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Month: November 2007

Date set for Craughwell AC Fit4Life 5k.

Date set for Craughwell AC Fit4Life 5k.

  The hugely successful Craughwell A.C. Fit4Life programme is proud to announce the date and time for its inaugural Fit4Life 5k walk- jog- run!  Sunday 27th January @ 1:00 pm will be the first outing for many of our members.This event is open to Fit4life members from Athenry AC and Galway City Harriers free of charge however any club members not in the fit for life will be able to run also for a small fee  payable on the day. We…

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Who, when and where!

Who, when and where!

The Fit4Life program has been working out extremely well in Craughwell.  However it has one downside – I seem to be spending all my time minding the kids while my wife gets the running in! Tony Nevin is the man with the plan, and his contact details are below: Who:Tony Nevinph: 086 3026798email: fit4life@o2.ie When: Tuesdays 8:30PMSaturday: 9:30AM Where:Craughwell NS There is a bunch of almost 30 people participating of all abilities – they are having great fun and getting…

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Porters’ Hollymount

Porters’ Hollymount

Well done to all Craughwell A.C. members at a breezy Hollymount yesterday, as usual the porter family prove their pedigree once again on this though but rewarding circuit. David dished out a fantastic performance to take 3rd place against stiff competition in the youth race in 11.27, well done to David, while younger sister Laura blasted home to take overall fifth and first place girl on the day in 13.22,

To train or not to train? that’s the question

To train or not to train? that’s the question

Marathon Report 06  &  07   I had been running for over a year, making steady improvements in all races so I believed I could run 26.2 miles in less than 4 hours. I would take this on with some confidence having run the “Connemara Half” in March in 1:42. I reckoned a full Marathon couldn’t be much worse than that, could it?  Ten minutes on the net and I had Hal Hidgons lifetime of marathon experience safely logged in…

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Fit4life off to a flyer

Fit4life off to a flyer

Craughwells’ first fit4life training session got off to a flying start tonight with almost 20 Participants showing up on a chilly November’s evening.  With great enthuasim it wasn’t long before they had all reached a comfortable temperature and everyone had forgotten the cold? If this is anything to go by we will have no trouble motivating this group to great success during the up-coming winter evenings . Well don to all who made the effort tonight and we look forward to meeting…

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