A few weeks back we got news that former Olympian Martina McCarthy had re-joined the Athenry AC ranks and over the weekend we get news of Martina's return to competitive action with a second place finish in the 200m and a fourth place in the 400m at the AAI games which were held at the Athlone IT...

Carramore 10k: l-r Ann Lennon (Mayo AC) 1st o35, race winner Catherine Conway (Mayo AC), 2nd place Lucy Brennan (Sligo AC) - Photo: Tom Hunt (Mayo AC) Carramore hosted their annual 10k Road Race last Saturday evening. The rain held off for the duration and the race was a great success, with a large...

Photo: Front: Joe Deane & John Quigley; Rear: John Ryan, Joe Dineen & Dan Byrne From John Quigley Eagle AC, Cork. The C Team - Cancer Survivors are running in the relay section of the Cork City Marathon on Monday June 1st 2009. The C Team - Cancer Survivors is a very special and unique relay team...

In this age when everyone is running to try and beat their times at various distances (especially during the Galway 5km series) it was a refreshing change when we found out that the timing machine was not able to provide runners times during the event! Last Sunday saw the first run based around the...

Another absolutely beautiful evening in Craughwell was a gift from heaven for Galway 'fitness freaks' last night. The small roads that suround the beautiful East Galway town were thronged with cotton and lycra clad runners and walkers of all varieties. It was quickly clear that there would be a...

I've run the Craughwell 5KM course enough times now to have noticed most everyting there is about the interesting, and not so interesting, landmarks along the way. The one thing that has always intrigued me can be observed just before the 4KM mark on the left-hand side of the road, in a little...

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shizo_Kanakuri Shizo Kanakuri (Japanese: Kanaguri Shis? or Kanakuri Shiz?, August 20, 1891 – November 13, 1984) was a Japanese marathon runner and one of the early leaders of track and field athletics in Japan. He is best known for disappearing during the marathon...

On Sunday the 10th of May 2009 the Predator Triathlon Club will be holding their first event of 2009. Normally the club organises a Duathlon in early March. We have been unable to hold one this year as the ongoing construction of the new N6 has meant that our route is not available. This year we...

Results: 1 Kenneth Rodgers St Cronans 33 : 48 2 Cathal Kelly St Finbarrs 35 : 25 3 Keith White St Johns 36 : 19 4 Pat Hogan Ennis Track O/40 36 : 24 5 David Mullins Tuam O/40 36 : 25 6 Christopher Kuluvic Austria 37 : 21 7 Domhnaill Rodgers St Cronans 38 : 45 8 Alan Hehir Tulla 39 : 06 9 Tom Mackey...

Tuam Results Files Updated 07-05-09 What do you think. Would we get away with calling that another fine dry evening for a race in the Galway 5km series? As usual the race organisation was flawless in Tuam - we even had a camper van for number pick-up. Now that's posh! Brendan, Patricia, Rory and the...

On of the most underappreciated jobs in race organisation, because it's a hidden role I think, is the one of preparing a race result. It happens when all of the excitement has died down after the event and often in the dead of night with many people anxiously awaiting confirmation of their fantastic...

The Athenry Community Games is not having much luck at the moment, weather wise but it has been rescheduled for Saturday the 9th of May at 11.30 sharp, hope to see ye all there. Keep your fingers crossed I will.

A new faster course, a race suitable for all See Also http://www.runireland.com/news/leixlip-5k-race-9th-may for Online Entry and http://lecheileac.blogspot.com/2009/04/leixlip-5k-road-race-suitable-for-all.html for full event details. Now in its 8 year of running, the Leixlip 5k road race has been...

500 Runners €500 The challenge of running over 60 marathons, and more than 2,000 miles in 43 different countries over four years might be daunting enough for most people, but not Johnny Donnelly. The former Sawdoctor, currently on mile 554 and marathon 19 of his four year odyssey has set himself the...

Athenry Community Games has been rescheduled to Bank Holiday Monday the 4th of May we are hoping for a fine day again and a good attendance, we regrete any inconvience caused with the previous cancellation. The event is kicking off at 1.30 sharp.in Raheen Pitch and we would like to take this...

Hard to know where to start but I'll try and keep things brief at the same time! It was a great honour for myself and Athenry AC to have 375 out in Newcastle yesterday evening for the first race of the 4th year of this ever-successful Galway 5KM May Series. It was also the series' 16th race in the...

Maire Beatty recently completed the Annecy Half-Marathon in France as part of her comeback programme after an injury. Here's what the woman herself had to say after the race, "I had registered for Annecy Marathon in France and when I was not doing so well I decided to register for the half there. I...

The very first running of the East Clare 12K takes place in Kilkishen on Monday next May 4th . It is open to runners, walkers and cyclists over a very picturesque course on the shores of Cullaun Lake and taking in approx 1.5km of Cullaun Wood The walkers will have a water or snack stop at Cullaun...

All Pictures Copyright David Bradshaw (aka Wordle) Full Flickr Set Available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/25938822@N07/3476445867/ These and many other great race pictures can be viewed at http://www.racepix365.com Thanks Dave! Twelve months on from the excitement of Athenry AC's hosting of the...

Has it been a year? It doesn't feel like it. Next Tuesday will see the return of the Galway 5km Series with the staging of the first race in Newcastle near Athenry, which will be organised by Athenry AC. This series is sold out - there will be no new entries taken on the night. Anyone who has pre...

The Challenge The world’s third highest capital, Addis Ababa, plays host to Africa’s biggest road race on November 22nd, 2009. Join ORBIS Ireland for The Great Ethiopian Run on the roof of Africa and help eliminate blinding trachoma. Beginning in downtown Addis Ababa, you’ll be joined by more than...

From Turlough Conway at the IMRA The IMRA Connaught Mountain running Championships are taking place on the May Bank Holiday weekend. There are two races Croagh Patrick on Saturday May 2nd which is also an Irish Championship race and Ben Gorm on Sunday, 3rd May. Registration for the Croagh Patrick...

Two brave Athenry runners took on the world famous Boston Marathon on Monday - the oldest marathon race in the world and one of the most prestigious. Frank Burke and Tony Killarney were two two couragous men in question. Despite a strong headwind both men posted good times on the hilly Boston route...

A good friend of Athenry AC's, Tom Hunt, has just passed along the schedule of events for the upcoming 2009 Mayo AC Road Race League. The individual races will be posted to our events' calendar in due course. See attached PDF for more information.

The All Ireland Juvenile finals were held over two weekends the first weekend was in the usual venue at Nenagh. Athenry had a number of athletes competing , pride of place goes to Jack Fitzpatrick who won a bronze medal in the under 12 600m, Maria Cooney just missed out on a medal in 4th position in...