Brilliant sunshine blessed the Kilconieron 5 Mile race on Sunday 24th February. It combined with a cooling wind to theoretically make a perfect day for running. However, judging by the pained expressions on runners' faces as they progressed up the hill near the end, maybe we need to revisit our...
I am originally from Roscommon. I always played sport at school with my club, Oran. In fact I have an under-14 All Ireland camogie medal with my club which ironicaly I won here in Athenry at a Feile na nGael . I also played gaelic football for Michael Cusacks Club in Sydney Australia. I have always...
Most memories of this race will concern the incline in the third mile and then facing into the teeth of a bitter, cold wind as we finished by running on the main road towards Oranmore. Somehow, despite higher temperatures than Tuam last week, this one felt harder and colder with rain and winds...
The Tuam 8k race in January is the long-established kick-off for running in the new year in Galway and a barometer for individual runners of where they stand in relation to fitness. (Officially it has been replaced by the excellent Resolution 5k but in practice that race is part of the festive...
The results of the Half, Full, 30M and Double marathon races from Sunday week last (18 November - same day as the Galway hurling Final) are to be found at redtagtiming.com: http://www.redtagtiming.com/results/EddieMurphyMemorial_30mi_26mi_13mi_2012.xls http://www.redtagtiming.com/results...
Photo: Assumpta Feeney, Michelle Tooher, Anne Hunter. By Michelle Tooher I’m not normally one for writing race reports – I love reading them though. However, post-marathon, I have been reflecting a lot on the weeks, months and years that led up to Marathon-Monday and I figured why not. I joined the...
The official count of Athenry AC runners at Dublin in 2012 is 50. An amazing number for a small town. Each runner is listed in categories below, First Timers, PBs, others. Many thanks to our supporters also: Eoin (Madden) and Aoife, Pearse Hunter, Floyd Feeney, Sharon Sweeney, Granny Noone and Ivor...
From Ruthann Sheehan, please see the attached PDF.
Athenry AC is looking in good shape for the Dublin Marathon judging by the three races at the weekend. The splurge of "last-minute" racing/ training brought 63 of our runners for the Athlone 3/4 race on Sunday and the Galway Half Marathon and 10k on Saturday. Actually that's 62, as one of those...
The annual Clifden Lifeboat 10k took place on Sunday in Clifden. The strong winds and rain predicted for the day did not materialise, leaving only Galway playing in the All Ireland Hurling finals as the only deterrent for would be participants. The route took the runners up the Sky Road and back to...
Peadar, along with Martin Keane, is a Life President of our club. A native of West Clare, he moved to Galway in November 2004, having worked for 35 years in Dublin. He has a long and distinguished career in athletics, winning a silver medal at the NACA national championships back in the early 1970s...
The annual Autumn Loughrea road race has a long and distinguished history. Sonia O'Sullivan ran there twice when it was a 5-miler with Paula Radcliffe joining her one of those years. Much further back in the early 1980s, Seb Coe beat Eamon Coughlin by the width of a singlet in a sprint finish when...
by Peter Delmer The Declan Hayes Doonbeg Half Marathon and 10k took place on Saturday in ideal conditions in the County Clare countryside – ok it was a little windy at times, but pretty ideal for a coastal route. From the start this event had that unique feel of a community coming together to make...
By David Noone It’s sometime after 7 am, all concept of time evaporated when the sun began to set the previous evening. I have been running alternate 10k loops with my running partner, Pat Staunton, Westport AC, for over 19 hours. In that time we’ve covered 100k each on foot, I struggle to get out...
Identify the people in these portraits. Clue: One of them runs 99.95 miles farther than the other. First Prize: One Year Free Entry to the Connemara 100. Second Prize: 5 Years Mandatory Free Entry to the Connemara 100. The fourth annual running of the Connemara 100 took place on Saturday 11th August...
Despite missing many regulars, Athenry's ladies placed first in the team prize at the 25th annual Claregalway 10k (formally known as "Clare River Harriers Athletic Club 25th Annual Road Race"). The team comprised Lorna Freeman, Fiona Lane, and Liz Broderick and none have ever won a prize of any...
By Sinéad Brody I really don’t write much about running, I mean I could give you a lecture for hours on how to run badly, about the quality of that.. but all my news is out of date I’m telling ya, the starting-out-too-fast syndrome is common knowledge but I think for us three ladies, Sinéad Foran...
It's been on the road since 1986 and few would deny that the Corrib Oil Streets of Galway 8k is the star attraction of the Connacht road races in Summer. What a buzz to line up with over two thousand eager runners in the Claddagh at the start. What a jolt to make that final left turn onto the...
For those who've been off the planet for the past six years, Paul is a member of our club and competes in the 200m at the upcoming London Olympics. His races are on Tuesday the 7th, and then the 8th, and 9th August. Paul was born and bred in Athenry (see http://www.paulhession.co/biography.html). He...
Of Irish parentage, Kellie moved to Ireland from England in her early twenties. She commutes to... Ballina three days a week and, yeah, that's the Ballina in County Mayo. Let no one else complain about not having time to train. She's married to Damien Burke who treats sports injuries and has two...
Frank joined Athenry AC in 2008 and applied himself steadily to the difficult task we've all experienced of getting back to real exercise in adulthood. Unfortunately, he suffered a series of injuries, including falling off a ladder, which kept him out for two years. He's back now and has recently...