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Race Report

Race reports contributed to and written by club members

IMRA Powerscourt Ridge race

This one was a bit like a thriller - it starts out positively, things get a bit hairy, but the intrepid heroes somehow pull through to live happily ever after.  The movie was a...

Leinster Senior Cross County 2021 Avondale

This was brutal but beautiful. All cross country races ought to be. None of this running monotonous laps around a GAA field on a bleak Sunday afternoon. Let’s have scenic courses flanked by trees...

Tallaght 5km Dublin Championship

When Emil Zátopek said that “a runner must run with dreams in his head and hope in his heart”, he was warning against the distractions of success and admiration. But the sentiment fits for...

Sunday long run Phoenix Park

Couldn’t find the exact history of the Sunday long run in Phoenix park but I was told a number of years ago that the route has been going for over a hundred years. Above...

Saturday Training Tymon Park

The Saturday morning training can be in different locations each week so check the weekly email or club Whats App group for location and time. At the moment one of the sessions is in...

Run the Line 2021 – Short Course (long report)

by Olive Fogarty It's almost a surprise. Saturday morning. to be standing in a corrale in Glencullen at 10am with Eileen, Neil and Tim about to do an actual event. After over a year of...

Run the Line 2021 – Long Course

by Tim Murphy Long Course 26k Climb  1,000m There was an eclectic mix of clashing colours gathered at Glencullen Adventure Park, on a bright November 20 morning – bandanas and buffs; trail shoes and runners; shorts and...

Lanzarote Running Challenge 2021

30 of Sportsworld's finest headed for Lanzarote last week for the annual International Running Challenge. The club has been going on the same trip in late November for twenty plus years but this time...

Jingle Bells 5Km December 4th 2021

Don’t know about you but it doesn't feel very Christmassy yet; nonetheless, I headed into Phoenix Park last weekend to take part in the ever popular Donore Jingle Bells 5k.  As I got closer to...

National Novice XC December 5th 2021 Gowran

It was a bright, fresh afternoon in Gowran, Co.Kilkenny on Sunday 5th December where the National XC Novice Race took place.  Sportsworld Running Club was represented with competitors taking part in both the women’s novice...