European Athletics confirmed the cancellation of the 2020 edition of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships that was due to take place in Dublin, Ireland, on 13 December. [Read more…]
Ireland to Host Euro 2020 Cross Country
November 20, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Athletics Ireland has secured the hosting of the European Cross Country Championships for the second time. Members of the bid committee presented to the European Athletics Council in Budapest and emerged as winners. [Read more…]
Connemarathon 2016 held in tough conditions
May 2, 2016 By 1 Comment
The Connemarathon 2016, held its fifteenth edition of their events, consisting of a half marathon, full marathon and 39.3 mile ultra marathon all on Sunday April 10th. The day proved an enormous success with runners coming in from 29 countries to participate in what is widely known as a magical running experience. [Read more…]
Eleven weeks to 2016 Connemarathon
January 26, 2016 By Leave a Comment
There is less than eleven weeks to go until the 2016 Connemarathon where 3,000 participants will descend on the region in the west of Ireland and we are hoping to have representation from 29 countries again this year on Sunday, 10th April. [Read more…]
Connemara International Marathon set for April 2016
October 20, 2015 By 1 Comment
Set in the wild west of Ireland, the Connemara International Marathon is widely regarded as one of the world’s most spectacular events. While taking in the most breath-taking scenery that Ireland has to offer, runners and walkers will enjoy an internationally orientated day in the heart of the Wild AtlanticWay. [Read more…]
Dublin Marathon journey by Gillian
October 31, 2014 By 4 Comments
Dublin City Marathon 2014 – The weather building up to this event did not bode well. Friday, Saturday and Sunday was a mixture of sun, rain, cloud and worst of all wind – with speeds exceeding 35mph. Weather reports on Sunday suggested we were in for a dull cloudy day with wind speed 25-35MPH for the Marathon. This would mean that we would get a head wind on mile 13 -15 and a tailwind from mile 22 onwards. With that in mind, I packed my race bag, put my number on my race top and went to sleep early Sunday evening and awoke to the sound of howling wind outside my window. [Read more…]
Connemara International prepares 2015 Marathon
October 13, 2014 By 1 Comment
The Connemara International Marathon is one of the world’s most scenic events, set in the dramatic scenery of the west of Ireland. 2015 will mark its fourteenth year in running, growing in numbers each year from 73 runners to our sell out point, in excess of 3,000 runners. The event will take place this year on Sunday April 12th. [Read more…]
Athlone 3/4 Marathon by Gillian
October 9, 2014 By 3 Comments
With a slight nip in the air and my bags packed, I began my journey to Glasson Golf Club and the start line of the Athlone 3/4Marathon. After a nice relaxing car journey down to Glasson and the car parked up, I made my way to Race HQ. I was to collect my race number and to tuck into a freshly backed scone with melted butter and strawberry jam, and of course a cup tea. Stomach full and number attached, all I now had to do was to relax until 10.45 when we were to be summoned to the car park for a pre-race briefing. Then it was on down to the start line. [Read more…]
Athlone 3/4 Marathon 2014 Success
October 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The County Westmeath dished up a successful and inspiring Athlone 3/4 Marathon on the 5th October 2014. With the weather playing its part, 800 runners enjoyed the dry and sunny conditions, with a cooling breeze over the course to assure a pleasant running experience was achieved.
O’Hanlan wins in Record Time
Upfront, there was a strong dual between Gary O’Hanlon of Clonliffe and Barry Minnock of Ratherham. The two had met previously in 2012, when Minnock came out trumps, however on this occasion O’Hanlon was able to pull away after 10km. The Clonliffe athlete pulled away steadily over the course to achieve a new course record in a time of 1:45:12, with Minnock almost 5 minutes behind in 1:49:54. Liam Feely in 3rd, made good progress over the latter stages of the race to close to within 3 seconds of the 2nd placed finisher.
For the victor, O’Hanlon, this was his 3rd win at the Athlone 3/4 Marathon event and on this occasion the new course record was icing on top of the cake.
Women’s Winner – Fiona Stack
Fiona Stack of Shamrock AC proved too strong for her opposition, winning in a decent time of 2:09:15, ahead of Angela McCann from Clonmel AC. McCann had made a race of it, and Stack had judged her race to perfection to claim the top rung on the podium. Teresa Agar of St Abbans ran strongly for 3rd place.
Final Preparation for Dublin Marathon
In common with most of the participants the prize winners were generally using the event as a final long run preparation event for the Dublin or New York marathon events in the coming weeks.
Final Word from race Director
Race Director Paul Mahon was pleased with the large attendance and admitted that the weather could not have been better on the day.
“The scenic location and and luxurious changing facilities at the Glasson Golf Hotel, along with complimentary massage post race were universally well received by all participants.”
Athlone 3/4 Marathon Results 2014
Men
Place Bib Surname Name Sex Cat Club Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Race Time Chip Time
1 575 O’Hanlon Gary M V 40 Clonliffe 0:35:04 0:34:27 0:35:41 1:45:12 1:45:12
2 502 Minnock Barry M Sen Rathfarnham 0:35:07 0:35:43 0:39:03 1:49:55 1:49:54
3 220 Feely Liam M Sen North Leitrim AC 0:36:34 0:36:03 0:37:20 1:49:57 1:49:57
Women
1 690 Stack Fiona F Sen Raheny Shamrock AC 0:45:37 0:41:12 0:42:26 2:09:17 2:09:15
2 442 McCann Angela F V 40 Clonmel AC 0:44:01 0:43:32 0:45:20 2:12:57 2:12:53
3 799 Agar Teresa F Sen St Abbans 0:45:57 0:43:26 0:44:41 2:14:28 2:14:04
Record year for Dingle Marathon 2014
September 15, 2014 By 1 Comment
The Dingle Marathon run under bright and sunny conditions on the 7th September 2014, was a resounding success for the 1800 plus entrants of the distances ranging from half marathon to marathon and inclusive of the ultra distance of 80 km. [Read more…]
