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It is that time of year again – the Dublin Marathon weekend. As with most counties across the country, Kilkenny sends its own contingent of athletes to contest the various categories. This year’s fastest male and female Kilkenny athletes were Sean Connery (Kings River) and Sally Forristal (St Joseph’s). While Dublin was awash with marathon runners another Kilkenny athlete was in Frankfurt making history of his own. Ger Forde blitzed through the streets of the German city in a time of 2.21.26. Running in the Kilkenny City Harriers (KCH) vest he secured a new personal best to finish 31st man home and 33rd overall. It was a weekend of versatile athletic activities. In the indoor arena Mia Brennan (Thomastown) finished sixth in the All-Ireland Schools Combined Events Indoors. Cross-country was on the agenda in Rosbercon where Caoimhe Barry (St Joseph’s) and Tadgh Ryan (Thomastown) won their respective county junior events. Marathon Fever Dublin City Marathon weekend is a time when the city is taken over by thousands of runners, all with their own unique goals in mind. There are the elite and the not so elite, whose intention is to check that marathon tick box or just to say ‘I have run a marathon’. Scores of runners from Kilkenny clubs hit the streets of Dublin early Sunday morning, forming part of a sea of almost 18,000 participants. While Moses Kemei (Kenya) was hammering out the kilometres and crossed the line in a personal best of 21.08.47, Irishman Hiko Tonosa (DSD) finished third in a new national record of 2.09.42 - just one of three Irishmen ever to run a sub 2.10 marathon. The fastest Kilkennyman was Sean Connery (Kings River) who completed the 42.2km course in 2.43.06, averaging 6.14 minutes per mile. Connery finished 39th in his age category (over 35) and 157th overall. While Connery won the county title it was Cormac Buggy (Gowran) who finished second, recording 2.52.30 to finish 391st overall. Colm Smyth (KCH) was third county man home in 2.54.12. There was an outstanding run from
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It is that time of year again – the Dublin Marathon weekend. As with most counties across the country, Kilkenny sends its own contingent of athletes to contest the various categories. This year’s fastest male and female Kilkenny athletes were Sean Connery (Kings River) and Sally Forristal (St Joseph’s). While Dublin was awash with marathon runners another Kilkenny athlete was in Frankfurt making history of his own. Ger Forde blitzed through the streets of the German city in a time of 2.21.26. Running in the Kilkenny City Harriers (KCH) vest he secured a new personal best to finish 31st man home and 33rd overall. It was a weekend of versatile athletic activities. In the indoor arena Mia Brennan (Thomastown) finished sixth in the All-Ireland Schools Combined Events Indoors. Cross-country was on the agenda in Rosbercon where Caoimhe Barry (St Joseph’s) and Tadgh Ryan (Thomastown) won their respective county junior events. Marathon Fever Dublin City Marathon weekend is a time when the city is taken over by thousands of runners, all with their own unique goals in mind. There are the elite and the not so elite, whose intention is to check that marathon tick box or just to say ‘I have run a marathon’. Scores of runners from Kilkenny clubs hit the streets of Dublin early Sunday morning, forming part of a sea of almost 18,000 participants. While Moses Kemei (Kenya) was hammering out the kilometres and crossed the line in a personal best of 21.08.47, Irishman Hiko Tonosa (DSD) finished third in a new national record of 2.09.42 - just one of three Irishmen ever to run a sub 2.10 marathon. The fastest Kilkennyman was Sean Connery (Kings River) who completed the 42.2km course in 2.43.06, averaging 6.14 minutes per mile. Connery finished 39th in his age category (over 35) and 157th overall. While Connery won the county title it was Cormac Buggy (Gowran) who finished second, recording 2.52.30 to finish 391st overall. Colm Smyth (KCH) was third county man home in 2.54.12. There was an outstanding run from
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It is that time of year again – the Dublin Marathon weekend. As with most counties across the country, Kilkenny sends its own contingent of athletes to contest the various categories. This year’s fastest male and female Kilkenny athletes were Sean Connery (Kings River) and Sally Forristal (St Joseph’s). While Dublin was awash with marathon runners another Kilkenny athlete was in Frankfurt making history of his own. Ger Forde blitzed through the streets of the German city in a time of 2.21.26. Running in the Kilkenny City Harriers (KCH) vest he secured a new personal best to finish 31st man home and 33rd overall. It was a weekend of versatile athletic activities. In the indoor arena Mia Brennan (Thomastown) finished sixth in the All-Ireland Schools Combined Events Indoors. Cross-country was on the agenda in Rosbercon where Caoimhe Barry (St Joseph’s) and Tadgh Ryan (Thomastown) won their respective county junior events. Marathon Fever Dublin City Marathon weekend is a time when the city is taken over by thousands of runners, all with their own unique goals in mind. There are the elite and the not so elite, whose intention is to check that marathon tick box or just to say ‘I have run a marathon’. Scores of runners from Kilkenny clubs hit the streets of Dublin early Sunday morning, forming part of a sea of almost 18,000 participants. While Moses Kemei (Kenya) was hammering out the kilometres and crossed the line in a personal best of 21.08.47, Irishman Hiko Tonosa (DSD) finished third in a new national record of 2.09.42 - just one of three Irishmen ever to run a sub 2.10 marathon. The fastest Kilkennyman was Sean Connery (Kings River) who completed the 42.2km course in 2.43.06, averaging 6.14 minutes per mile. Connery finished 39th in his age category (over 35) and 157th overall. While Connery won the county title it was Cormac Buggy (Gowran) who finished second, recording 2.52.30 to finish 391st overall. Colm Smyth (KCH) was third county man home in 2.54.12. There was an outstanding run from