Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe was in a class of his own at the Annerville 10km, despite still having a recent marathon in his legs. Ciobanu’s winning time of 30 mins 27 secs put him a massive minute and a half ahead of Philip Harty, now running with Ferrybank. First woman in 38:56 was Carmel Fitzgibbon […]
Buy 20 tickets but pay for only ten – that’s the special offer to clubs from the organisers of the Morton Games taking place in Santry on Wednesday July 12. All clubs have to do is sent €100 to the Morton Games Ticket Office at Clonliffe Harriers, Morton Stadium, Santry, Dublin 9 and they will […]
Cillian O’Leary and Laura Shaughnessy were the winners of the 40th anniversary RTE 5-Mile held in bitterly cold conditions around the roads of Donnybrook. First held in 1977, when the race started on Beaver Row and took in a loop of Clonskeagh and Goatstown before returning to Donnybrook, the route has changed many times, due […]
Kate O’Connor of St Gerard’s in Dundalk won the senior girls heptathlon at the annual Somerset Schools AA/County AA and Open Combined Events Championships hosted by Millfield School in Street, England last weekend. Competing in her first seven-event competition, O’Connor aged 16, picked up 802 points for her time of 15.30 secs in the 100m […]
Ultra runner Eoin Keith has completed his run from Mizen Head in Kerry to Malin Head in Donegal in a time of 75 hours 47 minutes – or 3 days 3 hours 47 minutes. That knocks an incredible 11 hours 49 minutes off the time of 3 days 15 hours 36 minutes set by English […]
Irish national marathon champion Laura Graham of Mourne Runners has won the Belfast Marathon – a home victory for the first time in 19 years. Graham, supported enthusiastically all around the course, also repeated her feat of last year by running the London and then Belfast Marathons with only seven days rest in between. The […]
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