Could you run over 800 miles in a month and a day? That’s the ambitious challenge facing long distance runners Gerry Duffy and Ken Whitelaw next July and August as they aim to run 32 marathons in 32 consecutive days across the 32 counties of Ireland to raise money for autism charities Autism NI and [...]
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A happy new year to you all.
We have been inundated with enquiries from runners about what races are going ahead this coming week, what ones have been postponements, when postponed ones have been rescheduled etc.
We will try to keep our site completely up to date in the coming days, so that no-one hits [...]
Frost, snow and slippery roads did not deter over 170people who took part in the 2009 Ballina GOAL Mile at the Ballina Athletic Club track in Belleek on Christmas morning. Most of the participants ran or walked to Belleek Woods while those who came late used the track when the surface began to thaw.
Rachel Wyer, [...]
The sun came out on Galway Bay on Saturday, October 3rd, as over 1,000 athletes, runners, walkers and strollers took to the roads along the coast for the first Elverys Sports Galway Bay Half Marathon.
Lebette Debele, winner of the first Elverys Sports Galway Bay Half Marathon
The Half Marathon was won by Lebette Debele from Limerick [...]
Over 600 men took part in the Derry Two Bridges run, which was a fund-raiser for Foyle Hospice.
Foyle Hospice run in Derry 2009
Mayor of Derry Paul Fleming got the runners underway, and actually took part himself too.
“Nice run – hard, but nice,” was the verdict on the run from those who took part.
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The 26th Dublin Simon Fun Run takes place on Saturday, October 10th, 2009. The Fun Run will commence at 10.30am and caters for everyone including children, adults and runners and walkers of all levels, writes Seamus Diskin.
There will be three categories of races, the U7 dash, the 8-12 800m and finally the Fun Run.
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By Seamus Diskin, Staff Reporter
The inaugural Run for a life charity run was held in Blessington recently. The event was organised by Astellas pharmaceuticals and they hope to make it an annual event.
There were four categories of races: the 3k and 6k run, and the 6k and 15k cycle. Colin White was victorious in the [...]
