The Limerick teenager only started running competitively this year. 19-year-old Ava Crean wins women’s national title at Dublin Marathon Over 22,000 people are took part in today’s 44th Irish Life Dublin Marathon. The Limerick had never run competitively before signing up for the Manchester Marathon in April of this year, listing her target time as […]

5 months ago

The 44th Irish Life Dublin Marathon takes place today. Over 22,000 people are taking part in the 44th Irish Life Dublin Marathon. The women’s overall winner was Eebbissee Addunyaa of Ethiopia with a time of 2 hours 26 minutes and 28 seconds. Addunyaa will be presented with a new perpetual cup named in honour of, […]

5 months ago

The man was killed after he was hit by a car while crossing the road. The world’s oldest marathon runner has died at the age of 114 after ‘being hit by a car’. According to reports in India, Fauja Singh was hit as he crossed the road in his home village of Beas Pind in Punjab on […]

9 months ago

Kiptum won the London Marathon last year World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum has died after being involved in a car crash in Kenya. Kiptum, 24, won the London Marathon last April before setting the world record in Chicago in October was reported to have lost control of his vehicle when driving in Kaptagat, south-west […]

2 years ago

You wouldn’t want to be stuck behind him for long… A marathon runner has become a cult figure in running circles because of his unorthodox decision to chain smoke throughout his races. The Chinese runner known as ‘Uncle Chen’ has gone viral after he completed the Xin’anjiang Marathon in Jiande in China while smoking cigarettes […]

3 years ago

That’s real-life superhero stuff. Anyone who runs long distances, or has ever screwed up the settings on a treadmill, will know how hard it is to run at a pace 20km/h for any amount of time, even a matter of seconds. That’s a little bit slower than the speed Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge averaged when […]

7 years ago