by ieadmin | Mar 13, 2012 | Events, Featured, News
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...
by ieadmin | Mar 8, 2012 | Cork, Featured, Marathon, News
March 8, 2012: As Cork City Marathon launches the first ever Inter-Services competition, race organisers are challenging uniformed service personnel in Ireland and abroad to see who will come out as 2012 Cork City Marathon Inter-Services Champions. From Airport Fire...
by ieadmin | Mar 5, 2012 | Featured, Indoors, News
Not much has been seen of Ireland’s 2005 and 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships 400m gold medallist David Gillick since July last year after a calf injury prematurely brought an end to his season. He missed last summers’ World Championships and...
by ieadmin | Mar 5, 2012 | Events, Featured, News
John Coghlan, son of Irish track legend Eamonn Coghlan is eyeing the forthcoming Kleinwort Benson Investors St. Patrick’s 5K Festival Road Race as another stepping stone in his bid for Olympic qualification. Earlier this year John made history running a sub four...
by ieadmin | Jan 18, 2012 | Featured, Marathon, News
Wednesday, 18th January 2012. Irish running legend and former Olympian, Catherina McKiernan, along with fitness expert, Karl Henry, from RTÉ’s Operation Transformation are calling on people everywhere to lace up their running shoes in preparation for the 2012 Cork...
by ieadmin | Jan 10, 2012 | Featured, News
The Great Ireland Run 2012 – on Sunday April 15th in the Phoenix Park, Dublin – was launched today by Ireland’s European Cross Country champion and 2012 Olympic Games qualifier, FIonnuala Britton. Fionnuala finished seventh woman in the Run last year,...