Kilmore AC have set-up a dedicated web-site for their flagship event the Kilmore 10K. The link ishttp://kilmoreathletics.com/10k/
This is the 3rd year of the event and the entries grew from 100 on the first year to 200 last year. On-line booking is available on the site where entry is 15 Euro or 20 on the day. This year [...]
On 7th August, our Sprint Triathlon will start at 1pm with a 750m swim, followed by a 20km cycle on partially closed roads and finally finishing off with a nice 5km run along the coast/countryside of Clogherhead.
The course route offers perfect conditions for newbies and elite triathletes alike – safe yet fast and well marshalled [...]
One of Ireland’s greatest sporting figures has paid tribute to a group of 70 brave Irish transplant and dialysis athletes who will wear the green singlet at a major European Games in Dublin next month.
It is Ireland’s first time to host the European Transplant & Dialysis Games, when over 350 athletes from 24 European countries [...]
These are harsh and recessionary times. The numbers of people in work is plunging. Tax revenues are down. Even the temperature in a miserable washout of a summer has gone through the floor.
And yet there is one thing that is going up and up and up. The dreaded curse of Start Line Inflation (SLI for [...]
Concern will be hosting a training morning this Saturday the 24th July in the Castleknock Hotel. Start your day and join John Treacy for a run, followed by expert advice from Irish training coach Brendan O’Shea. This event is free but seating will be limited so you will need to email zoe.holyoak@concern.net to reserve your [...]
This is your opportunity to experience the thrill of this major social and sporting event, while at the same time supporting the fight against heart disease. The Galway Races are recognised internationally as one of the premier racing events in Europe.
The Croí Raceday event takes place on the evening meet of the Summer Racing Festival [...]
The threat of summer showers did little to curb the enthusiasm of over 700 participants who took part in the first ever Maxi Marathon Killarney. The start line was awash with excitement when at 8am the start gun set walkers and runners alike off on the 15 mile route from Molls Gap to Muckross House.
Organisers [...]
[ July 24, 2010; 9:00 am; ] Jelly Babies emerged as the favourite snack of runners at a water station, in a recent survey by The Bogtrotters Marathon on Facebook. Social media is allowing the race organizers keep in touch with the preferences of their participants but the variety of opinions can be bewildering! T-shirts or medals, cotton or high-tech, mile [...]
The first time I ever heard anyone mention triathlon was over ten years ago when triAthlone CEO and organiser Liam Heavin wanted to find out about improving his swimming stroke. I must admit that the idea of doing a multi-disciplined event sounded very cool and I thought that it was something I would love to, [...]
Ballina Athletic Club athletes who were successful at the Irish Secondary Schools Track & Field Championships and Tailteann Games in Tullamroe recently.
Simon Gillespie, St. Tiernan’s College, Crossmolina won a bronze medal in the Junior Boys 1200m walk at the Irish Secondary Schools Track & Field Championships. Emily Burns, Convent of Jesus and Mary, Enniscrone winner of [...]
