Allihies 5 mile : The inaugural Allihies 5 mile road race was held on Saturday the 20th of June and attracted a field of just over 100. Mark Gallagher finished in 8th position.
8 MARK GALLAGHER EAGLE A/C 35:10 M40 56
Bere Island Midsummer Run: We had three members running in the stunning location of Bere Island for the Midsummer 10km Run last Saturday:
228 Wynman Ken 10 00:42:57
211 Gallagher Mark 10 00:45:21
229 Cotter Mary 10 00:50:52

Glanmire 4 Mile:
13 » Pat O’Connor M M45 139 (23:50) 23:51
16 » Paul Cotter M M40 151 (23:55) 23:55
55 » Kevin Fennessy M MO 340 (26:22) 26:51
71 » Pat Twomey M M60 389 (27:25) 27:27
132 » John Dunlevy Eagle M M50 362 (29:30) 29:38

East Ferry 5 Mile: We had four representatives at this scenic race in East Ferry
52 0:35:12 SPEIGHT, David Eagle AC M40 07:02.3
63 0:36:37 O’CALLAGHAN, Deirdre Eagle AC F40 07:19.2
91 0:37:55 O’CONNOR, Kevin Eagle AC M45 07:34.8
154 0:41:47 BEVAN, Karen Eagle AC F 08:21.2

Exclusive Run Series 5k : Well done to Ciarán Bouse who finished 2nd in the Exclusive Run 5k in Craggaunowen Park, Co.Clare on Wed 24th June….
2 Ciaran Bouse Eagle AC MO 18:00

Courtmacsherry 10k : The annual Courtmacsherry – Timoleague 10k road race was held on Friday the 26th of June and 8 members took part. Alan O’Brien managed a podium place with a 3rd place finish while Pat O’Connor, Ronan Boland and Richard Piotrowski each won their category. It’s worth noting that Richard’s time of 39:57 was just outside the Irish M65 Masters 10k road race record of 39:53.

3 Alan O BRIEN 00:35:13 Ages 35-39 (1) Male (3)
7 Killian O CONNOR 00:37:08 Senior (3) Male (7)
8 Ronan BOLAND 00:37:22 Ages 50-54 (1) Male (8)
9 Pat O’CONNOR 00:37:39 Ages 45-49 (1) Male (9)
23 Richard PIOTROWSKI 39:57 Ages 60+ (1) Male (22)
25 Raymond HARRINGTON 40:09 Ages 35-39 (9) Male (24)
45 Denis LOONEY 42:10 Ages 45-49 (6) Male (40)
146 Ber LOONEY 50:06 Ages 45-49 (8) Female (40)

Waterford Viking Marathon : The Waterford Marathon was held on Saturday the 27th of June and we had 3 members completing the full.
9 Eric BROWNE Eagle AC MS 2:58:24
26 Shane O’SHAUGHNESSY Eagle AC MS 3:11:39
65 Ken MULCAHY Eagle AC M40 3:26:28

Fota Trail Race : There was a 8km trail race organised by Fota Island Resort on Sunday the 28th of June. Pat O’Connor finished 17th out of 250 finishers.
17 Pat O’CONNOR 32:49 All Ages (16) Male (16)

Corkbeg 4 mile : This 4 mile race near Whitegate was held on Thursday 2nd of July and we had 2 members present.
42 26:10 MCCARTHY, Tim Eagle AC M 06:32.4
59 26:50 GUINANE, Elaine Eagle AC F35 06:42.4

Ballinascarthy 10km: We had several members running in the Ballinascarthy 10km race.
6 Neil Mackay M 0:39:47
51 Deirdre O’Callaghan F 0:47:22
101 Fiona O’Riordan F 0:55:03

Donoughmore 7: we had 8 members take part in this more unusual distance of 7 Miles in Donoughmore, four of whom took category prizes.
19 481 NEIL MACKAY EAGLE AC M45 00:45:0333… 2ND M45
437 KEITH SEXTON EAGLE AC M50 00:47:46
50 531 JOHN SCANNELL EAGLE AC M45 00:49:52
55 474 DENIS CARROLL EAGLE AC M60 00:50:2467…2ND M60
539 CATHAL TWOMEY EAGLE AC SM 00:51:01
68 443 JOE MURPHY EAGLE AC M60 00:51:10…3RD M60
96 463 KEVIN O CONNOR EAGLE AC M45 00:53:55
171 530 FIONA O’RIORDAN EAGLE AC F45 01:01:50…2ND F45

