Entry closed for 2012!
April 1st 2012
Maam Cross, Co Galway
Not long until April 1st!
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Ray, I had a fabulous weekend. I really enjoyed the run. It's a unique and great event. Liam, Gary, Aisling and Tony all had a great time. Special mention to the marquee - well laid out and great grub.
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On a personal note, was my 1st ever race/half marathon, started training in Jan 07 for this, am now addicted, absolutely loved the day, great atmosphere, well done to all !
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I just want to thank everyone on the Connemara Marathon team for making yesterday so special. It was a day from heaven - even if large parts of it did fell like hell :)
Marathon Man Reflects
Tue, 20/04/2010The Irish National Marathon Champion Sergiu Ciobanu talks about his race in Connemara
When Sergiu crossed the line in 2 hours 31 minutes he had mixed emotions. He was happy to win a perfect race but just 5 seconds stood between him and the long standing course record of 2 hours 30 minutes and 55 seconds set in 2004 by Kenyan Issac Kimuge. Speaking after the race Sergiu said "How about the race itself? it was perfect all the way except those 5 seconds which cost me breaking the long standing course record. I would say I was more prepared psychologically than physically. From the early start i went at my medium marathon pace which would be 2:24-2:25 finish, it was after I hit the first hill of the race coming into mile 7 that i became more concerned. I started to think about the famous hill at the 22-24 mile mark which people used to talk about. So this concern helped me hold back all the way between mile 7 and 21 trying to save the energy for the great hill. Just after the race i analysed if I had relaxed, I could run at least 1.5 minutes faster. But that was it, and we all are looking forward to performing the next time we race".
