This Saturday the Galway Indoor track and field takes place in Nenagh. A provisional program of events is available at www.galwayathletics.com (http://www.galwayathletics.com/). Note that all times are provisional and subject to change on the day.The following are some notes for...

A very happy New Year for 2009 to all the members of Craughwell AC and the other Galway clubs. This is a wandering review of the year of the juvenile club’s activities and my own involvement. The start of...

This is a very late commentary on the performance of our athletes in Ballyhaise, Cavan a few weeks ago. Full results of the National finals of the uneven ages and Novice championships are on http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?page_id=160 (http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?page_id=160).Mark has already commented on...

With all the cross-country excitement I forgot to report that there was another Craughwell athlete in action last weekend. Jason Broderick was to be seen near the front of the Aware 10K in Phoenix Park on Saturday. Jason...

The McMillan running calculator is amazing, and Greg McMillan that runs that website is also the coach of probably Ireland's best distance running prospect - Millungar's Martin Fagan. This is an interesting video of Martin training at altitude this...

Ballyhaise, Cavan 2008. I think it was about the toughest surface I have ever run on. Worse than the infamous Dartfield of last year. In Dartfield it was just sloppy mud we had to...

Anyone who has run any road race around the West of Ireland over the past 10 years will be familiar with the sight of the ranging form of the popular Ian Egan at or near the front. We...

The all-Ireland Novices will be on in Ballyhaise, Co.Cavan on the 7th of December and the Craughwell team entered is as-follows: Tony NevinJohnny LaneMartin CorcoranMark DavisPatrick HolohanJustin NilandJason BroderickOliver NilandDiarmuid QuillIt would be great if we could get as many...

The long road to Tramore racecourse, Co. Waterford beckoned at 7am last Sunday morning as a small crew from Craughwell AC hit the road for the first day of the National Cross Country Championships. Some folks had travelled the day...

I’m still not sure who will put their marathon experience on paper as yet so this is a snippet of all the...

We are in the final week leading into the club’s Christmas Night at the Dogs Fund-raiser on Saturday 29th November. The club is holding this fundraiser in conjunction with Craughwell National School and Craughwell United FC to raise funds for...

The Intercounty cross country is going ahead next this Sunday and the Galway teams are announced as below. Waterford is a long way to travel so it would be great if people could post leave a comment on this...

The big-spenders over at Loughrea have published another professionally-produced video of their successful 5-mile race. This also includes the large Juvenille race which was won in such dominant form by Craughwell AC's Linda Porter and Paul Joyce.I think this...

The day was once again perfect for running - and 90 runners turned out to take advantage. Thanks a million to everyone that took part - especially the pacers: Peter Delmer (22 min), Thomas Porter (24 min), David Huane...

The last primary school cross country of the season took place in Renmore today with the annual Cumann na mBunscoil cross-country. The numbers were significantly higher than in the same event last year, a similar trend to the AAI primary...

Lough Key Forest Park in Boyle was the venue for the 2nd day of the Connacht cross-country championships. As our athletes took to the road from Craughwell, Oranmore, Ardrahan, etc the weather seemed to get progressively worse as hail stones...

Craughwell AC will be hosting our 2nd Fit4Life 5k .How To Register: Text Name Club To 0863026798 or email Name Club to fit4life@o2.ie (mailto:fit4life@o2.ie)When: Sunday 16 Nov @ 1:00PM Number pick up :...

Sometimes after a crash it's good to get back on the bike! Our chance to get back into it is this weekend - the Hollymount international road race is a very popular race and one of the...

Most races are pretty logically named after their distance. For example, a race over 10 Kilometers is called a 10k. The marathon is unusual in that it gets its name from a Greek epic.It couldn’t be better named...

When the dust had settled on last week's Dublin marathon and the AAI scrutineers had time to analyse the results and decide the individual category placings and team results, they confirmed what we hoped - that Mark was an individual...