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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.

Weekend Results, Ballycotton and more

0n Sunday 3rd march we had 24 athletes take part in the Ballycotton 10. A large group of supporters also travelled down. Special thanks to Katie, Jamie and Calum for keeping us all on our toes. Conditions were cold with a strong headwind on the 2nd half of the race. Sergio Ciobanu, Clonliffe, won the mens race for the 3rd year in a row, in 49.17. Maria McCambridge, Letterkenny AC, retained the ladies title in 55.01. Sean Clifford retained the O/65 title, in a time of 69.18. The rest of results from our athletes were, Gary Condon,57.20, PB; Finbarr Kirwan,57.38; Joe Kelly, 63.48, Pb; Bill Stanley,64.22, Pb; Richard Kavanagh, 66.19; Robert Quinn, 66.42, PB; Suzanne Foot, 67.32,pb; Helen Barry,67.43, PB;Diarmuid Potts, 68.22,PB; Sean Clifford,69.18; Noelle Thorpe,73.02; Des O,Hare, 74.12, Pb; Leanne Geraghty,78.48, PB; Georgina Devlin,79.13, Pb; Denis Patterson,79.22; Mark Keirans, 79.45;  Jason O,Connor,81.29; Pat McCourt,83.11; Tony Brannigan,86.05; Grainne Cunningham,86.26; Emer Hynes, 86.28, Pb; Edel Woods, 89.08;  Andrea Murphy, 90.58, Pb; Siobhan Butler, 94.32, Pb; 

Above times are provisional, we will continue to update,as they become available.

Also over the weekend, in the Meath Half Marathon, Susan Dowd ran 1hr 51 50, a new pb, and Elaine Norton ran 2hr 02min20sec. Over in Galway, in the Kinvara Half Marathon, Joe Cawley, retuning from injury, ran 76.48, to finish 4th overall and win the O/40 prize. In the Debra Ireland, Wicklow Mountain Half Marathon, Dave Carragher, running his first half marathon, ran 2hr, 5min, over what is a very tough course. Well done to all the above.

1) John Hennessey has a small gallery of photos HERE
2) There is a slideshow of photos from Joe Murphy HERE (Updated)
3) As always, Gearoid O Laoi has some great photos HERE (Updated)
4) There is a slideshow of photos from Pat O'Driscoll HERE
5) Eoin Fegan has a large gallery of commercial photos HERE

BALLYCOTTON

Here is some information for those travelling to Ballycotton on Sunday.If you are not going, have a look anyway, it might encourage you to take part next year. John Desmond (who runs the excellent Running In Munster and Running in Cork blogs) has done an excellent job of putting together a write-up, which you can find here: course description. Directions and car-park information here too. Weather looks great for Sunday. (Thanks to Gary for above).

Niel, Valerie win in Rathdrum, Mary D,3rd in Kenmare.

On Thursday last, 21st Feb, the 2nd race in the Fit 4life series was held in Rathdrum. It was a 5k race, over a very tough 3 lap course. Niel Wiktorski took the mens race in 16.55 and Valerie Brown won the womens race in 19.34. Charlotte Stevens was 2nd O/50, in 23.20, and a new PB. This was the third time Charlotte has reduced her 5k pb since this race last year. We also had fine performances from Susan Dowd, 23.34, also a new Pb; Collette Mason, 24.43, another new Pb; Diane Doll, 26.10; Elaine Norton, 26.36.

In Kenmare, Co. Kerry, the Wild West Adventure Race (15ml trail) was held on sunday. Mary Dawson, fresh from her fine run in the Barcelona Half Marathon, finished 3rd in the womens race in a time of 2hrs.00.

Thursday training was again well attended last week, 2 groups, both doing 1k repeats. Great to see a couple of our elite runners, Mary and Lar, at training last week. This week we will be doing some hill work, 2 or 3 groups depending on numbers.

REMINDER, Wicklow Road Race C/Ships, 5k, Ashford, Wednesday 3rd April.

23 of our runners will be heading down to Ballycotton this weekend, we wish them all the best of luck.