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Much has been written and broadcast over the past week on the impasse between the City Council and the organisers of the now-cancelled Galway City Marathon, which was due to take place at the end of this month and draw a vast number of runners to the the city. However, among the most hurtful barbs thrown was the allegation by former mayor Michael Crowe that the organisers did not honour a commitment to donate marathon funds to sporting clubs and athletes in the city which has been angrily rejected by the organisers and proven to be untrue.

A marathon-race war has been raging this week with the organisers of the Galway City Marathon in one corner of the ring and Galway City Council and representatives in the other.

The first annual Clew Bay Half Marathon will take place in Louisburgh on Saturday August 6. It is being organised as a fundraiser for a local astroturf facility and local charities.

Galway Rose Ciara Keane is on the lookout for big-hearted people as she prepares to shake up the Galway Marathon Festival in aid of the Irish Heart Foundation this August 28. Together with Galway county footballer Fiachra Breathnach, Keane limbered up for the special Galway City Mini Marathon taking place as one of three races in the marathon festival next month. Kitted out in electric red Irish Heart Foundation headbands, legwarmers, and matching t-shirts, the pair encouraged runners and walkers of all levels to join in the fun and raise money to keep more hearts beating.

BRI, the advocacy and peer support association for brain injury persons are running a marathon in Galway on August 28.

The Galway Walking Club is currently accepting registration for the marathon and half marathon which takes place on Saturday August 13.

The half-marathon will take place on July 2 in Achill.

Run Kilkenny for the Susie Long Hospice Fund, the event staged over the June Bank Holiday weekend by Kilkenny running group Fit4Life, raised over €12,000.

There will be road restrictions throughout Castlebar on Sunday May 1.

Conditions were good for the second annual Kilmovee 10k last Saturday afternoon. Some said it was very hot, but nobody among the record turnout of runners and walkers — 335 finishers — was really complaining. There were entries from 16 counties also. This year the event was the first race in the 2011 Mayo AC C&C Cellular