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Month: May 2006

Handicap Chase Final Results

Handicap Chase Final Results

  On a perfect sunday morning for running, the Handicap chase concluded in great fashion.  It was a day dominated by late arrivals to the series.  In her first race, Fidelma Healy-Eames ran a great race to exceed her handicap predictions by 14 minutes – coming home in 70:35.  Among the ladies, Fidelma was followed home by GCH's Bernie Kelly (45:58) and Craughwell's Dervilla Darcy (54:32). In a genuinely great performance, Diarmuid Quill managed to shatter his previous PB by two minutes…

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Results from Craughwell 5k 23 May 2006

Results from Craughwell 5k 23 May 2006

The third race of the Galway 5k Series took place Tuesday evening in Craughwell, with 73 participants completing the course in good times. The pre-race perception that the course was reasonably flat was quickly banished as runners gave their verdict on a challenging course at the finish line. Luckily the weather held fine for all but a couple of minutes during the race. Check the photos of the race – album one courtesy of Wally Walsh and album two courtesy of Julie…

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Results of Craughwell 10k Handicap Chase: Race 3

Results of Craughwell 10k Handicap Chase: Race 3

17 hardy souls turned up early Sunday morning to run the 3rd race in the Craughwell Handicap Chase 10k Series. Nice weather conditions early in the morning were replaced by some nasty showers shortly before the race started, with these easing to a steady drizzle by the time 8.30am arrived.

Youth Athlete Development Seminar 27th May

Youth Athlete Development Seminar 27th May

F.A.O. All Athletics Coaches and Clubs! Please find attached details on the first IYCA (International Youth Conditioning Association) Youth Athlete Development Seminar in Europe, which takes place in Dublin City University on Saturday May 27th 2006 from 10.00am – 6.00pm. The presenter will be Brian Grasso, an Athletic Development Specialist from the USA and IYCA Executive Director. Brian is the author of "Complete Functional Conditioning" and his latest book "Training Young Athletes – The Grasso Method" For more information on…

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Handicaps for Race3 of the Handicap Series

Handicaps for Race3 of the Handicap Series

This is a busy week in Galway road running.  As well as the highly anticipated first race in the Galway 5K series which is on in Athenry on Tursday evening, (http://www.athenryac.com for details) , Race 3 of the handicap series is due on Sunday morning, 14th May.  Though we encourage people to take part in both events, depending on your level of fitness it might be advisable to use one of the races as a training run if you are hoping to…

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Shin Splints

Shin Splints

Some people were asking about Shin Splints at circuits on Friday and again at the race series on Sunday.  Michael received this email from a site he was registered with recently and it has a lot of details on tretment of shin splints.  I am reprinting it here for the record, though there may be more details on the site.

5km Race Series for Galway

5km Race Series for Galway

Dig out your runners! Dust off your shorts and get running …  A series of 5km races will take place around Galway on Tuesday evenings during May. The series is been organised to provide more local races for Galway runners and to encourage people to take up the sport. These races are ideal for anyone preparing for the mini-marathon or  other races in the summer.