Thinking If you think you are beaten, you are If you think you dare not, you don't, If you like to win, but you think you can't It is almost certain you won't. If you think you'll lose, you've lost For out of the world we find, Success begins with a fellow's will It's all in the state of mind. If...

** Final Result posted ** The wind was strong, the rain was sometimes heavy, but the inclement conditions did not stop 65 hardy runners turning out for the Martin Egan Memorial 10KM in Beagh/Shanaglish today, Sunday 19 October 2014, the 5th running of the event south of Gort. The field included many...

The Connacht Primary Schools Cross Country Championships took part in Sligo on Saturdy, 18 October. The results can be found here .

Day 1 is here @ Loughrea (Sunday, 5 October). Day 2 is here @ Tuam (Sunday, 12 Cctober). Congrats to all athletes who competed (successfully or otherwise) but also to both clubs who hosted days, each of which was a hugh success in its own right. Finaly, to the people who took the entries, and...

A very fine afternoon greeted the runners for the 4th iteration of the Moylough (North East Galway) 10KM on Sunday (12 October). A good quality race ensured with 22 of the participants breaking 40 minutes, including our own Ronan 'Speedy' McCarthy, for the first time. Very warm congratulations to...

A beautiful day out in Carna on Saturday evening last (11 October) for the 4th running in their popular 10KM Road Race. Congrats to all the organisers on a very well organised event, with the refreshments coming in for especially high mention afterward, in the Carna Bay Hotel, a hope, step & jump...

Our resident ultra loving adventurer Ruthann Sheahan is currently in the depths of South America taking part in the Atacama Crossing, a 136 mile self sufficient race across some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world & the driest place on earth, the Atacama Desert. In her own words, a seven...

In what has easily become one of the busiest weekends for racing on the running calendar over the last few years we had groups of runners in action across multiple races on Saturday & Sunday. Top of the pile was Dee Grady who ran a brilliant 2.13.11 in the 30k Human Race in Limerick on Sunday. On a...

A great day in Loughrea AC's Bushfield complex this afternoon, Sunday 5 October. It was the Even Ages (U-10 to U-18) and adult races. Over 300 toed the line across the 12 races, with huge numbers in both adult races. A full result will be attached when they are made available. Many and sincere...

Attached is a poster for an introductory orienteering event which is taking place in Galway on 12th October. There are plans to have another three similar introductory events in the Galway area over the coming months.

It was another successful day for the club at the Loughrea AC The Grey Lake 10km race on Sunday with 4 members taking home individual medals from the race itself, with another 13 titles heading to Athenry in the Galway 10km Championships. Mick Rice was first home for the club & finished third...

The fifth hosting of the popular and successful Athenry Fit4Life 5km Charity Run / Walk will take place on Saturday November 08th 2014 @ 12.00pm in the town of Athenry. Proceeds of this years event will benefit two very deserving local charities in Western Alzheimers & the Saving Grace Foundation...

The 13th running of the Fields of Athenry 10km will take place on St. Stephen's Day, December 26th at 11am. Elites, runners, joggers, Fit4Lifers, walkers, all welcome. If you haven't entered yet, head on over to our slick new dedicated race website for all the information you could need. The race...

Well done to all the Athenry AC athletes running for various schools today - just shows how important regular training is! Also, well done to all Athenry AC athletes who helped make these semi-finals a huge success. Roll on the finals next Tuesday at the same time. Some great finals are in prospect...

Full result from the Marconi Half can be found here . Two Athenry AC finishers on what was a very windy (almost always against us too) and extremely sunny day between Roundstone and Clifden! CRAUGHWELL MAN RETAINS TITLE AT 2014 MARCONI HALF MARATHON, CONNEMARA Last weekend saw the 2 nd very...

See here for a full result and report from this excellent new race and concept - an evening race in late Setpember in East Galway. Images from edenhill77 are at the usual web location here . JO'C missed me as I started late and finished in the dark ;-).

The Galway AAI 10KM Road Race Championships will take place in conjunction with Loughrea AC's The Grey Lake 10K road race next Sunday, 28 September @ 2PM. All local clubs are encouraged to ensure that they have teams of women and men competing in this county championship at a standard road distance...

Ray Somers took a long overdue maiden win on a scenic 5k route in Brooklodge yesterday. In a time of 18.04 Ray had a narrow 2 second victory over Paul Gately with Fergal Walsh a further 16 seconds behind in third. Tomasz Kadzielawski narrowly missed out on a podium finish with an 18.41 whilst John...

The committee of the 'Run in the Woods' would like to thank everyone for their support in what was another very enjoyable day out. Many thanks to Vaughans for hosting us in the lounge for registration and refreshments. Thank you to Garda Mick McDermot for his assistance and guidance on the day. To...

The club wishes the best of success to member Valerie Glavin on her new venture in Athenry, the 'Athenry Barber College & Hairdressing School' which hosted its official opening night last night. http://www.athenrybarbercollege.com/

Long standing club member, Marie Curran, will be launching her new poetry book 'Observant Observings' on Friday 12th September 2014 in the Town Cafe, Athenry @ 7.30pm. Marie was a very active member of the club until 2011 / 2012 when she was diagnosed with myalgic encephaloyelitis (more commonly...

Mairead Sullivan collected another podium finish for herself today in Mayo as she finished 3rd in the Clonbur Half Marathon. On a very hilly course & in tough weather conditions Mairead posted a 1.42.56. Considering she had run a 5.5 mile warm up it gives an indication that she could be due a nice...

We had nine members racing in the marathon & half marathon which was held in Craughwell yesterday (Saturday). Dave Noone was our first representative home in the marathon & finished with a time of 3.18.16. Aiming for a 3.15 Dave reckons his hydration plan let him down early on (It's good to know...

Congratulations to Sinead Foran who was first woman home on Wednesday nights Coast Road 5k race in Oranmore. Another very successful race on a fast course, its second (or third) year being run! Result is here .

Mick Rice made a successful return to his beloved long distance racing yesterday in the Longford marathon, finishing in 11th with a 2.55.01. It has been nearly two long years since Mick last lined up at the start line of a marathon & he is clearly getting back to where he wants to be. In the half...