Have you got a favourite running route in the Galway area? Why not share it? Anybody who'd like to get their rave route up here just let me know at [email protected] and we'll post it. It'd be nice to build up a database of great runs in the Galway area. For starters get yourself out to Oranmore...

The rise of Athenry AC's Paul Hession to the status of superstar received a further boost on Sunday as the medical student smashed his own national senior record over 60 metres when winning the national title against top class opposition at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast. Already confirmed as the the...

Donations of E500 to Croí and E250 to Friends of Belarus North Galway Group were recently successfully made from the proceeds of the recent Fields of Athenry 10KM Road Race.

Paul Hession took another few centimetres off the Irish Indoor 60M record in Belfast today (Sunday, 18 February 2007), clocking 6.63 to win the Irish Indoor Championship. Video from the day's events below... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5615337114373439135&hl=en

Relax lads your entries are in! The following thirteen entries for the Ballycotton 10M are confirmed on the Ballycotton website. 2103 Alan Burke 2104 James Lundon 2105 Peter Delmer 2106 Mick Rice 2107 Johnny O'Connor 2108 Philip Magnier 2109 Brian O'Connor 2110 Gary Doherty 2111 Dave Dunne 2112 Liam...

Claire McNamara and Paul Hession with represent Athenry AC at this weekend’s Woodie’s DIY National Senior Indoor Championships in the Belfast. Paul Hession, fresh from his record breaking exploits in Austria and a superb performance in the British Indoor Championships last week is entered in both...

The Predator Triathlon Club, which is based in Athenry and coached by our very own Sebastien Locteau, will be holding a Duathlon (Run-Bike-Run) on Sunday the 11th March next at 9:30am. The race will be based out of the Raheen Woods Hotel and The Tranquility Leisure Centre. This is a fundraising...

The European Veteran’s Athletics Championships are being held in Regensburg, Germany from the 17th to 20th May next. (Championship website is at http://www.evaa2007-regensburg.com/english/index.php) The main events are; 10Km Road Race Half-Marathon 20/30k Walk Cross Country Relays TJ Beatty from...

"Five Galway Athletics Clubs will once again come together this spring to organise a series of fun 5K road runs for adult runners and walkers in the county. The series of runs are intended primarily to encourage participation and will be 'no-frills' events. There will be no prizes for winners but...

“If that course isn’t flat, you can have your money back” said the race official just before Mick and I set off to drive the course, “it’s as flat as a pancake”. We began to doubt there is such a thing as a flat pancake as Mick navigated the uphill stretch just after the four-mile marker. As we...

The organisers have kindly allowed us to post some information about their race on our little web site here. Check out their web site here. The entry form and course map are attached to this article.

My (James Lundon) own running year in numbers: Miles 1012.51 Days 157 Hours 126:45:17 Pace 7:31 Races 29 Made up of the following: Date DistM Time Race 02/01/2006 4.97 0:32:05 Tuam 8KM 10/01/2006 1.00 0:05:29 HP Winter Series #3 21/02/2006 1.00 0:05:16 HP Winter Series #5 05/03/2006 10.00 1:05:40...

Hot off the press! The first issue in Athletics development news from the West Region development officer, Paul McNamara.

Paul Hession smashed the Irish 60M indoor record last night in Austria, clocking an unbelievable 6.66 seconds! More details here. Thi run was enough to win Paul the prestiguous Connacht Tribune Sports Star Of The Week award. Former winners include Paul McNamara etc.

If you're looking for FIELDS OF ATHENRY RESULTS then just click on the 'Fields of Athenry 10KM' link in the top menu above. See here and here for galleries of photos from the race.

Mick Rice heroically put together a superb booklet for the recent Athenry AC AGM. A PDF of it is attached below.

Would you like to get an early taste of the Connemara Marathon course? This year’s official race is of course a sell-out but a group of Athenry runners intend to run the course on Saturday February the 10th next as a prelude to the big event. We’ve done this a few times before, most recently a year...

The following is Liam Mycroft's report on the recent Raheny Five. Liam first published this report on his blog at http://www.irishrunaholic.blogspot.com/ where it and all of Liam's other musings can be found. Sunday afternoon in January - Slightly milder than it has been for the last few days, and a...

On a fine, crisp winter afternoon for cross-country running Athenry AC runners enjoyed a great outing to Sligo yesterday for the Connaught Junior and Senior Cross Country Championships. Sligo racecourse, the venue, always provides challenging conditions for such races and this year’s event was no...

Paul McNamara was honoured as the 2006 County Galway Athletics Sports Star in the Ardilaun House Hotel on Saturday night. With a haul of no less than six All-Ireland medals in 2006, Paul's achievements were well up there with the winners of the other sports categories. Two gold medal performances at...

Hot off the Connemarathon web site! "The Organisers of the Connemarathon are delighted to announce that the event is, once again, a sellout. Online Entries for the event close next Tuesday, 23rd January at 12:00 noon, while postal entries will be accepted up until first post on Wednesday morning...

Oliver McGeehan of Inisowen AC fame and a regular road runner down this part of the world is organising a Health and Wealth Seminar in the Radison in Galway on January 25th. Full Details and Flyer attached below. Oliver has a DVD of the products in question and anybody can request it from me if they...

I've been badgering Mike to do a race report - almost every other race in the country has been "reported" upon by Athenry AC personnel over the years - on our own little race since the day itself. And eventually it pays off, 21 days later... Here it is. Thank you! P.S. If anyone else wants to do a...

* Mallow - 291 images. 55 to 129 KB. * Martin O'Driscoll's from Athenry - 261 images. 14 to 141 KB.