Fine Turnout for Duleek 5k
Well done to all our athletes and friends who took part in the Duleek AC 5k, on Sunday 25th Feb. Duleek 5k is a well organised race run over a good 5k course, Great times recorded by all, as well as a number of new Pb's.
Fine runs from John Ashworth who ran 21.05 and Jean O'Kennedy, 21.53, 3rd in Cat., both just seconds away from Pbs. Tom Cavanagh 21.58 and Noelle Thorpe, 22.01, 4th in cat., were both well pleased with their times. Mary Hayde recorded a new Pb of 22.13, and was 2nd in cat.. Colette Mason ran 24.39, her best 5k time in over 4 years. Paul Gannon, getting back to his best, ran 24.25.
Aoife Stokes ran 24.42, a new Pb by almost 2 minutes. Maureen O'Rourke ran a fine new Pb of 25.01. Mary O'Connor 26.15, also recorded a Pb, 31 seconds off her previous best.
Mary Deery ran a fine 27.49, and Jackie O'Neill, 28.15, was another to record a new Pb.
Great run also from Helen Murphy 21.35 and 1st in her age category. Another athlete to smash her Pb was Cathy Mitchell who recorded 22.45 and 3rd in age category. Bobby Mitchell, doing an excellent pacing job ran 22.41.
Great result for our ladies team, running as Sli Cualann, they finished in an excellent 2nd place, beaten by a very good Navan AC team.