Kenyan Marathon specialist John Mutai will be aiming for his fourth consecutive victory in next week’s 29th Belfast Marathon and in so doing finally capture the illusive record set by the great Marty Deane way back in 1985.
Even Deane would admit that is time of 2.15.51 was set over a much easier flatter course than [...]
Former Irish Olympian athlete Maria McCambridge is hot favourite to take the top women’s prize in the 29th running of the Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon on Monday 3rd May.
Maria is hoping to beat her previous PB of 2 hours 35 minutes 29 seconds when finishing 8th in Paris a year ago. Should the 34 [...]
With deadline day looming, this year’s Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon looks set to be the biggest and most successful yet.
That’s according to today’s Belfast Telegraph.
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The top Northern Ireland athletes will once again face stiff African opposition in the third Titanic Quarter 10K Road Race this coming Sunday 11th April (Start at 2pm from NI Science Park, Queens Road). This popular event has again attracted a record pre entry field of over 1000 with the final figure likely to exceed [...]
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 [...]
LARNE residents are being urged to put on their running shoes to help families whose lives have been turned upside down by childhood cancer.
The Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children (NICFC) is calling on runners to take part in this year’s Larne half marathon on Saturday (March 20) to raise money for young people with [...]
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 [...]
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 SPAR Grand Prix 10K Series was officially launched this morning at Mary Peters’ Track in Belfast, by top UK athlete William Sharman and local athletics star Kelly McNeice.
Retail brand SPAR has announced its support of five key 10K road races across the province in 2010 as part of its goal to encourage active lifestyles [...]
By Cóilín Duffy
European Indoor bronze medallist Mary Cullen opened her competitive year in style as she led from the off in the Antrim International – IAAF Cross Country Permit – banishing the disappointment of her 12th place at the European’s in Dublin last month.
Cullen was told to sit in the pack and follow the pace [...]
