Fionnuala McCormack finished a fighting second at the Great Edinburgh Cross-Country race held in Holyrood Park. Winner of the women’s race was Kate Every of Great Britain, with Gemma Steel finishing third and Ireland’s Lizzie Lee ninth. McCormack, who has won this race twice and finished second twice, pushed the pace at the start, with […]
For some reason, the Wednesday Herald running column isn’t being added to www.herald.ie. So here is this week’s edition for anyone who didn’t get the Herald today. MEET AND TRAIN LEAGUE STILL GOING STRONG Well over a hundred women of all ages, sizes and levels of fitness turned out for Sunday’s Meet and Train league […]
Cillian O’Leary of Raheny and Sportsworld’s Aoife O’Leary were the winners of the Robbie Byrne Memorial 5km in Navan. Cillian finished over a minute ahead of Simon Ryan in 15 mins 54 secs, while Aoife just made it home ahead of Bohermeen’s Andrea McGuinness. The course was slightly long. Winners of the ERP Clonliffe Christmas […]
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 […]
On September 27 this year, Lizzie Lee finished the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:32:51. It was a personal best by over five minutes and comfortably inside the Rio ’16 qualification time of 2 mins 42 secs. She took two weeks off and not for one second thought about the forthcoming cross-country season. “The […]
A grand total of five Irish athletes ran inside the Rio ’16 qualifying standards at the Berlin Marathon. Leading them home was Kevin Seaward of St Malachy’s in Belfast in a superb new personal best of 2 hrs 14 mins 54 secs. Seaward had trailed the other Irish at 10km, but speeded up in the […]
If a road running league based on the best races in the country was to be set up (come on someone!), then the Dunshaughlin 10km would definitely be on the list. Look at the quality of last night’s race – Mark Christie and Mick Clohisey strained ever sinew in the chase for the course record […]
Tomas Fitzpatrick made it a home victory for a second year at the Tallaght 5km, when he beat a quality field including Clonliffe’s Mark Kenneally and Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock. His winning time was 14 mins 37 secs. Finishing 11th overall and first woman in 16 mins 26 secs was Maria McCambridge who, like […]
Fionnuala Britton successfully defended her national 10km title when she finished second in the race, run in conjunction with the Spar Great Ireland Run in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Britton finished second behind the 2012 winner Gemma Steel in a personal best time of 33 mins 7 secs for the hilly course. Second of the Irish […]
A record entry, perfect weather and cracking races upfront – the 31st Raheny 5 will prove hard to beat in years to come. Upfront, Leevale’s Lizzie Lee not only won the women’s race in 26 mins 34 secs, but knocked 59 seconds off her previous best for the distance. Anne Marie McGlynn of Letterkenny was […]
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