Terry Mc Connon

I promised you all that we would have 3 Female Profiles in the coming weeks. I can guarantee that you will find each one very interesting reads. The first one from an athlete who is back with us after taking time out to start a family. Its Aoife Byrne ( Culhane). 1. How did you […]

I said a couple of weeks ago , that I had 3 special profiles and this week is the last of the three . Next week I am going to have the first of 3 more fantastic profiles from our Female athletes. Back to this week, I said last week how much Will Morris has […]

I suppose you could call this profile “From IRA Gunmen to the Deep South, from riots in Athens all the way back to calm of the TT Racers” (most of the time). I’ve always loved running, looking up to my big brother (Ken Morris) who raced for West Dublin AC. I loved doing everything he […]

Hope you are all well and keeping safe. Over the next few weeks you are all in for a treat with the Athlete Profiles with 3 of the very best. Each one epitomises what our group is about and what I am hoping to achieve with the group. The first one is from a guy […]

This weeks profile is from an athlete who joined us a couple of years ago after spending a number of years living and working abroad. Since he joined us he has made substantial improvements across all the distances and I am sure there is a lot more to come. This week its Paul Dunne 1      How […]

] I know have said it for everyone who I have introduced to the profile of how such a nice person they are and it definitely applies to this weeks profile. Never a more decent or sound guy are you likely to meet. This weeks profile is Phil Kilgannon How did you get into athletics ?   […]

How did you get into athletics? I got into athletics when I was 33 in 2004.  Nearly a master.  Prior to that I had done a bit of rowing throughout my twenties, though as I approached my thirties, on a more leisurely basis.  I was out on the river one evening and knew Donore Harriers […]

How did you get into athletics ? My real love as a kid was football – it’s all I ever wanted to be. But I always did ok in the sprints on the school sports day and the cross country events which the school organised. I only really got into running with some modicum of […]

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 […]