Great Run From Neil, Charlotte wins Category

Well done to all from the Club who ran in Saturdays St. Patrick's 5k Festival Run around the streets of Dublin City Centre. Neil Wiktorski set a new Pb of 15.55 and finished 9th overall in a top class field. Charlotte Stevens, also set a new pb of 23.13, she also was 1st in the O/50 category. Emer Hynes ran 26.54, also a pb. The mens race was won by John Coughlan in 14.45, the womens race was won by Linda Byrne in 16.03. Full results can be found on www.championchipireland.com 

The Dune Cross border marathon took place on Monday 18th March, the race starts in Dundalk and finishes in Newry. Des O,Hare, fresh from his fine run in Ballycotton, ran 1hr 42.10. Full report to follow, but from what we hear this is a very tough half marathon course. The mens race  was won by Gary O,Hanlon, in 1.15.30, while the womens race was won by Catriona McConnell in 1.29.04. Full results are available on www.championchipireland.com

Please take not that training returns to Shanganagh on Thursday 21st March at 6.30pm sharp. 

Friday News

Last night, thursday 14th march, was our final training session from Bray Head Tce., before our return to Shanganagh next Thursday. We had a great turnout, with almost 30 taking part, we were therefore able to break up into 3 groups of similar ability. Next week on our return to Shanganagh, we will be doing a 4k and a 2k time trial, as we continue our preparation for the Wicklow Road C/Ships on 3rd April, in Ashford.

A couple of recent results, in the NUI/AIB 4mile C/C, Bernard Quinn ran 27.24, and in the Operation Transformation 5k in the Phoneix Park, Mary Hourahan ran 32.10. Please send your results and if possible a race report to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ballycotton, official results

Official and Final Ballycotton 10 results are now out...

The official and final results for this year's Ballycotton 10 are now out. They can be seen HERE

The organisers also issued the following statement...
"2013 BALLYCOTTON ‘10’ OFFICIAL RESULTS
The results are now on the website and show a total of 2,602 finishers, similar to last year. Sergiu Ciobanu’s time has been corrected to 49:18, a two second improvement on 2012. Also, after East Cork were originally declared the team winners, a check-back found that Raheny were first although both clubs finished on the same points total.

Maria McCambridge’s time of 55:01 was only 13 seconds outside the course record she set last year and she can now claim the two fastest times in a race which has been won in the past by likes of Sonia O’Sullivan, Marian Sutton and Karen MacLeod.

There was one category course best; Joan Coyle’s 81:29 knocking over two minutes from Catherine O’Regan’s F65 time.

Unfortunately, a small number of finishers don’t have a chip time but with all such timing systems a certain percentage aren't picked up at the start so therefore don't get a chip time, only a gun time. However, the gun time is always the one recognised for official purposes.

Anyone wishing to see their five-mile splits can do so on the Precision Timing website by just clicking on their name in the results.

Despite our warnings, a tiny minority still persist in transferring numbers – all we’ll say is that we have already been in touch with some of the culprits and further action may follow.

Finally, the traditional result booklet will be out after the weekend and anyone requesting a copy can do so from the contact in the race programme. The booklet will also be freely available at local races over the coming weeks..........Ballycotton Running Promotions

Running On The Web.

Good Q&A session with Siofra Cleirigh Buttner on ‘The Running Review’

James Sullivan has been talking to another of Ireland’s rising stars, middle distance junior athlete Siofra Cleirigh Buttner.Siofra Cleirigh Buttner is a middle distance athlete from Dublin, Ireland. She won a silver medal over 1500m at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival. At the 2012 World Junior Championships she reached the semi-finals of the 800m. She currently holds the Irish junior indoor record for the event with a clocking of 2:05.26, set in January 2013 at the new indoor track facility in Athlone.

Read more here: http://www.therunningreview.com/?p=918

Protein Intake And Performance For Runners by Matt Fitzgerald on competitor.com

Are you taking in enough protein? Too much? At the right times?

Find out here: http://running.competitor.com/2013/03/nutrition/protein-intake-and-performance-for-runners_22711

Doping: Helsinki 2005 re-tests reveal ‘adverse findings’

Athletics weekly reports that six ‘adverse findings’ have come back on re-tests of doping samples from the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, the International Association of Athletics Federations has confirmed.

Read more here: http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/doping-helsinki-2005-re-tests-reveal-adverse-findings/

Performance Shoe Review.

Looking to get some performance kicks for Spring road races, review your options on Runner’s World: http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/reviews/shoes/performance-shoes/15.html

Alberto Salazar says 2014 London Marathon will be Mo Farah's audition for Rio Games marathon in 2016

Simon Hart reports in the telegraph that Alberto Salazar, the American coach who guided Mo Farah to his double Olympic triumph last year, says next year’s Virgin London Marathon will hold the key to whether Farah will contest the marathon at the 2016 Rio Olympics or stick to defending his 5,000 and 10,000 metres track titles.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/london-marathon/9893304/Alberto-Salazar-says-2014-London-Marathon-will-be-Mo-Farahs-audition-for-Rio-Games-marathon-in-2016.html

Marathon Talk Podcast

Good interview with Dave Moorcroft former World 5,000m record holder on Marathon Talk

Part I: http://marathontalk.com/podcast/episode_164_dave_moorcroft_part_one.php

Part II: http://marathontalk.com/podcast/episode_165_dave_moorcroft_part_two.php

Thanks to Dominic for the above article.