The last two weeks have been a case of feast or famine. Last week, we had relatively few results and in the last week, we had members in no less than 6 races.

Donoughmore 7 Mile: This was on Friday the 18th of July.  This tough 7 Mile race took place last Friday night and 10 club members took part, with several taking category prizes:

11 Daithi Creedon Eagle AC M M35 41:48…2nd M35
38 John Scannell Eagle AC M M45 48:03
39 Neil Mackay Eagle AC M M40 48:06
58 Pat Twomey Eagle AC M60 00:49:24…2nd M60
66 Tim McCarthy Eagle AC M M35 50:14
78 Adelle O’Connor Eagle AC F F40 51:53…1st F40
87 John McCarthy Eagle AC M M35 52:40
97 John Quigley Eagle AC M M60 53:18…3rd M60

Cathal Twomey…53:49

103 Cathal Twomey Eagle AC M MS 53:49
168 Nora Corcoran Eagle AC F F35 1:00:08
199 Fiona O’Riordan Eagle AC F F45 1:03:34…3rd F45

Full results & photos can be seen HERE

Dingle Half-Marathon: This was on Saturday the 19th of July.  There was further Eagle victory at the opposite end of the country, with a first place finish for Aidan Thompson in the Dingle Half-Marathon held on Saturday. Aidan won the race in a time of 1:22:46

Keith Whyte Half-Ultra: This was on Saturday the 19th of July. And another podium finish! Congratulations to Eric Browne on his third-place finish in the 18 mile race in Courtmacsherry last Saturday. Eric Completed the race in a time of 2:04:02. John Dunleavy also took part in the same event and finished in 2:54:12

Eric Browne…3rd in the 18 mile race

3 » Eric Browne Eagle AC M 237 (2:04:00) 2:04:02
58 » John Dunleavy Eagle AC M 243 (2:54:12) 2:54:12

Results & photos HERE

Run Killarney Marathon and Half Marathon: This was on Saturday the 19th of July. A large contingent of Eagles travelled West last weekend to take part in the Run Killarney Marathon and Half Marathon events, the majority of whom were undertaking pacing duties! In the Full Marathon, Damien Coleman paced the 3:30 group, while Jo Fearon did 4:30 duties.

Damien Coleman #1126 pacing 3h30m in the marathon

20 Damien COLEMAN (1126) 03:29:30 03:29:30 Senior (12)
76 Joanne FEARON (1131) 04:29:42 04:29:30 Senior (7)

In the Half marathon, all but one of the pacers were from the club. We also had at least 7 other members taking part in the race (clubs not listed in results).

The 8 pacers at Molls Gap for the Half-Marathon start. With the exception of Mike Collins (#194) of BMOH AC in Clare, the rest of the pacing team was made up of Eagle AC members. Finbarr Lehane in his club singlet managed to get in on the shot as well :o)

22 Norman KELLY (2118) 01:28:46 01:28:42 Ages 40-49 (3)
28 Alan O’BRIEN (187) 01:29:25 01:29:23 Senior (22) (Pacer)
29 Ronan BOLAND (188) 01:29:29 01:29:27 Ages 50-59 (2) (Pacer)
101 John DESMOND (189) 01:39:46 01:39:37 Ages 50-59 (7) (Pacer)
103 Roger O’MAHONY (190) 01:39:50 01:39:41 Ages 40-49 (18) (Pacer)
138 June O’ SHEA (2185) 01:43:11 01:43:02 Senior (12)
140 Finbarr LEHANE (2623) 01:43:15 01:43:06 Ages 40-49 (22)
154 Ita KIRWAN (2330) 01:44:36 01:43:53 Ages 40-49 (6)
228 Elaine GUINANE (191) 01:49:46 01:49:35 Senior (30) (Pacer)
229 Alan HACKETT (192) 01:49:46 01:49:35 Senior (132) (Pacer)
261 Tracy COTTER (2390) 01:51:57 01:51:46 Senior (40)
328 Claudia PIEPER-KELLY(2117)01:57:19 01:56:37 Senior (56)
395 Conn DONOVAN (193) 01:59:45 01:59:25 Senior (188) (Pacer)
565 Karen BEVAN (2427) 02:16:17 02:16:04 Senior (223)

Results & loads of photos HERE

Banteer 5km: This was on Sunday the 20th of July. Well done to Ciarán Bouse, who finished in 6th position in this 5km race in a time of 17:51
6 Ciaran BOUSE M Eagle AC 00:17:51

The full results can be seen HERE