Posted: April 5, 2005

Athletics: Globe Trotting Mottram To Defend Title In Ireland

From David Monti

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Australian Craig Mottram will line up for his seventh race of the year this Saturday when he competes at the BUPA Great Ireland Run in Dublin.

So far this year, Mottram has raced in five different countries on three continents in four months, traveling tens of thousands of kilometers. He began his year with cross country races in Spain and Britain, then went to Australia for two races on the track, including his national championships (he won the 5000m title). He then flew to France for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, then to the USA for last weekend's Carlsbad 5000 in California. He jetted east again some 10,000 km to to run this weekend in Ireland.

Mottram will line up against Irishman Mark Carroll and Briton John Mayock in Saturday's race, contested over 10 kilometers. His winning time last year was 29:11; he won by nearly a minute.