Paul Pollock  of Annadale Striders and  Kilcoole’s Fionnuala McCormack  will lead a team of five Irish marathon runnes at the World Athletics Championships in London next August 4-13.

Also selected are Raheny’s Mick Clohisey, Sean Hehir  of Rathfarnham  and Leevale’s Claire McCarthy.

SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon winner in 2016 and AAI national marathon champion Laura Graham of Mourne Runners has won the Belfast Marathon – a home victory for the first time in 19 years. Graham, supported enthusiastically all around the course,  also repeated her feat of last year by running the London and then Belfast Marathons with only seven days rest in between.

The time was marginally quicker than the 2:41.54 Graham ran to win the national title at Dublin last October and an improvement on her 2:42.38 in London last weekend.  Last year, Graham finished second in  Belfast behind Berhan Gebremichael  from Ethiopia clocking a time of 2:48.56. A week earlier, she had finished the London Marathon in 2:48.03.

Sean Hehir delivered a personal best performance to be the first Irish man home at the London Marathon in 2:16:18.

Wishing all of our participants a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year from the team at the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon.

We hope you enjoy your time with family and friends, take a well deserved break from training and make the most of the festivities!

Entry for our 2017 Marathon is also available via the entry tab on our website & registration for our Dublin Race Series will open on January 1st. Hope to see you all again in the new year!!

Use the link to book: http://plmsportsconsultancy.ie/marathon-merchandise/