Fri May 15 2026 - 06:00 • 5 MIN READIt's hard to appreciate just how fast Kenya's Sabastian Sawe ran when setting a world record at last month's London Marathon. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images Nothing compares to the smell and feel of a freshly laid running track in the early summertime. It brings back all sorts of good memories, and I was thinking about how it must feel for a young athlete when walking into the newly opened Bandon Athletics Club track earlier this week.This has been five years in the works and a much-welcomed facility for west Cork.
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