Welcome back everybody and Happy New Year!

We hope you had an enjoyable break and that you are all ready to get back in shape now that New Year resolutions have been made and classes have started again. Training begins again today, Tuesday, while competitions are now approaching as the winter season reaches its peak...

Circuits training returns today @ 5pm in the Sports Centre Hall A, and we look forward to seeing the large and enthusiastic numbers that were ever present before Christmas. Training then resumes from Thursday @ 6pm. Long Distance runners will meet @ their usual place @ the entrance of the Sports Centre, while the sprints group will congregate @ the track. We encourage anybody who hasn't been involved already, but who is interested, to come along to a training session. Regardless of your fitness levels or ability, if you want to be a part of the club, just come along and we'll be happy to look after you.

As for competitions, there are a few competitions quickly approaching. First up are they Indoor T&F Intervarsity Championships. These take place in Nenagh, Tipperary on Saturday & Sunday February 14th & 15th. Distances range from 60m - 3,000m and there are also field events including high jump, long jump, triple jump, weight for distance and shotput.
Three weeks later the Cross Country Intervarsity Championships take place in Jordanstown, Antrim. This will be the finale to the winter season and a week later we'll be jetting off to Portugal for a week of warm weather training.

Finally, we are happy to announce that a new range of UCD Athletics hoodies & t-shirts are now in stock and are available for purchase. If you want to be part of the posse, it will be imperative that you get yourselves a matching pair. We are offering the hoody and t-shirt together for €30 - a great deal! They will be available for sale @ training.

If you are interested in competing in either the Indoor T&F or Cross Country Intervarsity Championships, or you are simply interested in getting involved in the club, get in touch with us by emailing ucdathletics@gmail.com.

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Congratulations to everyone who competed in the Road Relays in Maynooth. We were very successful this year finishing 2nd in both mens and ladies teams, a huge improvement on last year. For a full list of results click here

Both A teams had great runs finishing behind DCU and ahead of UL. The girl's B team had an exciting race with a sprint finish against the C team which was a mixture of 2 UCD ladies and 2 DCU ladies. The men's B, C and D teams were neck and neck for the first 3 miles of the race before finishing within 3 minutes of each other. Well done to everyone who competed and thanks to everyone who came down to support. Photos to follow...

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