Over 700 young athletes turned out for the inaugural Dublin Schools Minor and Junior Open Cross-Country held on a perfect autumn’s morning in the Phoenix Park. *Full report in the Herald Schools Sports Supplement on Thursday October 5. Pics at www.lindie.zenfolio.com Later in the evening, Robert Corbally and Meghan Ryan were the winners of the […]
West Waterford’s David McCarthy made a welcome return to racing when he won the Galway Bay 10km in a time of 31 mins 15 secs. Raheny’s Conor Dooney was a close second, with Siobhan O’Doherty of Borrisokane first women in 35 mins 10 secs. The half marathon was won by 34-year-old Moldovan Prodius Roman in […]
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 […]
Carla Sweeney of St MacDara’s and Pierre Murchan of St Declan’s Cabra won the the senior races at the West Leinster Schools Cross-Country Championships in the Phoenix Park. Belvedere dominated the boys’ events with wins in the junior and inter races, a second at senior level behind HR Rathcoole and a third in the minor […]
Maria McCambridge of DSD and the Marathon Mission put her third place in the Flora Women’s Mini Marathon well behind her when she won the Irish Runner 5-Mile in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. McCambridge’s time of 26 mins 45 secs was not particularly fast but she still won the race comfortably ahead of Siobhan O’Doherty of […]
A good crowd of club runners turned out for the Lucan 5km, with Raheny’s Conor Dooney coming home first in 15 mins 28 secs and DSD’s Sarah Mulligan the first woman in 17 mins 24 secs. In the Phoenix Park, Mark Christie of Mullingar Harriers came a spectacular comeback to win the Fit City 10km […]
Nataliya Lehonkova from the Ukraine lowered the women’s record to 2 hrs 36 mins 50 secs at today’s Deep River Rock Belfast Marathon. Overall winner of the race was Joel Kipsang from Kenya in 2:19.27. Tom Frazer was the best of the Northern Irish in 2:26.24, followed by the evergreen Tommy Hughes, now an M50, […]
After the explosions in Boston, thoughts are now turning to next Sunday’s London Marathon, where 36,000 runners will spent between two and eight hours on the open streets of one of the largest cities of the world. A group of 252 runners along with 70 supporters are travelling from Ireland with Sports Travel International, the […]
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