WEEKEND RUNAROUND

Waterford Half Marathon

Some of our crew did the Waterford Half today

Margaret Jones reports "Oh lord I hated it . New route . So many long hills with no recovery. And the sun was beating down us . Strong head wind for a few miles also . Definitely won’t do it again . Now must say very well organized but hate those water cartons as you can’t carry them . Will stick to hills in Cobh for the month"

East Cork Division 5Km Championships

As MTU will be undergoing works on the Track from early July we are changing the location for the East Cork Division Senior 5000m T&F Championships 2022. The date remains the same:

The revised details are as follows:

Wednesday, 13th July 2022, 8pm at Colaiste an Chroi Naofa, Carraig na Bhfear
Depending on size of entry we may run more than 1 race on the night.
Medals for first 3 Men and Women based on fastest times.
Pre-entry is not required, entries will be taken on the night.
Races confined to AAI registered athletes with clubs affiliated to the East Cork Athletics
Division.
Entry Fee €5.00 payable on night at check-in. Check-in from 7pm.

Flyer is attached below and the East Cork Athletics Division Website has been updated accordingly. I have asked for the Cork Athletics Website to be updated also.

Coolagown 10Km

The inaugural Coolagown 10Km took place on Thursday evening.

This was traditionally a 5Km but the garda would not allow them use the usual route. The new route proved challenging but fair and was superbly organised by St Nicholas AC. Full credit to Dick O'Brien and crew for a superb evening. We had a fair few runners there.

Kevin Smith making his comeback ran a super race coming home in 40min+ and Edwin Cashman also made his comeback in fine style.

Our first lady was Eileen Leahy fresh from her victory on Tuesday evening. Others who had fine runs were Amanda Cooney and Maurice Ring. 

NEWSFLASH UPDATE

MUNSTER MARATHON AND HALF MARATHON RESULTS

Great Wins For Our Club 

In the recent Munster Marathon and Half Marathon Championships help as part of the Great Limerick Run on the May weekend.

 Results and medals have just arrived and our club has met with great success. 

Daniel Bloom finished 2nd Overall in the Half Marathon and led the Midleton AC Team of himself, Derek Aherne and Declan Dorgan to 3rd place and the BRONZE medals

In the Marathon our team was led home by Ger O'Regan, followed by Mark Cronin and Paul O'Reilly to also take the BRONZE medals.

This is a fantastic achievement for our club and guys we are really proud of the success ye have brought us. Well done all.