Belfast City Marathon 2016
Bank Holiday Monday in Belfast means only one thing if you are a runner, the Deep River Rock Belfast City Marathon. It is not the greatest route, or the easiest,…
Action for Children
After Brian McFarland’s fantastic performance at the Victoria Shield, he decided that the entry money (£111) should go to a very worthy charity called ‘Action for Children’. This is a…
Weekend Report – April 24th
ATHLETICS NI GRADED MEETING, MARY PETERS TRACK Sprinters were in action last Tuesday night. The first race of the night was the women’s 100m and competing for OAC were Sophia…
Virgin Money London Marathon
“Now bid me run and I will strive for things impossible” – William Shakespeare British astronaut, Tim Peake, started the race from the International Space Station and ran a marathon…
Queen’s 5K – Club Championship
3K The perfect weather and the river setting promised a night of magnificent running and so it turned out. Stephen Orr returned to competitive running after a long spell of…
Weekend Report – April 17th
This weeks racing takes us up hill and down dale, across all kinds of terrain and even to a place far, far away. For some of us it was past…
Patsy Kelly 5K
On Saturday evening, Brian Todd and Gerald Harvey headed south and out of the jurisdiction to Dundalk (Brian’s home town) for the Patsy Kelly 5K road race. This is a…
Hill and Dale Race 1: Castlewellan
Castlewellan Forest Park is home to all sorts of outdoor activities with its lake, maze, play structures and forest offering 27km of scenic mountain bike trails, walking trails and a…
Weekend Report – April 10th
Considering the congested calendar over the Easter period, the past week was relatively quiet on the home front, but as usual orange vested athletes toed the line in a variety…
Weekend Report – April 3rd
With Easter Monday and an action packed weekend you may want to settle down with a cup of tea and a biscuit and get comfy before beginning this week’s lengthy…