Useful Links

• Athletics Association of Ireland (AAI)
• Irish Schools Athletics Association
• Leinster Schools Athletics Union
• Irish University Athletics Association (IUAA)
• World Masters Athletics
• Irish Racewalking Homepage

Governing Bodies

• International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
• European Athletics Association (EAA)
• Athletics Association of Ireland (AAI)
• Northern Ireland Athletics Federation (NIAF)
• Leinster Athletics Association
• Munster Athletics Association
• Ulster Athletics Association
• UK:Athletics
• Amateur Athletic Association of England (AAA)
• Scottish Athletics Association
• Wales Athletic Association
• North of England Athletics Association (NoEAA)
• Midland Counties Athleticis Association
• South of England Athletics Association
• Link to List of IAAF Member Federations (from IAAF website)
• Community Games

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County Boards

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Olympics

• Olympic Movement
• Olympic Council of Ireland
• British Olympic Association
• Beijing Olympics 2008 Home Page
• London Olympics 2012 Home Page

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General Information, Statistics and News

• Running in Ireland
• Athletics Data (UK Rankings Site)
• International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
• Irishrunner.com
• GBRathletics.co.uk Rankings, records, results, CBP, UK all-time lists, etc.
• Power of 10
• Athletics Data
• Northern Ireland Track Stats
• Letsrun.com Regularly updated American based site with news from around the globe.
• Onrunning.com
• Britishathletics.info
• Athleticsinfo.net
• Time-to-Run
• Born 2 Run
• USA track and Field
• Track and Field News
• Runnersweb.com
• Running Times
• Tilastopaja
• Coolrunning
• BBC’s Athletics Page
• Eurosport's Athletics Page
• Yahoo's Athletics Page
• Timeoutdoors.com
• Irish Athletics Photo Gallery
• British Athletics Supporters Club
• Run Providence

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Events

• Flora Dublin Women’s Mini Marathon
• Dublin City Marathon
• Belfast City Marathon
• Cork City Sports
• Ras na hEireann
• Ballycotton Running Promotions
• Connemarathon
• Longford Marathon
• Donegal International Half-Mooathon
• London Marathon and related events
• BUPA great run events
• The Greatest Race on Earth Marathon Series
• Gee's Waterside Half Marathon
• Cork City Marathon

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Championship Sites

• 2006 World Indoor Championships, Moscow, RUS
• 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne, AUS
• 2006 World Cross Country Championships, Fukuoko, JPN
• 2006 European Senior T&F Championships, Gotenborg
• 2007 European Indoor Championships, Birmingham
• 2007 European Cup of Race Walking, Royal Leamington Spa, ENG
• 2007 World T&F Championships, Osaka, JPN

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Fixtures

European Athletics fixture lists (includes list of world and European championships, permit meetings and National Championship dates)

European Athletics events list (includes details of European Championship and permit races)

International fixture list on www.gbrathletics.co.uk

UK fixture list and results on www.gbrathletics.co.uk

Irish fixture list on www.athleticsireland.ie

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• Comprehensive list of Irish Athletics Clubs on athleticsireland.ie
• Link to athletics club directory - Comprehensive list of UK clubs
• If we are missing your club please let us know

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Schools Athletics

• Irish Schools Athletics Association
• English Schools Athletics Association
• Leinster Schools Athletics Union
• Ulster Secondary Schools' Athletics Association

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University Athletics

• Irish University Athletics Association (IUAA)
• Council of University Sports Administrators in Ireland (CUSAI)
• British University Sports Association (BUSA)
• International Federation of University Sport (FISU)
• University athletics UK (UAUK)
• College sports in USA (NCAA)
• Trackwire media website and Collegiate Rankings
• Trackshark (Covers T&F at collegiate level in the US)
• Link to List of Irish University Athletics Clubs and Sites (IUAA Website)
• Link to List of British Universities Athletics Clubs and Sites (UAUK Website)
• Link to list of US College Sports Sites (NCAA Website)
• 2006 World University Cross Country Championships, Algeria
• 2007 World University Games, Bangkok
• 2009 World University Games, Belgrade

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Veteran (Masters) Athletics

• Northern Ireland Veteran Athlete Association
• British Veterans Athletics Association
• European Veterans Athletic Association
• World Masters Athletics

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Athletics Tracks and Facilities

• Running Track Directory(details every running track in the UK)
• Antrim Forum, Antrim
• Ballykillaire Sports Centre Track, Bangor
• Mary Peter's Track, Belfast
• Odessey Arena, Belfast
• Templemore Stadium, Derry
• Claremont Stadium, Navan
• Calculator for calculating distances on the track

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Event Specific Sites

• Irish Milers Club
• British Milers Club
• Victoria Milers Club (Australia)
• Kiwi Milers Club (New Zealand)
• Middledistancecoach.com
• Business Houses Athletic Association
• Business Houses Athletic Association (Cork Branch)
• Waterford Road Runners
• British Association of Road Races (BARR)
• Road Runners Club (UK bases site)
• Association of International Marathons and Road Races (AIMS)
• Road Running UK
• UK 100km Association
• Ultrarunning.org.uk
• Irish Racewalking Homepage
• Irish Racewalking Yahoo Group
• British Racewalking Association
• Dave's World Class Racewalking
• Racewalk.com
• North American Racewalking Foundation
• Comprehensive list of racewalking links on North American Racewalking Site
• Irish Mountain Running Association (IMRA)
• Irish Hill Runners' Yahoo Group
• Northern Ireland Mountain Running Association
• UK Fell Running Association
• World Mountain Running Association
• Irish Throwers Club
• Association of British Hammer Throwers
• Hammer Throwing UK
• JCUK - The Javelin Club
• Longjumping.co.uk
• UK Hurdlers Club
• Team Decathlon (UK based site)

