Killeigh 4 mile Friday 28th
We had two athletes take part in this race on. Noel Marum ran it in 23:02 and Olwyn Larkin in 28:55. It was a tough course with an uphill start and another hill for a mile at about 2.5 miles to finish downhill. Well done to you both.
Vicarstown Parkrun Saturday 29th
Lucy Dunne was 1st lady this week and new P.B. time 24:53 right behind her was Patricia Naughton (2nd) in 25:08, Elaine Moore (5th) 27:10. Sinead Cutis 6th 28:34 2nd week with a new P.B. Well done to all.
We had two Juniors running in this weekly run, Although the morning was not great for fast running, David Faulkner was up with the leaders from the word go and worked hard to finish in 3rd place overall and a new P.B. Luke Gibney also worked hard and finished well up and also recorded a new P.B. Super running by both lads.
Portlaoise College Donal Walsh 5K Race
Portlaoise College recently held a 5K road race as part of a fundraiser for the Donal Walsh foundation. Fionn & Tiarnán Marum took part in this 5K held around the campus in Portlaoise College. Fionn led from the front and came home a clear winner, Tiarnán started off a bit slower but came through for second place. Well done to both lads for supporting a worthy cause.
Limerick Marathon April 30th
Congratulations to Cyril Cuddy finishing Limerick marathon 4th 0/40, and 10th overall in a fantastic time of 2:47:23. Cyril has trained hard on a structured programme for this marathon, conditions were quite windy but Cyril was very happy with the result.
St Abban’s Open Sport Monday 1st May 2017
Well done to Seodhna Hoey who competed in St Abban’s on Monday taking silver in the woman's hammer.
Ned Buggy Memorial 4K St Abban’s AC Sunday 30th April.
Another well supported run for the charity Pieta Houses. This was held over at St Abban’s Ac and we had Julieka Cahill Reid, Richie Reid, Lilly Reid and Ursula O' Malley representing Portlaoise.
Leinster Novice & Masters Championship 1st May 2017
Well done to all who ran in the Leinster Novice and Masters in Gowran. We had one master’s women's team with Maria Cuddy, Anna Duggan and Julieka Cahill Reid. All ran a very good race over the 3k and were 7th team to finish. Anna Duggan has a Leinster individual medal to add to her collection this year with 3rd place O/45 in the Master championship race.
Our only man in action on the day was Richie Reid who ran in Novice 6k race and finished in 17th position. Richie was 4th on the novice County Team with John Fenlon (St Abbans), Sean Geoghegan (St Abbans), Tom Dune (Ballyroan Abbey), James Griffin (St Abbans) and Paul Burke (Ballyroan Abbey) who won bronze County team today in the Novice Championship. Great result lads.
