Frank and Maeve near the finish in Cobh - Photo Credit Paudie Birmingham Race Report from this year's Cork to Cobh by Frank Burke This was Maeve’s longest race this year, you might say her marathon. Got to Cork Saturday evening and the weather was brutal, lashing rain and a good breeze to boot. Had...

Galway Bay 10 - Race Report by Miriam Wall What can I say? The Galway Bay 10 Miler just blew me away. Conditions were far from ideal for running. Winds that felt like gale force (I’m sure they were not) against me for the first 3 miles and rain that just did not stop. An abundance of surface water...

Berlin Marathon 2008 Report by Peter Strange I’ve never written a race report before but the Berlin Marathon last Sunday is worth a few words. I’d been looking forward to the run for a long time, not only had I never been to Berlin before but I had heard so much about the course that I couldn’t wait...

Back at the end of last year, during a very enjoyable 30th I was at, the subject of marathon running came up and, having had one or two beverages, I readily agreed to run Berlin with a friend Louisa. I quickly roped in another of the guests, a Mr. Alan Burke and we laid our plans for a showdown with...

Mick Rice has already posted Mike Tobin's report hereabouts so I will just add a few personal words on the event itself and its organisers here. ++ I was wrangled in to help Mike put some shape on the Galway Primary Schools Cross Country Championships (lunchtime on Tuesday, 30 September 2008). Four...

The inaugural Clifden Lifeboat 10K road race was held Sunday 14th September in what turned out to be great running conditions. The race was organised to raise much needed funds for the RNLI and the Clifden lifeboat. The event was held close to the anniversary of a tragic event which shocked this...

Boiling Frogs Slowly Race Report, Leipzig 100k, 16th Aug, 2008 Ultra-marathons fascinate me. I enjoy marathons more, but I just can’t seem to escape from the dark lure of running really long distances. In the same way as a young child wonders how far they can bend their ruler before it will break, I...

NOW UPDATED WITH "OFFICIAL" RESULT... The inaugural Boston Scientific 5km Charity Road Race took place in Maree last Wednesday night in ideal, balmy conditions. As the sun set on Galway Bay, over 200 runners and walkers crossed the line and managed to raise €3300 for Galway Cystic Fibrosis. It was...

Ngong Hill Run By Tony Daley - Athenry AC and Predator Tri Club Athenry When I knew I was heading out to Africa, I knew that my triathlon training would not be able to carry on. The thing I did know was that my running would. I’ve been to Africa a few times and always found some fantastic places and...

Although she lives and works in England many Athenry AC members will be familiar with marathon and ultramarathon runner Selina D Silva (aka Shades) from her adventures at the Connemara Marathon, Longford Marathon, Cork Marathon and various other Irish races. Last May our very own Ray O'Connor became...

Once upon a dark and dreary day, in the middle of last year as I drove to work, I wished I was out running rather then dragging my sorry arse in the direction of the office. Inspiration hit and a few phone calls later I had arranged to run from Louisburgh to Leenaun in Connemara the following week...

Pauline Mulqueen was one of at least eight Athenry AC members who participated in the Clare People 10k last weekend. By all accounts it was a great race. Pauline is one of a number of Athenry members who's running has improved dramatically over the first half of this year and she has been good...

Athenry AC member recently took on the challenge of one of the most difficult triathlons in the country which is organised by Limerick Triathlon Club, namely, 'The Hell of the West'. Where have we heard that name before? Ruth had a fantastic race and tells her story below. Normally the report starts...

This week we have a report from the Biboa 10k back in June 2008 I’ve always been very fond of the Bilboa 10k. It’s a race that has a lot going for it. The course is interesting, well stewarded and very quiet from a traffic point of view. In fairness it’s not a particularly fast route as it gets...

Both Galway County Men’s and Women’s teams have comfortably secured qualification for the National League Finals on July 27th in Tullamore after a highly successful day at Round 2 in Tullamore on Sunday June 15th. Our Men’s team won an incredible 14 individual events on Sunday blowing the opposition...

Carramore in South Mayo is well hidden. At least that’s my excuse for not arriving at Race HQ until 20mins before the off. I ‘navigated’ as Mick drove us in increasingly erratic patterns in search of Carramore. One signpost at a lonely crossroads was passed a number of times before I acknowledged...

This is an open invitation to everybody who took part in the National Championship 10k, to write your experience in a race report for publication here. We'd love to hear how you got on and to post the best ones on our website. Even if it's just a few paragraphs, it could be the start of a whole new...

Mother Nature talked to me at the weekend! I went to Wicklow on the 12th of April 08, with my Friends Enda, Mark, Martin and Aoife. I went to Wicklow in the past and did some cycling and running around the mountains. I went there with the thought of testing my core capacity after my surgery 10...

The Toughest Foot Race on Earth – The Marathon des Sables Diana Hogan-Murphy, a pharmacist from Cork living in Galway, recalls what was on the menu last week: 245 kilometres of Saharan dunes, rocky river beds, salt flats, stony valleys, steep mountain ascents, 50 degree heat, instant oats for...

Cratloe Woods was the venue last Saturday morning for a day out on the trails. Twelve orienteering virgins took a crash course in map reading before heading out to get lost on the wooded hills. Gary Doherty made a fine return to running after a few months forced abstinence and single-handedly...

DOUBLE TROUBLE (NO TROUBLE!) IN LONG EATON I just know that this report deserves more time than I am going to give it. Why? Because it was probably the best running experience of my life (to date). I ran my first marathon 6 months after giving up smoking 30 cigarettes a day - New York 2000 completed...

As you all know we got all four seasons [a new name for the Connemarathon: the "Four Seasons' Connemarathon" - Ed.] in one day in Connemara last Sunday. I got to Leenane in good time. Received a lift from Oughterard with Mick Rice - no buses for me! We passed the Ultra marathoners on the way as we...

Connemara Ultra 2008 5 minutes before the 9am start time 100+ runners haul themselves out of a nice warm bus at the start line. Cold! Ray informs me I don't have enough time to get in my extra 0.7 mile run that I needed to bring my mileage up to 40miles ... just go! This is a 39.3 mile race but I...

This Race Report, submitted by Cian Blake, takes us off to Spain. Enjoy the trip.... Everyone watches them out of the corner of their eye. The hotel restaurant is warm yet their unsmiling heads peep out of black puffa jackets as they spill over the sides of the chairs swinging sinewy legs. Retina...

A blow-by-blow account of my best ever race. Ballycotton 2008, my last race as a senior as I’ll hit the big four-oh at the end of the month. Here’s what happened. Mick Rice, Mark Davis and I line up as close to the front as possible but are still swallowed up in the crowd. By race-start we are nine...