Working Life: Professor John Nolan, WIT

Professor John Nolan, co-founder Nutrition Research Centre Ireland (NRCI), Waterford Institute of Technology.

6am

I squeeze in an early run before organising breakfast for my wife, Jane, and daughter Penny, aged three. I love running — I clock up 50 to 60 miles per week, including half marathons at the weekend. I have a keen competitive edge which stands to me in the workplace.