Looking for a pre-series warm-up before you take to the roads of Galway in the 5km series ? or Looking for a reasonably priced opportunity to strut your stuff over 5km? or Want to support one of our great local schools ? Even if you only answered 'Yes' to one or two of the questions above, why not...

Sunday March 6th 2011 2.30pm – 4.30pm Amphibian King, Main Street, Oranmore (opposite McDonagh’s Thatch pub) Come meet Paul and get advice on training, competitions, technique and nutrition. Perfect opportunity to meet one of Ireland’s best athletes. Paul, a native of Athenry, Co. Galway, set...

Amidst stiff competition but with good racing conditions, the Athenry AC ladies took a superb gold team medal in the ‘C’ category at the All Ireland Inter-Club Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Santry Demesne. With some of the team new to cross country this year, Amanda Cannon, Aoife Callan...

For the last few years our visit to Connemara, for what has become known as ‘The Fun Run’, has been a great opportunity to mark the start of a new running year and to connect with the great outdoors. Last Saturday thirty-five Athenry club members and a number of friends made the short bus trip out...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/9397574.stm Brian Gregan will be in the 400m men's field after producing an encouraging start to the indoor season but the event will be weakened by the absence of Paul Hession who has pulled out because of a back twinge. Hession was intending to make his...

The Athenry AC annual general meeting, which took place on Friday 4th Feb, made special presentations to all four athletes who competed in the 24-hour race in Helsinki. All four - Val Glavin, Ruthann Sheehan, Mick Rice, Ray O'Connor - looked none the worse for wear a mere five days after their...

From Maria Hehir: Last November 6th (2010) saw the 1st Athenry Fit4Life 5km charity road race. This race was made for people who had just joined the f4l programme and for current f4l members to test themselves in a low-pressure race. I was very pleased with the turnout on the day as this was my...

Word came through on Sunday morning via Twitter as follows: "Valerie Glavin 2nd Woman with 217.809k; Ruthann Sheehan 7th Woman with 188.714k; Mick Rice 30th Man 165.545k; Ray O'Connor 58th Man with 122.083k;" In the previous 24 hours, four members of Athenry AC had particpated in (and finished) a 24...

See: http://www.rte.ie/sport/athletics/2011/0127/hessionp.html Also check out Paul's new web site at: http://www.paulhession.co/ (.co not .com)

We asked, "What are your goals for 2011?" You said .... Marie Curran Run at least six half-marathons during the year - I want to run DCM in Oct 2012 Complete Connemara half-marathon without stopping or walking Get under 8 minutes for a magic mile!!!!! Orla Tierney Sub 51:00 10km Complete a triathlon...

Athenry Fit4Life will start again for the Spring term at the following times and places:- Wednesday 26th January at 0930 from St Colmans NS in Corofin (Contact Maria Hehir) Thursday 27th January at 1900 from Church Carpark in Athenry (Contact Deirdre Quinn / Maeve Noone) Contact details are listed...

Next weekend Ray O'Connor will attempt to complete his 100th race of at least the standard marathon distance - an achievement that only a handful of Irish people have managed before. Known to one and all in the club as the founder and race director of the Connemara Marathon, Ray has been an active...

We've had a good response to the free yoga classes that Deirdre Hassett has arranged for us with The Yoga Shala in Galway on Thursday the 09th December at 08:10pm, but there are still one or two spots left and it'd be a shame to see any 'freebies' go unused in these financially straightened times...

*****Update**** The Pole Vault workshop scheduled for this Saturday December 11th in Athlone IT has been postponed. After discussions with AIT we feel that the imminent thaw will not be sufficient to clear the facility of frozen snow and it would be dangerous to proceed with this event. It will be...

The AGM of the Juvenile section of Athenry AC will take place on 23rd November, upstairs in the Fields Bar, Old Church St Athenry. All are welcome to attend - please show your support.

A cracking day in Dublin and some magic performances to match it. Those stranded in the west were kept up to date [as much as I could manage] using our latest toy, the twitter feed. Mick Rice was first home in a new PB of 2:44 followed closely by Brian O Connor and Brian Bruton. Owen Curran smashed...

Any Twits out there? You can now follow the club's activities on Twitter. It's a great way for us to get those small bits of good news out there and about the Fields of Athenry 10km in particular. You can be the first to hear about Johnny O'Connor's new running shorts or even get all the latest DCM...

We have word from Deirdre Chapman in Waterford AC that their very well regarded half-marathon on the 11th December is filling up fast. This race has gone from strength to strength over the years and represents all that's good in Irish athletics, a great race organised by a great club with all...

Photo Credit: John O'Connor A rejuvenated Paul McNamara had a big run last weekend at the Gerry Farnan cross-country races in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. There annual races are amongst the most prestigious cross-country races on the calendar and Paul was competing in the masters division for the first...

I hear that five Athenry AC athletes made their way up to Tarmonbarry for their now famous half marathon last Sunday (10/10/10): Michelle Collins (2:02 FIRST EVER HALF), Enda Munnelly (unknown time), Aoife Callan (1:35:35 PB), Ray Somers (11th in 1:28:20) and Eoin Adye-Curran (9th in an unknown time...

Photo Credit: Francis Kennedy, Eirefoto There was some great cross-country running in Loughrea last weekend and local photographer Frances Kennedy has sent on some of his fine photos that capture the spirit of the day beautifully. The rest of Francis' work can been seen at http://eirefoto.com/

Photo Credit: John O'Connor It was a great day for cross-country running in Bushfield last Saturday and the host club, Loughrea AC, had the course in superb condition for the occasion. Athenry AC were well represented in all grades and took home their fair share of the medals. In the women's race...

It's cross-country time again and this years Galway cross-country championships will be held in Bushfield, Loughrea on Saturday the 9th of October 2010 at 01:00pm. The club intends to put it's best foot forward at these races and so we need as many pairs of (hairy) legs out in club colours as...

Just to let you know that Deirdre Hasset and Galway Tri Club and Athenry AC track session - filmed last December will be appearing on Meon na mBan next Wednesday the 29th September at 8:30pm. The episode is entitled Slainte and follows two women on the subject of health. It does have subtitles...

Martina Passman assumed the mantle of Athenry AC overall champion for 2010, coming out on top over the 5km course in Newcastle near Athenry on Saturday last. Crossing the line as fresh as a daisy she reportedly ran strongly throughout the 5km and then made the best of the gentle down-grade towards...