A chance for the runner to describe their own birds eye view of a run.

Tuam 8k has record number of entrants

A great day for running meant that the Tuam 8k on Sunday Jan 15th had a record 630 entrants. They experienced a perfect racing day with cool, dry weather. Most people seemed pleased with the new one-loop course also, with the last 3k or so along the Athenry to Tuam road.

North Face; South Slopes

How do you run 50km of trail - with 6331ft of elevation gain - on a skeleton/ base training/ "Ironman recovery program" plan?

The answer is kind of like the joke about fitting elephants into a Mini Cooper - one leg - or at least one foot - at a time.

Last Saturday, I ran the North Face 50km Endurance Challenge trail race in the Marin Headlands just outside San Francisco. The whole trip was a pretext to visit SFO and hang out with my trail friends, eating a lot of pasta and drinking red wine.

The goals (in order of most importance):

*To finish

Ironman Frankfurt - The Long Way Around

Okay, you're sick of hearing about this by now, but this is the final piece of the story (and I had to get it out before 2011 ends and the clock resets so I have to find something new to train for)...

Written in capitals on the front of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is “DON’T PANIC”. I always think this might be a good starting reference point for endurance events.

On a Wing and a Ginger Nut - Marie's DCM Report

Marathon weekend kicked off when I stepped foot in the RDS on Sunday afternoon for the Expo. After a bite to eat and a toilet stop, Edel, Elaine and I received our race packs and took a look at the running gear etc on offer. We bumped into Siobhan Keane who was also running her first marathon; and so we swapped some notes. Meeting Siobhan was a trip down a short memory lane for me as she was the person who took me around Moonbaun for my very first 5 mile run (without walking) February 12 months ago. I felt a bit like a student meeting her teacher out of school.

Dublin Marathon 2011: Photos

Another brilliant day up in Dublin: success, disappointment, pain, elation, and a lot of smiles...  It was an absolute blast cycling round, unloading, setting up, taking photos and shouting encouragement.

Shouting abuse was fun too but I only did it to Craughwell AC and GCH...

Here are some photos as mementos of a day that had more than its share of mixed weather and mixed emotions. Long may we go up there.

Catherina McKiernan takes Title in Inaugural 10k Chonamara

Former London marathon winner, Catherina McKiernan, was the first woman home in the inaugural Conamara 10k, coming in less than a minute behind overall winner, Damien Ridge of Galway City Harriers, who won in a time of 36:34. McKiernan, who was at the event to start the race, made a last-minute decision to run, a decision that turned out to be fruitful.

Athlone 3/4 Marathon Results and Race Report

A fantastic performance from the club today in Athlone at the 3/4 marathon. Lots of the Dublin-in-training crew hit the streets with some very speedy times.

Mick Rice ran a superb 2:02:54 to place eighth overall and third in the M40 category.

Full results attached. Club performances to be added here later!
In the meantime here is Marie O'Connor's race report.

Marie O'Connor's Race Report:

Longford Half Marathon Results and Report

Note: No club listings in results so apologies for anyone I've missed - please post a comment if you have additional results and I'll update report.

The second trip to Longford for a half marathon in just over a month! This time members made their way down to the long standing Longford marathon/ half marathon.

Rumour has it the bould Ray O'Connor was spotted trotting around the ultramarathon course, not long after a long day out at the Connemara 100; there are no results as yet up for the ultramarathon (as of 29/08) so no finish time for him yet...

(Nearly) 20 Questions from Ironman Frankfurt

This is a prelim to the main report (still in progress), but thought it was fun and I'd slap it up. Also have Frank Burke working on same!

For the record:
Swim: 1:24
Bike: 6:24
Run: 4:13
Finish: 12:17

1. What was the high point of IM Frankfurt 2011 for you?
Cycling up the ‘Hell’ (Bad Vibel - km 80/ 170) with a couple of hundred Germans yelling “HUP!” , to the beat of the Black Eyed Peas ‘I Got a Feeling’, bellowing “Mazeltov!” every fifty metres.

2. ....and the low point?
Throwing up on the shoes of the misfortunate volunteer who was putting my medal around my neck.

Lost in Longford... Longford Half Marathon Report

{Ed's Note: This is hot off the press; no results available yet but Jane Ann has been reported to have taken a super second place overall in the women's race, and Chairman Maeve has also been reported to have knocked a huge chunk off her half marathon PB - congratulations to both. }
Above picture is courtesy of Peter Mooney - more of his pictures can be seen at the following location on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/5946570664/in/photostream/

Marie Curran's Half Marathon Report