The club will be starting a 16 week training programme for members starting on Monday the 16th of November.

There is a choice of four programmes…

1. Novice. Based on running less than 20 miles per week and on 3 days. (Mentor – Ed Fitzgerald)
2. Improvers. Based on running between 20 to 30 miles per week and on 3 days. (Mentor – Grellan McGrath)
3. Intermediate. Based on running between 30-40 miles per week and on 4 days. (Mentor – Elaine Guinane)
4. Performance. Based on running between 40-50 miles per week and on 5 days. (Mentor – John Desmond)

Over the 16 weeks, those following each programme will be doing a variety of track sessions and weekend runs to get ready for the Ballycotton 10 race on the 6th of March 2016. Provision is also made for those who might wish to do the Dungarvan 10 mile or the Mallow 10 mile.

The programme will also give members a good foundation for the 2016 season be it for the Cork City Marathon or local road races.

For any non-members wishing to join the programme then have a look at our membership page. Joining now will cover your membership up until the end of 2016.

Please note that the programmes are not suitable for absolute beginners. If you’ve recently completed a Couch to 5k programme and are running on a regular basis then consider a basic 12 week programme as outlined HERE

Well done to club member Alan O’Brien who won the annual Rebel Run 10k race in Bishopstown, Cork. While conditions were wet and windy, Alan managed a time of 35:52.

1 Alan O’BRIEN (400) 00:35:52 00:35:51 Senior (1) Male (1)
8 Pat O’CONNOR (97) 00:40:09 00:40:07 Over 40 (4) Male (8)
13 Michael FORDE (166) 00:41:14 00:41:09 Senior (6) Male (13)
19 Neil MACKAY (381) 00:42:10 00:42:06 Over 40 (9) Male (19)
67 Martin O LEARY (490) 00:47:22 00:47:15 Senior (27) Male (64)
74 Cathal TWOMEY (297) 00:47:50 00:47:48 Senior (30) Male (71)
167 Karen BEVAN (379) 00:55:22 00:55:13 Senior (18) Female (30)

Full results HERE

Athletics Ireland have just released the latest membership statistics for all the clubs in Ireland as of the end of October 2015. They show that Eagle AC now has a record 194 members, the largest ever in the history of the club. The previous peak of 192 was reached at the end of December 2014.

Top 10 Clubs in Cork by number of adult members…

Ballymore Cobh AC 229, Midleton AC 199, Eagle AC 194, St. Finbarrs AC 188, Ballintotis Fit4Life 175, Bandon AC 172, Leevale AC 170, Mallow AC 148, Youghal AC 132, Watergrasshill AC 119

Cork County Masters Cross Country : The County Masters Cross Country Championships were held in Conna last Sunday the 1st of November. Alan O’Brien was in cracking form finishing second overall in the race after avoiding the mad rush at the start. He subsequently moved up through the field once the first lap was out of the way to secure a M35 Silver medal. Another notable performance was that of Vivian Foley who won M45 Bronze just six days after completing the Dublin Marathon in 2h 57m.

Masters Men – Over 35 – 2 Alan O’Brien
Masters Men – Over 45 – 3 Vivian Foley, 5 John O’Callaghan, 9 Denis Looney, 13 Richard Hawkins
Masters Men – Over 50 – 9 John Desmond
Masters Men – Over 55 – 4 Pat Murphy
Masters Men – Over 60 – 1 Joe Murphy, 2 John Quigley
Masters Men – Over 65 – 1 Pat Twomey

Masters Men – Over 35 Teams – 4th Eagle AC (AOB) 2, (VF) 9, (JOC) 19, (DL) 65…..95 pts
Masters Men – Over 50 Teams – 4th Eagle AC (JD) 50, (JM) 55, (PT) 57, (PM) 69 ….231 pts

Masters Women – Over 45 – 6 Ber Looney

Well done to the following 4 members who took part in this years New York City Marathon…
Finbarr Lehane who took 84 seconds off his Barcelona PB…3:46:20
Charlie Byrd who opted for the shorter distance of 26.2 miles this time out…3:55:29
Jonathan Kenneally who completed his 2nd marathon with a 33 minute improvement…4:12:02
Derek Costello who was suffering from a bad cold just before the marathon and battled it out until the end…4:39:44

The club entered a record eleven teams this year for the 2015 National Marathon Championships in Dublin making it the largest entry from any Cork club.

The provisional results have just been released and they show that the Eagle AC team of Frank Hill, Ronan Boland and Martin Leahy have finished 1st in the M50 category!

