Courtney McGuire: National marathon champ on debut
At just 23-years-old and on her marathon debut, Courtney McGuire achieved greatness in this years Dublin Marathon. McGuire crossed the line with a time of 2:32:50, that put her straight in at seventh on the Irish women’s all-time list. McGuire finished third overall behind Ethiopians Nigist Muluneh (2:28.31) and Hawi Alemu Negeri (2:29.33) and was finished first nationally. “I’m still …
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“I Don’t Feel Like I Have a Lot to Lose”: Caitriona Jennings to run JFK 50 Mile Saturday
The JFK 50 Mile, America’s oldest ultramarathon, is famously difficult. The 13-mile section on the Appalachian trail is enough to make even Olympian Caitriona Jennings nervous — but nonetheless, she’ll be on the starting line for its 60th running on Saturday the 19th. When she was deciding whether to do the race, she received encouragement from Sarah Cummings, who won …
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Vartry Angling Club Ladies Opening Day
The Vartry Angling Club is hosting a fly-fishing Ladies Opening Day on Sunday November 6th, 2022 from 10am to 3:30pm. In association with the Wicklow Sports and Recreation Partnership, Wicklow County Council and Wicklow Town Municipal District, the Vartry Angling Club is hosting a one-day-only event for ladies and girls at all stages and ages to try out fly …
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Marathon Legend Mary Nolan Reflects on Running the Lap of the Map at 65, Completing Every Dublin Marathon, and How Much Athletics has Changed in 50 Years
Mary Nolan’s been running for a long time: since 1968, in fact, when she started as a sprinter. Since then the 70-year-old has run the infamous Marathon Des Sables in the Sahara desert, ran the entire coast of Ireland at 65, and completed over 70 marathons, including every Dublin marathon since the race’s inception in 1980. Ahead of her 41st …
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70-year-old Who’s Run Every Dublin Marathon Since 1980 Shares Her Tips for Newcomers
Mary Nolan has been running the Dublin Marathon every year since its creation in 1980; on Sunday Oct. 30th, she will take to the start line for the 41st time, the only woman to have done every Dublin Marathon. In a recent conversation with Her Sport, the 70-year-old shares some advice for those about to run the marathon for the …
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Nataliya Lehonkova Looks to Win Dublin Marathon a Third Time
Previous two-time winner Nataliya Lehonkova of Ukraine will head the elite women’s field at the 2022 Irish Life Dublin Marathon. In 2017 she set a personal best (PB) of 2:28.58 to win the Dublin Marathon, having also won in 2015. Lehonkova has been training in Austria after fleeing the war and will be looking to become a three-time winner when …
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Irish sprinter Sharlene Mawdsley: “I was running for fun, and then I got a small bit better as I got older and I wouldn’t have known that if I dropped out of the sport”
Sprinter Sharlene Mawdsley was part of the women’s 4x400m relay team that broke a national record at this Summer’s European Championships, crossing the line with a time of 3:26.06. “It was obviously unreal that we broke the national record. I think we all did go in trusting our abilities and we knew we could produce a really good time. I …
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Catherina McKiernan Set to Enter Hall of Fame at National Athletics Awards
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HerSport Editor
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October 19, 2022
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Athletics
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Catherina McKiernan, Ciara Mageean, Dean Casey, European Athletics Championships, Israel Olatunde, Kate O'Connor, Louise Shanahan, Mark English, Nicola Tuthill, Nicolas Griggs, Reece Ademola, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sarah Healy, Sarah Lavin, World Cross Country Championships
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Athletics Ireland are delighted to announce that Catherina McKiernan, regarded as one of the world’s best ever cross country athletes, will be honoured with the Hall of Fame Award at this year’s National Athletics Awards on Wednesday November 23rd at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Santry. The county Cavan native enjoyed her first major cross country success in 1988 when she …
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David Gillick Shares His Delight At The Recent Success Of Irish Athletics On The International Scene
David Gillick, Irish international track and field star (and Hell Week contestant), is used to intense training, but on this week’s episode of The Her Sport Show the Athletics commentator admits that “The hardest part is getting off the couch and getting out…if you can put the trainers on, you’re halfway there.” In the episode, Gillick shares the impact of …
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Non-binary Category to be Included in London and Boston Marathons Next Year
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Grace Fisher
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September 20, 2022
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Athletics
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Berlin Marathon, Boston Marathon, Chicago Marathon, FINA, LGBTQ Sport, New York City Marathon, nonbinary athletes, TCS London Marathon, Tokyo Marathon, World Marathon Majors
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The Boston Marathon and TCS London Marathon have announced that runners will be allowed to register as nonbinary for the races next year.
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