Shannonvale 10km: On the same night as the Donoughmore race, there was also a ten km race in West Cork at which we were also well represented, with several once again in the prizes.
17 James Ryan M Eagle AC 00:39:47
20 Frank Hill M Eagle AC 00:40:01… 1ST M50
21 Richard Piotrowski M Eagle AC 00:40:07… 1ST M60
28 Trevor O’Sullivan M Eagle AC 00:41:45
43 Ken Wynman M Eagle AC 00:44:18
49 Ita Kirwan F Eagle AC 00:45:01… 1ST F40
79 Mary Cotter F Eagle AC 00:48:06…1ST F50

Catching up with some recent results…Well done to club member Ed Sutton who won the Brandon Bay Half-Marathon recently in Co.Kerry.

This is a half marathon with a difference as it is run entirely on the beach!

1 Edwin Sutton MALE 3892 1:24:09

Now for something new! This time, we have a review of the recent Carrigtwohill 5k road race by an anonymous member going by the title ‘LMG…Low Mileage Guy’.

Low Mileage Guy heads East !

Encountering heavy traffic due to a truck breakdown Low Mileage Guy ( LMG ) headed east on Wednesday July 15th for the annual 5K around Barryscourt Castle. Despite arriving later than anticipated just after 7pm he was directed to an area of the parking field furthest away from the Registration area, leaving the closest slots for the late arrivals ! This has become a very annoying feature of race events recently, where the early arrivals get penalised for being on time !

On route I was handed my registration form to complete with a pen so I was ready when I arrived at the registration table to part with my €10. it was a lovely dry warm evening and the guys from Precision Timing were ready to chip time everyone which was a great feature of this race !

As expected due to the traffic issues the race started about 15 minutes late and having warmed up by running 2 miles around the two loop course LMG was ready for the challenge that lay ahead.

A large crowd of about 500 plus towed the line on a perfect surface for a fast 5K which many felt was relatively flat but boasted 3 very nice hills on each circuit, which you covered twice.

The first mile was covered in a steady 6.15 mins and left Low Mileage Guy feeling calm and running well. The heavy balmy evening started to impact on the 2nd mile and the hills slowed the pace to a steady 6.25 pace and when the last hill at 2.5miles was climbed all that was left was a strong down hill finish to complete what a very satisfying race in just under 20 mins !

An excellent out door buffet in an array of tents was then visited by all where an abundance of sandwiches, cream cakes, teas , coffee, was available for all to feast upon. Within a very short time the presentation of prizes who place , again outdoors and was well attended due to the expediency of their timing !

Alan O Shea was a worthy winner of the men’s race in a fantastic time of 15.13 with Sheila Buckley the ladies winner in 19.23. Thankfully Low Mileage Guy won a category prize for his efforts.

Overall race rating :
Registration : 5/5
Course : 5/5 despite the 3 hills per loop
Parking : 3/5
Organisation : 4/5
After Race Catering : 5/5
Prize Giving : 5/5
Overall Value for Money : 4.5 / 5

Belfast 24 Hour Race: Last weekend, Grellan McGrath travelled to Belfast to take part in the Energia 24 hour race on the Mary Peters Track. With challenging weather conditions, added to the arduous task of running continuously for 24 hours, the going got inevitably tough at times for Grellan. Grellan completed the massive target of 100 miles in around 17 hours 22 mins, and 102.6 miles in total.

Camp 10

This race was advertised as the part of the Run the Kingdom series and because I am regular visitor to Castlegregory I was interested in taking part.

Ita Kirwan and I travelled on Friday night and headed over to the quaint village of Camp to collect our numbers and line up for the race. I was nervous, (well I’m always a bit nervous at the start of a race) about what lay before because the elevation map was telling me I was going to climb almost 1000ft in five mile, with the pinch coming at 4-5 miles.

We lined up, about 62 of us and headed off, almost immediately climbing. After about a mile we went off road, followed the Dingle way for a short period and then right onto another road. We climbed steadily for 3 miles, water at 3 miles with cheery stewards who had a cheery baby. From here you could see the climb (or so I thought), up the hill and around and another cheery steward or maybe she was feeling sorry for me because only then did I see the big MOUNTAIN. Once we were at 3 miles the scenery was breath-taking, the photos of the race give you a glimpse but it was open and you could see for miles.

