When a club has been around for 120 years and some of its members for almost half that time, then it’s time to celebrate. That’s what Donore Harriers is planning to do on Saturday evening when the great Jim McNamara gets the “This Is You Life” treatment at a special function in the Spa Hotel, […]
After the explosions in Boston, thoughts are now turning to next Sunday’s London Marathon, where 36,000 runners will spent between two and eight hours on the open streets of one of the largest cities of the world. A group of 252 runners along with 70 supporters are travelling from Ireland with Sports Travel International, the […]
Brian Maher and Maria McCambridge lead a Marathon Mission squad at Sunday’s Rotterdam Marathon – the start of a hectic period of spring marathons in big cities all over the world. Also competing in Rotterdam are Joe McAllister in the men’s race along with a trio of women – Ailish Malone of Clonliffe, the only […]
Last weekend highlighted the contrasting sides of athletics. While over 300 hardy souls battled snow, icy winds and bitter cold at the Wicklow Ultra and Trail Runs, around 1,200 youngsters were warm and snug at the Athlone indoor arena, where they were competing in the Woodie’s DIY National Juvenile Indoors. The new arena in Athlone […]
Fionnuala Britton at Gerry Farnan C-C European champion Fionnuala Britton of Sli Cualann and North Sligo’s Mary Cullen lead an impressively strong Irish team at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland next Sunday. Also selected are DSD pair Linda Byrne and Ava Hutchinson and Leevale’s Lizzie Lee, all scoring members of the winning […]
A day so overcast that Three Rock Mountain was invisible didn’t put off the 370 hardy souls who turned out for the first ParkRun 5km in Marlay Park last Saturday morning. Marlay is the second Parkrun 5km to be held in Dublin. The first in Malahide Castle, has been going for over four months is […]
So could Fionnuala Britton have done better than bronze at the European Indoors? Maybe. But indoors is different – as Brian Gregan found to his cost. What is certain is that Britton’s determined performance bodes well for the World Cross-Country Championships in Poland in just over two weeks time. There Britton hopes to emulate Sonia […]
Last year Maria McCambridge, preparing for a spring marathon a few weeks later, came to the Ballycottton in superb shape. Her new course record of 54 minutes 48 seconds was so good that she finished 16thh overall in a strong field. McCambridge’s time of had knocked 40 seconds off the mark set by British international […]
Linda Byrne *Update: Big news is that Mary Cullen will take on Linda Byrne in the senior women’s race at the National Interclubs on Sunday and that Alistair Cragg leads a strong Clonliffe team. Cragg at his best has always radiated quality and stays in close touch with high performance manager Kevin Ankrom, whose stated […]
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