TT RACERS

A great performance from Ian Conroy yesterday at the Trials to make the Irish team for the World Mountain Running championships which are to be held in Argentina later this year. Ian duly obliged to make the team with his fine 2nd place.Ian’s performance is truly more remarkable as he has been battling a number of […]

Well done to everyone who ran the Rock & Roll Half Marathon yesterday. Most of them are using it as part of preparation for Berlin / Dublin which comes up later in the year. Dest Trembe ran 78.58 with David Tonge running 85.37 (PB) ,David Naylor (87.18) Seamus Ruddy (88.09) Ken Norgrove (88.38) Florence Curley […]

Very little to report on the racing front this week with only a few of our usual stalwarts putting their toe on the line. Niamh Devlin had another podium finish with a 3rd place in the highly competitive Carlingford 5k in a time of 17.56. Another 3rd place finish came from Tom Lupton in the […]

Definitely a case of Girl Power from our TTracer athletes at the Duleek 10k today. Niamh Devlin yet again took top of the podium in the womens race with a fine win in 37.16. Niamh was backed up by Barbara Murray in 3rd / 1st O/40 (40.04) Sabrina Keogh 4th (40.10) and Ilona Mcelroy 5th […]

Start this week’s report with a second win in three days from Niamh Devlin . Following on from her victory in last Sunday’s Dunleer 4 mile Niamh duly obliged again in the Bettystown 5 mile on Tuesday night in an excellent time of 29.31. Also running was Sean Fox who finished 3rd in the O/40 […]

On the racing front we had another excellent week beginning with the rain drenched BHAA DCC 5k in Irishtown on Wednesday. Podium finishes have been the norm recently and Paddy Lyons continued the trend with a 3rd place finish in a time of 16.14. Conor McCarthy was next in 9th (17.35) with Eoghan Kerins (19.09) […]

Back from the holidays so its a quite expansive report that I bring you. Great to see so many impressive performances with a number of pb’s, podiium finishes and a couple of victories to top it all off. Starting with the Docklands 5k which was held on the 20th June through the streets of Dublin. […]

No international races to report on this week but still a number of races over the week where we had competitors at. Last Wednesday there was the BHAA race in the Phoenix Park with the OPW 5k trail race. Our first finisher was Geoff Duff in 12th place and Geoff also won the O/45 section. […]

Very much an international feel to the report this week. Yesterday morning was the Comrades Ultra Marathon which is held in South Africa. This is one of the most prestigous  races held in the world and is broadcast live on South African television. Caitriona Jennings was making her debut in the race and her performance […]

Since its June Bank Holiday weekend , it can only mean one thing. Womens’ Mini Marathon. Although we had a smaller representation than usual nonetheless we had many fine performances. Our first finisher this year was Niamh Devlin in 15th place in a time of 37.48. Niamh was followed home by Florrie Curley in 43rd […]

ust a few results from the last week. Last Tuesday was the Bob Heffernan 5k and Paul Fleming continues to produce some excellent results. Having run the WWR on the previous Saturday , Paul still managed  a 9th place overall ( 1st O/40) in a time of 15.44. Next home was Will Byrne (16.57 ) […]

Well what a day we had yesterday at the Wicklow Way Relay. With our own four teams and others competing on different teams we had the guts of 40 runners competing. This is one of the highlight events on the calendar for the TTracers running group .It epitomises everything good about grassroots athletics. I know […]

On the competition front we had the Le Cheile 5k in Leixlip on Wednesday evening and Fergal Whitty continues to produce fine results with a 4th place finish overall and 1st O/40 in a time of 16.23 . Maurico Neto broke 20 minutes for the first time with a 19.54 run and Deirdre O’Toole finished […]

Over the last week we had TTracers running in at least 9 different events and they are the ones that I can fine. This is fantastic to see and would be great if we can get even more of you out. Last Sunday evening was the Dublin Night Run 10k held in the city centre. […]