This was one I hadn’t planned on doing but after last weekend’s gruelling 20 miler (in training for the Berlin Marathon which is now only four weeks away), I decided to take a ‘breather’ and sign up for a Half Marathon to fill the gap between my two 20-miler runs. I figured a challenging 13.1 miles would be equivalent to the scheduled 15 miles I should have been running… So on Saturday morning at 8:15am, I left the warm comfort of my bed…
The Craughwell AC Marathon run in conjunction with our friends 100 Marathon Club Ireland took place on Saturday 29th of August. Just shy of 50 runners took to the roads to complete the 26.2 miles which is run in loops over the Craughwell AC 5km course. Conditions were near perfect on the day, with a few cooling showers over the course of the morning. The first set of runners set off at 8.00am with a smaller group taking to the…
The Senior Club Autumn Training Plan 2015 can be downloaded below. This plan has been developed to work with the significant number of members who are currently training for Autumn half and full marathons. Please note this is not a marathon specific plan. Substitute the workouts in the schedule with similar workouts in the plan that you are using. These workouts will help to build endurance which will benefit your overall running, so even if you are not focused on…
Shauna Bocquet was competing in the Paralympic track races at the weekend in the Coventry Classic where she had some fantastic performances against some top-class opposition. Shauna made the A final of the 100m after clocking 19.85 in the heats and went on to race world class athletes (Paralympic and European champions) in the final on Sunday where she clocked 20.57. Shauna got five PBs over the 2-day event (100m 19.85, 200m 37.58, 400m 72.54, 800m 2.21.42, 1500m 4.43.71). Her…
Craughwell U16 Girls 4x100m Relay TeamSiona Lawless, Shauna Tobin, Laura Cunningham, Aoife Walshe A busy two days of action unfolded in Athlone IT where the 2015 National Community Games finals were taking place at the weekend with a dozen athletes from the club taking part. Pride of place went to Laura Cunningham in her final year in Community Games. Laura was competing in the U16 Girls Triple Jump and in unfavourable weather conditions put together a fine series of jumps…
It’s just a few weeks now until the club will be back into full training for all age groups. The time-table for training sessions is provided below. It’s important that all parents adhere to the arrival and collection times listed below in order to minimise traffic in the car-park and make it a safer place for you and your children. We’d like to welcome our new first class/U8 age group who will be under the guiding hand of Tracy Moran and…
Just quick update on the community centre as I am not sure if its widely known as to what’s happening next. The following was the previous information circulated amongst the community. Notice for an Extraordinary General MeetingThe existing officers of St Michael’s Community Centre have been involved in the development and management of the community centre for the residents of Craughwell and surrounding areas for over 15 years. We are very proud of this fantastic amenity in our village, unfortunately the…
Just under 2400 runners took to the “Streets of Galway” for the 30th anniversary running of what is a key event in the running calendar for many local and national athletes. With a packed field including some of Ireland’s potential Olympic athletes for Rio 2016, this race was never going to disappoint. Taking in some of Galway’s most well know land marks it has a special place in many people’s hearts. The rain held off for the most part, with…
Cathriona Farrell retained her National Senior crown in style yesterday at the National Senior Track & Field Championships in Santry, clearing 1.80m on her first attempt to equal her outdoor personal best and take the gold medal. This makes it a double indoor-outdoor set of titles for Cathriona in the National Seniors this year and a total of 2 National Outdoor and 3 National Indoor titles in recent years. Also in action, Maeve Curley has made a super recovery after…
Check out the article in last week’s Connacht Tribune on the amazing work done by Craughwell AC athletes Ashley and Christopher McDonnell in building a school in Cambodia. The siblings travelled there last summer to start the project and Ashley went there again this year to work for several weeks on the official opening of the new school. The athletic club are very proud of their achievements both on and off the track! Ashley was a multiple National champion in…
