Fit4life Round 2, Rathdrum 5k

Round 2 of the 2014 Fit4life League, Rathdrum 5k, was held on Thursday last 6th March. Joe Cawley fresh from his great win in the Kinvara Half Marathon, had to settle for 2nd place on the night, running 17.11, 8 seconds behind Damien Lawless, first athlete home. Joe was 1st O/40. Bill Stanley ran a fine 18.43, 3rd O/40; Colm O'Heigeartaig 19.15, Pb, 4th Senior,; Charlotte Stevens, 23.01, 1st O/50 completed the Bray contingent.

 Next race in the series will be in Shanganagh on WEDNESDAY 2ND APRIL, and it will be run over 3k.

Sli Cualann. National Relays Training Session

Slí Cualann will host a special training session for members on Thursday  March 13th., at the athletics track at Charlesland, Greystones. The focus of the training session is on preparing squads for the National 10km Road Championships and the Road Relays. The training session starts at 7:00pm and is open to all members.

Neil's Brilliant 12th Place in Ballycotton

The Ballycotton 10mile was held today Sunday 9th March. A field of over 3,000 took part in almost perfect conditions for racing. Neil Wiktorski finished in a magnificent 12th place in a time of 53.54. Other Bray Runners times were as follows; Des O'Hare, 66.13; Gordon McWilliams, 66.36; Helen Barry, 67.36, 5th O/40; Richard Kavanagh, 68.38, 3rd O/60; Suzanne Foot, 70.56; Noelle Thorpe, 72.35, 2nd O/50; Diarmuid Potts, 74.37; Diana Doll, 74.56, Robert Quinn, 75.07; Leanne Geraghty, 75.36; Denise O'Leary, 76.50; Georgina Devlin, 76.52; Susan Dowd, 81.14; Colette Mason, 81.34; Grainne Cunningham, 81.48; Andrea Murphy, 82.01; Cathy Mitchell, 82.53; Dolores Gilliland, 83.44, 5th O/55; Siobhan Butler, 88.54. Well done to all who took part, we hope to have some photos displayed shortly. Tadhg Twomey, well known to most in Bray Runners, finished 2nd O/75 in 90.18.  

The race was won by Seirgiu Ciobanu, Clonliffe, in 48.58, with Siobhan O'Doherty, Borrisokane AC, winning the womens race in 57.32.

In our predictor competition a number of athletes were very close to their predicted time, Noelle Thorpe was within 26 seconds, Helen Barry was within 24 seconds, Grainne Cunningham was a mere 12 seconds out, but it is Des O'Hare who takes the honours, predicting 66.20 and running 66.13.

Joe Cawley Win Kinvara Half Marathon.

Joe Cawley won todays, Kinvara, Rock and Road, Half Marathon. He finished in an excellent 76mins, 11 secs, a new PB, well ahead of his closest challenger, Paul Fitzgerald, Limerick AC, who finished in 77.06. Joe was 3rd is this race in 2012 and 4th in 2013. In the ladies race Eimear O'Leary, MSB, was 1st home in 87.30.