Ita Kirwan…1st woman

But back to the MOUNTAIN, I made a stab on approach and around the corner but the gradient just was too step for about roughly ½ KM. Almost everybody (except the winner) walked this part. The beauty of the landscape took away from the slog. I knew from the elevation map that at the top the worst of the climb was over and indeed it was, the initial descent was a bit steep and I was slow but then we were on good trails. 6 -7-8 was an out and back with a subtle descent and a subsequent ascent but I was feeling good at this point. Back out onto the Road and 2 miles of significant descent to the finish.

There were Stewards at every junction, who were really encouraging but it was the scenery that was amazing. The finish was great, a DJ, a bbq and loads of sociable chat. Everyone got a t-shirt and medal and even better Ita was 1st lady. This race is not for everyone but everyone should try it at least once. The organisation is fantastic, the route is testing but fair and I’m not embarrassed to mention it again the scenery is just something else.

Fiona O’Riordan

17 Ita KIRWAN (26) 01:28:08 Ages 40-49 (1) Female (1)
39 Fiona O’RIORDAN (31) 01:48:11 Ages 40-49 (2) Female (6)

Congratulations to club member Annmarie Power who completed a complete Ironman triathlon in Austria last weekend in 11 hours.

As well as swimming 3.8kms and cycling 180kms, Annmarie then went on to complete a full marathon in under 4 hours!

A total of 30 members took part in this years Shanagarry 5 mile road race on Thursday the 25th of June 2015 with 4 in the category prizes.

First 3 Eagle members across the line…John O’Callaghan, Vivian Foley & Paul Cotter. Photo: Gearóid Ó Laoi

13 0:29:01 O’CALLAGHAN, John Eagle AC M40 05:48.1 …2nd M40
21 0:29:24 FOLEY, Vivian Eagle AC M45 05:52.7 …1st M45
30 0:30:14 COTTER, Paul Eagle AC M40 06:02.7
35 0:30:23 KENNEALLY, Damian Eagle AC M 06:04.5

Damian Kenneally…30:23 in the Shanagarry 5 mile. Photo: Gearóid Ó Laoi

47 0:31:23 O’SULLIVAN, Sean Eagle AC M 06:16.5
53 0:31:37 WATSON, Dave Eagle AC M 06:19.3
55 0:31:40 HERLIHY, Colin Eagle AC M40 06:19.9
57 0:31:43 MACKAY, Neil Eagle AC M40 06:20.5
64 0:32:01 LEVY, David Eagle AC M 06:24.1
76 0:32:37 KENNEALLY, Jonathan Eagle AC M 06:31.3
80 0:32:48 O’CALLAGHAN, David Eagle AC M50 06:33.5
108 0:34:11 GUINANE, Elaine Eagle AC F35 06:50.1 …1st F35
131 0:34:57 GALLAGHER, Mark Eagle AC M40 06:59.3
142 0:35:22 SPEIGHT, David Eagle AC M40 07:04.2
163 0:35:47 O’CONNELL, Finbarr Eagle AC M 07:09.2
169 0:35:53 COTTER, Paul Eagle AC M55 07:10.4
184 0:36:16 O’CONNOR, Kevin Eagle AC M45 07:15.0
189 0:36:24 TWOMEY, Cathal Eagle AC M 07:16.6
204 0:36:47 O’CALLAGHAN, Deirdre Eagle AC F45 07:21.2 …2nd F45
206 0:36:51 EGAN, Conor Eagle AC M45 07:22.0
208 0:36:54 KIRWAN, Ita Eagle AC F45 07:22.6
217 0:37:14 MURPHY, Siobhan Eagle AC F35 07:26.6
220 0:37:20 MCCARTHY, John Eagle AC M 07:27.8
228 0:37:29 QUIGLEY, John Eagle AC M60 07:29.6
249 0:38:09 FITZGERALD, Ed Eagle AC M40 07:37.6
293 0:39:29 DESMOND, John Eagle AC M50 07:53.6
295 0:39:32 COTTER, Frank Eagle AC M50 07:54.2
371 0:41:50 O’DRISCOLL, Kevin Eagle AC M60 08:21.8
399 0:43:21 O’RIORDAN, Fiona Eagle AC F45 08:40.0
423 0:43:53 KEOHANE, Irene Eagle AC F40 08:46.4

Results & Photos

This was the second race in the Ballycotton Summer Series and these are the Eagle members in the overall standings. There are top 50 t-shirts for the men and top 30 for the women at the end of the 4th race.

