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Tom Fitzpatrick Judging by the past few weeks, the new indoor track at Athlone is lightning fast  and we can expect lots of records at this weekend’s Woodie’s DIY National Indoors. Top of the list is Leevale’s Derval O’Rourke, who proved that her career is far from over when she ran 8.11 at Sheffield last […]

* Stop press: A team may now be sent to the World Cross-Country Championships in March. Full team? Senior women only?  Interesting facts on the current road racing boom have emerged from  the John Treacy Dungarvan 10 mile  and the Axa Raheny 5 ten days ago.  Of the record breaking entry of 1,434 finishers in Dungarvan, 73 defied the windy conditions to run under […]

Although the Dublin Marathon still hasn’t acquired a major sponsor, the Marathon Mission will continue. Jim Aughney, race director of the Marathon Mission, is still at the helm, with the full support of Jim Davis and Teresa McDaid from Athletics Ireland. The story is well known – when the standard of  Irish finishers at the Dublin […]

Although Fionnuala Britton is certain to run at the World Cross-Country Championships in Poland next March, she may well be on her own.Britton, not only double European champion but also part of the gold medal winning Irish team at the European Championships, had hoped that a team would be sent.At the Antrim International last week, […]

Last autumn, ultra runner and adventurer Eoin Keith cracked a rib in the final mountain running race of the year. It couldn’t have come at a worse time. At the time, Keith had just signed up for the Across-the Years 72-hour race starting on December 30 in Phoenix, Arizona.After only two weeks rest, Keith jogged […]

Double European cross-country champion Fionnuala Britton will defend her title at the Antrim International at Greenmount, Co Antrim on Saturday January 12.  That will come after her run in Saturday’s  Great Edinburgh Cross, where she takes on a strong international field. Britton’s successful defence of her European title in Budapest capped a breakthrough year for the […]

Although the flagship event at Belfield’s iconic track has gone, the GOAL Mile will still take place at 14 locations in the Dublin area around Christmas. First off is today’s GOAL Mile (Wed) at Cloverhill Prison, where prisoners and staff alike will all run to raise funds for the less fortunate. That’s followed by a […]

Irish women on the run Many kind words were spoken about Anne Keenan-Buckley after Sunday’s superb performance by the Irish senior women’s team at the European Cross-Country Championships – and quite rightly.Keenan-Buckley’s commitment, drive and ability to get athletes working for each other built the foundation for Sunday’s wonderful double gold. When she felt forced […]

Reigning champion Fionnuala Britton heads to the European Cross-Country  in Budapest this weekend well aware that defending a title is always a tough proposition. Britton has prepared well, finishing fourth in an international cross-country in Burgos, Spain last month, where Britain’s Jessica Coulson was just ahead of her. She then finished third at the Cross […]