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 [...]
Thanks to Peter Stafford for this personal view of getting ready for Dublin. Bits of it sound very familiar. It’s a marathon, not a sprint. http://bit.ly/a6CnID
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Dublin Marathon Race organisers have officially declared that the running season is upon us with the news that entry is now open to the annual Race Series in the Phoenix Park.
The Lifestyle Sports-adidas Irish Runner 5 mile Challenge, kicks off the three part race series on Saturday, 17th July. A number of budding and seasoned [...]
Lifestyle Sports adidas Race Series 2010 Ambassadors Holly White and Brian Maher were on hand today to launch the Lifestyle Sports adidas Trainer Scrappage Scheme. This novel initiative allows people to trade in their old trainers at Lifestyle Sports stores across Ireland in preparation for the Lifestyle Sports adidas Race Series 2010. The Scrappage scheme rewards [...]
The Lifestyle Sports-adidas Dublin Marathon and Athletics Ireland have embarked on a joint initiative to revive the Irish tradition of excellence in distance running. ‘Marathon Mission’ aims to create an environment to help some of Ireland’s aspiring elite marathoners realise their full potential and increase competitiveness and visibility of the National Marathon Championships which [...]
Previous readers of Run Direct will have read my glorious praise of running events such as the Streets of Galway and other summer 5 and 10k events. The ante was always being upped by a young lad called Seamus, also known as my brother, writes David Glynn, Marketing Manager, McWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris, Co. Mayo.
David, [...]
Thanks to www.racepix365.com for allowing us to use some of their excellent pictures from Monday. Any rundirect readers recognise themselves? More of the same can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/racepix365/
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Top 3 Men:
1 – Feyisa Lilesa, Ethiopia, 2.09.12
2 – Alexsey Sokolov, Russia, 2.10.38
3 – Noah Serem, Kenya, 2.11.14
Top 3 Women:
1 – Kateryna Stetsenko, Ukraine, 2.32.45
2 – Helalia Johannes, Namibia, 2.33.26
3 – Tiki Gelana, Ethiopia, 2.33.49
Top 3 Irish Men:
1 – Segiu Ciobanu, Clonliffe Harriers, 2.22.06
2 – Pauric McKinney, Letterkenny A.C., 2.26.21
3 – Owen Gahan, 2.28.16
Top 3 [...]
The 30th edition of the Lifestyle Sports-adidas Dublin Marathon was won by Ethiopian Feyisa Lilesa today in a time of 2.09.12, just five seconds shy of the course record. Lilesa is the first ever Ethiopian to have won the Dublin Marathon and in doing so set the second fastest ever time for the course.
In high [...]
Russian Aleksey Sokolov, who holds the current Lifestyle Sports-adidas Dublin Marathon course record of 2:09:07, set in 2007, returns to Dublin this weekend with the aim of taking his third title in four years.
Marathons can be fun too, you know. And, no, this is not Sokolov
A win for Sokolov on Monday will put him on [...]
