Gerry Duffy Deca Ironman is coming West to inspire, motivate and energise the people of Galway To mark the establishment of City Life Galway, a new Financial Planning Company in the city, set up by the well known Financial Advisor and keen athlete Pat O Dwyer, a very special talk by Ireland’s Deca...

Please find attached a PDF (1.51MB) of the race booklet which was available at the race for free. James. P.S. All previous booklets are stored in the following locations: 2010 booklet 2009 booklet 2008 booklet 2007 booklet 2006 booklet 2005 booklet

A great turnout for the Juvenile 1KM race before the main event on last St. Stephen's Day. A list of the finishers is below. 1 Brandon Lee 35 Alisha Noone 69 Kate Hurley 2 Mathew Treacy 36 Luke Burke 70 Catherine Gorman 3 Shannon Lee 37 cathal Lally 71 Maria Gorman 4 Dean Treacy 38 Carla Noone 5...

Over forty Juvenile Athletes aged from under 10 upwards travelled to Nenagh last Saturday to take part in the Galway County Track and Field indoors. There were some fantastic performances from all the athletes. Athenry Juvenile club took home 12 Gold 12 Silver and 16 bronze medals full results...

T'was Christmas morning at 7:45am and all through the house not a creature was stirring, except for a runner. I crept down the stairs, and nearly twisted my ankle when I missed the last step – not a good start! I bypassed the Christmas tree, and the presents, and headed for the kitchen to make a...

A piece of running travelogue from my recent trip to Vietnam... Deirdre There are nine million bicycles in Beijing. And possibly the same number of motorbikes in Hanoi. I’m not religious but it takes a certain Jesus-walking-on-water leap of faith to cross a busy road in urban Vietnam. The traffic is...

Here's stuff to ponder as you do your long runs. Add your own as a comment or send it on to me, [email protected]. "Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater" Emil Zatopek (pictured) Greatest long-distance runner of the 1950s "Training is everything. The peach was once a...

Marie Curran was in town on New Year's Eve to witness the final leg of Paul Fallon's thousand mile running journey to raise funds for On the Road Again, a charity set up to help the homeless through getting people running: Renmore Church at 3pm on New Years Eve was a hub of activity as a group of...

A great start to the 2012 road running season in Galway today in Renmore. Two laps of Renmore following by a cup of tea is always a constructive way of spending an early Sunday afternoon. Full provisional result and prize list is attached.

The Fields of Athenry 10K - 2011 from Kevin Doherty on Vimeo. For the first time in 3 years, the Fields of Athenry 10km took its rightful place in the road running calendar. After 2 years of interruptions due to snow and ice, the worst thing that affected participants today was a steady blowing gale...

Provisional results attached. Full report, pictures and results to follow. Some photos online in our photo gallery and on Flickr

Well, the weather looks like holding and we'll be good to go on Stephen's day. Some last minute instructions. Race numbers are available for collection from 9:30am in Presentation College Athenry Sports Hall. Reminder - No entries available on the day! In the hopefully unlikely event that inclement...

A short three weeks after the Sixmilebridge Marathon, and Mick Rice and Ruthann Sheahan were out again this weekend to show the club the resilience of their muscles, with some great performances down in Clonakilty. Ruthann ran a superb personal best, to the pride of her home town, Clonakilty! Her...

No pictures yet - will get something nicer up if they put up some photos! The third half marathon in Waterford this year; between the postponed Dec. 2010 half marathon held in January, the national half marathon in September and the 2011 WAC club race held this December, there were plenty of...

Andrew Talbot and his crew from Carnmore Hurling Club put on a great show yesterday for their second annual Turkey Trot 5KM in Carnmore, Sunday 4 December 2011. The weather gods smiled on the race too, though it was a close shave, with rain before and immediately after proceedings. The race was...

Following Paul's progress around the country this month at http://www.otra.ie .

Mullins issues apology over how closure of Belfield track was handled http://www.independent.ie/sport/horse-racing/mullins-issues-apology-over-how-closure-of-belfield-track-was-handled-2952432.html "Leo Varadkar’s casual trotting out of his road-running bona fides" http://www.irishtimes.com...

A very successful race in Clarinbridge last weekend with Athenry AC's Jane-Ann Healy (her running name!) winning the women's race and Mike Cunningham (Bilboa AC - silent "a"!) winning the men's race. However, IMVHO, the big news from the race was the dipping under 40 minutes for the first time of a...

We are all talented people in Athenry AC; it's just that some of us have skill sets in different areas other than speed in miles per hour. To honour some of the shenanigans in the club this year (other than the obviously enviable skill of being able to run very fast in a straight line), there were...

It was standing room only in the Raheen woods hotel last night, as a large crowd gathered to celebrate the launch of Mick Rice's book on the history of Derrydonnell AC. MC Frank Greally of Irish runner introduced and interviewed a number people with connections to the club and athletics in Ireland...

The votes have been counted and verified and the result is in. This year’s hat for the Fields of Athenry 10k will be Blue. It is currently in production and we hope to bring you a picture of it very soon. How do you get your hands on one of these coveted hats?? It’s simple, take part in the Fields...

The Countdown is on to the Annual 10km Fields of Athenry road race. No stone is being left unturned as race preparations are in full swing. All focus is on St Stephens Day and the traditional 10k loop finishing under the medieval arch in Athenry. Entries have been pouring in and we are well over the...

A clean sweep for the club yesterday at the inaugural Eddie Murphy Memorial marathon in Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare, with Ruthann Sheehan winning the women's marathon and Mick Rice winning the men's, in excellent times of 3:32 and 2:51 respectively. With a choice of three different events being run on...

Missed Hollymount for the fourth year in a row last Sunday - have run in five in the past (PB: 40:59). It's a 10KM I like to go up to *if* I'm going well, most of the reason why I've not travelled since 2007 :-(. Thanks to my good friend, Jo Gardiner, for PDFs of the results. See attached.

Brilliant weather greeted the organisers and starters of today's 1st annual East Galway AC/Abbeyknockmoy Hurling Club 4M road race run around a 4M circuit in the area. Vincent Conway put on a great show for the 114 participants, with 50+ kiddies kicking things off just before 2PM over an out-and...