Gladys Ganiel of North Belfast Harriers won the Leiden Half Marathon in Belgium this morning. With selection for the Rio ’16 marathon squad taking place tomorrow, Ganiel had hoped to prove her fitness by running a fast time. Unfortunately, warm, muggy conditions and cobbles on quarter of the course meant times generally were slow and […]
Regular Irish visitor Peter Brandon Somba had a narrow victory at the annual Terenure 5-mile in Dublin beating Raheny’s Mick Clohisey by a single second. Somba was timed at 23 mins 33 secs and Clohisey at 23 mins 34 secs on a perfect day for running – sunny, but not too warm. Third was Clonliffe’s […]
Santry Stadium witnessed a new Irish track record last night when Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe Harriers ran a time of 24 mins 14.8 seconds to win the Frank White 5 Mile – a rare track five mile race. Ciobanu was breaking the 70 year record of 24:22.4.set by set by Martin Egan of Shanaglish, Gort, […]
Paul Pollock finished 14th in the World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff. Despite the windy, wet conditions, Pollock clocked an excellent time of 62 mins 46 secs and was second European. Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor, the defending champion, won the race in 59:10, with Britain’s Mo Farah third in 59:59. Pollock ‘s time showed that he […]
Raheny’s Mick Clohisey finished tenth in this morning’s Seville Marathon with his time of 2:15. 11 moving him into second on the list for Rio ’16. It’s very tight – Kevin Seaward on 2:14.52 tops the list followed by Clohisey 2:15.11, Sergiu Ciobanu 2:15.15 and Paul Pollock 2:15.39. So just 47 secs separate the top […]
Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe, who is second on the list of qualifiers for the marathon at the Rio Olympics, was a comfortable winner of the Clonakilty Half Marathon in 75 mins 28 secs – not a bad time for what I’m reliably informed is the toughest half marathon in the country on roads. His Clonliffe […]
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 […]
Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu, who runs the Berlin Marathon at the end of the month, set a new course record of 66 mins 17 secs on his way to victory at the Flatline Athlone Half Marathon. Jane Anne Healy of Athenry was first woman. Mark English won the 500m in 59.58 secs at the Great North […]
In a thrilling finish to the SSE Airtricity Frank Duffy 10 Mile, Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu just held off the challenge of Thomas Fitzpatrick from Tallaght for victory. The pair were given an identical time of 49 mins 18 secs. Third was Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir in 50 mins 6 secs. First woman by some way was […]
Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu – or Sergiu Eireannach in the race results! – ran 31 mins 12 secs in a 10km in Casablanca. Some experience, as he says on his Facebook. “This is Morocco they say. Ran 31:12min for the Casablanca 10km; very hot and humid, but this wasn’t the worst. The race started while 30-40 […]
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