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IMRA Wicklow Way Relay

Last Saturday morning my sleep was rudely interrupted at 6:45am by a text message from Colm Kennedy. In a Satre-esque moment he posed the question “what am I doing here?”. Snuggling into my duvet I replied “JUST DON’T GET LOST!!!” and fell back to sleep. The…


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Clare Burren Challange

Last weekend six valiant explorers headed west to try their hand at the second Clare Burren Half Marathon based out of Ballyvaughan in Clare. With Phil in the driving seat, and Paul Duffy strapped up in the back we set out of Dublin early on…


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IMRA : Black Mountain

Black Mountain 2009 When the chatter started about Black Mountain, a 787m climb over 15km I didn’t engage in the banter that normally goes with trying to psyche oneself into entering such an event. Paul O’Connell and James Shanahan were the ringleaders – talking the…


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Super Troopers!

Race Report: IMRA Trooperstown Hill 28/02/09By William Greensmyth Trying to justify participation in mountain running to those who have never scrambled up hill and sprinted down dale is difficult. You are often confronted with dubious looks, concerns over your mental well-being and queries into whether…


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