Mullingar’s Mark Christie, who has hit a rich vein of form recently is favourite to win Sunday’s Rathfarnham 5km in Dublin. Christie made a dramatic return to form when he ran away with the 5000m race at the national track and field championships and most recently won the Grant Thornton Corporate Challeneg 5km in Dublin’s […]
* Just a week after her second place at the final race of the Triathlon World Series, Aileen Reid was back in action on the streets of Belfast finishing 20th overall and first woman at the Deep River Rock Belfast Marathon. Reid clocked a time of 79 mins 33 secs putting her four minutes ahead […]
Tragedy struck in the Phoenix Park when a male runner collapsed and died about 11 miles into the Airtricity Dublin Half Marathon. Sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased. Others also suffered badly in the unexpectedly warm weather. Big thanks not only to the hard-pressed St John’s Ambulance crews but also to […]
Joe Sweeney, who makes his marathon debut in Dublin next month leads the entry for Sunday’s Lidl Charleville International Half Marathon, organised by North Cork Athletics Club and billed as the “fastest, flattest half marathon in Ireland”. Sweeney, third in the 10,000m in 30 mins 41.49 secs at the National Track and Field Championships, is […]
Mark Kenneally of Clonliffe Harriers finished a creditable seventh in 64 mins 6 secs at the Great North Run Half Marathon in South Shields/Newcastle. “Good performance competitively speaking. Time a little slower than hoped but weather wasn’t great. Onwards and upwards!” he tweeted after the race. Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele, running his first ever half marathon, […]
Mayo’s John Byrne led home almost 900 finishers at the Athlone Flatline Half Marathon today. Byrne’s time of 71.mins 39 secs put him over a minute clear of the field led by Peter Mooney of the Marathon Club of Ireland. Finishing 11th and first woman in 75 mins 21 secs was Maria McCambridge of Dundrum […]
Mark Christie representing Pfizer led home an entry of almost 3,000 at the Grant Thornton Corporate 5km Team Challenge in Dublin’s Docklands. Christie’s time of 14 mins 50 secs put him 25 seconds clear of Dermott McDermott, representing Team Dovas. A close third was Conor Dooney representing Davy Stockbrokers. Recorded as the first woman home […]
The Irish women’s team, led by Sarah McCormack in sixth place, have taken team bronze at the World Mountain Running Championships in Krynica, Poland. McCormack, who is based in Scotland, ran a brilliant race to finish less than two minutes behind Italy’s Alice Gaggi. Less than two minutes behind again was Raheny’s Kate Cronin in […]
Freddy Keron Sittuk was in Blessington this morning where he battled it out with Kilkenny’s Brian Maher for victory in the annual Lakes 10km. In the end there was just two seconds in it, with Freddy getting there first. Over a minute behind in third place was Tommy Evans of Gowran. In the women’s race, […]
Dunleer’s Darragh Green won the 122nd Clonliffe 2-mile which last night returned to Santry for the the first time since 1985. The course took in a loop of Northwood and Santry Demesne Park with the finish on the Santry track. By the time the runners entered the stadium, Green had a decisive lead over Raheny’s […]
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