We had members taking part in marathons across the continent in recent weeks with Philp Magnier & George Livanos running the Paris Marathon and Tony Killarney, Jim Leahy, Frances Leahy, Maeve Noone & Kenneth O' Hara running the London Marathon. George ran a decent 3.46.30 whilst Philip struggled...

Lyall Guiney has shared his report on his brilliant run in Connemara recently. This can also be found on his blog Race the Blue Line. There was some craic on the bus to the start line. A load of the Marathon Club Ireland guys were on it, and once we started passing the Ultra runners after Peacock’s...

Cover photo courtesy of Peter Mooney. After some horrendous wind & rain in midweek, Sunday morning dawned as fresh & perfect as a spring day could be. The vast blue sky was looking stupendous, the myriad of daffodils lining the roadside were looking voluptuous & the post race spread greeting us as...

Ballycotton 10 2014 Race Report Mick Rice I travelled to the ‘Ballycotton 10’ this year as one might revisit the scene of some half-forgotten teenage adventure. When I first turned-up at this famous race in 2002 I was fairly new to the scene and ended up being completely absorbed by the whole affair...

With some big running talent on show in Santry last Sunday week a high placing was always going to be a tough ask for Lyall Guiney & Ray Somers but they did both their club & county proud as they lined up for the Galway team in the National Cross Country Championships. As there were spots on offer...

The marathon is the end point. When you get to the start line you’ve already won. 12 weeks of long runs, speed and core all culminate to a single day – a day in which, even then, all the boxes need to be ticked to produce what you think is anything near your form. The lead up to this race was...

Pictured above are Caroline Mitchell, Yvonne Dowling & Sinead Reilly who were celebrating a 40min PB, a 10min PB & a first marathon respectively. More photos located here. A few days on now & the excitement is dying down but the elation is still there. Below are report's from Claire Forde & Aaron...

Athenry must have been a quiet and lonely town on the October Bank Holiday Monday as 43 members of the club turned up at the start line & what seemed like multiples of that figure turned out to support them in the 34 th edition of the Dublin City Marathon. After a very nervous week of weather...

Just a short note to congratulate all of our members (39 I make it now) running in yesterdays 34th Dublin City Marathon. A full report will follow soon, until then I have attached the results for the Athenry AC members, please let me know if I have missed anyone.

Siobhan Guinan has submitted a report on her part in the recent Galway Bay Half Marathon where she was a member of the successful womens team on the day. What started out as a week I was not looking forward to training wise actually turned out to be quite eventful. After our speed session on Tuesday...

It turned into a productive weekend for Athenry AC with the womens team taking first place in the Galway Bay Half Marathon on Saturday (pictured above with their manager) & no fewer than 13 medals being won in the Galway 10km Road Race Championships in Loughrea yesterday. In the Championships Ray...

While there was poor weather predicted for the day the rain cleared on time for the race. However, the strong winds did make a challenging run even tougher. From the time the gun went off there was strong competition between Martin McEvilly of Roscahill and Ballyconeely man Sean Nee. In the end...

The 2 nd outing of the Athlone Flatline Full & Half Marathon’s took place on Saturday in near perfect running conditions with no hint of wind or rain & mild temperatures. A top class field of just under 1000 people from across the country toed the line with some very impressive performances by...

There were some great perfomances by the Athenry runners in the Athlone Flatline Full & Half marathons on Saturday. A summary of both races & breakdown of times will follow shortly but for now Kieran Guiry has provided his race report on his brilliant PB in the half. After a few bad races earlier in...

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR US ROAR Achill Roar Adventure Race 7th September 2013 So we landed in Keel Sandybanks Caravan Park, Achill Island, on a beautiful sunny Friday evening. We explored our surroundings and took in the breath-taking scenery; both nervous and excited with what lay ahead of us the next...

Pat Staunton and I travelled up from Westport in the morning arriving at the start/finish area at 7.20. The start/finish area was in a car park, it was very well set up with registration, support tables, music (blaring at 7.30am the organisers must get on well with their neighbours), and the start...

1. What running shoes do you train in? Anne: Brooks GTS 12 Pearse: Mizuno Wave Inspire 8 2. How many miles did you run last week? A: Tough question, as we were on holidays last week, but I try and get in 10 /15 miles per week. Just to keep ticking over. P: Zero! Due to injury. Cycling & swimming at...

What an amazing all-day racing festival the Portumna Forest Marathon is turning out to be. Now it goes right through the day with the half marathon as an additional distance. First up on Sat was the 100k starting at 8am, next came the 50k at 10am, the marathon at 12, the half marathon at 2, and...

This past Saturday the 18th May saw the 3rd running of the Roundstone Bay 8K road race for the local RNLI Lifeboat Service. There was a good mix of local and visiting runners, with entrants from as far afield as UK, Germany and USA, and numbers were again up on previous years with just under 200...

The only thing missing from Loughrea on Tuesday night last (14 May 2013) was an ark but there were strong rumours that one was being warmed up down on the grey lake, less than half a mile away from the start/finish line. Galway Series 8.3 or #42 (Year 8, Race 3 or Race 42) was seamlessly organised...

I suppose the real story of the Limerick marathon is not so much about the great course, nice weather, or PB's but the injuries. It all started for most of us in January/ February as we set out on the long road to Limerick on those cold dark evening following our training plans: longs runs, tempo...

Two miles or so from Peacocks Hotel in Maam cross, all of 194 of us waited, watched, wondered at what the next few, or many, hours of hard running would bring, would we all survive the course, will we make it to the finish, will this, almost perfectly calm morning continue throughout the day to ease...

I couldn’t sleep. The butterflies in my tummy were circling like the Hitchcock film The Birds. Clock finally went off at 5.50 and I got up – wrecked. This was going to be a day I was never going to forget for the rest of my life. It was Connemara Ultra Marathon day at last. Weeks and weeks of...