Cork City, Monday 4 June 2012: Freddy Keron has won the sixth annual Cork City Marathon today in a time of 2:22:11 beating the official Cork City Marathon record by over three minutes. The Kenyan athlete, a first time competitor in Cork, is the first overseas winner of the Cork City Marathon. [Read more…]
Kearon wins Cork Marathon 2012
Cork City, Monday 4 June 2012: Freddy Kearon won the sixth annual Cork City Marathon today in a time of 2:22:11 beating the official Cork City Marathon record by over three minutes. The Kenyan athlete, a first time competitor in Cork, is the first overseas winner of the Cork City Marathon. [Read more…]
McCann does Cork double
Cork City, Monday 4 June 2012: Clonmel athlete Angela McCann has successfully defended her title at the 2012 Cork City Marathon in a time of 2:53:02. The mother of three shaved almost half a minute off the winning time she set in last year’s race. [Read more…]
Ciobanu and McCann return to Cork 2012
The 2012 Cork City Marathon is taking place this Monday, 4 June. Long regarded as the ‘marathon for everyone’, race organisers are expecting thousands of participants to take to the starting line and compete in the full marathon, half marathon and relay event this June Bank Holiday weekend. [Read more…]
Cork Inter-Services Marathon Championships
March 8, 2012: As Cork City Marathon launches the first ever Inter-Services competition, race organisers are challenging uniformed service personnel in Ireland and abroad to see who will come out as 2012 Cork City Marathon Inter-Services Champions. From Airport Fire and Police, the Defence Forces and Registered Nurses to an Garda Síochána and the Prison Service, all will be in to win! The Championships will be part of this year’s full marathon and team relay races. [Read more…]
Cork City Marathon 2012 Launch
Wednesday, 18th January 2012. Irish running legend and former Olympian, Catherina McKiernan, along with fitness expert, Karl Henry, from RTÉ’s Operation Transformation are calling on people everywhere to lace up their running shoes in preparation for the 2012 Cork City Marathon! Coming together to officially launch the 2012 race, these two Irish athletic powerhouses are challenging participants from all walks of life and levels of fitness to sign up to one of the most eagerly anticipated events on the Irish sporting calendar. [Read more…]
Byrne qualifies at Dublin Marathon
The big Irish performance of the day at the National Lottery Dublin Marathon belonged to Linda Byrne, who as well as winning the women’s Woodie’s DIY national marathon title, also achieved the A standard running 2:36.21 (inside the Olympic A standard of 2:37). [Read more…]
Dublin 2003 Report
Kenya’s Onesmus Kilonzo broke free from a group of seven runners in the late stages of the 24th Adidas Dublin Marathon to take victory in a time of two hours 17 minutes and four seconds. [Read more…]