Gary Thornton and Regina Casey made it a Galway City Harriers double at a well-supported Tuam 5km. Matt Bidwell, also GCH, was second and first master and Zola Flynn of Calry second woman. CIARA MAGEEAN of UCD ran 2:04.90 in an open 800m at the Glo Health Indoor League in Athlone on Saturday. In the […]
Fionnuala McCormack has finished a fighting third at the Antrim International Cross-Country in Greenmount. In chilly, slippery conditions, McCormack pushed the pace early, but was passed by a trio of Africans. Midway through the race, she pulled herself up to third place ,with Britain’s Kate Avery, who had beaten her in Edinburgh a week earlier, […]
Eimear Fitzpatrick of Our Lady’s Terenure and Adam O’Brien of St Aidan’s won the senior races at the DCU Schools Invitational held in surprisingly clement weather yesterday. Over 1,100 young athletes took part in the eight races, held over a soggy course that included hills and straw bales to make it interesting. An impressive winner […]
From Herald Wednesday 13 January After her fighting second at the Great Edinburgh Cross, Fionnuala McCormack leads the Irish entry at Saturday’s Antrim International Cross Country at Greenmount, where she faces a re-match with Kate Avery the British athlete who beat her last weekend in Edinburgh. McCormack, who has won the race twice in the […]
Ultra runner Eoin Keith has won the Montane Spine Race -a brutal 268 mile run along the entire length of the Pennine Way taking in the Peak District, Cheviots, Yorkshire Dales and Northumberland National Park before finishing in the Scottish Borders. Keith began his run at 10am last Saturday and finished at 9.30am this morning […]
Ciara Hickey of Brothers Pearse, running her first ever cross-country race won the women 3km at the Dublin Masters Cross-County held in St Anne’s Park in trying underfoot conditions. Hickey was followed home by Anna Sadowska of Civil Service and DSD’s Justine O’Connell Urell. Sportsworld won a tightly-contested W35 team competing beating Donore by three […]
Fionnuala McCormack finished a fighting second at the Great Edinburgh Cross-Country race held in Holyrood Park. Winner of the women’s race was Kate Every of Great Britain, with Gemma Steel finishing third and Ireland’s Lizzie Lee ninth. McCormack, who has won this race twice and finished second twice, pushed the pace at the start, with […]
For some reason, the Wednesday Herald running column isn’t being added to www.herald.ie. So here is this week’s edition for anyone who didn’t get the Herald today. MEET AND TRAIN LEAGUE STILL GOING STRONG Well over a hundred women of all ages, sizes and levels of fitness turned out for Sunday’s Meet and Train league […]
When it comes to races, it’s possible to have too much of a good thing – and that is our problem at the moment. Because every race must be insured, cluttering up official calendars are small local races and leagues, GAA runs, charity walks/runs, commercially run races, and various novelty events. Sifting though such lists […]
Just got word that Saturday’s Glo Health National 4km C-C, along with the Juvenile B C’ships and Relays scheduled for the Alsaa, Dublin Airport is cancelled. AI is saying that it’s due “to adverse weather conditions and for those travelling long distances”. From today’s press release: “The Juvenile B Championships and Juvenile Relays will now […]
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