Facebook link here and full result here. Congrats to Vincent Conway and his team from East Galway on a successful event last Sunday!

David Rudisha, the current Olympic 800m Champion and World Record Holder, and Brother Colm O'Connell, coach to 25 World Champions and 5 Olympic Champions, will participate in various activities in the City from 11th -16th September 2013. Galway Kenya Run 14th September In Dangan Sports Complex...

It is Saturday the 31 st of August and I find myself in one of the more uncomfortable places a girl would like to find herself at this time of the morning, the start line of a 26.2 mile marathon. At least a hundred of ‘us marathon people’ lined up, I spotted a few Athenry singlets hovering around...

Word reaches us that David Noone was third in the first Achill Marathon. See race web site here. See attached partial result taken from David's own Facebook.

See here for full details on the four race series! The series is: Wednesday 21st August, 7.15pm, Roscommon Town, Hannons Hotel – hosted by Roscommon AC Wednesday 28th August, 7pm, Boyle, Boyle GAA Club – hosted by North Roscommon AC Wednesday 4th September, 7pm, Lanesborough, Rathcline GAA Club –...

After a quiet-enough period in recent weeks here in Galway, things are hotting up again. Distances from 5KM to marathon are being run, all AAI permitted too! Wednesday, 21 August, 2013 - 19:30: http://www.athenryac.com/event/2013/08/club-vitae-5k-coast-road-run Saturday, 24 August, 2013 - 18:00 http...

Congratulation to Bernie Kelly of Galway City Harriers on receiving the Women’s Leadership Award from Athletics Ireland! Bernie has done great work wth the Fit4Life in Galway city and is a long-time participant in races all over Ireland. See http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=33284.

See here for the event notice taking place outside Sixmilebridge in Co. Clare, starting tomorrow and finishing 10 days later! A good friend of the club, Tom Enright, is taking part. Exceprt of press release on behalf of Tom: On July 4 th in Sixmilebridge Tom Enright will attempt to run 10 marathons...

Every year in July the town of Headford plays host to the Headford 8k Charity Road Race. Now in its 9th year the race continues to grow in popularity and last year saw over 300 participants from all over the country taking part. All the proceeds from the race go to charities supporting children with...

The Running of the fourth Annual Milltown 10k "Run for Ollie" took place last Saturday the 15th June. 550 enthusiastic participants took to the roads of Milltown in what can only be described as perfect running conditions. We had a very competitive men's senior race decided by 1sec with John Mannion...

Folks, an awful thing happened in Boston today, innocent runners and spectators being killed and maimed. It's the first time I can remember a race being the target of terrorism. It's impossible not to think about it and realise that someone we know could have been there, could have been involved. As...

Maree-by-the-sea was as picturesque as ever for their annual 8k held in conjunction with Amphibian King on Sunday 10th. The weather stayed kind: I'm sure the Ireland rugby team would have swopped it for the awful-looking day they had in their slugfest against England. Thirteen made the trip in the...

I'm after having a very sad few weeks. Last Wednesday (23 January 2013) in the intensive care unit of St. James Hospital (Dublin) I was at the bedside of my brother-in-law, Martin Vincent McDonagh, as he took his last breath. About an hour later we were allowed back to see him laid out and were...

February and Spring (it's out there, lurking in the undergrowth) will have their usual quota of local races to run, and enjoy, and maybe even whinge about afterwards. Coming soon is the 8k organized by our friends in the Maree athletic club with Amphibian King on Sunday 10th Feb. The club hope to...

If you don't say "Wow!" when you open this article, you never will!

The Tuam 8k Road Race (this Sunday - 20 January) is expected to attract a record attendance as online entries are already well ahead of last year. We had 600 entries last year and we have been advised by Athletics Ireland that we have insurance for 1000 participants but that figure includes the kids...

Coldwood National School 4 Mile Run – Sunday, 27 th January @ 12.00 pm Coldwood National School, in conjunction with Craughwell Athletic Club, is holding a 4 mile run as a fundraiser to help develop its new sports field. This attractive circuit has been measured to AAI standards and has been...

Our neighbours in Mayo AC are celebrating 25 years and have a big bash planned. See attach for more details... Sincere congrations and here's to another 25 years on the roads and fields and track of Mayo and further afield!

The 2nd annual Roscommon 5k Series will kick off in County Roscommon on Wednesday August 22nd. Organised by the Roscommon County Board of Athletics Ireland, this event involves a series of 5km runs on four consecutive Wednesday evenings. Each race will take place in a different location around the...

by Peter Delmer On July 14 th 1912 – one hundred years ago – the name of Kennedy Kane McArthur was added to Olympic history when he won the Olympic Marathon, wearing the colours of South Africa, in Stockholm, Sweden. McArthur was a native of Dervock, County Antrim and had emigrated to South Africa...

Paul Hession warmed up for the Olympics with a good time of 20.54 to finish second in the 200m at a meeting in Switzerland on 17th July. See result below with a link to other events at the same meeting. Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern SUI 200m Pre-Program, Men - B-Final Wind: +0,4 1. 22 Talbot Daniel...

Laught, Moylough, Ballinasloe, Co Galway Laught Sports Commemoration 1902 to 1962. Friday 3rd August 2012. Laught Sports was one of Ireland’s famous Sports Grounds with Athletes and Cyclists competing there from the four corners of Ireland, for a national title. Laught held its first sports in 1902...

http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/other/2012/0630/1224319115147.html Ian O’Riordan, in Helsinki Athletics: A rainy night in Helsinki, not ideal conditions for championship performances, but no excuses from Paul Hession after his 200 metres final at European Championships. It wasn’t just the track...

Last race of the 2012 Galway 5KM Series is tomorrow evening in Tuam. I've always liked Tuam but this time it's slightly different as the race is at the end of the series rather than at the beginning, as has been the case all years to date. I am sure that the local club has all the stops pulled out...