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Monday, January 27, 2025

Race Report

Race reports contributed to and written by club members

Ironman triathlon 70.3 -Dun Laoghaire

A group of us had signed up for the relay of the Ironman triathlon 70.3 in Dun Laoghaire (a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run).  We had 5 teams and...

The Clonakilty 4 mile

And so to Clonakilty, or as it is more popularly known, the Land of Pudding. I’ve been training for the Berlin Marathon and with a few weeks to go now I was looking for...

Frank Duffy 10 Mile

The morning of the eagerly anticipated Frank Duffy 10 mile dawned, and no more waiting. Well, when I say “eagerly anticipated”, I mean that I was awake before the 6:30am alarm. On a Sunday....

Sportsworld 1500m and 4x400m Relay Championships 2018

It was the first of September, a day I’ll always remember: that was the day that my Sportsworld singlet died… The Venue: Tallaght Track. The Event: Sportsworld Club Championships. The Races: 1,500m individual men and women, 400m...

The Lakes 10k – 2018

Lured here by the promise of scenery and muffins we arrive to the Lakes around 10 am.  The rain has cleared and we’re left with a watery grey morning, a cool 16 degrees and...

Castlebar Greenway 10 Miler

It’s now Thursday afternoon and I have a gnawing sense of guilt regarding a Gareth text at 8am Monday morning looking for a race report. Figuring it would take me as long to write my...

Boyne 5K

I am not sure who will want to read about a 5k in Drogheda the same week the Berlin marathon reports are hot off the press. But it has been a long time since...

Berlin Marathon 2018

This past weekend whilst most of us were partying the night away the Berlin 6 were having a sleepless night before they took on the 26.2 miles on a memorable world record breaking day....

Charleville Half Marathon

When I heard "International", I had something else in mind.... I did okay in my second ever half. It was the 2017 Dublin Rock n’ Rock (finishing in 1:39, a number which would haunt me),...

Rathfarnham 5Km 2018

    It was cold and dry. The perfect morning for a race. After a nice warm up we gathered on Springfield Avenue near Tesco for the start of the race and shortly after we...