tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364994932012-02-13T23:38:41.474ZWelcome to the Running in Cork blog, the largest website in Cork & Munster for news on road races and athletics. Included are a current race calendar, race previews, photos, results as well as some local, national and international news items.John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.comBlogger1711125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-67216945572949112792012-02-13T23:38:00.002Z2012-02-13T23:38:41.539Z2012-02-13T23:38:41.539Z

The Irish Indoor Athletics Championships were held in Belfast on the weekend of Sat 11th/Sun12th of February 2012. The highlights are now available on the RTE Player service HERE until the 5th of March. Index of programme...2:00 Womens 400m // 3:50 Mens 400m // 7:50 Mens 5k walk (Rob Heffernan) // 9:07 Womens 5k walk // 9:40 Womens long jump // 10:37 Womens Pole Vault // 10:45 Mens 3k // 13:00

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160 runners turned out for this Cork BHAA Cross Country race in Beaumont Park in Cork City. Photos by Joe Murphy HERE Pos.    Athlete    Business    Cat.    Time1    Sean McGrath    Midleton Tri + Run        17:252    Michael Buckley    Joyce Wolfe Physio        17:503    Trevor Woods    UCC    O/40    18:004    John Meade    Joyce Wolfe Physio        18:125    Rory O Sullivan    Deady

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 Race director Geraldine O'Sullivan of Bantry AC with the race winners Alan O'Shea of Bantry AC and Maura Regan of Eagle AC. Proceeds from the race went towards local community projects and a Cystic Fibrosis unit in CUH. Blue skies and sunshine greeted the runners to the Mealagh Valley and this 10 mile road race in west Cork. At times in the sun, it felt more like mid-April rather than mid

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Just a notice for any of the older local runners that may have known Willie Neenan of Millstreet AC........"The death has occurred unexpectedly on Thursday February 9th 2012 of Willie Neenan (aged 78) of Ballydaly. " Willie was second in the World Vets 1500mtrs. in Puerto Rico in 1983 and ran 2hrs. 38 mins. in the Dublin City Marathon in 1982 age 49. He was also the holder of the following

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Subject to confirmation,  Ciarán Ó Lionáird from Cork set a new personal best in the indoor mile at the USA Track & Field Classic in Fayetteville, Arkansas. His time of 3:54.76 was over a second faster than his 3:56.01 set in the Boston Indoor Grand Prix on the 4th of February. Place    Athlete Name         Affiliation    Time                              1    Silas Kiplagat         KEN    3:

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A video of the 2012 Wanamaker Mile from the Millrose Games at the Armoury in Upper Manhattan, New York can be seen here... The Irish interest in this race was David McCarthy from Waterford who won an indoor mile recently in Boston in 3:55.75 .  NYRR Wanamaker Mile 2012   1 Centrowitz, Matthew          Nike                   3:53.92A   2 Batty, Miles                 B.Y.U.                 3:

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If you haven't entered this race then you can still enter on the day for €20. Proceeds from the race are going to local schools in the community and towards a Cystic Fibrosis unit in CUH in Cork City. Getting there...The Mealagh Valley is a secluded area a few kms to the north-east of Bantry in west Cork. If you are travelling from say near Cork City then you need to allow plenty of time to

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An event called the Millrose Games is being held in a 5,000-seat armory in Upper Manhattan, New York on Saturday. Back in the 1980's, the Millrose Games were the centre of indoor track and field in the United States and Eamonn Coghlan was one it's biggest stars. He won the famous Wanamaker Mile seven times and earned himself the title Chairman of the Boards as a result.Eamonn Coghlan will be

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It's that time of year again...the Empire State Building race went ahead last Wednesday in New York City. Contestants started on the ground floor and ran the 1,576 steps or 102 floors to the top. Thomas Dold of Stuttgart, Germany won the men's race for a record seventh straight time and Melissa Moon of Wellington, New Zealand won the women's race. About 650 people registered for this year's

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Richard Donovan from Galway has set a new record by running a Marathon in each of the 7 continents in a time of 4 Days, 22 hours and 3 minutes. Starting in Antarctica on Wednesday 1st February 2012 at 09.53 (GMT), he ran the first Marathon in 4:21:11 in a balmy -10 deg C. From there, he went to Cape Town to run 4:23:51. Then across the South Atlantic to Sao Paulo in Brazil where he ran 4:19:00.

