* Interesting facts from Boards.ie: 50% in the Dublin Half Marathon finished in under 1 hr 55 ins. Only 25% in the Great North Run came home in under this time; the 50% mark was reached around 2 hrs 7 mins. Of the estimated 50,000 accepted for the GNR, 39,000 finished; of the 8,000 or […]
WINDSURFING: Irish windsurfer Mikey Clancy will compete in the final two rounds of the PWA World Championships travelling first to Klitmuller on Denmark’s north west coast, where competition starts on Monday. He then moves on to Westerland, Sylt in Germany on September 28, where Finn Mullen will join him. Clancy competes in the spectacular wave discipline. […]
WINDSURFING: Irish windsurfer Mikey Clancy will compete in the final two rounds of the PWA World Championships travelling first to Klitmuller on Denmark’s north west coast, where competition starts on Monday. He then moves on to Westerland, Sylt in Germany on September 28, where Finn Mullen will join him. Clancy competes in the spectacular wave discipline. […]
* Marathon Mission members Sean Hehir and Maria McCambridge , both aiming for theDublin Marathon, were the winenrs at the Mick Murphy Memorial 4-Mile in Ferns. In the women’s race, McCambridge beat European cross-country champion Fionnuala Britton of Sli Cualann running her first race since London 2012. * Joe McAllister and Elish Kelly were the […]
* Marathon Mission members Sean Hehir and Maria McCambridge , both aiming for theDublin Marathon, were the winenrs at the Mick Murphy Memorial 4-Mile in Ferns. In the women’s race, McCambridge beat European cross-country champion Fionnuala Britton of Sli Cualann running her first race since London 2012. * Joe McAllister and Elish Kelly were the […]
With so many “new” runners pounding the pavements, membership of Athletics Ireland is likely to reach 40,000 this year – the highest figure in some years. Of that figure, over half is made up of juveniles, but the good news is that the numbers of senior and, above all, masters (men and women over 35) […]
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