in 2014 and 2016. Bump, Bike and Baby is about this personal journey.
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350 pages, Paperback
First published March 15, 2018
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About the author
Moire O'Sullivan
7 books7 followersMoire O’Sullivan is a mountain runner, adventure racer, author and mum.
In 2009, she became the first person to complete Ireland’s Wicklow Round. She subsequently wrote the inspirational mountain-running book, Mud, Sweat and Tears.
In between having her children, Moire won Ireland’s National Adventure Racing Series in 2014, 2016 and 2017, a story captured in the book Bump, Bike and Baby.
Moire previously worked for international aid agencies throughout Africa and South-East Asia. During a stint in Vietnam, she welcomed into her home a dog named Tom, the subject of her book, The Hound from Hanoi.
Her latest book, A Quarter Glass of Milk, charts how when her husband took his own life, she was left with a stark choice: to weep forever over the glass of milk that had just spilt or to get on with the quarter that was still remaining.
Moire now lives in Rostrevor, Northern Ireland, at the foot of the Mourne Mountains.
In 2009, she became the first person to complete Ireland’s Wicklow Round. She subsequently wrote the inspirational mountain-running book, Mud, Sweat and Tears.
In between having her children, Moire won Ireland’s National Adventure Racing Series in 2014, 2016 and 2017, a story captured in the book Bump, Bike and Baby.
Moire previously worked for international aid agencies throughout Africa and South-East Asia. During a stint in Vietnam, she welcomed into her home a dog named Tom, the subject of her book, The Hound from Hanoi.
Her latest book, A Quarter Glass of Milk, charts how when her husband took his own life, she was left with a stark choice: to weep forever over the glass of milk that had just spilt or to get on with the quarter that was still remaining.
Moire now lives in Rostrevor, Northern Ireland, at the foot of the Mourne Mountains.
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May 28, 2019
Loved this book. Loved its honesty on how she coped with being a mum & still being true to herself. I could really relate to many aspects of this.
September 21, 2021
A down to earth account (no showing off, no fluffery) from an inspiring athlete and mum. I found it so informative, so entertaining, and so well written, that I read it in as little as three days. Lovely to get to know about Moire and also to be able to imagine being in her (adventure running) shoes around Ireland and the world.
On a different note, it was so refreshing when compared to the Bridget-Jones-meets-running books aimed at women that I have started to notice around - all in all, I'm very happy to have stumbled upon this book.
On a different note, it was so refreshing when compared to the Bridget-Jones-meets-running books aimed at women that I have started to notice around - all in all, I'm very happy to have stumbled upon this book.
April 2, 2025
Extraordinary and inspiring story.
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