Olympic Race Walker David Kenny’s club, Farranfore Maine Valley AC, is happy to confirm the return of the St Stephen’s Day 5K Run and 2K Walk on Sunday, December 26th with Kerry Airport back as one of its main sponsors. The winner of the first ever St Stephen’s Day 5K Race 60 years ago, Currow…
The Castleisland based An Riocht Athletic Club, in association with Lee Strand, held its eighth annual Kingdom Come 10 Miler and 5K run on Sunday. There was a fantastic turn-out with over 500 runners and walkers of almost all ages taking part across the two events. Support from Far and Wide Athletes and participants travelled…
Almost 400 runners took part in the annual Kingdom Come Run in Castleisland on Sunday last. There were many local and familiar faces present from the surrounding athletic clubs from every corner of the Kingdom, Cork and Limerick. The two events which took place on the day were road races over both 5km and 10…
The recently configured flatter course for this month’s annual An Ríocht Athletic Club 10Miler is most likely to produce new distance records for some and personal bests for many more. The 5K route for the graduates of the currently training Couch to 5K squad remains the same as in years past and runners and walkers…
Kerry athletes competed at the European Masters Indoor Athletics Championship in Madrid in the run up to the weekend from March 19th – 24th. On day one of the championships Ireland got its first gold medal courtesy of Kerry’s very own Jim O’Shea of Farranfore Maine Valley AC. Jim was competing in the M75 long…
Cool, overcast but otherwise ideal conditions greeted the 145 runners of widely varying abilities at the starting line for the annual An Ríocht AC Run Rudolph Run 5K at Rice’s Height at 11am on Sunday morning. There in the mix were the people who set out to win and the people who set out to…
It’s all about time – isn’t everything. I learned a thing or two from observing and listening to some of the 120 runners of both the serious and fun varieties last evening. I learned because I used to think it was all about being first over the line. It is and it isn’t. It’s all…
For the first time in its three-year existence an athlete from the host club won the An Riocht AC / Lee Strand Kingdom Come 10 Miler in Castleisland on Sunday morning. The bunch of 500 or so runner were hardly gone from the start at Rice’s Height when Tim O’Connor came storming back into the…
The rain held off for day one of the Kerry County Juvenile Track & Field Championships at An Riocht AC in Castleisland on Saturday, May 3rd. It was a day of heated competition, especially in some of the older age categories. Day 1 is traditionally sprint day with ages U-9 to junior competing in some…
Though they have no exact, official numbers the organisers of The Mall’s first ever Couch-to-5K Road Race estimate that they had a turnout of close to 200 for Saturday’s historic event in the village. The proceeds will go to the local, Scoil Mhuire Primary School Parents’ Association. There was a huge sense of pride of…
