A fantastic 2 days of indoor action at the National Juvenile Championships in Athlone saw 6 medals come the way of the club over the weekend with 2 golds, 1 silver and 3 bronze. Rachel Warde was back to her brilliant best on Saturday when racing to victory in the final of the U18 Girls 60m Hurdles. She was followed swiftly by silver and bronze for her training partners Lauren Kilduff and Emma O’Donovan in the U19 Girls 60m Hurdles….
We flew out early on Saturday morning on the 6:05 flight from Shannon. It was slightly delayed taking off. I travelled with Aideen ( driver), Annemarie, Ciara and Angela, which set the tone for the gender balance of the 35-plus participants on the trip. The club trip ran from Saturday to Tuesday morning, with another early flight home. I was really looking forward to it, as I hadn’t been on an international running club trip since the first Berlin trip…
On March 1st I completed the Brighton ½ marathon. I was accompanied by my nursing friend Helen and a group of friends from London doing it yearly for charity. The morning of the run was near storm like with wind and rain. Luckily we had a hotel near the start line. The atmosphere was good despite the weather. However no warm up done! The route started at the Peace statue on Brighton sea front , headed up to Brighton pavilion,…
It was a rainy Sunday morning on the first day of March and I took the trip to Shannon in Co. Clare to run their inaugural 5 Mile race. Shannon AC have over the last couple of years put a huge amount of work into reviving their athletics club both at juvenile and senior level and are starting to reap the benefits of their hard work with athletes membership growing and athletes competing. With lots of family living in Shannon,…
The very best athletes in Ireland descended on Abbotstown for the National Senior Track and Field last weekend. It was a great weekend with action, medals and new club records in the 60mh (Emma O’Donovan), Junior 400m (Lauren Kilduff) and 1500m (Oisin Davis). Darragh Kelly leaped to a massive Bronze medal in Nationals with a mighty 1.90m in the High Jump. Kelly sailed over every height in his first attempt but came unstuck at the 1.93 mark. 1.96m took Gold….
