MOVE-MBER

For the month of November, we want all members to get on the move for

MOVE-MBER

·          Send on your total weekly mileage at the end of each week

·          For every 1000 miles accumulated from the club members the club will donate €250 to a nominated charity

·          The goal for the month is 5000 miles. If this is achieved the club will donate a capped amount of €2000 to a nominated charity

·          The best part is you get to nominate the charity of your choice. The charity with most nominations will receive the donation

·          This is a fantastic way to stay connected during this dark and dreary month in the current restrictions

·          Prize for most miles during the month

 

So let’s all try to MOVE-MBER together during this month

 

How does it work?

·          If you want  to participate you must register before 6^th November 2020 via link below

·          Nominate your preferred charity via link

·          Keep track of your weekly totals

·          First weekly submittal due on Sunday 8^th November(1^st-8^th Nov)

·          A separate link will be provided to all participants once registered to submit weekly totals

 

 

Registration Link:  https://form.jotform.com/203042679185054

 

 

Margaret Jones who not only ran a great marathon last Sunday she managed to collect 1,600 Euro along the way on her Go Fund Me page. She is seen here presenting the cheque to Amanda Cooney who accepted it on behalf of Marymount this morning. Margaret wishes to extend a Big Thank You to all our club members who contributed to this very worthy cause.

 

Guard Of Honour

The club has been asked to provide a Guard Of Honour for the funeral of Mary Smith. The idea is we form a line along the road as the cortege passes through Ballinacurra on its way to the funeral mass in Togher. We propose to meet at Jacko’s Car Park in Ballinacurra and then form a socially distanced line. It is suggested we meet around 10.45am on Wednesday 28th.

 We ask as many as possible to attend and please wear your club colours. I know many of you will be working but those that can please come along.

PS If there is any change of time I will post it here on Wednesday Danny

It is with very deep regret that I wish to inform the club members of the untimely passing of former club member Mary Smith,

Mary is the wife of current member Kevin Smith whom many of you know. Mary was a very popular and active member of the club for many years and was a regular at many of our social functions and races.

The club offers its sincere condolences to Kevin and their daughter Gabrielle on the loss of a beloved wife and mother. May she rest in peace.

TRAINING

Anyone looking for this weeks sessions please give me a call or text 0872403940 or contact Donie at 0862092795. Please abide by the HSE rules and also a big thank you to all those who abided by them over the weekend racing. It was not easy having to change routes and lose running buddies but ye did the club proud.

 Keep it up and Stay Safe. Danny

Virtual Dublin 

Bernie Does The Half

Bernie Twomey did the Half on Monday morning in keeping with the tradition of Dublin being run on the Monday. Its only been Sunday the last few years. She had a fine run and was aided along the way by "Believe It Or Not" the superwoman that is Margaret Jones. Yes the same woman that did the marathon only yesterday.

Morgan and Mick

Well done also to Morgan O'Regan and Mick Murphy who did the Virtual Marathon as a training and came home in 3.28 .

Michelle does her Virtual 10Km

Well done to Michelle Dorney who completed her Virtual 10Km assisted by the best Water Boy in the world.

Mark and Mags 

Mark Walsh and Margaret Jones complete the Virtual Marathon on Sunday morning. Starting at 7.30 in Market Green they both had great runs and were well supported. It was tough on the Support Crew too as they could only cheer them on and not give the usual "run along with them" support that Claire and her gallant crew usually give and are renown for but the cheering helped compensate.

The man behind in blue was doing Dublin too and was thankful for our support.

Early morning lone supporter. 

We may not be in Dublin but we still got the clappers.

The smiles say it all.

Forty Marathons between them.

A marathon a day. Mary yesterday Mark today.

All Virtual Marathon Runners 

Some of the Support Crew

Collette PB By 15 Minutes

Colette Dalton had a fantastic run in the Virtual Half Marathon and knocked 15 minutes off her PB. Colette is an example of how putting in the hard work pays off. One can see the effort she puts in on our Monday evenings training all Summer and Autumn and its wonderful to see it paying dividends. 

 Job well done

Colette with her support crew.

Amsterdam Ladies

Well done to Sheila Bulman and Annette Fitzgerald who completed the Virtual Amsterdam Half Marathon today.

Well done to Dan Twohig who completed the Half Marathon on Saturday and got himself a PB. Congrats Dan.

Below shows Mike Dorney at a feeding station and finishing his Virtual Dublin Marathon. It was his first marathon in seventeen years and forms part of his training for the Ironman.

Mary B Walsh completes her 20th Marathon

A huge well done to Mary B Walsh who complete her 20th today. Mary did her first Dublin Marathon in 2005 on an extremely wet day and was lucky today that the weather was much more suitable for running despite the odd shower. Congratulations Mary on your success and here's to twenty more.

See below for more information on Mary's very worthy cause.

Mary with her very proud family

Pictures below show Gina Brunton running and having completed her Virtual Dublin Half Marathon after a very good run early Saturday morning.

 Linda Curtin First Midleton AC Lady Home 

Well done to Linda Curtin who completed the Virtual Dublin City Marathon on Thursday making her the first Midleton AC athlete to complete the race. Linda completed the 26.2 miles on her own making it an extra hard event. Well done Linda.

