Best wishes to DSDAC Paul O'Donnell who lines out in the marathon at the European Track Field Championships in Birmingham on Sunday August 16 - the final day of the championships. Paul qualified for Birmingham when he ran a superb personal best 2 hours 9 mins 19 secs for 18th place at the Seville Marathon last February. That time, in only his third marathon, not only knocked almost a minute off O’Donnell’s previous best, but elevated him to second on the all-time Irish list behind Fearghal...

Congratulations to our Women’s Team and captain Rachel Dunne, on another great win at the National League T&F Final in Santry yesterday. There were many great performances overall to contribute to this win, well done to all! Despite several of our male athletes not being available yesterday, our men put up a great challenge to repeat their win of last year, but had to be satisfied with second place, to Clonliffe Harriers on this occasion. Results: Women: 100m 2nd Mollie O’Reilly 11.91...

Congratulations to our athletes who were confirmed yesterday for the European Championships in Birmingham. So excited for: Paul O’Donnell Men’s marathon Ciarán Carthy - Men’s 4 x 400m Mollie O’Reilly - Women’s 4 x 100m So close also for Eimear Maher, 1,500m, who got the B standard and was just outside selection, and Elizabeth Ndudi, long jump, who was also outside selection. Many DSD will be trackside and on the road to cheer on Paul, Mollie and Ciarán in Birmingham. 💙🤍❤️💙🤍❤️💙🤍❤️

Master Endurance Group Athlete Adriele Prina-Mello recorded an impressive 6th Place at the European Duathlon Championships in Spain earlier this month. Representing Ireland in his first International selection Adriele, taking part in the O50 category, battled temperatures on 34 degrees to post an impressive sequence of 5K Run/20K Bike/2.5K Run moving through the field and up to 6thon the final run. It was a super achievement in tough conditions, Well done Adriele! Thanks to Donal for report!