Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock ran a time of 2:17.42 to finish best of the Irish in his debut marathon at Rotterdam. Thomas Frazer was just behind him in 2:17.44, while Gary Thornton of GCH ran 2:18.21 and Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir 2:19.23. Hampered by a groin strain was Donore master John Dunne who still finished […]
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 […]
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 […]
Brian Maher and Maria McCambridge lead a Marathon Mission squad at Sunday’s Rotterdam Marathon – the start of a hectic period of spring marathons in big cities all over the world. Also competing in Rotterdam are Joe McAllister in the men’s race along with a trio of women – Ailish Malone of Clonliffe, the only […]
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