Terry Mc Connon

How did you get into athletics ? The year was 1970 J.  I ran my first competitive race in a schools road relay team in Falcarragh, County Donegal.  We won by a country mile.  We were approached by Patsy McGonagle, later to be 4 time Irish Olympics Track and Field manager, to run the following day […]

OK all  – Finally succumbed to this.  Hope I don’t bore you too much. The profile this time is Terry McConnon 1. How did you get into athletics ? My older brother and sister were in the local athletics club ( WSAF AC – Walkinstown) and when I was old enough to join at aged 9 […]

This morning we held the inaugural TTracers Trail Race and by all accounts everyone in attendance felt that the event went extremely well. A big thank you to Conor Patton and Alan Hughes on officiating the race. Also a great job from Andrea , Deirdre and Mark on providing the post race refreshments. Congrats to Ronan […]

Here’s is another one and below are before and after pictures of Rob. I have to say I didn’t recoginise him in the first one. when he said “Fat Rob ” I thought he meant Robbie Keane. 1. How did you get into athletics ? I had my first taste of athletics when I was in first […]

This weeks profile is of one of the originals who joined the group when we more a middle distance running  group ( 800m -1500m ) at the time. He has managed to keep in good shape and still picks up age category prizes .This time its Pearse Coyle 1. How did you get into athletics ? I had rowed […]

1. How did you get into athletics? I got into athletics twice in my life. The first time was when I started secondary school and fell in love with cross-country running. That affair lasted for six years and was ended by my taking up smoking on the same day that I won the school 1500m […]

Today’s profile is another of our very consistent performers over the years and a guy who is very easy to work with as he is a willing listener  and willing to  take the advice on board. Its Sean Fox. 1. How did you get into athletics ? I was/am big into all sports, played everything from […]

How did you get into athletics? Inspired by the Tour de France, Cycling was my first love; the immersive nature and endurance of the three week event, the passion of the spectators, the fabulous scenery…. I wanted to be the next Stephen Roche or Sean Kelly. The problem was I couldn’t join a cycling club […]

1. How did you get into athletics ? As a child I always loved watching track and field – during summer holidays in Leitrim in the early 1970s I would sit glued to Kip Keino and David Bedford going round and round the track on our black and white TV.  Couldn’t get enough of it.  […]

How did you get into athletics ? I got involved in triathlon around 10 years ago, and that had been my primary focus until recently. I had never run competitively before, so in order to develop that side of things, I joined Crusaders and, later, TT Racers to train. Why do you run? I needed […]

1. How did you get into athletics? Running just came naturally from the beginning.  I have very fit and active parents, so engaging in a sport of some kind was always pushed in our house.  In school, I ended up on the XC team, all enthusiastic and naive.  It’s tough at that age. What am […]

How did you get into athletics? April 2014 I signed up to a work related Charity 10k…… and then had to train to run a 10k. I had a coffee with a colleague prior who innocently asked “so what time are you going for?” Little does he know the monster he created? While I have […]