The second round of the 2021/22 Winter road race league takes place on Wednesday December 15 over two miles. Athlete’s will be divided into divisions after this race, and the series resumes after Christmas with a three mile race on January fifth. The series runs every two weeks until the final round on April 20 which incorporates the Raheny Open Mile. A series entry fee of €50 for the nine…

While the eyes of the athletics World were focused on Abbotstown on Sunday, Kate Purcell posted an excellent 2:51.36 in the Malaga marathon, her debut over the distances this morning. Meanwhile Michael McEnery clocked 22:14 to finish sixth in the Ray D’Arcy Laura Lynn 6K. If you ran over the weekend please let us know via info @rahenyshamrock.ie

Brian Fay continued his excellent 2021 with a brilliant 10th place finish at the European cross country championship in Abbotstown. Fay ran an excellent race was just 30 seconds behind new European champion Jakob Ingebrgsten of Norway. “I was happy” explained Fay. “I thought the race would go off harder than it did and then it just kind of relaxed in that first K, and that let me get in…