Gaelforce is the biggest adventure race in the World of its kind. There are 10 or 12 adventure races in Ireland and the winners of them all were in Gaelforce. It was great to have them all down and try to compete against them.
This was my fourth year doing it. I came third the first [...]
[ April 30, 2011; ] Join Ireland’s best adventure race - a new challenge. With a varied mix of challenging on road biking, off road running and a short kayak section, it is set to get the hearts racing on either the 60+km MonsterMAC EXPERT category or somewhat easier 35km SPORT category.
The route follows parts of the scenic Cork/Kerry Duhallow Way, giving you the opportunity to be part of the first ever group to complete this well [...]
The “Kerryman Dingle Marathon” 2010 has attracted huge overseas interest with 32% of the marathons current entries hailing from countries from as far as New Zealand, Malaysia and the United States. By race time, on September 4th, over 3,500 participants are expected to have registered.
The course will see athletes partake in a unique run passing [...]
Interesting job just posted on the Athletics Ireland website that might suit one of our readers:
Merchandising/Sales Representative
More here: Athletics Ireland AAI » Archive » Athletics Ireland Job Vacancy:.
Galway City Tribune are reporting that this year’s Ironman Triathlon will attract 6,000 visitors to the city – and a €5m boost for the local economy.
Enda Cunningham’s full story is here: Ironman event set to be worth millions to Galway
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A newly-launched west of Ireland ‘bootcamp’ is claiming to have “the most scenic bootcamp location anywhere in the world” – and it’s even prepared to put its money where its mouth is in a novel beauty contest.
Not a bad view at all – Croagh Patrick in the background, Clew Bay is not visible here, but [...]
Two of our readers are off to Westport this weekend to enjoy, if that’s the right word, a Residential Fitness Bootcamp with www.FitnessWest.ie
They are:
Carmel McShea, Dublin
Sean Broderick, Dublin
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The countdown is on for runners of all capabilities to sign up for the new-look 2010 Titanic Quarter 10K – the official warm-up race for the Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon.
Dubbed the ‘City Run with a View’, the event will live up to this title more than ever this year with a new starting point [...]
The Wexford People newspaper this week reports that the entry fee for the Wexford Half-Marathon has been reduced by €5. Why?
Full story here
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We knew when FitnessWest.ie gave us a prize of a weekend on their Residential Bootcamp next weekend (March 5-7, http://bit.ly/a4OUFv), we would get a huge entry – but, still, we were pleasantly surprised.
So, those nice people Jason and Sean at FitnessWest.ie have gone and given us a second prize of a place on the Bootcamp.
Accordingly, [...]
