WEEKEND RUNAROUND

County Novice Cross Country

We had five runners there today With a strong Ladies team minus their stalwart Sinead Falvey who had to miss it unfortunately for personal reasons. It just shows how important is is to have that extra person when a team is involved. We had Eileen Leahy, Meadhbh Campbell, Rosie Young and Dee Duran making her Irish debut in cross country. All put in excellent performances. Our sole male runner was Edmond O'Sullivan running his second race of the day and making a fine job of it too. Well done all who kept the MAC flag flying.

Action Packed Weekend For Kevin Toth

Action packed weekend.  Saturday Quest Killarney 14k hill trial run, 46k bike and 1k kayak. Sunday 10k Waterford Solas run with a PB.

Defense Forces BHAA 5Km

Sunday morning saw the Defense Forces annual 5Km take place in Tramore Valley Park over the usual Park Run Course. We had four runners there and all ran well. Edmond O'Sullivan was our man in the prizes with 3rd O/60 before heading off to run in the County Novice Cross Country Championships in Macroom.

Not One But Two

Marc Does It Again

The amazing club member Marc Dalton completed his 

SECOND IRONMAN in Barcelona last weekend. Marc says.

It's hard to put all what I want to say into a post, I'll keep it short.

I completed my second Ironman in Calella (Barcelona) last Sunday. 

What a day! 

Delighted with the result, couldn't have asked for more...

Thanks to everyone for the support and texts over the last few weeks and months.

To my family Colette Dalton and Ryan & Scott for all your support  I am so grateful.

To Aj Murphy (Legend) and his brother Eoin Murphy , Well done to you both, so happy to have shared this with ye. 

Anything Really Is Possible!

#ironmanbarcelona

New Book by Midleton AC member

Christopher McCarthy 

"Capacocha" is a new short story collection available for €10 in Midleton Books, online at Print My Book and I'll have copies available at Training on Monday 14th October.

The rugged majesty of an islands cliffs.  The exhilaration of driving through a desert at night.  Transcending to an enlightened plain of consciousness.  An unexpected duet in a dimly lit city bar.  Love lost.  Redemption.

Reflections on the passage of time and the beauty present in every moment.

Kind Regards,

Chris

WEEKEND RUNAROUND

TRAINING

Training returns to the All Weather Pitch on Monday 6th October at 6pm. Any queries mdtacinfo@gmail.com or 0872403940

The Loneliness Of The Cross Country Runner

The County Senior Cross County Championships took place in Conna on Sunday 5th October We had one runner there Rod Scanlan. Rod ran a great race coming in 29th place in under 30min as he aimed to do. He had a fantastic finish passing another athlete in the last fifty meters in a great sprint finish. Well done Rod you did us proud as always

Novice Championships are next weekend Contact John Hennessy re entries.

https://www.corkathletics.org/events/eventdetail/7589/14/cork-athletics-county-juvenile-uneven-age-and-novice-cross-country-championships-day-2-2024.html

County Novice XC takes place next Sunday 13th in Carrigadrohid, Macroom. Anyone looking to compete please let me know before next Wednesday 9th. John

Galway Bay Half Marathon

Amanda Cooney did the Galway Bay Half Marathon on Saturday in the torrential rain and was nearly blown into the sea.

Tarmonbarry AC 5 Mile

Michael Beirne reports he  ran PB of in Tarmonbarry AC 5 Mile this morning - finished second in my age category

NOTE

Any other results please send them to mdtacinfo@gmail.com

HELP NEEDED FOR LADIES MINI MARATHON

 Hi Everyone,

Cork County Board's biggest event of the year is on next Sunday 22nd Sept. 

We are appealing to Clubs to send stewards and helpers as there are extra demands for stewards this year. 

Thank you to those clubs who have already given us 30 names, but this is far short of the 100+ that we require.

Your Club may wish to fill up the volunteer form online on our website or contact the following: Eamonn McEvoy Tel: 087-7593049 email eamonnmcevoy54@hotmail.com or Sean O'Lionard Tel: 087-2732847.

Regards,

Esther Fitzpatrick.

WEEKEND RUNAROUND

We Are The Champions (Well Our Ladies Are)

Spectacular results for our club in the East Cork Cross Country Championships in Conna on Sunday.

We saw some fantastic racing and all our runners ran their hearts out.

Our Ladies did amazingly well. Led home by Sinead Falvey who took individual 3rd overall and led home our Ladies Team of Sinead O'Driscoll, Nathalie O'Connell and Eileen Leahy to overall victory in the Ladies Championship race.

 She also led the Ladies O/35 Team  of Sinead O'Driscoll and Nathalie O'Connell to Gold whilst taking individual Gold herself in the Ladies O/35 and Sinead O'Driscoll taking Silver and Nathalie O'Connell taking individual Bronze. Joan Hough took Bronze O45.

A special mention for Nathalie O'Connell who stepped in to make up the Ladies Team and running cross country for the very first time ran a brilliant race to enable the team to take the gold.

Unfortunately we did not have a men's team but Edmond O'Sullivan took bronze O/45 and Rod Scanlan had a mighty run to narrowly miss out on bronze finishing a very close 4th.

A fantastic day for our club and its great to say we did so well.

National Half Marathon in Charleville

Report from Declan Dorgan

A large crowd took part in the Charleville half marathon road race 2024. This was an exceptionally well organised race and racing conditions were ideal!

A large crowd from Midleton took part and there were some phenomenal performances by club members, led home by the very impressive Darren Aherne who finished in 81 minutes. Followed by Ger O'Regan and Derek Aherne both with very impressive 86 min!

Report from Louise Barry

Super day out. Perfect conditions for running -I was very happy with my run, felt good all the way, Siobhan was delighted with her shiny new PB, Bernie and Martha had great runs also. Such a well organised event - from start to finish. The weather even behaved. 

Tralee 10Km

The first result in  this weekend is a great one with Midleton ACs Rosie Young finishing 4th Lady overall in the the Jerry Kiernan 10Km in Tralee on Saturday morning She did the fine  time of  47.24. Well done Rosie.

Coming soon