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 […]
Shona Heaslip provided the story of the day when she won the women’s 8km race at the Irish Life Health National Cross-Country Championships on the recently-launched National Cross-Country course at Abbotstown. With Kilcoole’s Fionnuala McCormack running in Spain, Lizzie Lee of Leevale taking a break and Caroline Crowley of Crusaders injured, the women’s race was […]
Leevale’s Clare McCarthy finished 12th in today’s Prague Marathon in a time of 2 hrs 42 ins 4 secs (or four seconds faster on the chip timing) – inside the qualifying mark for the Rio Olympics. Winner was Lucy Karimi from Kenya in 2:24.44.Galway’s Gary Thornton dropped out of the men’s race, won by Lawrence […]
Maria McCambridge of DSD finished eighth overall in a time of 34 mins 38 secs at the North West 10km in Letterkenny yesterday. McCambridge, a previous overall winner of this race, was using the race as a final tune-up before the Riga Marathon in Latvia on Sunday May 15. Claire McCarthy of Leevale, who dropped […]
Fionnuala McCormack of Kilcoole finished a fighting fourth in the Spar European Cross-Country Championships in Hyeres. With Leevale’s Lizzie Lee running a wonderfully consistent race to finish 13th, Caroline Crowley, a brilliant 23rd, Ciara Durkan 43rd, and the backing of Michele Finn and Kerry O’Flaherty, the team ended up with 83 points. That put them […]
A brilliant race up front at the SSE Airtricity Fingal 10km saw Mick Clohisey and second placed Mark Kenneally both going under the course record of 30 mins 14 secs. It was a second course record for Clohisey in the Dublin Races Series; he also broke the record at the Irish Runner 5-Mile last month. […]
Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock ran a time of 2:17.42 to finish best of the Irish in his debut marathon at Rotterdam. Thomas Frazer was just behind him in 2:17.44, while Gary Thornton of GCH ran 2:18.21 and Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir 2:19.23. Hampered by a groin strain was Donore master John Dunne who still finished […]
Amy Foster of City of Lisburn finished third in the 100m in Clermont, Florida with her time of 11.40secs equaling Ailis McSweeney’s Irish record – and also the qualifying her for the European Championships. Although she made the qualifying time for the 60m at the World Championships earlier this year, Foster opted not to run, […]
Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock and Clonliffe’s Sarah McCormack made it a Dublin double at the Woodie’s DIY National Cross-Country Championships at Dundalk IT. Clohisey and Gary Thornton of Galway City Harriers carved out an early lead in the men’s 12km race, with defending champion Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe running on his own for third […]
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