Thomas Barr ended his season with a third place in the 400m hurdles in Zurich last night. Barr’s time of 49.79 secs put him less than a second behind local favourite Karien Hussein, who won the race in 49.16 secs. Second was Rasmus Mags of Estonia in 49.35. Mark English runs the 600m and Brian […]
Conor Dooney from Davy led home over 4,500 finishers at the Grant Thornton Corporate 5km held in Dublin’s Docklands. His time of 14 mins 49 secs saw him finishing seven seconds clear of John Coghlan from the Run Hub. Former marathon international Sean Connolly, back in Dublin and working as a primary school teacher, made […]
From ALAN O’NEILL Calling all marathoners! Are you running the Dublin City Marathon this year? Well if the answer is yes, I would love to have you on my marathon team. Our team are hoping to raise much needed funds to purchase a running blade for Neil Hoey. Neil had his leg amputated five years […]
For some people one marathon in a life is quite enough; for others marathon running has become their life, as the number of small-scale marathons taking place almost every weekend around the country testifies. For instance, between August 14 and 17 last week, fifty-one men and women tackled a marathon a day in the scenic […]
Raheny’s Freddy Keron Sittuk proved the class of the field at the Pat the Baker Marathon, when he won comfortably in 2 hrs 37 mins 45 seconds. Over eight minutes behind for second was West Waterford’s Raivis Zakis. Siobhan McHugh of Clonmel AC was first woman in 3 hrs 23 mins 55 secs. Caroline Kelly […]
Sinead Diver from Belmullet in Co Mayo finished 21st in the marathon at the World Championships in Beijing. Representing Australia, the Melbourne-based Diver crossed the line in 2:36:38. Aged 38, Diver moved to Australia at the age of 25 and is a mother of two. She took up running five years ago and caught the […]
Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir and Sarah Mulligan of DSD made it a Dublin double at the 36th annual Rockford Roof Tiles 4-Mile, held in Tinryland, just outside Carlow town. Hehir was overall winner of the race in 19 mins 25 secs. Slieve Gullion’s Paddy Hamilton was forty seconds behind in second place with Brian Kirwan of […]
Robert Heffernan of Togher finished a fighting fifth in the men’s 50km race walk in 3:44:17 at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing while the men’s 4x400m relay team set a new national record. Heffernan was in the thick of the action for much of the 50km walk won by Slovakia’s Matej Toth in 3 […]
By John Walshe Leevale athlete Mark Hanrahan ran the fastest time in 20 years to win Thursday night’s 39th annual Ballycotton ‘5’, easily beating a top-class field which included a number of visiting British athletes. Putting the final touches to his preparations for the Berlin Marathon in a month’s time, Hanrahan finished well clear of […]
Dunboyne’s Sarah Treacy produced the fastest time of the three Irish in the women’s steeplechase in Beijing. Treacy’s time of 9:48.24 in the fastest of the three heats saw her ranked 29th overall of the 45 starters. It was – to state the obvious – a tale of three heats, with the top three from […]
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