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Ireland takes to the roads on St. Patrick’s Day

To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone (Monday 17th March). Clonliffe Harriers made it a double at the Tallaght 5km on St Patrick’s Day, with Ben Guiden the overall race winner and Helena Butterly first woman. On an entirely new course which […]

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Weekend Road Race Roundup

The ACN Expo Ekiden was the biggest race of the weekend domestically, but there was so much else going on domestically and internationally that it was hard to keep track. We’ll do our best.Saturday in Fukuoka the Fst in Fukuoka road mile and 5 km moved from its usual fall date to a spring date for the first time. Ireland’s Sophie O’Sullivan outran high school sensation Sherry Drury by 1 second

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Toyota Wins New Expo Ekiden

A new, nominally one-off event held as part of Osaka’s hosting of Expo 2025, Sunday’s ACN Expo Ekiden pit top top corporate and collegiate teams against each other on a 7-stage, 54.5 km course. The new race lost a bit of steam when New Year Ekiden runner-up Honda declined to participate, when winner Asahi Kasei pulled out days before the race, and when the top two teams at the Hakone Ekiden,