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 did you get into athletics? It wasn’t until 2012 when I was 32 that I started to … [Read more...]

] 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 ?   By the certainty of certainty of chance, as the song goes. Though always … [Read more...]

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 clubhouse backed onto the river and saw a training session going on.  I had always known … [Read more...]

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 for Glenties A.C. where he was a PE teacher.  Three of us finished in the top 4 … [Read more...]