A GROUP of young runners from Tullamore Sacred Heart School will have one of the greatest experiences of their lives when they run in the World Schools Cross C.
A GROUP of young runners from Tullamore Sacred Heart School will have one of the greatest experiences of their lives when they run in the World Schools Cross C.
THE death has taken place of Mick Neville, one of Tullamore and Offaly s greatest ever male runners – the only Offaly man with a better track record than .
Offaly athlete s Olympic dream suffers blow in Austria
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ANN Marie McGlynn s dreams of making the Olympics Games marathon suffered another blow when she withdrew during her latest attempt to achieve the qualifying time.
The Mucklagh woman fell an agonising five seconds short of the qualifying standard when she ran in the Cheshire Elite Marathon in Wales at the end of April. Nee Larkin, McGlynn ran the race of her life when setting a spectacular personal best of 2.29.34 but needed to get under 2.29.30 to book her place in Tokyo.
It was desperate hard luck on the vastly experienced runner and she gave it another go when running in the S7 marathon in Styria, Austria on Sunday. Unfortunately, the conditions were shocking on the day with spilling rain and wind on an Austrian highway and she made the very wise decision to drop out as it became apparent that an Olympic qualifying time was not possible – the conditions were not conducive for fast races though a Can