Fionnuala Britton finished fifth at the Cross d l’Acier, held in Dunkerque, France today with her time of 24 mins 4 sec for the 6.65km course putting her 31 seconds behind the winner Senebere Teferi of Ethiopia. Current European cross-country champion Sophie Duarte of France was first European in 24.01, just making it home ahead […]
For a second year, Fionnula Britton and Paul Pollock were the winners at Glo Heath Intercounty Cross-Country Championships held on a perfect day for cross-country running at Dundalk IT. It was a tale of two races: while Britton coasted to an easy victory, Pollock only retained his title after an absorbing race that ended in […]
Fionnualla Britton of Kilcoole is to make her marathon debut at the forthcoming European Athletics Championships starting in Zurich Switzerland on Tuesday August 12. Britton will compete in the 10,000m on the opening night of competition and then line out in the women’s marathon on Saturday August 16. With Rio 2016 just two years away, […]
Paul Robinson of St Coca’s ran a personal best of 3:54.77 for the mile at last night’s Bislett Games in Oslo. World indoor 1500m champion Ayanleh Souleiman of Djibouti won with race in 3:49.49. Robinson was running his second Diamond League in six days. In the “national” 1500m, Laura Crowe of Riocht finished second in […]
Paul Pollock of Annadale Striders ran a superb new personal best time of 62 mins 9 secs to finished 30th at the World Half Marathon Championships in Copenhagan. The race was won by Kenya’s Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor in 59:07. Next up for Pollock is a 10,00m on the track in Stanford, California in a […]
Paul Pollock of Annadale Striders and Galway native Nicola Duncan who runs with the Portobello club in Edinburgh will represent Ireland at the World Half Marathon Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark on March 29. Pollock, who is based in London, qualified for the event after running a personal best 63 mins 52 secs at last Sunday’s […]
Lisburn’s Amy Foster missed out on World Indoors qualification by one-hundredth of a second when she ran a time of 7.33 secs to finish fourth in the women’s 60m at the opening day of the British Indoors in Sheffield. Foster had steadily improved on her time running 7.36 secs in her heat and 7.35 secs […]
Fionnuala Britton put up a brave fight in the women’s race at the European Cross-Country in Belgrade but in the end, had to settle for fourth place. Winner of the race was Sophie Duarte of France, who pulled away about halfway through the 8km race and was never troubled after that. In the battle for […]
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 […]
Mark Christie of Mullingar Harriers was a comfortable winner of the Rathfarnham 5km, pushing the pace from the start and winning in 14 mins 37 seconds. Just three seconds adrift was Brian Maher of KCH. In the battle for third place, Conor Dooney of Raheny outsprinted Dunshaughlin’s Robbie Matthews and Tom Fitzpatrick of Tallaght, who […]
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