On truly one of the foulest days possible for road running, Freddy Sittuk and Gladys Ganiel ran conservative races to finish first man and woman at the SSE Airtricity Frank Duffy ’10’ in the Phoenix Park. Of the 6,200 who had registered, fewer than 4,000 turned up and who could blame them? The organisers from […]
Claire Gibbons McCarthy finished fifth overall and first woman in 75 mins 10 secs at the Boston Scientific Clonmel Half Marathon yesterday. .McCarthy was one of the elite few whose target this year was Olympic qualification and she is on target now for a fast autumn marathon. Winner of the race was John O’Connell of […]
Although registration for the 2016 SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon closed earlier than anticipated due to unprecedented demand for places, an extra 2,000 places have been made available. That will bring the total entry for the race to 19,500, making it the fourth biggest in Europe this year after Paris 40,801, London 39, 200 and […]
DSD and Clonliffe duly lived up to expectations when they retained their titles at the Glo Health All ireland Track and Field League final in a blustery and chilly Tullamore. For the Dundrum South Dublin women, it was a sixth consecutive title and a tenth overall. Despite missing some of their big names, DSD still […]
Raheny’s Freddy Sittuk had to battle hard for victory in the Michael Fearon/Kevin Marron 5k, organised by Glenmore AC on the Cooley Peninsula just north of Dundalk yesterday evening. Sittuk finished in 14 mins 45 secs, with Conor Duffy of Glaslough and Slieve Gullion’s Paddy Hamilton clipping his heels. First woman was Catherine O’Conor, who […]
Raheny’s Freddy Sittuk looked a happy man as he crossed the line at the Bay 10k in Dun Laoghaire, leading home over a thousand finishers in a time of 31 mins 55 secs – not a bad time for an athlete who had won the Cookstown Half Marathon a day earlier. A minute behind for […]
A thrilling Ronnie Delany 1500m proved the highlight of the Le Cheile International in Leixlip, with local athlete Paul Robinson just pipped for victory by Australian visitor Jordy Williamsz. Williamsz finished in 3 mins 43.16 secs and Robinson in 3:4343. Chasing them hard was Raheny’s Kieran Kelly who finished in 3:4350, with last year’s winner […]
Raheny’s Mick Clohisey was a comfortable winner of today’s SSE Airtricity Fingal 10km in Swords. Clohisey, who will run the marathon at the Rio Olympics in a few weeks time, was winning for a second year. His time of 30 mins 24 secs gave him a 21 seconds margin over DSD’s Brandon Hargreaves who finished […]
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