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 […]
Ultra runner Eoin Keith has completed his run from Mizen Head in Kerry to Malin Head in Donegal in a time of 75 hours 47 minutes – or 3 days 3 hours 47 minutes. That knocks an incredible 11 hours 49 minutes off the time of 3 days 15 hours 36 minutes set by English […]
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 […]
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 […]
After a hard winter’s training Irish javelin champion Anita White begins her campaign to qualify for the European Championships at the end of the month. “I was able to take time off work thanks to a sponsorship deal with Vlogby, a video production company and the support I got from Beacon Face and Dermatology where […]
By Ed Smith (with thanks) In the early hours of Saturday morning, Eoin Keith, 46, was feeling so bad at the Energia 24-Hour race on the Mary Peters’ track, Belfast that he was about to give up. It was 2am and eight hours into this most demanding ultra test of mind and body. The decision […]
Ultra runner Eoin Keith has won the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Six-Day run held in Flushing Meadows, New York. From the start at midday on Wednesday, April 23, Keith lead the race. He ran 123 miles on his first day, well clear of Galya Balayskyy with 108 miles and Dipali Cunningham, the first woman, who ran […]
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