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The first two races in the Mayo AC Vodafone C&C Cellular 5km Summer Series took place over the past few days with races in Foxford and Ballyhaunis. In the first race in the series in Foxford there were 160 competitors taking part. 

Galway man Richard Donovan is something of a superstar in the gruelling sport of ultra running. He has made truly epic runs across many of the world’s most extreme climates including the Sahara Desert, Mount Everest, the Inca Trail, and the Amazon jungle. In 2002 he became the first runner in the world to run a marathon at both the North and South poles and in 2009 he was the first athlete to run seven consecutive marathons on seven continents in less than seven days.

All the work this year has gone into training for your main race, the Dublin City Marathon on October 30 which is just a few weeks away, so do not let it go to waste by not keeping those muscles maintained in the lead up to the race.

Final preparations are being made by four Castlebar athletes who are taking part in the 2015 New York City Marathon. Lorraine Toner, John Geraghty, and husband and wife Karen and Seamus Devaney will all run the Marathon in New York on Sunday November 1 in aid of Western Care Association.

There are just a few days left to enter this year’s flatline Athlone Half Marathon and 10K, which will take place on Saturday, September 12.

Fun running just keeps on growing in popularity with scores of events now taking place at any time throughout the country.

Team Manuela, the running team of 200 runners and walkers from the Connemarathon in 2014, is set to take on a new challenge in 2015 and will be hosting an information evening in the Hodson Bay Hotel on March 23 at 8pm ahead of preparations for the Dingle marathon.

ALONE, the charity that provides support to older people in need, is calling on the women of Ireland to participate in the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon in aid of ALONE. The charity aims to raise money to go towards the provision of vital befriending services for vulnerable older people.

A Galway man is running a full marathon on a treadmill on Saturday to raise funds for Self Help Africa.

The year 1984 was significant in Irish athletics. It was the year of the Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles. Ireland's John Treacy made history winning silver in the marathon in 2:09:56 - Ireland's 13th Olympic athletics medal. In the 1984 games too it was the first time a women's marathon had been held - Joan Benoit (USA) won in 2:24:52. Just four years before the Dublin Marathon was held for the first time.