Great marathon weekend for Tipperary athletes at home and abroad

And how many marathons did you do Patrick? Dundrum AC's PJ Holmes who ran his 45th marathon last weekend takes time out for a chat with Patrick Kavanagh on the Grand Canal.

placeholder image — And how many marathons did you do Patrick? Dundrum AC's PJ Holmes who ran his 45th marathon last weekend takes time out for a chat with Patrick Kavanagh on the Grand Canal.

DUBLIN CITY MARATHON 2023

The Irish Life Dublin City Marathon was held on Sunday, October 29. It was a wet day for the long-distance race of 42km. We had a great number of 13 club athletes take on the race.

First home for the club in a fantastic run was John Ryan 2:54:36 in his debut marathon. He was followed by Tom O'Connell in a new PB of 2:54:58, taking 1 min 18 secs off his previous best.

Next, we had Linda Grogan in a great time of 03:03:02, Gerry O’Neill 03:03:30, Darren Allison 03:09:48 in his debut marathon, William Keane 03:21:42 in his debut marathon, Emily Leahy 03:36:52, John Barry 03:43:18, Mairead Julian 03:47:27, John O’Brien 04:17:53, PJ Holmes 04:41:19 completing his 45th marathon, Pat Hayes 04:44:55 and Emma O'Dell 04:49:02 in her debut marathon.

SWISS HALF MARATHON

The Swiss City Half Marathon was held on Sunday, October 29. Club member Aisling Ryan who is currently living in Switzerland took on her first half marathon.

She had a fantastic race to place 6th overall and 4th woman in a great time of 1:21:53.