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Hospice Half in Rathdrum
AVONDALE Forestry Park in Rathdrum is the venue on Saturday (10.0) for the Wicklow Hospice Half Marathon and 10km with every cent raised going towards the building of the Wicklow Hospice, a 15-bed facility which hopes to open in 2017. Entry is just €20 or €25 on the day. Info Billy Porter 087-292866.
Also taking place this weekend is the annual Rás na héireann on the Battle of the Boyne site in Drogheda, which follows tomorrow night's Armagh International road race. Mary Cullen of Sligo is pencilled in for Armagh while a large international field includes Polish Olympian Lukasz Paraszczymski who has a 3000m time of 7 minutes 52 seconds.
Milers hope to make history
THE Deloitte Mile looks like the highlight of tonight's sold out Athlone International.
Ciarán O Lionaird, Eoin Everard, John Travers and Danny Mooney lead the home entry in an exciting field for the mile event.
Irish athletics history would be made at the AIT International Arena Grand Prix if we witness the first indoor sub-four minute mile ever run in this country.
The others in the Deloitte Mile race include John Coghlan (son of Eamonn), Ben Blakenship, Joe Warne, Conor Bradley, Andreas Bueno, James O'Hare and Mark Nouws.
Ultra runner Tony tells tale
ULTRA runner Tony Mangan who completed his 50,000km odyssey run around the world last October, is giving a talk tomorrow night at the Run Logic shop in Dublin's Temple Bar (6.30). During his four-year run, Mangan visited 41 countries on five continents and had many adventures. Book at www.runlogic.ie or call 01-5989 777.