This has already felt like the longest of athletics years and it’s not over yet. After the indoor and outdoors, spring and autumn marathons, we’re now into the cross-country season with the prospect of more Irish medals at next month’s Europeans in Portugal.
It’s also been the most successful year ever for Irish athletics (21 international medals won so far). This will be reflected in the annual awards – the time of year when athletes are properly celebrated for their achievements.
It all starts later this month with the Athletics Ireland awards, which have been going since 2007 and recognise athletes and coaches across a range of categories. There’s also the addition of the Olympic Sport awards in early December, presented for the first time in a non-Olympic year, and rightly so.
There’s also one of my favourites, The Iris
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