Congratulations to Helen Cronin and Michelle Traynor who completed their ‘26 on the 26th’ Marathon on Saturday morning!

The girls are two of the clubs strongest and most consistent runners who never miss a Saturday long run! Their lockdown training around the hills of Waterfall paid off on Saturday when they effortlessly pulled off a 3.41 marathon cheered on by club mates and family members.

This was Helens sixth marathon and Michelle’s first. Michelle has frequently insisted over the last couple of years that she would never run a marathon – But we knew that Helen would convince her eventually! Well done girls!

See below for a round up of some recent Eagle AC race results taken from Karen’s weekly email. It’s great to see results starting to roll in again!

Virtual Cheetah Run 2021

1 Damian KENNEALLY 00:17:02 M MS Eagle AC

3 Trevor O’DONOVAN 00:17:49 M M40 Eagle AC
4 Ken INCE 00:18:01 M MS Eagle AC
7 Tom FOX 00:19:03 M M55 EAGLE AC
15 Ian ROCHE 00:19:57 M M40 Eagle AC
17 Finbarr LEHANE 00:20:28 M M50 Eagle AC
18 Jason CROSBIE 00:20:46 M FS Eagle AC
19 Damien HELLEBOID 00:21:03 M MS Eagle AC
24 Mike O CONNOR 00:21:34 M M40 Eagle AC
26 Cian QUIGLEY 00:21:58 M M40 Eagle AC
28 Denis CARROLL 00:22:31 M M60 Eagle AC 0
30 Andrew MACDONALD 00:23:10 M M40 Eagle AC
38 Brian HEGARTY 00:24:04 M MS Eagle AC
41 Frank COTTER 00:25:03 M M60 Eagle AC
44 Gary GIBBONS 00:25:39 M M45 Eagle AC
51 Tamara LOPEZ 00:26:15 F FS Eagle AC
58 Geraldine CORCORAN 00:27:22 F F45 Eagle AC
66 Colette COTTER 00:28:25 F F45 Eagle AC
71 Derek COSTELLO 00:29:08 M M50 Eagle AC
103 Nora CORCORAN 00:40:00 F F40 Eagle AC
107 Olga O’SULLIVAN 00:41:47 F F40 Eagle AC
110 Michelle CHEUNG 00:42:02 F FS Eagle AC

Bweeng Trail 20th June 2021

Congratulations to our Eagle AC members who got to run in a real race last weekend. Grellan, Olga & Sean took on the trails in Bweeng and with some great results below too. 

57    Grellan McGrath  712  M55  0:53:21 138% Eagle AC  Cork

69    Olga OSullivan  711  F40  0:54:37 141% Eagle AC  Cork

78    Sean Lucey  872   M  0:56:42 147% Eagle AC  Cork

Thoroughbred Run Kildare Half Marathon June 21st

Congratulations to Trevor O’Donovan who ran a big PB in Kildare last Sunday. Trevor finished 12th overall with a superb time of 1:22:15

12. Trevor O’Donovan M Eagle AC chip 1:22:15 Gun 1:22:16

Tralee Marathon 50k – 20th June

Congratulations to Siobhan Holland who ran a fantastic Ultra marathon in Kerry last weekend.  Siobhan finished second lady and 6th overall. Super running by Siobhan as always.   

GUN TIME  04:30:48  Chip time 04:30:45  Finished 50.0 KM  Speed 11.08 km/h  Pace 05:25 min/km

Now that the dust has settled on the 2021 Virtual Cheetah Run, we are delighted to announce that the event has raised an impressive total of €4,540 of much needed funds for Fota Wildlife Park!

This amount was raised through both entry fees as well as extra donations from race entrants.

A massive THANK YOU from all at Eagle AC to those who supported the event. It was great to see over 400 entries – from individuals, families and even a few school classes!

A big thanks to all who publicised the run, especially to Jarlath Regan and Sonia O’Sullivan from ‘Irishman Running Abroad’ podcast. The guys gave the event a mention on their super podcast, as well as running a Strava event supporting the race with their listeners.

Thanks also to Ronan Wogan of myrunresults.ie for organising the entries, merchandise and results for us. The results can be viewed here:https://www.myrunresults.com/events/fota_cheetah_virtual_run/4107/results

Well done to our 2021 race winners – Damian Kenneally ( 17.02) and Trish Hegarty ( 18.55)

Finally, while it’s great that our virtual event has gone so well, nothing beats the real thing! All things going well, we can’t wait to host Cheetah Run 2022 back at Fota Wildlife Park!

Ruairi Egan and Tracy Cotter

(Race Directors)