Technology played a leading part in the management of this year’s Cork City Marathon, writes Eoin English of the Irish Examiner.

Róisín Burke, 29, from Limerick will be taking part in the half marathon at next month’s Cork City Marathon.

US firefighter Greg MacCurtain will run the Cork City Marathon with his severely ill daughter, writes Áilín Quinlan

An inspirational couple in their 80s hope to cross the finish line of their last ever marathon hand-in-hand in Cork on Monday.

Each week we profile one of the runners taking part in the ‘Irish Examiner’ Cork City Marathon this June

Cillian O’Leary claimed a famous comeback victory in the Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon in 2:30:41 yesterday, as Nollaigh O’Neill-Hunter triumphed convincingly in the women’s race in 2:57:45 in wet and wild conditions.

The severe weather conditions did not deter the thousands of athletes from participating in two marathon events in Dublin and Cork today.

It’s a massive task to run a marathon, a half-marathon and even a leg of the relay depending on your fitness.

With just 10 weeks to go before race day, training plans and choosing the right footwear are vital to getting over the line on race day, writes Robert McNamara

It was a case of déjà vu at the Cork Marathon yesterday with Poland’s Bartosz Mazerski denying Gary O’Hanlon’s brave attempt for a third marathon victory in 15 days in a sprint finish down St Patrick’s Street, while Pauline Curley smashed her course record from last year when coming home in 2:43:37.

Gary O’Hanlon will be the star attraction of the 7,000 runners set to descend upon St Patrick’s Street at the Cork City Marathon at 9am on Bank Holiday Monday when he bids to win his third marathon in the space of 15 days.

Major traffic restrictions will be in operation on Bank Holiday Monday as more than 9,000 competitors take to the streets in the annual Cork City Marathon.

From blushing bride to runaway bride — it was a marathon bank holiday wedding weekend to remember for popular broadcaster Jacqui Hurley.

Freddy Keron denied Sergui Ciobanu a notable three-in-a-row triumph when the Kenyan broke the course record to win yesterday’s sixth edition of the Cork City Marathon since it was revived in 2007.

Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers) broke the course record when winning the Bord Gáis Energy Cork City Marathon in 2010 and 2011, and that’s his target again as he bids for an unprecedented three in-a-row today.

THE countdown has begun for the thousands of runners preparing for the Cork marathon, which takes place on June 4. For John Philip Murray, an artist from Lissardagh, Co Cork, running the marathon is a challenge he set himself on his 60th birthday.

They say marriage is a marathon, not a sprint.

Moldovian Sergiu Ciobanu has won the 2011 Bord Gáis Energy Cork City Marathon in a record time of 2:25:34, beating the official record he set last year for the marathon by 20 seconds.

OVER 3,000 runners will go to the starting line for tomorrow’s “Ballycotton 10”, Ireland’s most enduring and successful road race.

ROY FAHY (East Cork) had hardly fulfilled his ambition to win last year’s race than he was planning a back-to-back double by winning Monday’s Bord Gais Energy Cork City Marathon.

NOT content with winning the world elephant polo championships and being Ireland’s first pint-sized sumo wrestler, a solicitor is preparing to launch the Paddy Olympics and break the world record for the three-legged race.