I'm fair sure Paul is the first ever Athenry athlete to grace this august magazine's cover in its 28 year......
Anyone interested in availing of bus service to Athenry 10k?
The Green Alternative!
No Parking Worries
Have a post-race beer with a clear conscience
Subject to sufficient interest, a bus will depart Westside Library in Galway at 9.30am on the 26th with a pick up in Eyre Square and outside Huntsman Pub to arrive in Athenry at 10:00am. For those interested in sticking around for a post race beer the bus will depart Athenry at 03.30pm. There will also be a bus back to town at 01.00pm for those in a hurry to get home.
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The Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI), NUI Galway has assembled a distinguished panel of speakers to partake in a free public forum meeting on the subject of Osteoarthritis.
The 2008 REMEDI public forum entitled Osteoarthritis - current treatments and future therapies will be held on Tuesday, 9 December, from 7:30pm in The G Hotel Conference Centre, Galway.
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At a fantastic awards ceremony in Dublin yesterday, Paul Hession picked up the award for athlete of the year, beating off stiff competition from Rob Heffernan, Eileen O Keefe and Finnoula Britton.
Athenry AC was also nominated from club of the year, but that award went to Donegal's Tir Conaill.
A good crowd attended from Athenry AC, and amoung the guests were Paul's coach Stuart Hogg and his wife, who had flown over from Scotland for the event.
More details at the AAI website - http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=5181
We'll have a few more photos up here later this......
NUI Galway Arts and Media Alumni Branch presents
Olympian and NUI Galway Medical Student
Paul Hession in conversation with Colm Murray, RTÉ
The Oak Room
Buswells Hotel, Molesworth Street, Dublin
Tuesday November 11 – Reception 6.45pm (cash bar)
Starter's Orders 7.30pm
RSVP by November 7th - Colm O'Dwyer, colm.odwyer@nuigalway.ie, 091......
After an anxious wait it's been confirmed today that the Athenry Womens team have won silver medals in the National Senior Women's Marathon Championship of Ireland. This comes only a couple of months after their bronze medals in Waterford at the national Half Marathon. Does anyone else notice a potential sequence here ?
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Johnny O'Connor ran another fine marathon yesterday in New York. Reports indicate a very testing second half with a biting cold wind to contend with. Despite these adverse conditions Johnny was only a few minutes outside his personal best which he set in Berlin late last year.
Good Running Johnny!
The vital statistics:-
Race Number: 1429
Gender Position: 1332
Age Position: 548
Race Number: 4488
Name: JOHN O'CONNOR
Age: 35M
Country IRL
Official Time: 3:06:43
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This weekend approximately twenty Athenry runners will make the trip to the capital to take part in the Dublin City Marathon which doubles as the AAI National Marathon Championships. For the last five or six years the club has sent strong contingents to this race and each time it has proven to be one of the most enjoyable running weekends of the year. Many, many training miles have been run over the past few months and this is perhaps the best prepared 'outfit' we've ever sent to the race. Hopefully there’ll be a reward for all the hard work that has been invested.
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Some Video from Last weeks Cross country in Tuam.
Not much time for editing on this one..
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Just trawling through the DCM results that have just been released, these are the names I remember were up there, some are missing so please feel free to add more in comments until we put up a full result listing.
**UPDATED 29/10/2008**
78 Brian O' Connor (No. 1272) 02:47:17 02:47:14
86 Brian Bruton (No. 11109) 02:48:39 02:47:45
120 Robert Staunton (No. 654) 02:52:28 02:52:25
222 Mick Rice (No. 5701) 02:59:35 02:59:34
292 Owen Curran (No. 1747) 03:03:00 03:02:41
379 Paul Kilkelly (No. 11821) 03:07:25 03:06:17
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What a day!
Many, many miles had been run in training. All of the preparation, planning and plotting had been aimed towards this race. The whole weekend is an experience to savour. It builds on the journey eastwards and works its way through the ‘expo’ and the meal the night before, and then builds to its conclusion on Merrion Square around noon on Bank Holiday Monday. The energy and expectation that fills the air on marathon Monday morning lifts the city streets to a steady hum of excitement. You can taste the expectation. You can sense the anticipation.
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Did you do the Loughrea 5 Miler this year?
Do you remember that beautiful autumn day bathed in brilliant sunshine when we were hosted by the good members in Loughrea AC? If the memories are starting to fade then you might just be in luck. Former runner turned photographer John O'Connor was on hand that day, as he has been so often before, to record the action and to preserve some of our memories. John is a hugely gifted photographer with an artist's eye for portraiture.
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The AAI have just released the results for the National Marathon championship for men, which was run in conjunction with the Dublin city marathon.
http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=5119
Peader Nugent, who has toed the line for every single one of the Dublin city marathons, gets an extra medal to add to his collection, by picking up the silver medal in the M65 category.
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The AAI have just released the results for the National Marathon championship for men, which was run in conjunction with the Dublin city marathon.
http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=5119
Peader Nugent, who has toed the line for every single one of the Dublin city marathons, gets an extra medal to add to his collection, by picking up the silver medal in the M65 category.
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Did you do the Loughrea 5 Miler this year?
Do you remember that beautiful autumn day bathed in brilliant sunshine when we were hosted by the good members in Loughrea AC? If the memories are starting to fade then you might just be in luck. Former runner turned photographer John O'Connor was on hand that day, as he has been so often before, to record the action and to preserve some of our memories. John is a hugely gifted photographer with an artist's eye for portraiture.
