{"id":1087,"date":"2017-01-24T20:13:44","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T19:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2017-01-24T23:09:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:09:17","slug":"axa-raheny-5-best-short-distance-race-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/?p=1087","title":{"rendered":"AXA Raheny 5 &#8211; Best Short Distance Race in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The 2016 AXA Raheny 5\u00a0has been\u00a0awarded the Running in Ireland award for best short distance race of 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The prestigious award voted by athlete\u2019s from across Ireland and abroad, brought a smile to race director Pat Hooper\u2019s face as preparations continue for the 2017 event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u201cThis is a fantastic award to win\u201d explained Pat Hooper founder of the Raheny 5 in 1985 and race director to this very day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u201cWe have strived to make this road race and the full day as the best event in Ireland and we have been working on that for the last 33 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u201cIt\u2019s testament to all the hard work put in by people not just last year but in the entire history of the event and I hope everyone involved in the AXA Raheny 5 will take pride in it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u201cP<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">reparations<\/span> are coming along for Sunday and we hope to make 2017 an even better AXA Raheny 5 than last years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Pat recorded a short video for all Raheny 5 competitors and supporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe 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