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 Pauline Curley proved the class of the field at the new-look Irish 3/4 Marathon which had moved from its original location near Athlone to a faster, flatter course at Longwood, Co Meath. Clonliffe’s O’Hanlon, back in top form after a period of injury, finished almost 12 minutes clear of the field in […]
After her Rio ’16 exploits, Leevale’s Lizzie Lee made a triumphant return to the Irish roads when she won today’s Charleville International Half Marathon in Co Cork. Lee’s time of 79 mins 47 mins put her comfortably clear of Jill Hodgins who finished in 82 mins 12 secs. Dunboyne’s Emilia Dan was third in 85 […]
Raheny’s Mick Clohisey was a comfortable winner of today’s SSE Airtricity Fingal 10km in Swords. Clohisey, who will run the marathon at the Rio Olympics in a few weeks time, was winning for a second year. His time of 30 mins 24 secs gave him a 21 seconds margin over DSD’s Brandon Hargreaves who finished […]
Wins for Louis O’Loughlin of Moyle Park in the junior boys race and for Sarah Healy of Holy Child Killiney inter girls made it a great day for Dublin-based Irish athletes at the SIAB Schools International Cross–Country in Falkirk, Scotland. Best of the Irish junior girls was Rebecca Wallace 11th, while best of the inter […]
Maria McCambridge finished sixth in today’s Great Scottish Run in Glasgow with a time of 73 mins 23 secs. That time – marginally faster than her 73 mins 28 secs from Charleville a few weeks ago – puts her second on the current Irish rankings behind Fionnualla Britton McCormack, who ran 71 mins 33 secs […]
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