from Athletic Northern Ireland website The organisers of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships which will take place in Dublin in December 2009 have released their first promotional bulletin. In it, the LOC describe how long and strong the tradition for Cross Country running in Ireland is, and how the country has won four gold medals at senior level at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
The event, which has the course and all hotels within a 2km distance from Dublin airport will take place in the fields around the Morton Stadium, Santry, the scene of numerous world records and the so called mile of the century in 1957 when 5 men went under the magical 4 minute mile.
Click in the Fixtures section to download the official promotional bulletin. (NB-low res 2MB)
Note- Keep an eye out for the Dublin 2009 website to be launched soon!