Congratulations to club member Niamh McCarthy who has just won a Silver medal in the F41 Discus at the 2017 Para Athletics World Championships in London! Back in 2015, Niamh who is from Carrigaline won a Bronze medal in the same event in Doha.
As can be seen from the results below, Niamh effectively secured the Silver medal with her first attempt.
Report on the Paralympics Ireland website HERE
RTE News report HERE
We had three members in this years Old Head of Kinsale 7k on Sunday the 9th of July with Ciarán Bouse finishing 2nd and Michael Forde finishing 3rd.
2 578 Ciaran Bouse 0:26:09
3 530 Michael Forde 0:26:29
10 535 Ruairi Egan 0:30:10
Results & Photos
Well done to club member Vincent O’Sullivan who finished in 3rd place in the annual Bere Island Midsummer Run 10k on Saturday the 8th of July 2017.
3rd Vincent O’Sullivan, Eagle AC 39:55
11th Mark Gallagher, Eagle AC 45:56
Results & Photos
Congratulations to club member Niamh McCarthy who has been selected to represent Ireland in the discus at the 2017 Para Athletics World Championships. Niamh is part of an Irish team of 10 athletes who will travel to London for the Games. It will be held in the Olympic stadium from July 14th until 23rd inclusive.
Member Profile
Name: Deirdre O'Callaghan
Member of Eagle AC since: 2009
How long have you been running what made you take it up: 10 years. I returned to Cork after many years in Dublin and joined the "meet and train" group led by John Quigley as a way to get fit and make friends! The friendships are still going strong and the "meet and train" girls and I have coffee together every Saturday morning!!
Favourite thing about running: Every run is an adventure. And none more so than the Eagle AC Cork to Kinsale run 2015 with John Desmond!!
Favourite race distance to run: 5 miles.
What is your main goal for this year: Complete the Ballycotton summer series, improving as I go!!
Your best race/most memorable racing moment to date: Lots of memorable moments – crossing the finish line of the Cork marathon in 2008 with the girls, is a standout. Best race is Churchtown South 5 mile 2015.
Tell us something most people might not know about you: I bake (and eat) sourdough bread. The sourdough starter or wild yeast, needs to be fed and watered daily. So it has to be entrusted to somebody reliable if I'm going on holidays!
Biggest heroes (sporting or non-sporting): Surgeons. Especially neurosurgeons. And the O'Donovan brothers.
One bit of advice you would give to someone thinking of taking up running: Train to your heart rate.
Other hobbies outside of running: Singing with my choir, gym, swimming and bread baking!
3 things you would take with you onto a desert island: A hammock, sunscreen and my kindle. I'd have to hope somebody would mind the yeast till I got back!
Spotted in the news during the week. Club member Laurence Courtney is part of six member team who will attempt a relay crossing of the English Channel on Friday. Named the ‘Myrtleville Selkies’, they will be swimming at least double the length of the 35km-wide channel, as the currents force participants to swim from side to side as the tide ebbs and flows. Full story here… http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/myrtleville-selkies-to-swim-english-channel-for-cork-university-hospital-453418.html
It’s that time of year to start training in earnest for the Charleville Half-Marathon and/or the Dublin Marathon. The club has several programmes on offer for members that wish to follow them
Charleville Half-Marathon – 3 Day Programme (3 key workouts per week…approx 30 miles per week)
Charleville Half-Marathon – 4 Day Intermediate Programme (Approx 40 miles per week)
Charleville Half-Marathon – 5 Day ‘Hard’ Programme (Approx 50 mile per week)
Dublin Marathon – 4 Day ‘Easy’ Programme (Approx 30-40 miles per week)
Dublin Marathon – 4 Day Intermediate Programme (Approx 35-45 miles per week)
Dublin Marathon – 5 Day ‘Hard’ Programme (Approx 45-55 miles per week)
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Members will be asked to complete a questionaire and then will be advised on suitable paces for the programme they wish to follow. A training programme will be sent out to all participating members on a fortnightly basis.
The programme begins at the start of July 2017 and Eagle AC members are asked to sign up asap if they are interested.
With thoughts now turning to Half-Marathons and Marathons in the Autumn, the club has no fewer than 6 organised runs this weekend. While most are medium to long runs in Cork City and Carrigaline, the club also had a hill interval session in Currabinny Woods to sharpen up for the Summer races. This was organised by Ed Fitzgerald and John Desmond and was held on the forest trails in this stunning location in Cork Harbour.
Results from the Eagle AC newsletter…
15th June 2017
British Masters Track Championships
Well done to Richard Piotrowski, who finished in Third Place in his Category in the British Masters, held at Alexander Stadium Perry Barr, Birmingham, last Sunday. Richard was unfortunately carrying a slight hamstring injury, but managed an excellent 20:43 in the 5000M, narrowly missing out on second place by just 4 seconds.
John Sheehan 5k Portlaoise
Well done to Mick Dooley who took part in this 5k in Portlaoise a couple of weeks ago. This race is an annual inter prisons event named in memory of a colleague of Micks.
36. Michael Dooley 22.21
Well done to club member Richard Piotrowski who finished 3rd at the British Masters 70 plus age group in the 5000m race on the track last weekend. The race was held at the Alexander Stadium Perry Barr in Birmingham and Richard ran a time of 20m 43s. Despite suffering with a slight pulled hamstring, he finished just 4 sec behind the 2nd place runner.
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