Congratulations to all our athletes and friends who took part in the Rotterdam Marathon earlier today. Great times recorded on what was a very warm day for marathon running.
Ian McGrath ran an excellent 2.37.15, and was 9th 0/40. A fine run from Gary Condon 2.39.13 and 3rd 0/45. Joe Kelly was another athlete to break 3hrs, running 2.59.34.
Suzanne Foot ran 3.05.51, and was 5th in her age category (Suzanne has now run her last 3 marathons in 3.05)
Helen Barry ran 3.14.51 and finished 12th in her age category.
Gordon McWilliams ran 3.03.43, almost 10mins off his time in same race last year. Emer Hynes 4.34.49, Peter Doran 4.52.18, were both happy with their times.
Fine runs also from Georgina Devlin 3.37.05, Leanne Geraghty 3.46.16 and Grainne Cunningham 4.11.01.
Great run also from our good friend Christy Maloney, 2.59.24. Well done to everyone, great running. Above times are chip times
Well done to all our athletes and our fellow Sli Cualann athletes who took part in the Leinster 10ml C/ships in Clontarf earlier today.
Congratulations to Jean O'Kennedy who won Gold in her age category, running a fine time of 75.30. Congratulations also go to Joe Cawley who won Silver in 0/45 Category, Joe ran 59.27. Mary Hayde set a new Pb of 77.27, 5th in category and Cathy Mitchell also ran a Pb, 77.30, 6th in Category.
Great runs also from our fellow Sli Cualann athletes, Clive Quinn 55.54 and 1st 0/40, Carol Costello 74.32 and 1st in Age Category. Billy Tyrell 66.17 and 2nd 0/60. William Belton 81.51 and 2nd 0/65. Catherine O'Connor 65.23 and 3rd in Age Category. Alan Dalton 59.24; Alan Duffy 60.15; Ray Kenny 60.49; Shane O'Connell 63.59; Billy Porter 66.59; Marc Cole 76.02; Laura McCann 76.04; Sharon Egan 91.54;
Congratulations to the Sli Cualann Women's Team, Catherine O'Connor, Carol Costello and Jean O'Kennedy who finished 2nd. These are the results we have to hand.
At the K Club 10k on Saturday, Andrea Murphy ran 57.36 and our good friends Grainne Cunningham ran 51.56 and Kevin Burns 55.40.
Also on Saturday Sharon Bailey ran 52.13 and Marie Curran ran 57.19 at the Bray Cliff 10k.
Congratulations to Julia Fonnereau who completed the 2 Oceans Ultra Marathon, 56k, in a very impressive 6hrs 14mins 16 sec.
Great run, on Sunday 1st April, from Karol O'Loinsigh at the Lough Boora Half Marathon. Karol ran a fine 1.39.13, which took over 4 minutes off his previous best for the distance.
