Fionnuala McCormack and Mick Clohisey were the star turns at the Glo Health National Interclub Cross-Country in Santry on a new pre-Christmas date which saw cross-country return to its former glory days. In the women’s 8km, Kilcoole’s McCormack took over in front on the second lap and after that the battle was on for the […]
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 […]
David McCarthy ran a smart race to win the New Ireland Rathfarnham 5km, held in perfect conditions today. With just over 800m to go, Kevin Maunsell of Clonmel was leading a tightly packed bunch with McCarthy looming ominously on his shoulder. McCarthy made his break with the line in sight and won in a modest […]
Clonliffe’s Gary O’Hanlon was a comfortable winner of the SSE Airtricity Dublin Half Marathon this morning. His time of 69 mins 43 secs gave him a two -minute winnign margin over Waterford’s Trevor Power. First woman was Patrycja Wlodarczyk, who finished in 82 mins 54 secs and beat her Raheny clubmate Fiona Stack. Leading home […]
Gary O’Hanlon, the Clonliffe running machine won the Newry Marathon in a “respectable” time of 2 hrs 36 mins 15 secs. Freddy Keron Sittuk had to battle for his half marathon win, with Stephen Duncan finishing just 15 seconds behind him. Finishing 10th overall and first woman was North Belfast’s Breege Connolly. Judging by the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu will defend his men’s title at Sunday’s Woodie’s DIY National Cross-Country in Dundalk. Also tipped to make an impact are Andrew Connick of Ferrybank, winner of last weekend’s national inter title, the in-form Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock, Donore’s John Travers, Joe Sweeney of DSD, and Stephen Scullion who joins Ciobanu on […]
Fionnuala Britton underlined her status as Irish athletics’ biggest star with an assured performance at the Woodie’s DIY National Intercounty Cross-Country Championships in Santry. The double European champion led from the start in the women’s 8km winning by just over a minute. Behind her, Sarah McCarthy of Clonliffe passed Sara Treacy for second early in […]
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