Polish world record holder Patrycja Bernowska heads the women’s field at the IAU World 24-Hour Championships starting in Victoria Park,Belfast tomorrow (Saturday, 12.0). In February, Bernowska improved the eight-year-old record to 252.6 kms(159.2 miles) at the Polish Championships. Among those taking her on this weekend are current European champion Maria Jansson of Sweden and a […]
Paul Pollock of Annadale Striders and Kilcoole’s Fionnuala McCormack will lead a team of five Irish marathon runnes at the World Athletics Championships in London next August 4-13. Also selected are Raheny’s Mick Clohisey, Sean Hehir of Rathfarnham and Leevale’s Claire McCarthy. Robert Heffernan of Togher will compete in the 50km walk along with Letterkenny’s […]
Dereje Debele Tulu of Ethiopia and previous winner Helalia Johannes from Namibia were the winners of today’s SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon. Times were not fast although conditions were perfect – not too hot and no wind or rain. In a men’s race where Ethiopians made a clean sweep of the top three, Tulu took an […]
Gary O’Hanlon and Ian Guiden made it a Clonliffe double at the Longwood 10k/5k in Co Meath today. O’Hanlon, who runs in next Sunday’s SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon, won the 10k, beating Raheny’s Cillian O’Leary and Brian McCluskey of North East Runners. In the 5km, Guiden was a clear winner ahead of Mullingar’s Andrew Nevin. […]
Ultra runner Eoin Keith of Sportsworld has finished eighth place in the grueling Spartathlon – a 243km run from Athens to Sparta in Greece that includes a 1,200m night-time climb of Mount Parthenio on rough, unmarked paths and extreme variations in temperature from freezing cold to broiling hot. Keith’s time of 26 hours 36 min […]
Fionnuala McCormack followed up her fourth place at the European Cross-Country by winning Iris Lotto CrossCup in Brussels yesterday. It was a first win for McCormack in a race where in the past three years she has finished second (2012) and third twice (2013 and 2014). The Kilcoole athlete finished seven seconds ahead of Dutch […]
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