Might be only 10 days to go to christmas but the results keep coming and exceptional ones to boot. Today was The National Novice cross country championships which were held in Cow Park, Dunboyne.Tom Lupton finished off an excellent year with a 2nd place finish only missing out on gold in the last 100m. James Kelly who has also had a ground breaking year had a fine run for 14th … [Read more...]
Week ending 8th December 2019
On the racing front Ruth Fitzgerald won the Waterford Half Marathon in an excellent time of 1:19.58 We had a number competing at the Jingle Bells 5k Saturday morning. First home was Paul Fleming in 16.02 ( 2nd O/40) followed by John McAuley (16.38) with Peter Barry next (17.28 ) Mark O'Connor (11th O/40 - 17.31 PB) Illona McElroy ( 17.47 - 2nd O/35) Niall Fox (18.21 - PB) … [Read more...]
Week ending 1st December 2019
A hectic week this week. Beginning on Thursday , I attend the Athletics Ireland awards where I accepted the Ultra Athlete of the year award on behalf of Caitriona Jennings which is well deserved considering her achievements this year. We then held our own awards on Friday evening in The Pavillion Bar in Trinity and a great night was had by all. On the racing front we had the … [Read more...]
Week Ending 24th November 2019
For all those attending the Annual Awards Night this Friday (29th November), we will be kicking off at 6.00pm in the Pavilion Bar , Trinity College. If you want to attend and haven't let me know yet, that would be great. Just send me on an email confirming same. On the racing front there was the National Cross Country in a wet and mucky Abbotstown yesterday. Our first home … [Read more...]
Week ending 17th November 2019
If you thought that there might be a lull in proceedings after the Dublin Marathon then we were wrong. You guys continue to produce the results over varied terrains in a number of different countries. First on the agenda was the World Mountain Running Championships which were held in Patagonia , Argentina. Ian Conroy was our representative and Ian performed extremely well with … [Read more...]