Lindie Naughton

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 […]