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Aoife Cooke runs 2:46.37 in Amsterdam. Plus results round-up

  Full report at www.fastrunning.com. Linda Byrne (Dept of Ed) won the women’s 2-mile race at the Teachers BHAA Cross-Country races held in Castleknock College. Colm Rooney won the men’s open 4-mile race, where Siobhra O’Flaherty was first woman. May masters were using the race as a try-out for next Sunday’s British and Irish International […]

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RTE wins for O’Leary and O’Shaughnessy. Travers beats Christie at Greystones. Lecky’s record

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 […]

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Round-Up: Mageean runs 2:03.73 at Leinsters. Sweeney beats Graham at Stormont

Ciara Mageean showed that she’s coming into shape at exactly the right time for the European Indoors when she won the 800m at the Leinster Indoors in a time of 2:03.73. Mageean completed her first 400m in 62 seconds. At the Big East in Staten Island, Siofra Cleirigh Buttner ran 2:06.63 to win the women’s […]

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Eoin Keith wins Northern Traverse. Somba, Shaughnessy tops at Dunboyne BHAA 5 mile.

Irish ultra runner Eoin Keith has won the Northern Traverse from the west to the east coast of northern England in a time of 51 hours 37 minutes 23 secs. The 190 mile course with 16,000 ft of climb through fell, dale and moor, started at St Bees and took in the Lake District in […]

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Golden day at Euro Masters for Woodlock, Barrett, Lynch, Toner and McMullin

Donore’s Ann Woodlock – the oldest woman in the field at 77 – has won the W75 1500m at the European Masters Indoor Championships in Ancona, Italy.  Woodlock dominated the race from early on, crossing the line in 7 mins 31.28 secs. A distant second was Britain’s Eva Osborne in 7:45.59.  Earlier this week,  Woodlock […]

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Masters: Sadowska and Reed come out on top. Indoor record for Morland. Fitzpatrick 1st in Hannut

Anna Sadowska of Civil Service Harriers won the women’s masters title at Dundalk IT today after a tremendous battle with previous winner  Pauline Curley of Tullamore, who was first W45.  Curley had led out the 4km race closely followed by Sadowska. The pair were soon elbow to elbow until Sadowska used the hill on the […]

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McCormack, Mulcaire 2nd in Edinburgh Cross. Relay team 3rd. Linda Byrne comeback; Clohisey 64.25 for “half”

Fionnuala McCormack finished a fighting second at the Great Edinburgh Cross-Country race held in Holyrood Park. Winner of the women’s race was Kate Every of Great Britain, with Gemma Steel finishing third and Ireland’s Lizzie Lee ninth. McCormack, who has won this race twice and finished second twice, pushed the pace at the start, with […]

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Round-up: Ciobanu Breaks Record in Athlone. Another PB for Mageean

Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu, who runs the Berlin Marathon  at the end of the month, set a new course record of 66 mins 17 secs on his way to victory at the Flatline Athlone Half Marathon.  Jane Anne Healy of Athenry was first woman. Mark English  won the 500m in 59.58 secs at the Great North […]

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Midweek: Jennings, Drumm win BHAA Trail 5km

Emmett Jennings and Orla Drumm were the winners of the annual Irish Prison Services BHAA 5km trail race held in  Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Out in force were members of the Bank of Ireland running club and they cleaned up in the team categories. They were1st and 3rd in men’s grade A as well as winning  […]

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Mid-Week: Life’s a Beach for Baker and Malone! Plus Graded T-F

Kevin Baker of Arup and Tara Malone, guest, were the winners of the ESB BHAA Beach 5km held at Sandymount strand on a perfect May evening.  Big crowd from the banks – especially Societe Generale. Special well done to Orla Gormley of Aer Lingus who finished first W50 in her first race in a year […]

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