Fionnuala McCormack (Britton) made the qualifying time for next year’s Rio Olympics when she ran a time of 2 hrs 33 mins 15 secs at today’s hicago Marathon. Although well inside the Olympic qualifying mark of 2 hours 42 minutes, her time was slower than the 2 hours 31 minutes 46 seconds she ran for […]
Maria McCambridge of DSD proved the class of the field at the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon and despite the dreadful conditions, clocked a personal best time for the race of 34 mins 3 secs on her way to victory. It was fourth time lucky for McCambridge since 2010 alone; she has been running the race […]
Tomas Fitzpatrick made it a home victory for a second year at the Tallaght 5km, when he beat a quality field including Clonliffe’s Mark Kenneally and Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock. His winning time was 14 mins 37 secs. Finishing 11th overall and first woman in 16 mins 26 secs was Maria McCambridge who, like […]
John Coghlan of host club Metro St Brigid’s and Kilcoole’s Fionnuala Britton were the winners of the St Patrick’s Festival 5km. Coghlan and Clonliffe’s Mark Kenneally pushed the pace from the start of the race, with Coghlan, taking the lead at about 4km and coming home to win in 14 mins 32 secs. It was […]
John Travers of Donore and UCD’s Ciara Mageean were the winners of the New Year’s Day Tom Brennan Memorial 5km, held in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Despite the squally conditions, Travers finished in a respectable time of 14 mins 43 secs, with previous winner John Coghlan of MSB also breaking 15 minutes. In third place was […]
Biggest race of the holiday period (so far) was the Streets of Athenry 10km on December 26, won by Raheny raider Mick Clohisey. His time of 30 mins 18 secs gave him a comfortable victory over Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir. First woman was Ballina’s Norah Newcombe. At the Greencastle 5-Mile in Co Tyrne, reigning national intercounty […]
Some interesting marathon results – in Chicago, Tom Frazer, who has lived in the USA for some years, recorded a time of 2:19.53. In Australia, Sinead Diver ran 2:34.15 to finish second in the Melbourne Marathon. Diver, aged 37, was born and brought up in Ireland. She moved to Oz when she was 24 and […]
Truly you couldn’t have made it up. Wearing No 1 at the Terenure 5-Mile in Dublin was Catherina McKiernan, one of the universally respected figures in Irish sport. Wearing 318 was the controversial figure of Martin Fagan, who has recently served out a two-year drugs ban, and is the focus of much discussion in sports […]
On a great day for the Irish in Budapest, Brian Lynch of North East Runners broke the world record on his way to victory in the M60 1500m at the World Masters Indoors today. He clocked a time of 4 mins 26.72 secs, beating Dutch runner Martinus van der Horne who finished more than a […]
Donore’s John Travers led home over 1,500 finishers in the Patrick’s Festival 5km, held over a slightly changed route from St Stephen’s Green in Dublin. Travers was a comfortable winner in 14 mins 7 secs, with Clonliffe’s Colm Rooney 16 seconds adrift for second place. In the women’s race, Fionnuala Britton of Sli Cualann finished […]
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