Whilst the country is experiencing some awful weather at the minute we are expecting a nice fresh morning on Thursday 26th for our annual Fields of Athenry 10km. It's looking like the worst of the weather will pass by this evening with a dry day tomorrow lasting through to Thursday afternoon. We...

The bad weather held off this morning as over twenty 'Santas' turned up for our annual pre-Christmas Santa run, some more atractive than others I must say. Meanwhile over in race control, Frank Burke's little helpers were busy packing all of the numbers & tags for all of the boys & girls this...

So it's six days to the off & if the rumour mill is correct we could be in for a grandstand finish as we have the possibility of former winner & current Dublin City Marathon title holder, Sean Hehir, lining up against five time Fields winner & course record holder, Gary Thornton. Gary made a return...

Results of uneven ages All Ireland Cross country held last weekend in Waterford can be viewed at this link http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?page_id=160 There were some tremendous performances from Athenry athletes. Sarah Gilhooly won a silver team medal with Connacht in the U13 girls race...

Despite the gales & monsoon like rain that persisted for most of this morning, the clouds dried up for nearly 100 runners that turned out for the Ballinderreen 10km today. Gary Thornton made a rare appearance on the local road running scene & was rewarded with a win, beating GCH clubmate Matt...

Ruthann Sheahan was deservedly featured in last Thursday's edition of the Irish Independent for her ultra running exploits. The report gives some insights into the training regime of the two time national record holder plus some of the crazier aspects of 100 mile training weeks (boiled eggs & jam...

Calling all young athletes come and join us St. Stephens morning December 26 for our 1k fun run around Athenry medals for all, all ages welcome. Registration presentation school gym from 9.30 till 10.00 €5 per child race starting 10.15 sharp.

Looking for a Christmas present for that runner who has every little bit of the latest gear out there, well the long awaited History of Clonliffe Harriers entitled ‘Clonliffe Harriers 1886 to 2013’ by Dominic Branigan was launched at a reception held in the Teachers Club on Parnell Square in Dublin...

Athenry Juvenile AC Athletes will be taking to the road this coming weekend for the Uneven Ages National Cross Country Championship which will be held on Sunday 15th December in Waterford. Athenry AC will have a number of teams qualified to represent the club at this All Ireland event as well as a...

The wet & blustery weather didn’t prevent a good turnout by the Athenry members for this local 5km race yesterday. Twenty club members toed the line with nine of those crossing the finish line in under 20 minutes, amongst those, Kieran Guiry, who after very many attempts :), dipped under the 20...

For some people, the tradition of coming to Athenry on 26th December for the Fields 10km goes back a while - in fact, back to the beginning. For these 8 people, this is a solid tradition, and they do whatever it takes to make it to the start line every year. Tommy Joe Whyte risked the rath of his...

Although online entries have now closed for the Ballycotton 10mile road race, all AAI members have until Friday 20th December 2013 to enter this race via postal entry. A copy of the entry form will be available from tomorrow, 09th December 2013, at the following website; http://www...

Although online entries have now closed for the Ballycotton 10mile road race, all AAI members have until Friday 20th December 2013 to enter this race via postal entry. A copy of the entry form will be available from tomorrow, 09th December 2013, at the following website; http://www...

Last Friday night saw Athenry AC celebrate our Christmas party in Dowling’s Bar in the town (A big thanks to Yvonne & Will for putting us up in style) but prior to that we had the pre-Christmas party party (if that makes sense) as our local speedster & pain guru, Jane-Ann Meehan, held the official...

Over 250 people from Community and Voluntary groups from all around County Galway were honoured at the County Mayors Awards Ceremony on Tuesday 19th November in the Claregalway Hotel. The Awards recognise and celebrate community and voluntary activity around County Galway. Eleven Awards were up for...

Congratulations to Jane-Ann Healy who made it two wins in the space of eight days, following up her win in Abbeyknockmoy last week with her 1 st place in the Clarenbridge 10km today in 38.34. She was followed closely by another Athenry AC runner, Sinead Foran, who took second position a further 15...

Hurdles training has recommenced in the Tech gym under the expert training of Dermot McNamara and Peter Lyons every Thursday evening from 7 pm to 8 pm for U12 ages and upwards. All new athletes are welcome - it's great to be exercising indoors on these frosty evenings! — in Athenry. See future...

Athenry AC, hosts of the nationally famous ‘Fields of Athenry 10km’ road race each Dec 26th, has this year announced a tie-in with the Athenry Tidy Towns Committee. A contribution from the proceeds from this year’s race will be made to support the work of the Tidy Town Committee. Over the last few...

Update - A Snapshot of the real thing just added! So the results are in... http://www.athenryac.com/what-colour-hat-fields-athenry-10km-2013 and we have a winner - this year's hat will be blue!

Full provisional result from the East Galway 4M (held in Abbeyknockmoy) yesterday, 17 November, is attached. From the Race Director: All here at East Galway Athletic Club were very pleased with the turnout for this year’s annual 4 Mile Challenge in Abbeyknockmoy last Sunday. Over 137 people...

Congrats to Jane-Ann Meehan who won the hilly Abbeyknockmoy 4mile road race today which was organised by East Galway Athletics Club. Further south Ruth Ann Sheahan was first lady home (& third person overall) with a brilliant 3.10 marathon in the Eddie Murphy Memorial marathon. Full report to follow...

From Athletics Ireland site - free parking on Sunday if booked in advance! Cars bringing juveniles to compete in the under age championships will park at the Express Red Long Term Carpark, Dublin Airport (entry at side of ALSAA) 800 spaces. This will be accessed free of charge for the duration of...

Heartiest congratulations to James Lundon and Mick Rice who have been short listed for a County Mayor’s Award 2013 as representatives of Athenry AC in the Sport category. The winners in all categories will be announced in the Claregalway Hotel on the night of Tuesday 19 th November. James and Mick...

Best of luck to our juvenile athletes who will be travelling to Dublin to run for Galway and Connacht in the All Ireland Even Ages Cross Country Championship in Santry next weekend. The Athenry athletes who have done really well at the Connacht championship and have qualified for next weekends All...

See attached a full provisional result from today's very successful F4L 5KM out in Newcastle, Athenry. Congrats to Maria Hehir and her band of helpers on a very efficient race. The weather stayed dry too, which alays helps. A small gallery of images from the day can be seen here. Race Director's...