Now that the turkey has been eaten and we’re all getting back to some sort of routine, it might be nice to consider what races are coming up over the next month of so. First up we have County Galway Indoor Championships. This even comprises races at all age levels, including senior, and takes place...

Ann Carter and Grainne Breen at Hollmount Road Races Mark and Grainne Breen ran the races of their lives in the recent Florida Marathon Races. Grainne took her place in the half-marathon race and came home 3rd in her age group in a time of 2:12:50, a superb run in hot and humid conditions. Mark took...

Connemarathon race director and club member Ray O Connor has decided to take on the Brathay Challenge this May. This is one of the craziest things I've heard of in a while... he will be doing 10 marathons in 10 days! He'll have do all his training while preparing for and organising the Connemarathon...

1 Gerard Daly Whitegate 37.05 2 Michael Keane Ennis Track 37.21 3 Donal Howley Kilmurry Ibk/North Clare 38.28 4 Tom Mackey KilmurryIbk/North Clare 39.25 5 Richie Costello Burren 39.45 6 Paul Daly St. John's 39.56 7 Kevin Darcy KilmurryIbk/North Clare 42.12 8 Carey Maria Ennis track 43.15 9 David...

Here are the Provisional Results for the 2007 Fields of Athenry 10k You will see that the result sheets are not completely clean at this stage, but it is time to get a provisional posting up on the website. If you spot any errors please do let me know by posting a comment here or by e-mailing me at...

Photographs courtesy of Andew Talbot The members of Athenry AC who organise the Fields of Athenry Road Race don’t really have a chance to relax each Christmas until their 10k Race is over. Pulling together all of the elements that make this race happen is such a monumental task that each year we...

The very first running of the Fields of Athenry 1Km Juvenile Fun Run took place in advance of the Senior 10Km road race yesterday the 26th of December. There were almost one hundred young athletes taking part and they were led home by Linda Porter of Craughwell Athletics Club. There was a great...

In almost perfect weather conditions, Gary Thornton and Orla Ni Mhuircheartaigh capped off successful years by taking victory at this year's Fields of Athenry 10km. Almost 700 participants took to the roads and streets of Athenry, in the 6th running of the race. For the first time, a juvenille fun...

Entries are now open for the 2007 running of the Fields of Athenry 10k Road Race which will take place on the 26th of December next. The race will be run over the same course as last year, starting alongside the railway tracks in Athenry and finishing under the town’s medieval Arch. (See Route Map...

Seb Locteau is the driving force behind the great new running web-site www.RunIreland.com. Seb is a long time member and supporter of Athenry AC and has represented the club at many races. Through his personal fitness company SebFitness (www.sebfitness.com) he has been a sponsor of the Fields of...

Congratulations to all involved with the Mayo AC Road Racing Leage for 2007. Tom Hunt has once again come up with the goods and has supplied us with the league standings for men and women in advance of the final race in the series in Westport on Sunday the 30th of December. As you'll be able to see...

Photo's courtesy John Walshe and James Sexton Galway females were in fine form in Dungarvan today. The AAI Novice & Juvenile Uneven Ages Cross Country Championships of Ireland were held in perfect cross country running conditions in Waterford on Sunday. The Athenry U13 Girls stole the early...

Update: Irish Record Holder, and future Olympian, Paul Hession will present the medals to all juvenile athletes after the race! This year's Fields of Athenry 10k Road Race will be accompanied by a 1km Fun Run for juvenile athletes, that is those under sixteen years of age. As this is the first time...

Good luck to all the girls competing in All Ireland Juvenile Cross Country this Sunday in Dungarvan. The under-11 team is Niamh Keane, Eimear Keane, Roisin Holland, Rachel O' Brien, Derbhal Higgins, and Grace Cahill. The under-13 team is Marie Tuhoy, Hayleigh Sommers, Dearbhal Fox, Lorna Hannon...

RTE is accepting nominations for the RTE Sports Awards 2007 until next Friday the 14th December (next Friday). This is a gilt-edged opportunity for us to highlight the achievements of our very own Paul Hession during 2007. We all know by now about the national records he has broken, the major races...

If you were to only run one mile each year, one of these events wouldn't be a bad place to do it. Please Support The Goal Mile see http://www.goal.ie/fundraising/miles.shtml for details LIST OF GOAL MILE VENUES 2007 County Town Location in December 2007 Dates and Times The Flagship GOAL Mile: Dublin...

Results Thanks to James Sexton All Races 9/12/07 Senior Ladies 1 Veronica Colleran Ennis Track 2 Maria Carey Ennis Track 3 Marian Burke St Marys 4 Patricia O Brien Ennis Track 5 Michelle O Mahoney Kilmurry Ibrickane North Clare 6 Sue Garrahy Kilmurry Ibrickane North Clare 7 Deirdre Daly Ennis Track...

News From Ballycotton In just four days, the 2,500 race entry limit for the Ballycotton ‘10’ has been reached. This means the we cannot accept any more entries unless you are a member of an Athletics Association of Ireland club or have run one of our 2007 Summer 5-mile races or you live overseas...

From James Veale - West Waterford AC It's exciting times ahead for our club with the announcement last Wednesday evening of a brand new sponsor of our 10 mile road race on February 3rd 2008. Now in its 16th year the race was formally sponsored by Waterford Crystal a sponsorship which the club was...

Preparations are being made for next year's Connemarathon, and one of the first things to get out of the way was a new website. So we decided to raise the bar a little and make the website more informative, easier to navigate and generally clean up our act a little. The race website is very...

Results Files Now Attached The Galway Men's and Women's county teams achieved silver medals in the 'B' category of today's AAI All Ireland Inter County Cross Country Championships in the Curragh. It was the women's team in particular who shone as Galway fielded their first team in this competition...

A Report from The New York City Marathon 2007 by TJ Beatty In Nov.2006, while watching the New York City Marathon on television, I decided that I would be there in 2007. The reason for this decision was that I wanted to do something to mark my promotion from the ranks of the O-55’s to the next grade...

This coming Sunday sees the Athletics Ireland All-Ireland Inter-counties cross country championships for juniors and seniors take place in the Curragh, Co. Kildare. County Galway will field full teams in both Senior Men's and Women's races. The men's team selection was based largely on the recent Co...

Paul Hession has collected two major sporting awards in the last few days. Last Saturday night in Dublin Paul was awarded ‘Track Athlete of The Year’ at the AAI’s National Athletics Awards. This was a tightly contested set of awards and even Paul’s mammoth achievements over the last twelve months...

A Report on all the action in Lissycasey from James Sexton Fergus Athletic Club and the Patrick O’Dea open cross country and 5k road races in Lissycasey took place this weekend on the lands of J. J. Sheehan with fine fields in all Juveniles races from U/7 to U/16’s. The misty weather made underfoot...