WEEKEND RUNAROUND

 

News Update

St Luke's 5K

We had a fine crew out for the St Luke's 5Km on Thursday evening and all had fine run including PBs

Our first man home was Paul Spiteri in a cracking 18.19 he was closely followed by Christopher McCarthy in 18.41 a new PB for him showing his dedication and hard work at Monday's sessions is paying off. Next came Vicki Spiteri 19.17 our first lady home finishing 4th overall and 1st O/35. Fergal O'Meara came next in 20.16 followed by Tony Murray in 20.47 showing his recent setback did not slow him down much. Margaret Twohig came next in 25.34. A total of three hundred and two runners finished the race.

East Cork Cross Country

The East Cork Athletics Division Even Ages, Junior, Senior & Masters XC Championships was  rescheduled for Saturday September last and took place in glorious weather conditions. Stunning views of the East Cork/West Waterford landscape distracted runners slightly from the challenging hills.  It was the 52nd year of the Championships and seldom can conditions have been so fine overhead and so solid underfoot.

As events transpired it proved a great day for our club with  Eillen Leahy leading home the Midleton ladies who all ran very well in the combined senior/masters race.  Caroline Geary won the individual gold medal in her age category - a great achievement as it was her first cross country medal.  The Midleton ladies took gold overall.

John Hennessy won first Over 45 in the men's race with Ger O'Regan adding to this growing honours list with the individual bronze and John Cashman joining the duo to collect the team silver medals.

Well done also to all the Midleton juveniles who ran so well and picked up plenty of medals also last Saturday.

Cross Country action continues next Sunday with Day 2 of the East Cork Championships in Whites Cross hosted by Carraig na bhFear AC.  The main focus for the adult club will be the women's Novice Race  over 4K and the men's novice race over 6K.

Mini Marathon

Well done to the ladies from the club who took part in last Sunday's Echo Mini Marathon.  The race was won in a new record time by Sinead O'Connor of Leevale AC. in what was the 41st year of the event. Nathalie O'Connell was our first lady home finishing in a fine position of 34th overall.

Thanks to John Cashman for the notes and photos

East Cork Athletics Division Strength & Conditioning (Circuit Training) Program

The East Cork Athletics Division are running a 10 week Strength & Conditioning (Circuit Training) program for Junior, Senior and Masters athletes starting on September 23rd.    The classes are being run for people who are interested in competing in the 2023 Track & Field season. Athletes must be registered with Athletics Ireland and members of Clubs affiliated to the East Cork Athletics Division.   The purpose of this program is to enable athletes from across the division to train together in preparation for the 2023 T&F season. These classes are open to both seasoned T&F competitions and for people new to T&F who would like to give it a try next year.    Classes will take place on Friday's from 7pm to 8pm. The first class will take place on Friday 23rd September in Midleton CBS. The classes will rotate around different locations in the East Cork Division to level out commuting times.    Further details will follow re: Venue Date & Location.   We would encourage anyone who is interested to please come along.   Any questions please give me a call / text on 089 6039607.   Regards John Hennessy

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