Some 10,000 runners of all ages took part today in the SPAR Great Ireland Run in the Phoenix Park, Dublin in very windy but warm conditions. Among these were almost 1,500 children in the Mini and Junior Runs for five to eight year olds and nine to fifteen year olds...
Sitting in the Irish camp in the Olympic Village in London, I’m looking down at the athletes from all different parts of the world. I see boxers, soccer players, race walkers, and even athletes that don’t even look like athletes. But what stands out is that none of...
May 5t 2013, Limerick Half Marathon race. We decided to drive down, from Dublin the day before. Registration and race number collection are done the days before hand. Our hotel of choice is the Travellodge just outside of town, at 45 euro per night a steal. The room...
Top Spanish runners, Jesus Espana and Ayad Lamdassem, will lead the European challenge against the legendary Kenenisa Bekele in next month’s SPAR Great Ireland Run. The pair will headline the men’s race in which top Irish runners Mark Kenneally, Linda Byrne and...
The Olympic Games has a knack of putting out the fire inside some and igniting others. Feeling dazed and confused about my own race it took me a while to reflect on what the Games meant to me. But spending the week hiking and relaxing with friends in France and...
