Over half way through the 5km series as 587 athletes took on the one loop circuit in Tuam on Tuesday. Athenry AC was represented by 77 from the club with Deirdre Brophy winning the women's race and Fergal Walsh finished 5th overall. There were 8 PB's reported but possibly more! A great nights...

Well done to the Juvenile athletes that competed on Sunday in the U8 nto U12 galway outdoors. Please find full results attached. U12 Sadbh Mc Donagh silver in hurdles and sprint bronze in long jump. Leonore Church gold in high jump. Liam Shaw gold in shot put. Mark O Halloran bronze in hurdles. U11...

We were greeted by a glorious evening in Loughrea yesterday, which saw the third race of this six race event. Numbers were down from last week with 661 athletes 83 of whom were from Athenry AC taking on this leg of the Galway 5km series. For those of us who had run this course previous, there was...

Last nights race was hosted by Craughwell AC. 88 athletes from Athenry AC (1 less than last week!) donned the maroon and white for the second leg of the series. A total of 732 runners completed the 5km distance. There was a significant improvement in the weather from last week with some sunshine...

It's that time of the year again, the much loved Galway 5km series! For the past number of years the first leg has been hosted by Athenry AC. This year GCH kicked off the series by hosting the event in Ballybrit Racecourse. A cold and windy night but it was dry (with the exception of a few drops!)...

The launch has taken place of the 7th Annual Vodafone Mayo AC 5k Series of five races.The 2016 Series will start on May 24 and continue weekly on the following four Tuesdays, all at 8pm sharp. Mayo AC are delighted once again to have the sponsorship of Vodafone C&C Cellular for the Series. Brendan...

Congrats to all in Labane on the successful running of the latest iteration of the GSP-sponsored 10KM, today, Sunday 17 April 2016. Full result & prizes attaced. Men's winners below:

With the Olympics Games in Rio only months away, Galway sports fans will have the chance to spend an entertaining evening in the company of two of the legendary figures of Irish athletics in the Raheen Woods Hotel, Athenry on Wednesday the 20th of April next at 08:00pm. Runners of all levels will...

The Athenry Community Games and Parish Sports will take place this Sunday, 10th April at the Carnaun pitch, starting at 1:30pm. Programme of events is attached. First up is the often hotly contested Mens (3000m) and Womens (1500m) races for which there are trophies up for grabs. Over the years the...

New Inn's 5th annual road race took place today. There was good running conditions for the race as 261 runners, joggers and walkers took on the one loop course. The rain held off for the duration of the race allowing most of the competitors to complete the course and get home dry! Numbers were down...

Fit4Life welcomed a new group of beginners this morning to the 9:00am session. Great to see 4 new faces, hope you enjoyed your run!

Colemanstown 10K took place yesterday, Holy Saturday and proved quite an eventful day as Storm Katie attempted to take a hold on proceedings. Unlike other years, running conditions were far from perfect as the rain came down heavily just before the race began and again during the race as the...

Colemanstown Soccer Club always put on a great race and they kept the ball rolling in 2016 with another great day out for the annual 10K. This was year 6 of the run and sometime between the kids race and the start of the main race the marquee had a fit of giggles and decided that R Kelly might have...

The Fit4Life group meets every Wednesday at 7pm and Saturdays at 9am at the Church carpark in Athenry. This is an ideal time to join as we are recruiting new members which means you will meet lots of other runners at your level! Members from the club who are experienced runners run with group, offer...

It is with great sadness that I note the recent passing of the truly great Jim McNamara, Donore Harriers. There is much about him on the web which is easily found via your favoured search engine but I will reference an article by Frank McNally, here. I am fairly sure in saying that Jim visited...

We've been longing for a day like this for quite some time now, after the wind and rain of the last number of months we got the most absolute perfect conditions today for the annual Craughwell 10 mile and boy did it show in the results. All the talk was of PBs at the end, some very big ones too for...

203 athletes gathered in Abbey today, Sunday 13 March, to take on the 10km challenge. It was an increase of over 50 runners on last year's race. The course a 10km loop had a couple of testing hills thrown in for good measure. Weather conditions were ideal, it was dry with temperatures around 13...

Congrats to both Brandon Lee and Jane-Ann Meehan on their well deserved awards at last weekend's Galway AAI 2015 Athletic awards. Brandon getting his Male U12-15 award from the AAI's Peter Hanlon. Jane-Ann Meehan getting her Female Senior award from Galway AAI's James Lundon.

Congrats to the small, but merry, band of Athenry AC runners who made the club's yearly pilgrimage down to East Cork last Sunday, 6 March 2016. Conditions were dry for the race itself but pretty dreary both before and afterwards. Some sort of result is available here, if you have the patience to...

The 2016 Galway AAI 10M Road Race Championships will take place in conjunction with the Craughwell 10M road race on Sunday, 20 March. Enter here. All Galway clubs are encouraged to ensure that they have teams of women and men competing in this fabulous event, which is the main club race for...

Kinvara was buzzing on Saturday morning for the annual 10K and half marathon held in the beautiful south Galway seaside village. The half marathon is now recognised as a truly well organised and tough training race for anyone heading to Manchester, Rotterdam and even Milan! For the rest of us it was...

A nice morning (Saturday, 27 February) for a last long run before Ballycotton this weekend. Congrat to Tara Glynn on a well organised romp around the Dave Huane-inspired 4M circuit around Ballindine. It was in memory of the lady's father who died last year at a very young age and was to raise funds...

Check here for recent Clonbur 10KM result.

It's save the date time as the most popular event of the Summer returns to the roads of Galway. The 5k Series!!!! Registration will open March 11th at 8pm on Active.com (Link Below). There are 700 places available on-line. This event sells out in minutes so make sure you are ready at 8pm. The...

The 2015 County Galway AAI Athletic Awards take place on Saturday 5th March in the Meadow Court Hotel, Loughrea. A number of athletes from the club were nominated under various categories for their performances and achievements in 2015. Jane Ann Meehan (Senior Woman), Jim Leahy (Master Man) and...