Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu continued his preparations for the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon by winning the Galway Bay Half Marathon in a comfortable time of 67 mins 4 secs. SBR’s Tom Hogan was five minutes behind for second. Finishing eighth overall and first woman was Nicola Duncan of GCH, back home from her Scottish base for […]
Edinburgh-based Galway woman Nicola Duncan ran a superb personal best of 2 hours 33 minutes 28 secs at today’s London Marathon. This is the fastest by an Irishwoman since November 2005 when Marie Davenport ran 2:33.59 in New York – over eight years ago. Duncan went through the the half way point in 75 mins […]
Fionnuala Britton finished fifth overall and first woman at the Albertville 5-Mile around Duncrue Industrial Estate in Belfast today. From the start, Britton was part of a pack that was chasing early leader Brendan Teer of East Down. Teer finished a clear winner in 25 mins 47 secs, followed by Willowfield’s Paul Rowan in 26 […]
Tomas Fitzpatrick of Tallaght made a winning return to the Creane and Creane Enniscorthy 10km after a year interrupted by surgery on a troublesome leg. He proved that he is back to full fitness by pushing the pace from the start and winning in 29 mins 59 secs. In the battle for second place, Galway’s […]
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