John Nuttall has been appointed to the role of Endurance Coach in the latest coaching appointment to the UKA Performance team by Performance Director Neil Black. Nuttall will join Terrence Mahon in taking UKA’s endurance programme through to Rio 2016 and the 2017 IAAF...
On Thursday 22 November, 41 ORBIS Ireland supporters set off for Addis Ababa to take part in the Great Ethiopian Run 2012. After five consecutive years, ORBIS Ireland is the longest standing and largest international participant in the race. Following on from the...
European Athletics President Hansjörg Wirz met with Republic of Serbia President Tomislav Nikolic on Thursday in Belgrade to discuss the development of athletics in the region. During the reception President Wirz also discussed the 2013 SPAR European Cross Country...
The word legend is used too often in sport but when the name of Serhiy Lebid is mentioned alongside the SPAR European Cross Country Championships then there is no doubt it is the correct description. Lebid is now 37 and he has won the European cross country title on a...
Defending champion Fionnuala Britton will lead the Irish charge at the 19th SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on 9 December. The 28-year-old has been shaping up well to defend her title in the Hungarian capital. She finished fourth in a...
