You know the way it is. You say to yourself, "I'm going to do that race. I'm definitely doing that race". Then, a couple of weeks later you talk with someone who tells you they've actually entered the race and you realise that you haven't, and that you're too late now. Well.....! The closing date...

Many of you will be familiar with the work of photographer John O'Connor who has documented so may of our adventures over the last number of years. John is a talented cameraman with an eye for the perfect picture. His photographs preserve the action from our races in such a wonderful way and allows...

In a cracking time of 1:16:04, Brian O Connor followed up on his fast time in the Newcastle 5km by repeating his performance of 2 years ago by coming 3rd in the ING luxembourg half marathon. Brian's brother Fintan also produced a creditable perfomance, clocking 1:43:41. Well done to both!

Anyone missing gear after the National 10K im Athenry last Sunday week? The following bits and pieces were culled from the men's dressing room in the HQ that evening. Please contact me to claim same etc. * 2001 Ballycotton Top-100 T-shirt. * 2005 Prague Marathon singlet. * Mitre Sports hoodie. *...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7172037378352665542 (18 minutes 50 seconds - all runners who finished under 48 minutes should be viewable) Sincere thanks to Mick Tobin of Craughwell AC for holding the camera for its duration. P.S. The constant humming in the background was from the engine...

Event First Second Third 3000m Men Alan Burke Peter Delmer Eoin Curran 1500m Women Aileen McNamara Irene Brady Maeve Burke Under 8 80m Boys Cathal Hynes Nathan Healy Michael Coleman Under 8 80m Girls Alanna Kennedy Rachel Duane Saoirse Whelan Under 10 100m Boys Oisin Cooley Oisin Doyle Aron Creggett...

Due to an unfortunate local death the Ballyhaunis 8km Road race scheduled for next monday has been cancelled. It's hoped to reschedule the race for some time in the future. We'll post more details when they become available.

Please let me know if you see any problems with the result posted below, and attached, specifically regarding people who are not included in any form therein. 2008 Galway May 5KM Series - Athenry 080429 Pos Series ID Time Name 1 390 16:23 Brian O'Connor 2 389 16:29 Conor Maloney 3 67 16:39 Mark...

Following the astounding success of our first caption competition (http://www.athenryac.com/ballycotton-2008-caption-competition) we'll have another go. I'm not sure whay Peter Delmer has featured in both pics. Perhaps he's just unlucky or perhaps he's an attention junkie. Judge for yourselves Add...

As a race director, no matter how big or small an event, it's always pleasing to see everything go well on the night. Credit where credit is due: To all participants - You were all there in good time, you shared cars, and it made parking noticeably easier. You followed instructions to the letter, I...

There were frayed nerves and reputations on the line as the cream of the Athenry Saturday morning training group fought it out, tooth and nail, for bragging rights and Community Games medals. When the bodies were hauled from the field of play the news emerged that Alan Burke and Aileen McNamara had...

Fancy a trot through Roscommon countryside on May bank holiday weekend? The inaugural running of the Roscommon Carers Association 10km Mini-Marathon takes place in Roscommon town on bank holiday weekend, Monday May 5th at 3pm. Registration at Hannons Hotel from 1pm. Hannons Hotel is located just off...

Mayo AC's 2008 Road Race League, sponsored by C & C Cellular, begins its 10th consecutive year on Bank Holiday Monday next May 5th with the Ballyhaunis 8k. A record number of athletes participated in the various races last year, and included a welcome number of people new to running, testing their...

Scabbing the article straight from the GCH web site: http://www.galwaycityharriers.com/senior-news/irish-masters-aa-gazette-martin-mcevilly-profiled Philip has done a great job and it's well worth downloading and reading/printing.

Did we make 50 on Sunday? I have found 49 from the first official results released today and attached. Paul Mc Namara 30.32 Brian O'Connor 33.07 Peter Delmer 35.28 Robert Staunton 35.41 Brian Bruton 36.09 Alan Burke 36.44 Owen Curran 37.33 John O'Connor 38.11 Donal McCann 38.45 Mark Breen 39.05...

Congrats to Larry Kelly and Maire Treasa Beatty for successfully completing Boston yesterday. Both in very decent times too. Looking forward to the race reports :).

The 10th Annual Mayo AC Road Race League for 2008 has just been confirmed. Mayo AC Chairman Michael McGrath, has consulted with various clubs and organisations around the county, to put together the biggest race schedule in the history of the league. Nine races will take place between May and...

See attachments for XLSes of individual and team results, both of which are still provisional.

Press Release Press Enquiries to: Mick Rice (Athenry AC) Ph: 087 2896989 or by email at [email protected] . For Immediate Use Orla O'Mahony and Seamus Power claimed individual gold medals in Athenry at the AAI National Championships on Sunday, 20 April. The women's winner, in the colours of Raheny...

Seamus Power and Orla O'Mahony were the individual winners at the Woodies AAI national 10km championships in Athenry today. The weather was cold and breezy but the rain held off and a good crowd over 355 athletes, including almost 50 Athenry AC runners took on the course. RESULTS NOW ATTACHED. Full...

Who would have believed it? Entries closed for this year's Galway 5km Series on Sunday, 13th of April over two full weeks before the first race in Athenry on the 29th of April. To keep this series to a manageable size all of the Galway clubs decided that we'd accept a maximum of 350 series entries...

This was the booklet that was given out to all interested competitors on Sunday in Athenry. Great work by JOC in its layout and design, as always!

Full results from last Sunday's (13 April 2008) road race out in Maree.

Congrats to all who took part in this worthwhile fun run last Saturday! Not sure if there was a list of finishers published or not. If there was, I would love a copy for my records please. A little birdie told me that Maire-Treasa Beatty was first woman home in a little over 1:42, to go nicely with...

Ray O'Connor will be taking on the biggest challenge of his sporting life from the 9th to the 18th of May next. Ray has completed marathon races far and wide over the last number of years but this particular event will require him to run no less than ten marathons in ten days. Ray will be the first...