Catherina Mckiernan
35 results

‘You have to get up that morning and lace those shoes – words don’t teach, life experience does’
- Fitness
- March 2, 2021, 06:01
Like many people over the lockdown, a chef in Co Dublin took up running. He started in March, 2020, with the Couch-to-5k app, working his way up to a(...)

Meet the nominees for The Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year 2020
- Other Sports
- December 17, 2020, 06:00
So there we were, in the Shelbourne hotel in December 2019, listening to our monthly award winners talk about how much they were looking forward to 20(...)

The purest thrill of athletics that’s gone from the summer
- Other Sports
- April 25, 2020, 07:00
The plan was to sit back until the last 300m and then kick blindly to the line. There was no sure or best way of winning, only the dream way, and when(...)

Fionnuala McCormack is Irish Times/Sport Ireland sportswoman for December
- Other Sports
- January 16, 2020, 01:00
It’s an indication of both the longevity of her sporting career and the consistent success she has enjoyed through the years that Fionnuala McCormack (...)

Business as usual for Fionnuala McCormack
- Other Sports
- November 20, 2019, 15:12
The last thing Fionnuala McCormack wants is some fancy headline or blurb announcing her next big race, which is fair enough. Some athletes feel that n(...)

Sinead Diver finishes seventh in the London Marathon
- Other Sports
- April 28, 2019, 13:46
All marathon runners know it’s not only the distance that kills, it’s the pace, and Sinead Diver bravely survived on both fronts to finish seventh bes(...)

Sinead Diver breaks her latest world record in Japan
- Other Sports
- February 3, 2019, 12:24
There is simply no slowing or stopping the record-breaking times of Sinead Diver, the Irish-born runner clocking the fastest ever half-marathon for a (...)

Ireland to host European cross country in 2020
- Other Sports
- November 2, 2018, 15:04
Athletics Ireland has won the bid to host the European Cross Country Championships in 2020, the second time the event will be staged in Ireland. Memb(...)

Sonia O’Sullivan: preparation key as Sinéad Diver romps Melbourne marathon
- Other Sports
- October 14, 2018, 12:49
There is no such thing as running the perfect marathon but Sinéad Diver has come pretty close. The first-placed woman in the Melbourne marathon on Sun(...)

Lizzie Lee on age, motherhood and the road to Berlin
- Other Sports
- May 14, 2018, 19:16
Most athletes will tell you that age is but a number, and Lizzie Lee is certainly no exception. She turns 38 next week, and nearly two years on from r(...)