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Other Sporting Organisations of Interest

• National Coaching and Training Centre (NCTC)
• Irish Sports Council
• UK sport
• Sports Coach UK

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Training Camps (Altitude/warm weather etc)

• Lornah Kiplagat's Altitude Training Centre, Kenya
• Altitude Training in Dullstrom, South Africa
• Highveld Altitude Training Camp, Secunda, South Africa
• highperformancecentre (hpc), Altitude Training Camp, Pretoria, South Africa
• CNEA National Centre for Altitude Training, Font Romeu, France
• Le Clos St Savin Altitude Training, Pyrenees, France
• Club la Santa, Warm Weather Training Camp, Lanzarote
• elite-performance.org Training Camps
• ActivityHolidayFrance.com
• Run in the Sun - Running Holidays, Spain

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Travel

• Sports Travel International
• Carrick Travel
• Nirvana Europe
• Track and Field Travel
• 209 Events
• Sports Tours International
• Running Crazy short running breaks
• mpm Travel (Algarve Specialists)
• Favourites Travel (Algarve Specitalists)

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Retailers and Mailorder (UK unless indicated)

• John Buckley Sports
• Run Republic
• Start Fitness
• Sports Shoes.com
• Ronhill
• Bournesports
• Sportlink
• Sweatshop
• Birminghamrunner
• M and M Sports
• Socks 4 Sport
• Total Fitness
• Complete Runner
• The jog shop
• Natterjacks
• Foot Traffic
• Humber Runner
• Runningshoes.co.uk
• Sportlink.co.uk
• Apex Sports
• Sportzwear.co.uk
• Dale Sport
• Run and Become
• Runners Need
• Tri and Run
• Achillesheel
• Front Runner
• Tread Bear
• Runnersworld Ltd
• The Runner's Centre
• The Running Shop
• Fit2Run Direct
• SMK Running
• Sutton Runner
• Derby Runner
• Iron Bridge Runner
• Viga custom-made club kit
• Ronhill custom-made club kit
• Fastrax custom-made club kit
• Wasp custom-mede club kit
• Genesis Race Tee-shirts
• Runnerpront winner Tee-shirts and vests
• The Heartrate Monitor Shop
• Stadia Sports Equipment
• Neuff Equipment
• Schelde Sports Euipment
• Track and Field Sports Ltd.
• Click Sports
• Physiosupplies.com

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Sports Brands

• Adidas
• Asics
• Brooks
• Halley Hansen
• Mizuno
• Newbalance
• Newline
• Nike
• O'Neills
• Puma
• Reebok
• Ronhill
• Saucony
• 1000 Mile Socks

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Other Equipment

• Polar Heart Rate Monitors
• Garmin GPS Systems
• Timex Watches, GPS, HRMs
• Baby Jogger
• Runaid Drinking Bottles
• Sorobothane Shock-Absorption Shoe Inserts
• Nathan Bottle and Music Carriers
• Oakley Sunglasses

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Publications and Books

• Irish Runner Magazine
• Athletics Weekly
• The Coach (bimonthly coaching magazine)
• British Runner Magazine
• Running Fitness
• Race Walking Record
• Runnersworld
• Runnersworld UK
• Track and Field News
• Running Times
• Peak Performance
• Amazon Books
• Humankinetics Books
• UK Athletics Book Centre
• Tullohbooks (Books and Training Plans by Bruce Tulloh)

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Coaching Information, Training Advice, Injury Prevention, Sports Science Support

• SAQ (speed, agility, quickness) Ireland
• SAQ (speed, agility, quickness) International
• Peak Centre Ireland (Sport Science Support Service)
• Performance Stability
• PAC Training (Steve Backley's training resourse)
• Run Republic (information, advice, products)
• Training Advice from Frank Horwill, middle distance coach
• Irish Fit (Sports & Fitness Consultants Specialising in Marathon & Triathlon Training Plans)
• Feelgood Factors (Personal Fitness Training Consultancy for running and triathlon)
• Pete Pfitzinger - Training Information for Runners
• Tullohbooks (Books and Training Plans by Bruce Tulloh)
• Athletics Coach (Physiological and biomechanical based coaching service)
• Sportstest (Sport Science Support Service)
• Coaches Education
• Athletic Body Conditioning

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Sports Management

• Sports Management Ireland

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Physiotheraphy/Sports Injury

• Hartmann International
• United Physiotheraphy Clinic, Limerick (Johnson McEvoy)
• Marie-Elaine Grant Chartered Physiotherapist

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Doping Information

• Eirpharm Drugs Database (Ireland)
• Drugs in Sport
• Drug Information Database (UK)
• World Anti-Doping Association (WADA)
• Current list of prohibited substances and procedures (from WADA website)

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Lists of Athletics Related Links

• Runningonline.com
• Runnersweb.com
• Sports Arena (track & field)

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Chatboards

• Irish Athletics Chat board
• Athletics Weekly Chatboard
• Letsrun.com Forum
• British Based Yahoo Group for Distance Running

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