Rathfarnham’s Paul Stephenson was an impressive winner of the Battle of Clontarf 10-Mile, incorporating the Leinster Championships, held in St Anne’s Park, Raheny this morning. Stephenson was pushed all the way by Raheny’s Mark Kirwan and the result was a personal best time of 52 mins 8 secs. Kirwan finished second in 52:19 with Belfast […]
On a bitterly cold day at Santry, Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock and UCD’s Ciara Mageean won the senior titles at the Dublin Cross-County Championships. Mageean raced away from defending champion Caroline Crowley of Crusaders on the final lap of the women’s race. A surprise third was Barbara Cleary of Donore, who finished ahead of […]
Conor Dooney from Davy led home over 4,500 finishers at the Grant Thornton Corporate 5km held in Dublin’s Docklands. His time of 14 mins 49 secs saw him finishing seven seconds clear of John Coghlan from the Run Hub. Former marathon international Sean Connolly, back in Dublin and working as a primary school teacher, made […]
In a thrilling finish to the SSE Airtricity Frank Duffy 10 Mile, Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu just held off the challenge of Thomas Fitzpatrick from Tallaght for victory. The pair were given an identical time of 49 mins 18 secs. Third was Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir in 50 mins 6 secs. First woman by some way was […]
David McCarthy from West Waterford ran a time of 3 mins 46 secs to win a tactical 1500m at the AAI Games held in Santry. From the start, McCarthy tucked in behind John Coghlan who made the early pace. Not too far behind this pair was Andrew Coscoran of Star of the Sea who will […]
Conor Dooney came home first at the RTE 5-Mile in Dublin’s Donnybrook, clocking a time of 24 mins 35 secs for the for the four-lap course. Dooney’s father Roy is a previous winner of the race. Just five seconds adrift in second place was Eoin Callaghan , with Stephen Moore of UBS third. After that […]
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