July, 2012

Record Numbers in Clonroche 5K // July 21, 2012

With 69 runners and 12 walkers, this year’s Clonroche 5K broke all records for a Summer League race. Peter Matthews of DSD led out a quality field with twelve runners sub six minute miling. Conditions were perfect [...]

Mount Leinster 2012 // July 17, 2012

The annual mountain race on Mt Leinster took place on Sunday in damp foggy conditions.  It was the fifth race in the six race Leinster Championship run by the Irish Mountain Running Association.  In all 61 [...]

Battle at The Ballagh // July 17, 2012

The Slaney Olympic A.C. road summer league continued at the Ballagh last Friday with a challenging 4 mile race. A slight break in the weather gave some respite to the 42 athletes who battled their way around [...]