8 O’CALLAGHAN, John Eagle AC M40
10 FOLEY, Vivian Eagle AC M45
23 COTTER, Paul Eagle AC M40
25 KENNEALLY, Damien Eagle AC M
30 O’SULLIVAN, Sean Eagle AC M
40 WATSON, Dave Eagle AC M
51 O’HERLIHY, Colin Eagle AC M40
59 KENNEALLY, Jonathan Eagle AC M
60 O’CALLAGHAN, David Eagle AC M50
104 COTTER, Paul Eagle AC M55
111 SPEIGHT, David Eagle AC M40
114 TWOMEY, Cathal Eagle AC M
133 EGAN, Conor Eagle AC M45
140 QUIGLEY, John Eagle AC M60
142 GALLAGHER, Mark Eagle AC M40
157 MCCARTHY, John Eagle AC M
188 FITZGERALD, Ed Eagle AC M40
212 DESMOND, John Eagle AC M50
225 O’DRISCOLL, Kevin Eagle AC M60

7 GUINANE, Elaine Eagle AC F35
19 O’CALLAGHAN, Deirdre Eagle AC F40
22 KIRWAN, Ita Eagle AC F45
27 MURPHY, Siobhan Eagle AC F35
67 O’RIORDAN, Fiona Eagle AC F45
109 KEOHANE, Irene Eagle AC F40

Well done to club member Alan O’Brien who won the Inniscarra 4 mile road race for the second year running.

A total of 11 members took part in the race with several picking up prizes…

1 0:22:30 O’BRIEN, Alan Eagle AC M 05:37.4 540 …1st man
5 0:23:57 BROWNE, Eric Eagle AC M 05:59.1 183
17 0:25:58 MACKAY, Neil Eagle AC M40 06:29.4 152
29 0:27:51 CARROLL, Denis Eagle AC M55 06:57.6 177 …2nd M55
30 0:27:57 LOONEY, Denis Eagle AC M45 06:59.1 181 …2nd M45
32 0:28:04 MURPHY, Joe Eagle AC M60 07:00.9 136 …1st M60
35 0:28:23 COSTELLO, Derek Eagle AC M45 07:05.6 158
36 0:28:26 SPEIGHT, David Eagle AC M40 07:06.4 146
45 0:30:08 O’CALLAGHAN, Deirdre Eagle AC F40 07:31.9 147 …1st F40
55 0:30:54 KIRWAN, Ita Eagle AC F45 07:43.4 184 …1st F45
84 0:34:23 SHEEHAN, Grainne Eagle AC F 08:35.6 144

Results

Coolagown 5km: Pat O’ Connor went to North Cork to the Coolagown 5km last Thursday and finished in 19th position in a time of 18: 25
19 0:18:25 O’CONNOR, Pat Eagle AC M45 05:55.5
Results

Kilfinane 4 Mile: Well done to Derek O’ Keeffe and Ruairi O’ Callaghan who finished just one second apart in the Kilfinane 4 mile race last Friday, in 10th and 11th positions respectively.
10 DEREK O KEEFFE 23:05 EAGLE AC M40 778
11 RUAIRI O CALLAGHAN 23:06 EAGLE AC SM 260

Dunmanway 10k : The annual Dunmanway 10k road race in West Cork was held on Sunday the 14th of June and 6 members took part in it. Richard Piotrowski was first in the M60 category with a time of 40:53.

Neil MacKay & James Ryan at the Dunmanway 10k

19 Neil MACKAY 40:15 Ages 40-44 (3) Male (17)
23 Richard PIOTROWSKI 40:53 Ages 60+ (1) Male (21)…1st M60

Richard Piotrowski…1st M60

25 James Ryan 41:33 Ages 45-49 (5) Male (23)
55 Chris O’Donovan 45:44 Ages 45-49 (7) Male (49)
66 Cathal Twomey 46:45 Senior Male (30) Male (55)
146 Fiona O’Riordan 54:31 Ages 45-49 (9) Female (37)
Results

John Buckley Sports Graded Track & Field…Leg 4 : The 4th round of the John Buckley Sports Graded Track & Field League was held at the CIT track on Tuesday the 16th of June. We had two members taking part…
In the 3000m race, Pat Power recorded a time of 10:52 while David O’Donovan cleared 4.68 metres in the Long Jump.

3000m…657 11 Pat Power Eagle M 3000m 10:52.31
Long Jump…652 9 David O’ Donovan Eagle M LJ 4.68

David O’Donovan in the Long Jump

Wicklow Way Ultra: Congratulations to Grellan McGrath who completed a formidable 81 Mile run on the Wicklow Way last weekend. Out of 33 finishers, Grellan finished in 7th position in just one minute over 16 hours. This was a massive 50 minutes faster than his time last year.