On September 27 this year, Lizzie Lee finished the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:32:51. It was a personal best by over five minutes and comfortably inside the Rio ’16 qualification time of 2 mins 42 secs. She took two weeks off and not for one second thought about the forthcoming cross-country season. “The […]
One of the most familiar figures in Irish Athletics is Frank Greally who has almost single-handedly kept the Irish Runner magazine on the road for over thirty years – and done much more besides. Now Frank was written his story – just in time for Christmas – called Running Full Circle. In the opening pages, […]
When Caroline Crowley of Crusaders finished third in the recent National Inter-clubs Cross-Country Championships at Santry, no-one was more surprised than herself. “I was absolutely shocked. I’d read the previews and knew it was quality field. I thought I’d finish 15th or 16th. I had never even raced against these girls,” says the 27-year-old Dubliner, […]
Youghal’s Aoife Cooke and Stephen Lawlor of St Abban’s were the winners of the national novice cross-country titles in Dungarvan. In the women’s race, Cooke beat Rachael Smyth of St Coca’s and also led Youghal to team victory over DSD. Cooke, a niece of the legendary Mary Sweeney of St Finbarr’s, has been showing good […]
John Travers and Ciara Mageean were the winners of the 25th anniversary Jingle Bells 5k in the Phoenix Park, where almost 800 turned out despite the terrible weather. Travers finished in 14 mins 44 secs, with Kevin Maunsell of Clonmel eleven seconds adrift for second place and Ferrybank’s Andrew Connick third. In a closely fought […]
Caitriona Jennings of Rathfarnham WSAF finished fourth at the IAU World 50km Championships in Doha, Qatar with a time of 3 hrs 31 mins 49 secs. USA’s Camille Herron won the race in 3:20.58. Jennings, who ran in the Olympic marathon in London 2012, only returned to athletics earlier this year after a frustrating series […]
Kilcoole’s Fionnuala McCormack finished second at the Cross of the Constitution in Spain,running a time of 29 mins 17 secs for the 7.9km course. Race winner was the Kenyan Linet Masai; Spain’s Trihas Gebre finished 35 seconds behind McCormack for third place. That’s good news for the Irish team with the European Cross-Country in France […]
Fionnuala McCormack and Mick Clohisey were the star turns at the Glo Health National Interclub Cross-Country in Santry on a new pre-Christmas date which saw cross-country return to its former glory days. In the women’s 8km, Kilcoole’s McCormack took over in front on the second lap and after that the battle was on for the […]
UCD’s women had a pillar-to-post victory in the annual Irish Universities Road Relays hosted by NUI Maynooth on Saturday. Ciara Everard’s time of 5 mins 53 secs for the opening mile gave UCD a 17-second cushion which they never lost. Michelle Finn of UL chased Ciara Mageean hard on the second leg, but although she […]
Anne Marie McGlynn made a sparkling masters’ debut when she ran away with the women’s 6km at the British and Irish Masters Cross-Country International in Santry today (Sat). With her Letterkenny club-mates Natasha Adams and Fionnuala Diver second and fourth, McGlynn was also leading the Irish W35 team to a resounding victory. Second overall and […]
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