The Fields of Athenry 10km Update...we were planning to close registration on Saturday 23rd December but due to a recent surge in registration the race is almost full and as a result we will be closing sooner! Enter today to avoid disappointment! Please Share http://www.athenry10k.com

Ex-AAC member Paul Giblin was first home in the Galway XC championships last month, around the Palace Fields in Tuam. He follows in the illustrious footsteps of some top class athletes who've won this championship in the last: Willie Morris, Tommy Madden, Joe Scanlon, Gary Thornton.

Ex-AAC member Elaine Walsh (now GCH) broke three hours (2:59:20) in Dublin last weekend, having first done it 9 years ago. This is an even greater achievement as she had three children in the interim :-). I got the lady to write about her experiences at the time, see here pages 6-7. Sincere...

More to follow as people recover...

2017 Fit4Life 5km is on Saturday 11th November at 11:00am. Registration now open, you can also register on the day in Clarin College, Athenry. Promises to be a great event so sign up before it’s too late! Runners, Joggers and Walkers all welcome. More info to follow.

Congrats to the local club, Club Lúthchleas Chonamara , on an excellently organised race over the usual course on Saturday, 14 October. Result result attached as PDF. 77edenhill made the trek out and his output is here and here and below.

Result is attached for the 7th runinng of this excellent and locally organised 10KM which took place on Sunday afternoon, 15 October. Congrats to Donal Leahy on another 10KM PB. Sneaking closer to that elusive 40M... Bernie runs into 2nd senior woman too ;-). See here and here and here for...

Great day was had in Remore on Tuesday, 29 September. Final result is attached. Images of the top 15 in each of the four final races are also attached for completeness.

Full results from both days are attached. Thanks for Tuam AC for an excellent day one's logistics at the Palace Fields. The County Board dealt with the logistics on day two in Kilcornan. South Galway AC ably dealt with the results on both days, with especial thanks to Edel Mannion and Declan Dirrane...

Results from Run Galway Bay on the 7th October. Marathon Results (311 athletes) Men Kevin English, Tallaght AC 2:48:54 Justin Gavigan 2:53:32 John O'Donoghue 2:58:23 Women Rachel Stokes, MCI And Kerry Crusaders 3:09:31 Jean Lucey 3:17:29 Karen McLaughlin, Springwell 3:20:04 Representing Athenry AC...

We are all in complete shock at the announcement made on the Ballycotton web site last evening. See here for yourself. Marches will not be the same any more! One man's appreciation of the Ballycotton experience. My 12 mugs were never for drinking - they were too hard earned to risk them on something...

From Martina Donnellan: Full sunshine and near perfect running conditions greeted all participants on the last day of September as a field of 80 participants lined up for the rescheduled Colemanstown 10k. As customary, a big crew from Athenry AC were present with 21 members appearing at the start...

Check out Castlegar AC's Facebook page for results and images from their recent XC relays. Results are to be found on popupraces.ie but it will take a bit of clicking...

RedTagTiming result is here . 77edenhill photos are here and here .

Congrats to all athletes - especially local to Athenry - who qualified from yesterday's (Tuesday, 19 September) semi-finals. The provisional results for all East and West, Junior and Senior, Girls and Boys races are attached as a PDF. Thanks to all who helped out to make this year's races the...

See here for race result and attached PDF. 77edenhill was there too @ usual web site .

Along with the Cross Country, there are a large number of local permitted road races in the offing, starting with Loughrea 10KM this weekend. Then the re-scheduled Colemanstown 10KM. Then the Galway Bay (10KM, Half and Full) races (mostly sold out now). Then the Carna and Moylough 10KMs on the same...

Galway Cross Country is around the corner, both adults and juvenile, followed by the Connachts and then the various Nationals. Get those spikes out!

Congrats to all who ran in the Clarinbridge series of race on Saturday, 9 September. 10KM , Half and Full results are linked to RedTag.

Introduction Ten club members had a phenomenal outing in Charleville for the seventh instalment of their excellent half marathon on Sunday 17th September. In what was a high quality field the results speak for themselves – fourth place and a PB for Jane Ann Meehan, PB’s for Gearoid Rohan, Kieran...

Congrats to Craughwell AC on their latest half and full marathon races last Saturday morning, 26 August. Results: half and full (Facebook). Phones from Edenhill77: here and here .

Nice evening for the 30th Claregalway 10kM last Satuday, 26 August. Congrats to local club (Clare River Harriers) on another successful event. See here for RedTagTiming result. See here for EdenHill77 images.

A nice number of medals are coming back to Athenry AC...young and not so young ;-).

A nice morning for running in Caltra last Saturday, 19 August, for the club (and county) 5KM & 10KM road races. Results are in those links. Pride of place goes to Aine O'Farrell (of this parish) who won the 5KM in 19:24. A long road career is in front of this young woman! The first four women were...

Registration is now open for new members for Fit4Life in September! You can join by following this link https://athenryac.wufoo.com/forms/join-athenry-ac-fit-4-life-2017/ Fit4Life recommences on Monday 4th September at 7pm, meeting in the Church car park in Athenry.