Skehana 8K was my 4th race of 2025 having completed the 5K resolution Run, Maree 8K and Kinvara 10K. This was the most races I have done early in the year for several years. Training had been going well and I had largely stayed injury free. I had signed up in 2024 for the Kinvara half marathon and deferred it to 2025 as I was injured on a long Sunday road run. Similarly preparing for this year’s Kinvara half marathon I picked…
It was in October 2024 that I noticed that Malaga Half Marathon was offering a special early bird offer. Following on from very successful and fun weekends in Berlin, Amsterdam and Lisbon, our running crew had been chatting about Craughwell AC going on tour somewhere in Europe to do a half marathon. It did not take very much persuasion to get a group together and within a short time we had a group of 25 runners interested in travelling. We…
The third Galway women’s mini-marathon took place on a chilly February morning in Craughwell. This 10k road race takes place on St-Brigid’s bank holiday weekend around the beautiful country roads of Craughwell. After marshalling for the previous two races, I decided it was time to step up to the start line! Running conditions were perfect and the atmosphere was even better. Runners enjoyed a warmup outside the clubhouse before the race start. It was great to see so many young…
David Frazer delivered the run of his life in Ballybritt to win Bronze in the Junior boys all-Ireland Schools Cross Country representing Calasanctius. The popular Oranmore man has quietly gone about his business in training in recent months, duly attending every session and getting on with things. He took the same attitude in the race, putting himself right in the discomfort zone from the start, roared on by his friends, family and his large rowdy group of Club training partners….
Conor Penney is a medal-machine and he did it again with another superb championships today in Athlone at the National U20 Championships. Conor won the High Jump with his opening jump of 1.90m. He missed his first couple of attempts at 1.95m so called it after that as he already had the competition won. OisÃn Davis closed off his indoor season with a Bronze in a stacked u23 men’s race. OisÃn briefly led for some of the early running and…
