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Road racing may be the public face of running at the moment, but other branches of athletics are also thriving and those who don’t particularly want to run long distances have plenty of choice. At last year’s Dublin Graded Track and Field League for instance, such was the demand  for track races such as the […]

Norwegian distance runner Grete Waitz has died after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 57 years old.Waitz was the first great female distance runner.  In 1975 she set a world record of 8:46.6 for 3000m and bettered it one year later with 8:45.4. In 1979, she won the World Cross-Country title in Limerick – […]

TuesdayTRACK & FIELD ALSAA Winter Track League (mile), Alsaa Track, Dublin Airport, 7.30pm. Entry €4.C: Gerry Martin 01 6241742, or PJ Noonan 01 8315803.ROADS Salthill 5km, Salthill, Galway 7.30pm. Entry €12.50 in aid of CCA children’s summer camp. C: Yasmin Reid 087 6373681. Wednesday TRACK & FIELD Dublin Graded T-F Meet 1, Santry 7pm ROADS […]

TuesdayTRACK & FIELD ALSAA Winter Track League (mile), Alsaa Track, Dublin Airport, 7.30pm. Entry €4.C: Gerry Martin 01 6241742, or PJ Noonan 01 8315803.ROADS Salthill 5km, Salthill, Galway 7.30pm. Entry €12.50 in aid of CCA children’s summer camp. C: Yasmin Reid 087 6373681. Wednesday TRACK & FIELD Dublin Graded T-F Meet 1, Santry 7pm ROADS […]

To my horror, have noticed that Google ads promoting  commercial races, training systems and food supplements  are popping up on this blog.  Please ignore them; am trying to get them removed.

Clarabeg Orienteering, a set on Flickr.

Clarabeg Orienteering, a set on Flickr.

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Saturday BHAA K Club 10k, Straffan, Co Kildare, 11am. Entry €10 (€15 non-BHAA); reg until 10.30am. Crème egg all finishers. www.bhaa.ie. Ras UCD, Belfield, Dublin, 12 noon. Entry €12 (€8 students). All funds to UCD Volunteer Overseas Charity. Reg online ucd.ie/rasucd. WAR – Wicklow Adventure Race (17km run, 43km cycle, 1.5km kayak). www.wicklowadventurerace.com Dublin Juvenile […]

GOOD VALUE ON THE ROADS With spring fever in full swing, runners of all standards and tastes have a bewildering choice of races to pick from over the next two months. In the past, one race per area on any given day was the rule. That is no longer the case, with local clubs, the […]