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Monday, January 20, 2025

Race Report

Race reports contributed to and written by club members

Clontarf Half Marathon – 2.00 Pacer. Run Faster I Play A Banjo

Report By Stephen Willoughby Slightly different race report than normal for Clontarf Half Marathon which took place 04th July as I was on official pacing duty for the 2 Hour Group. Was my 4th half pacing...

Half Marathon des Escargots, 11th July 2015

Report by Joe Byrne Thanks to Conor, Dave and Martin for all the race photos: Gallery The phrase “The loneliness of the long distance runner” was always something I associated with long training runs particularly around...

Stone Mad Half Marathon, 11th July 2015

Report By Ronan Murray Early morning on Saturday 11.07.14 and 4 Sportsworld musketeers headed off to Leighlinbridge in Carlow to take part in a little known event called the stone mad Half Marathon. It only...

Dunleer 4 Mile 12th July 2015

Report By Enda McMorrow Yesterday I set off with only my trusty (?) companion Mandy in tow (of whom more anon) for the Dunleer 4 mile race, celebrating its 5th year of running. I had earmarked...

Graded #7 2015

They run 8 graded meets throughout the summer around Dublin. But summer in Ireland doesn't always match up to expectations.Sometimes it windy, sometimes it's wet but occasionally the weather gods play nice and you...

Fingal 10km 2015

Report by Noel Tobin & Naoise Waldron Thanks to Paddy Lynch and Joe Haugh for the photos. Noel Today was the third running of the Fingal 10k which is part of the marathon series of races leading...

Racing in the Rain – The Liberties 6K Fun Run

Report By Anna Carrigan Thanks to Paddy Lynch, Joe Haugh and Will Greensmyth for the race photos. For me, the evening's fun started on the N3. I was making my way into town in good time...

Silver lining for Martin Keenan in the Tullamore clouds

National Track Masters race report – by Justin McKeever Having recently discovered the pain joy of track running, and also having matured to the M40 category, I thought I’d have a crack at the National...

Dublin Athletics Graded Meet 8

Report By Tara Rhatigan Thanks to Denis McCaul , Anna Delaney & Valerie Power for all the brilliant photos. Full album here: Photo Gallery We had a fantastic turn out at the last in the series...

Kilcommon 10k

Report By Will Greensmyth The one and only time I did this race previously I basked in the reflective glory of first place and the beautiful Irish summer evening sunshine. This year was somewhat different....