Picture of Linda proudly wearing her Dublin Marathon Top

It seems so strange not to be travelling to Dublin this weekend having been there every October weekend for well over twenty years but its great to have so many running on our doorstep instead.

We have several other athletes doing it over the weekend and we wish them all the very best and hope to keep ye updated. So runners whatever distance send your photo's and reports in please. 0872403940.

 Please all abide by the rules and regulations and stay safe. I have already seen groups out running together(not from our club) please do not be tempted to copy them.

 

Update 20th October from Athletics Ireland

From midnight this Wednesday 21st October Ireland moves to Level 5 of the National Covid Framework. The implications to sport are significant and as we await specific guidance from the Sport Ireland Expert Group we ask all our members to continue to be vigilant in observing all health guidelines and to reduce your social interactions.
The specific sporting advice for Level 5 is below.
Currently the government advice is that you must not travel outside the 5km radius from your home. Hence travel to Clubs for anyone living further than 5km from their Club is not recommended.

We recommend as a club that all our members abide by the guidance of the Government to ensure we do as much as possible to protect our friends, families and fellow citizens during this tough time.

We wish you all the best during this tough times and hope to see you all at training again soon.

Regards,
Marc Dalton
Midleton AC Covid-19 Officer

It is possible to meet with one other household in an outdoor setting which is not a home or garden, such as a park, including for exercise.

See below for details

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/66269-ireland-placed-on-level-5-of-the-plan-for-living-with-covid/#

VIRTUAL 5Km Run

We had over eighty runners taking part making it a wonderful success and huge thanks must go to Marc for organising it and to you the members for making it such a success. Here's hoping that real racing will be back to us soon. Stay Safe Danny

Race Results

There were some remarkable times all across all categories.

If anyone is not on the list please let me know.

It's really refreshing to see so many new members coming on board.

Great to see so many tops out there and co-operating with Covid-19 guidelines.

Thanks must go to Colette who helped out with compiling the results.

Well Done everyone and we will see you all at the next one in November. Marc Dalton

 

Name 1 Paul Hartnett 15.24 2 Tony Forristal 16.46 3 Daniel Bloom 17.03 4 John Hennessy 17.27 5 Edwin Cashman 17.47 6 Derek Ahern 17.56 7 Vicki Spiteri 18.10 8 Mike Cremin 18.38 9 Morgan O Regan 18.39 10 Ger O Regan 18.55 11 Henry Milward 18.56 12 Sinead O Driscoll 19.21 13 Paul Spiteri 19.35 14 Declan Dorgan 19.45 15 Brendan Curtin 19.51 16 James Long 19.55 17 Paul Moore 20.00 18 Andre Brodkorb 20.10 19 Fergal O Meara 20.24 20 Dan Twohig 20.33 21 Mark O Reilly 21.09 22 Paul Geary 21.25 23 Barry O Dwyer 21.25 24 Don McDonald 21.27 25 Louise Barry 22.04 26 Sean O Sullivan 22.04 27 Maire Walsh 22.05 28 Eugene McCarthy 22.05 29 Margaret Jones 22.28 30 Yvonne Fitzgerald 22.33 31 Gillian Bransfield 22.56 32 Kevin Moran 23.19 33 Breda Sheedy 23.27 34 Marc Dalton 23.28 35 Marian Ahern 23.30 36 Joseph Power 23.42 37 Marie Gilman 24.07 38 Siobhan Murphy 24.13 39 Christine Murphy 24.22 40 Linda Curtin 24.50 41 Maurice Ring 25.15 42 Colette Dalton 25.46 43 Katherine O’ Connor 26.19 44 Kevin Morrison 26.25 45 Brian Martin 26.27 46 Mary O Keefe 26.35 47 Bernie Twomey 26.38 48 Margaret Anglin 26.40 49 Donie O Connell 26.41 50 Susan Fitzgerald 26.45 51 Aistrid Michel 27.07 52 Xavi Gomez 27.18 53 Elga Ryan 27.20 54 Natalie O Connell 27.26 55 Maura Smyth 27.33 56 Amy Cody 27.40 57 Tom Cody 27.40 58 Kevin Toth 27.42 59 Ian Kohler 27.46 60 David Hughes 28.09 61 Mike Dorney 28.20 62 Annette Fitzgerald 28.26 63 Loveness Hegarty 28.43 64 Noreen O Riordan 29.00 65 Gina Brunton 29.11 66 Sheila Bulman 30.39 67 Sabina Nagel 32.49 68 Billy Griffin 33.30 69 Andrea Lyons 33.36 70 Margo Donnelly 33.36 71 Michelle Dorney 34.08 72 Sarah O Brien 34.35 73 Suzanne Sloane 34.43 74 Kathleen O Connell 34.57 75 Elaine Finn 35.19 76 Darina O Brien 35.30 77 Sarah Jane Flaherty 36.05 78 Rebecca Dennehy 36.05 79 Michelle McGrath 36.13 80 Joan McCarthy 37.21 81 Anne Moore 39.00 82 Norma Moore 39.58