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In 2011, it took 31 days to fill the 45,000 available slots for the Chicago Marathon. Entries for the 2012 event opened on Wednesday last week (Feb 1st) and it took only six days, a new record. Local radio station WBEZ has a podcast available where they talk to coach Bill Leach about the boom in running in Chicago and running overall. Anyone planning to do this event or has just an interest in

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Just a word of warning to anyone going for a run from the usual popular parking spots like along the Marina or elsewhere in Cork City. See this message from a runner based in Cork...Just a word of warning about parking near the Atlantic pond / Marina area...I went for a 30 minute run along the old railway line last Thurs (in plain daylight!). I was only gone from the car for about 30 mins and

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One of the races coming up next weekend is the Mealagh Valley 10 mile near Bantry in west Cork.  Mars O'Connell and Geraldine O'Sullivan with a €6,145 cheque for Cystic Fibrosis One of the main people behind the organising of this race is Geraldine O'Sullivan of Bantry AC. Geraldine started running back in 2007 when she decided to take part in the Bay Run Half-Marathon between Glengarriff and

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Here is a quick peak at the dry fit top for the Mallow 10 mile road race which is coming up on Monday, the 19th of March.... The price for pre-entries is €15 and that includes the dry-fit top as shown above (First 1,000 entries). More details in an earlier post.

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Perhaps not exactly a running story but it may well have an impact on the upcoming Olympic games. Back in Oct 2011 , I had a post up about the banned substance Clenbuterol and how athletes had traces of it in their bodies due to eating contaminated meat. The ruling made on Monday sends out a clear message to anyone using the banned substance that 'eating contaminated meat' won't work as an

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In the 2012 Kagawa Marugame International Half Marathon in Japan on Sunday (5th Feb 2012), Alistair Cragg finished 65th in a time of 1:03:39. Men1. Matthew Kisorio (Kenya) - 1:00:022. Daniel Gitau (Kenya/Team Fujitsu) - 1:01:02 - PB3. Jacob Wanjuki (Kenya/Team Aichi Seiko) - 1:01:034. Benjamin Gandu (Kenya/Nihon Univ.) - 1:01:06 - PB5. Yusuke Takabayashi (Team Toyota) - 1:01:31 - PB65. Alistair

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This 5 mile road race is coming up in Carrigaline on Sunday, the 19th of February at 11am. Coming two weeks before the Ballycotton '10', it is ideally placed as a test run to check your fitness level  before the big day itself. The town of Carrigaline is only five miles south of the South Ring Road so it is within easy reach of Cork City. The entry fee is €8 and the organising club Eagle AC

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One of the great athletes from the 1980's, Olympic 400m hurdles champion Ed Moses won gold at the Montreal and Los Angeles games and broke the world record four times. He was so dominant at his sport that he would have almost certainly won a gold at the Moscow games if it wasn't for the US boycott. His long stride meant that he chopped between the barriers with 13 rather than the conventional 14

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There is an interview on the Newstalk website with Ciarán Ó Lionáird from Monday, 30th of Jan 2012. I'm not sure how long it will stay there so listen sooner rather than later. The interview goes from 16:26 to 33:30. Link HERE

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Did you run a Marathon in 2011? If you are male, were you 3:30 or faster? If you are female, were you 4:00 or faster? If the answer is Yes then have a look, see if you are listed and what your position in the world rankings was. http://www.all-athletics.com/en-us/world-marathon-lists

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Ciarán Ó Lionáird from Macroom, Cork won the mens mile in the Boston Indoor Grand Prix last night (Sat 4th Feb 2012). In a high quality field which included Mo Farah from Britain and Galen Rupp from the US, Ciarán Ó Lionáird won in a time of 3:56.01. Subject to correction but I think that was a new personal best time beating his old record of 3:57.99 in Dublin last July. Post race

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I meant to put up a post a few days ago about the 2012 Chicago Marathon and how entries were just open. Fast forward a few days and now, it looks as if it will be full very soon. This is one of the major Marathons in the USA, one of the five World Marathon Majors and attracts runners from all over the world. The Chicago Marathon celebrates it's 35th Anniversary this year and the race is on 

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If you search through the various running sites on the Internet, you'll notice that the big debate on minimalist or barefoot running shoes continues. I came across this audio podcast which I think gives a pretty good description of what minimalist running is all about and what it's advantages might be. Please note that it is 65 mins long but it's easier the listen to than read through pages

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After the recent poll on this site for best road races in Munster in 2011, the Bay Run Half-Marathon in west Cork was voted as the best Half-Marathon. Coming just one month before the Cork City Marathon, it is ideally placed for anyone wanting to try a Half-Marathon as part of their training schedule and still leave plenty of time to recover. Having started in 2007, the Bay Run Half-Marathon

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Cork based club Leevale AC have just produced a new video which gives some background information on the club, what they are up to and what their plans for the future are. It's just under 22 minutes long and even those with just a passing interest in track and field athletics should find it of interest...

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