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A Red Arrows Hawk aircraft pulls up from a dive during at the Salthill Airshow. Sunday 6 July 2003. Photo: Joe Desbonnet. 
The Vixen Breakat the end of the Red Arrows display. In the background is LE Ciara (Irish Naval Service) and the Clare mountains in the distance. Photo: Joe Desbonnet
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A labrador watches the sunset at Salthill, Sunday 6 April 2003. Photo: Joe Desbonnet 
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1,750 Runners to hit the Roads of Connemara this Easter1,750 Runners to hit the Roads of Connemara this Easter
The 4th Connemara International Marathon takes place this Easter Sunday March 27th. 1,750 participants from all over the world will gather at Peacocks at Maam Cross to battle the gruelling hills of the Connemara heartland. The numbers have exploded over the past two years and of the 1,750 runners, 32 percents are from oversees. Race Director, Ray O'Connor, attributes the success of the event to the breathtaking Connemara scenery - "it is turning into an annual pilgrimage for many runners and is particularly popular with Americans who combine the event with a family holiday to Ireland". There are three events taking place on Sunday Ireland's only on-road ultra Marathon (39.3 miles) starts at Maam Cross at 9am, the full marathon (26.2 miles) starts at picturesque Lough Inagh at 9.30 for walkers and 10.30 for runners, travells north onto the main Clifden road, passes by Killary Fjord and into Leenaun where it is joined by the 1,200 half marathoners. The walkers in the half Marathon will start from Leenaun at 11am and the runners at 12noon. The participants will travel south for 9 miles before the long climb through the Maam Valley (nicknamed the "Hell of the West" because of it's 2 mile long climb) before decending into Maam Cross to the finish line at Peacockes. A fleet of 32 buses will ferry participants to start areas. Please check the website at www.connemarathon.com for Bus transfer times from Galway. Soup, sandwiches, tea and coffee will be served at Peacockes before being bused back to Galway again. Please note that there will be heavy Garda enforced traffic restrictions along the race route. High Profile Runners to Participate in This Years Connemara Marathon
The Connema International Marathon is delighted to announce that Dublin Marathon Winner Lezan Kimutai has decided to travel from Kenya to Connemara to reclaim his Half Marathon Title that he won in 2003. Lezan is flying from Nyrobi on Thursday 24th March and returning on Tuesday 29th just two days after the 4th Connemara International Marathon taking place on Easter Sunday. Speaking at the announcement, Race Director Ray O'Connor said that it is important for the Connemarathon to attract high caliber athletes like Lezan who showed his class by beating Gerry Kiernan's 20 year Dublin Course Record last October clocking a very impressive 2 hours 13 minutes to win the 26.2 mile race. Lezan will be joined on his trip by fellow Kenyan Josephine Kiprop who is taking part in the Connemara International Marathon Womens Race. Josephine has a Personal Best over the marathon distance of 2:50 which she set when winning the Livomo Marathon in Italy in 2003. Related Links
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