Rio Olympian Kerry O’Flaherty leads the entry for the opening British Milers Club Grand Prix meeting in Solihull tomorrow. O’Flaherty goes in the 5000m along with QUB’s Emma Mitchell. Mitchell is chasing the World Student Games standard of 16 mins 15 secs for the distance, while both have their eyes on the Commonwealth Games qualifying […]
Raheny’s Mick Clohisey leads the Irish entry at Sunday’s London Marathon with a sub 2 hour 15 minute time his target. Cardiff-based Kevin Seaward of St Malachy’s, who like Clohisey ran the marathon at the Rio Olympics, will also run and is in good shape after a a time of 65 mins 38 secs at […]
Mick Clohisey, representing Irish champions Raheny Shamrock, finished 10th in the senior men’s race at the European Clubs Cross-Country Championships in Albufeira, Portugal today. Clohisey, cheered on by a large group of supporters, clocked a time of 30 mins 40 secs for the twisty, sandy 9.7km course, putting him 37 seconds behind the winner Yemaneberhan […]
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 […]
John Coghlan of MSB and Caroline Crowley of Crusaders were the winners of the Tom Brennan New Year’s Day 5km held in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Coghlan, a many times previous winner of the race, controlled the race up from from the start, finishing in 15 mins 16 secs, which was enough to hold off Ben […]
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 […]
Derry’s Declan Reed successfully defended his men’s title at the Glo Health Masters Cross-Country Championships held in Tuam, Co Galway. Reed was chased hard by Letterkenny’s Ciaran Doherty who is back in top form this season. He finished in 23 mins 15 secs, with Doherty just four seconds behind for second. Dublin champion John Dunne […]
No question about who dominated the All Ireland Schools Combined Events Championships. With a brilliant score of 3909 points, Elizabeth Morland of Dunshaughlin was in a class of her own. Competing in the intermediate category, Morland improved on every one of her Leinster scores. She started with a time of 8.96 secs (918 pts) in […]
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 […]
Clonliffe’s Brian McMahon won the Waterford Half Marathon, with his time of 66 mins 37 secs putting him just seven seconds clear of Bantry’s Alan O’Shea. In third place was Gary O’Hanlon of Clonliffe with a time of 67.40, while fourth after a long battle with injury was Tomas Fitzpatrick of Tallaght in 67. 49. […]
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