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.
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The Waterways Ireland triAthlone European Championships 2010 took place this weekend is Athlone. The age-group races in Athlone gave non-professional athletes the opportunity to qualify for the ITU Triathlon Age Group European Championships.
For the Sprint Distance race, athletes swam 350meter down from the pontoon and Olympic Distance athletes completed the same route as the sprint [...]
Waterways Ireland triAthlone, Ireland’s biggest triathlon and fourth biggest triathlon in the World had a record number of over 4,000 participants take part. Waterways Ireland triAthlone 2010 encompassed events for participants across all levels of competition; from charity and fun entrants, to those competing at the highest Irish amateur level. For 2010, and for the [...]
A good field, lovely weather and a tough course were all the ingredients that made the Days Duathlon a great success. As expected the run up to the Glenisland booster station proved to be decisive as hot favorite Rory Geraghty from Galway Tri club turned on the gas to open a big lead by the [...]
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A record entry of 1000 runners took to the streets of Larne last Saturday to compete for honours in the Premier Power Larne Half Marathon. With previous men’s winners absent the race for 1st overall was wide open. Although none of the countries top stars turned out to race the depth of field was the [...]
Irish running legend Eamonn Coghlan with men’s and women’s winners of the KBC Asset Management St. Patrick’s 5k Festival Road Race, Linda Byrne and Mark Christie.
Mullingar athlete Mark Christie has won the KBC Asset Management St Patrick’s 5K Festival Road Race which took place in Dublin yesterday. The Mullingar Harriers AC runner completed the course [...]
[ April 5, 2010; ] [googleMap][/googleMap]This years Carney Lisadell 10k will take place on Easter Monday 5th of April. This years charities will be STOP suicide (www.stopsuicide.ie, 071-9164286) and the The North Sligo Playground Group (contact Amy Spratt 087-1305674,www.facebook.com/northsligoplayground).
Both of these are deserving charities, and sponsorship cards can be procured from either of the charities.
The route will go from Carney [...]
Dunleer Athletic Club athlete Tomas Cotter won gold in the National USA Junior Colleges Championships in Illinois on Saturday. Running in the mile event Tomas running for his college Iowa CC won in a sprint for the line in 4.16.29 just beating the favourite Stephen Sambu from Rend Lake in 2nd 4.16.77 with George [...]
Deirdre Ryan of Dundrum South Dublin AC has jumped 1.90m in the High Jump at the French National Indoor Championships today and is hopeful that she will gain selection for the forthcoming World Indoor Championship. Ryan had already achieved the qualification standard for the World Indoors Championships when setting an Irish Indoor record of 1.93m [...]
