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Kilmacow was the venue last Sunday for their very popular Cross-Country fixture, an opportunity for athletes to get a taste of cross country over a good course. It was great to see some of our members take advantage of this local fixture as they prepare for the busy Cross-Country season that gets underway in earnest […]

The very popular Charleville Half Marathon took place in ideal weather conditions last Sunday. The Club was well represented. Kevin Maunsell underlined his recent good form when he got away with two fellow Irish international athletes, Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrocks and John Travers of Donore Harriers in the early stages of the race and

The Grange Fermoy Ac 4 mile took place in Grange last Friday night in good conditions. Nigel O Flaherty showed that his training is going well at present as he put in a great performance when finishing 2nd over 40 in 23 mins 12 secs. Then we had Ned O Brien making a very welcome

The Aherlow Trail Half marathon took place over the weekend as part of a series of race in Aherlow. The route was a 21.1 km loop on a mixture of hiking trails, forest roads and quiet country roads, with several climbs and descents, starting and finishing near Lisvernane. Here, we had Paul Minogue running a

This was an historic event as a new world record was set by Eliud Kipchoge when running a spectacular time of 2 hours 1 min and 39 secs and will be talked about in years to come as one of the most outstanding athletic achievements. The Club is delighted to say that we have three

The Dara Fitzpatrick Memorial 5K took place last weekend at Waterford Regional Airport. Once again, this race attracted a brilliant entry with over 900 athletes competing. Aine Roche was back to defend her title and she put in a brilliant run when winning the women’s race in 19 mins 26 secs. Then we had Alan

This popular event took place on Sunday last and it was great to see Club members competing as they supported our Boston Scientific half Marathon and it was nice to return the compliment. Here we had Sancha Quigley running well when finishing in 109 mins 17 secs. We also had good performances from Brian Tyrrell

In this event we had Grainne O Malley making a welcome return to competition after a lengthy lay off and she ran well when finishing 57th in 54 mins 26 secs.

The Medieval Half marathon also took place last Saturday. Here we had David Ryan who is running very well at present, underlined his fitness with this very good performance as he prepares for his 8th Dublin City Marathon in October. In the race David took up the pace right from the start, however after 5k

This event was also part of the Medieval Festival of races and here we had Anne Marie Halpin running the proverbial blinder to win her first major award with a fantastic performance. She started off at a steady pace as she worked her way into the event. Then at around 5 miles she increased the