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What a day!
Many, many miles had been run in training. All of the preparation, planning and plotting had been aimed towards this race. The whole weekend is an experience to savour. It builds on the journey eastwards and works its way through the ‘expo’ and the meal the night before, and then builds to its conclusion on Merrion Square around noon on Bank Holiday Monday. The energy and expectation that fills the air on marathon Monday morning lifts the city streets to a steady hum of excitement. You can taste the expectation. You can sense the anticipation.
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Just trawling through the DCM results that have just been released, these are the names I remember were up there, some are missing so please feel free to add more in comments until we put up a full result listing.
78 Brian O' Connor (No. 1272) 02:47:17 02:47:14
86 Brian Bruton (No. 11109) 02:48:39 02:47:45
120 Robert Staunton (No. 654) 02:52:28 02:52:25
222 Mick Rice (No. 5701) 02:59:35 02:59:34
292 Owen Curran (No. 1747) 03:03:00 03:02:41
379 Paul Kilkelly (No. 11821) 03:07:25 03:06:17
391 Mark Breen (No. 1227) 03:07:50 03:06:49
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Some Video from Last weeks Cross country in Tuam.
Not much time for editing on this one..
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This weekend approximately twenty Athenry runners will make the trip to the capital to take part in the Dublin City Marathon which doubles as the AAI National Marathon Championships. For the last five or six years the club has sent strong contingents to this race and each time it has proven to be one of the most enjoyable running weekends of the year. Many, many training miles have been run over the past few months and this is perhaps the best prepared 'outfit' we've ever sent to the race. Hopefully there’ll be a reward for all the hard work that has been invested.
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Owen Curran at the 5.5 Mile Mark - Photo Credit Richard Cuddy
A couple of weekends ago four Athenry runners organised a sneak assault on the ever-popular Cork to Cobh race. This event has been a popular pre-Dublin Marathon race for many years and despite some transport issues this year continues to be a high quality race thats well worth travelling down south for.
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Unbeatable Beatty
Maire Beatty has been unstoppable this season, cleaning up prizes from race to race with seeming ease. Well this weekend Athenry's answer to Sonia O'Sullivan went international when she took part in the Chicago Marathon. For the second consecutive year the race was run in soaring temperatures. Maire texted from Chicago,
"Am just finished the Chicago Marathon in 3:48. My God it was a hard run. I am wrecked. Very hot day."
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Martin Keane - Athenry AC Club Champion 2007
Yes you’ve herad it The Athenry AC Club Championship 5k will take place on the tartan in Dangan under flood lights, on Tuesday 14th October @ 7:45pm
This Athenry AC Club Championship takes place each year and is a great way to casually RACE your clubmates. The friendly format gives everyone a fair chance of WINNING as it is time handicapped. There are three cups up for grabs;
Overall Champion - Best individual time using the handicap system.
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The Athenry AC Half-Marathon roadshow moved to Dublin's Phoenix Park this weekend with the running of the Addidas Dublin Half Marathon. The race was held in warm autumnal Dublin sunshine and the atmosphere was great. While Galway City Harrier, Mike O'Connor was storming back to form at the front of the men's race (http://adidasdublinmarathon.ie/news.php?article=191) and Raheny Shamrock's Annette Kealy was winning the women's race a small but determined band of AthenryAC'ites were ploughing their own furrow in the main body of the field.
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Paul Hession displayed fantastic late season form to come withing a hair of claiming the last major international 200m title on offer this season. At the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart yesterday Paul powered off the bend in lane eight and delivered a fantastically strong run down the straight to close down all but the eventual winner Stéphane Buckland of Mauritius. When the photo-finish was examined it was clear that Paul had failed by only .01 of a second to claim the title.
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Paul Hession has one or two more tricks up his sleeve before he concludes his track racing schedule for the season. He takes his place in the World Athletics Final 200m race in Stuttgart on Sunday(http://www.iaaf.org/waf08/index.html). Paul has earned his place in this race because of his consistent racing record on the Grand Prix circuit over this summer. We wish Paul the best of Athenry luck and we'll all be rooting for him as he blazes around the bend and powers towards the finish line one more time.
Go for it Paul!
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Louisburgh to Westport Half-Marathon Reports by Maire Teresa Beatty, Debbie Flynn and Mark Breen
While some Athenry members had travelled to Waterford for the National Half marathon more took up the Coastal Charity Challenge, otherwise known as the Westport Half Marathon. Led by the indomitable Maria Hehir there were personal best times, category wins and a few glasses of wine afterwards.
Here’s a flavour of the experience in the words of three of the participants;
Maire Teresa Beatty (1:37 – 1st W45)
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Great Success for Athenry AC in Waterford National Half-Marathon
More Pictures From Waterford Here
Results Files Attached Below
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Paul Hession was back into Athenry last Saturday evening after his successful campaign at the Olympics in Beijing a few weeks earlier.
His official homecoming started at his home out in Park and, on a fine clear but cold evening, proceeded into the Square in the centre of Athenry, where he was met by over 500 well-wishers, who congregated from all over East Galway to welcome him back.
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The town of Athenry will welcome home one of it's greatest sporting heroes this Saturday evening and everyone is welcome.
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