A fantastic David Frazer Silver was the highlight of another huge day for Craughwell AC, full of ups and downs at the National Even-ages Cross Country in Derry. The course consisted of laps of pitches and an adjoining field at the Templemore Sports Complex on the outskirts of Derry. Â We knew it would be flat, but the weather of the day and the weeks prior made it very wet and mucky all throughout the course. Â When you add to that…
The Connacht Uneven ages Cross Country took place on Sunday morning in Ballinrobe Racecourse. The weather was bright and the footing good as the finest Athletes from the West competed over various distances on the fast flat course. Everyone was very enthusiastic about the organization and the whole event went superbly thanks to host club Lake District AC. The Senior Men’s race was a fantastic battle with a large fields of nearly 50 entrants. Craughwell’s U20 Mathys Bocquet managed had…
Dublin marathon weekend started on the Saturday with a trip to the expo in the RDS to pick up our race bibs. Busier than usual with the queue stretching along the front of the main hall. I bumped into Maura and her sister Collette (Mayo AC) in the queue. It moved quickly and we collected our bibs and caught up with Rena who was ahead of us. A few new running items purchased at the expo, we left the RDS…
I always target an October marathon each year as it’s a good time to train for one in terms of favourable weather and good selection of races leading up to an October marathon (1/2 and 3/4 races). Having done Dublin (x3) and Frankfurt (2024) I was looking for something different. Browsing through AHOTU.COM, which is a great website for all the different races all over the world, the one race that caught my attention for October was the Sparkasse 3 Lands Marathon….
The Connacht Even Ages Cross Country took place in wet and windy Enniscrone on a beautiful and tough course that had everything. The day started with the U10 girls where Katie Considine once again was in fine form, taking a clear win. She was followed by Lucy McGovern (14), Lara McGovern (15), Aoibhin Grace Gallagher McKeon (32), Kate Frazer and Caoimhe Hall to seal a fine Bronze for the village girls. Billy O’Brien (13th), Gabriel Killoran (27) and Alex McGovern…
Jamie Fallon had an outstanding run at the National Marathon Championships in Dublin on Sunday. Â The popular Craughwell man has been an ever-present on the roads around east Galway snce a young age and he finally made his first venture over the 26.2 mile distance. Â In wet and breezy conditions, Jamie ran the entire way at a superb 3:19 per km, to complete the distance in 2:19.37, for a massive new Club Record. Â Jamie was 7th Irishman and 14th person…
