WEEKEND RUNAROUND

Help Needed For Ballycotton 10 Envelope Packing.

Please pencil in Thur. night next 20th Feb. as the night we help pack the envelopes for the Ballycotton 10 runners. Traditionally now we have as a club helped with this job for many years .
 All we ask is an hour of your time on Thur. night in the CBS Midleton where the race numbers, programme etc. are packed into envelopes and got ready for posting. All the help we can get makes the job easier. You don't have to be running Ballycotton to help with this job and all help will be greatly appreciated . Just turn up at the CBS anytime from 7pm onwards please.

Carrigaline 5Mile

Sunday 16th saw the running of the Carrigaline 5 Mile organised by Eagle AC .This takes place over one of the toughest 5 mile circuits around and is a great build up to Ballycotton. Our first man home was Emmet Ronan who had a super run of 30.44 which was great running on this course and would have been under the 30 on most courses. Next came Francis Maunsell in 35.18 closely follow by Christopher Mc Carthy 35.30 which was excellent considering he is just back from injury and missed training. Other men who had fine runs were John O'Halloran, Mark Cullen, Donie O'Connell, James McMurtry and Danny McCarthy.
Our ladies also were well represented with Bernie Twomey, Lana Creedon, Maeve Horgan and Joan McCarthy all having good runs. Apols. if I missed anyone. Luckily the weather held until all were finished and as always the event was well organised.

Clonakilty Marathon

On what turned out to be a lovely morning for a run. Three amazing women from Midleton AC went on a training run and wound up doing 26.2 miles.in 3.49 .Yes its was a training run. There are very many in the club (men included) who would be delighted to race a marathon in that time and even end up boasting about it. They stopped their watches at 21 miles did a few stretches and jogged the remaining 5.2 in around 10 min pace, Helen Gilroy ,Margaret Jones and Sheila Buckley ye again did the club proud. Well done ladies Roll on Boston.

Back To Back Marathons

Don O'Callaghan was equally amazing in this event .Following in the footsteps od Margaret Jones who did this last year. This year it was the turn of Don O'Callagan who had  fantastic runs and turned in 3.43 approx. Sunday and 3.57 over both days. Don says the event was very well organised. Well done Don.

TRAINING

Donie O'Connell will be doing a training run in Ballycotton over the course next Sat. morning @9am.
 Anyone interested in doing 8/9 min miles are welcome to join him. This will be Donie's 30th Ballycotton 10 so there is no lack of experience there.

Note Anyone with other reports please let the blog know. mdtacinfo@gmail.com

Clonakilty


Best of luck to everyone doing Clonakilty tomorrow and also to anyone doing the back to back. I know we have three brave ladies taking on the marathon. Helen Gilroy, Margaret Jones and Sheila Buckley. The ladies are doing it as a training run as part of their Boston Marathon preparations but you never know with these ladies they might just keep going and do the back to back.(ha ha ). Hope the weather improves.

Carrigaline 5 Mile

There is a 5 mile race @ 11am in Carrigaline on Sunday organised by Eagle AC. A race well worth supporting and a great preparation for Ballycotton 10 as there are some nice hills in it.

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Danny