by ieadmin | Mar 31, 2014 | NewsFeed
European Athletics is pleased to announce that former world javelin champion Tero Pitkämäki of Finland and two-time SPAR European cross country champion Fionnuala Britton of Ireland have been as the European Athletes of the Month for March. Pitkämäki, the 2007 world...
by ieadmin | May 17, 2013 | Articles, Featured, Half, News, Race Report, Tourism
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...
by ieadmin | Apr 14, 2013 | Events, Featured, News
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...
by ieadmin | Apr 5, 2013 | Events, News, Pre-event
Kenenisa Bekele, double Olympic gold medallist at 5,000 and 10,000 metres in 2004 and 2008, and fourth place finisher in the London Olympics last year, will return to the Phoenix Park, Dublin on Sunday 14 April to defend his title in the SPAR Great Ireland Run 10k....
by ieadmin | Mar 27, 2013 | Featured, News, Pre-event
After her impressive run at the weekend in the World Cross Country Championships in Poland, Fionnuala Britton now focuses on the road as she prepares for the SPAR Great Ireland Run on 14 April in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Britton finished in Poland as first European...