Jellyfish foil 62-year-old swimmer's Cuba to Florida attempt
US swimmer Diana Nyad has abandoned her latest attempt to become the first person to swim across the Florida Straits without a shark cage.
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Steve Redmond is just one swim away becoming the first person to ever complete the Ocean’s Seven.
View ArticleOne heck of a ride: Irish adventurers trekking 16,000 km from Istanbul to...
Five countries, three deserts and one mountain range will be crossed by the fundraising duo by the time they reach the east coast of China.
View ArticleMarathon man: Student plans to run 917 mile lap of Ireland in 35 days
Alan Corcoran is hoping to raise money for the Irish Heart Foundation’s stroke awareness campaign and already has the backing of one famous sportsman.
View ArticleAudi clinches Le Mans 24-Hour title
The victory marks the first occasion in the event’s 79-year history that a team using a hybrid car has claimed the top prize.
View Article35 Marathon Man: Alan Corcoran becomes first to run a lap of Ireland
The 21-year-old has completed his 917-mile roundtrip to raise funds for stroke awareness.
View ArticleCharitable cyclist gears up for Europe's 'toughest endurance road race'
While Tour de France participants put their feet up after a tough day’s slog, Duncan McKenzie will power on into the wee hours of the night and beyond.
View ArticleVIDEO: Groupama take Volvo Ocean Race in Galway
The French boat, with Kerryman Damian Foxall on board, ended the eight month race with victory in the west.
View ArticleTri-Time: Molloy and Campbell impress in Germany
Check in on how Ireland’s triathletes fared in our weekly round-up.
View ArticleIrish swimmer completes gruelling open water challenge
Steve Redmond completed the challenge of swimming the ‘seven summits of the sea’ in Japan yesterday and will return home to Cork tomorrow.
View ArticleFrank Hurley’s Antarctica: images of early 20th century polar exploration
The Australian photographer travelled to Antarctica six times, including as part of the ill-fated Endurance expedition led by Shackleton.
View ArticleQuadruple amputee completes icy swim across the Bering Straits
Frenchman Phillippe Croizon braved near-freezing temperatures to swim the 4k stretch that links America and Asia.
View ArticleDiana Nyad pulled from water during Cuba-US swim
Nyad’s latest attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage has been abandoned.
View ArticleIrishman to cycle for 30 hours with no sleep for suicide charity
Ricky Geoghegan said he is frustrated at how “useless” he feels about the proliferation of suicide and lack of awareness around it.
View Article43-year-old Mauritius striker comes off bench to beat Roger Milla age record
Kersley Appou turns 44 on April 24
View ArticleGalway personal trainer plans world record attempt at first ever Irish Tough...
The world famous obstacle course comes to Dublin in October.
View ArticleIronman triathlon is coming to Dublin for the first time next year
Leo Varadkar announced today that the world famous endurance race will take place in Ireland in 2015 and 2016.
View Article250 kilometres in under 24 hours, Ireland's toughest race is back
Organisers of The Race do not expect all of the 100 competitors to complete the challenging yet gruelling course.
View Article'After cycling 1100 miles, what's another 250?' An expert's guide to...
Donncha Cuttriss has completed the ultra-cycle three times. Here, he explains how it’s done.
View ArticleIreland’s toughest ultra-cycle starts today, here’s where they’re headed
Just in case you fancy lending your support or a bed to the mad men.
View Article‘I lost touch with reality in a big way’ - The Irishmen who played snooker...
How two lads from Ennis, County Clare recently broke a Guinness World Record.
View ArticleWhat training should you be doing four weeks out from Tough Mudder Ireland?
Pat Divilly takes us through a step-by-step programme ahead of the event on 4&5 October.
View ArticleWhat training should you be doing three weeks out from Tough Mudder Ireland?
Pat Divilly is back to help you prepare ahead of the event on 4&5 October.
View ArticleIrish man to run marathon in Amazon to raise money for teacher with cancer
The former teacher of his nephew has been diagnosed with mixed cell lymphoma, a very rare form of cancer, and he’s hoping to help cover the cost of her treatment.
View ArticleCaffeine, chaos and effortless power: The science behind Chris Bryan's...
You don’t need to have a degree in sports science to excel in endurance sport, but it helps.
View ArticleWhat training should you be doing less than two weeks out from Tough Mudder...
We’re only ten days away from the big day so Pat Divilly is here to take you through those final preparations.
View ArticleWhat training should you be doing less than one week out from Tough Mudder...
With just days to go, Pat Divilly is back to help you get those final preparations in.
View Article41 filthy dirty photos of the gruelling Tough Mudder event at Punchestown...
You’re gonna need a hose-down after looking at these.
View ArticleOpinion: What’s with all the extreme fitness challenges?
Endurance challenges are becoming more commonplace, but what are we trying to prove?
View ArticleOne of toughest endurance races in the planet took place in Donegal this...
Letterkenny native Sean McFadden was the winner of the men’s race while Waterford’s Diane Behan picked up the women’s title.
View ArticleA real life Forrest Gump will finish running the length of Britain today
Sean Conway’s incredible journey ends in Cornwall later.
View Article"There are some days, it is tough": Irish Muslims reflect after a long...
For the past month, observant Muslims in Ireland have been getting up before 3am and fasting until around 10 at night.
View ArticleA Dublin man has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro (with a bathtub on his back)
Robbie Dowling says the experience pushed him “to the abyss, and then some”. His next adventure sounds even more daunting…
View Article'You have to have a few nuts loose in your head to want to do something like...
Four years later, Simon Hutchinson doesn’t want to be known for just one epic cycle and he’s lining up a journey across Europe.
View ArticleEaster Monday 1916: An Irish-British crew begin one of the greatest boat...
It was the last throw of the dice for Ernest Shackleton and his men, stranded at the end of the Earth.
View ArticleSanchez flies in late to win Dublin half-marathon, Hehir shows his form by...
Catherina McKiernan took another second place in her build-up to next month’s Dublin Marathon.
View ArticleAn Antarctic expedition will try to find Ernest Shackleton's ship
The Kildare-born explorer’s ship sank under the ice in 1915.
View ArticleQuiz: Can you guess which of these celebrities have completed a triathlon?
We test your knowledge on the well-known personalities who have pushed themselves to the limit.
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