Frank Hill, Ronan Boland & Martin Leahy

MEN O50 (19 teams)
1st Eagle A.C……..Frank Hill M50 02:52:31, Ronan Boland M50 02:55:03, Martin Leahy M50 03:02:22…. 08:49:56
5th Eagle A.C……..Keith Sexton M50 03:09:57, James Ryan M50 03:20:17, Denis Carroll M55 03:26:30…..09:56:44

Our second M50 team of Keith Sexton, James Ryan and Denis Carroll finished in a commendable 5th place in a combined time of 9h 56m. This would have seen them in the medals in 2012 & 2013.

Keith Sexton, James Ryan & Denis Carroll…5th M50 team

Eagle AC was also one of only four clubs who managed to field two teams in the M50 category (Eagle AC, Tullamore Harriers AC, Mullingar Harriers AC & Sligo AC).

In the other categories, we had two in Senior Male, five in M35, one in Senior Female and one in F35.

Male Senior Team (150 teams)
61st Eagle A.C……Dave Watson MS 03:19:01, Donal Dowling M35 03:20:22, Ian Roche M35 03:34:26……. 10:13:49
104th Eagle A.C……Grellan Mc Grath M45 03:41:30, Damian Kenneally MS 03:43:48, Cathal Twomey MS 04:00:00……. 11:25:18

Male M35 Team (308 teams)
21st Eagle A.C. …. Derek O Keeffe M40 02:49:20, Vivian Foley M45 02:57:57, Colin O Herlihy M40 02:58:40…..08:45:57
41st Eagle A.C. …..Tony Cambridge M45 03:05:09, Ken Mulcahy M45 03:05:48, Pat O Connor M45 03:06:48….. 09:17:45
93rd Eagle A.C. ……Paul Cotter M40 03:08:20, Paul Daly M45 03:26:32, Brian Mc Guire M45 03:33:49……… 10:08:41
191st Eagle A.C……..Tim Mc Carthy M35 03:46:40, John Mc Carthy M35 03:48:49, Eddie Trindle M40 03:56:22…..11:31:51
290th Eagle A.C…..Frank Cotter M50 04:14:25, Liam O Riain M45 04:58:23, Jim Costello M50 04:58:23 …….14:11:11

Female Senior Team (114 teams)
42nd Eagle A.C……Olive Dooley F40 03:59:01, Maeve Healy F40 03:59:36, Tracy Cotter FS 04:03:41…. 12:02:18

Female F35 Team (122 teams)
29th Eagle A.C. ……Elaine Guinane F35 03:35:27, Dympna Connolly F40 03:51:53, Niamh Lehane F40 03:58:01 ……..11:25:21

Ronan Boland, Martin Leahy & Frank Hill post race after securing M50 team Gold

MEN O50
1 Eagle A.C. 08:49:56
2 Tullamore Harriers A.C. 09:15:47
3 Mullingar Harriers A.C. 09:19:23
4 St. Finbarrs A.C. 09:29:05
5 Eagle A.C. 09:56:44
6 Galway City Harriers A.C. 10:09:08
7 Sligo A.C. 10:15:14
8 Crusaders A.C. 10:39:35
9 Raheny Shamrock A.C. 10:42:29
10 North East Runners A.C. 10:43:30
11 Clonliffe Harriers A.C. 11:30:07
12 Tullamore Harriers A.C. 11:31:14
13 Ballina A.C. 11:36:20
14 Dunboyne A.C.12:25:39
15 Sligo A.C. 12:27:51
16 Templemore A.C. 12:36:36
17 Loughrea A.C. 12:47:50
18 Civil Service A.C. 12:49:48
19 Mullingar Harriers A.C. 14:23:23

These are the club results in the 2015 Dublin City Marathon (chip times). Eagle AC had the highest number of finishers for a club from Co.Cork.

The results of the National Championships will be in another post.

Derek O’Keeffe…2:49:12

Derek O’Keeffe…1st Eagle AC member home in 2:49

Frank Hill (M50)….2:52:24
Ronan Boland (M50)….2:54:45
Vivian Foley……2:57:36
Colin O’Herlihy….2:58:35
Martin Leahy (M50)…3:02:07
Tony Cambridge…..3:04:54
Ken Mulcahy…..3:05:14

Another solid performance from Ken Mulcahy

Pat O’Connor….3:06:40
Paul Cotter…..3:08:11
Keith Sexton (M50)….3:09:43
Dave Watson….3:18:25
James Ryan (M50)….3:19:38
Donal Dowling….3:19:41

New PB for Donal Dowling

Denis Carroll (M50)….3:25:34
Paul Daly……3:26:04
Ian Roche…..3:33:07

Ian Roche…3:33

Brian McGuire…3:33:11
Elaine Guinane….3:33:34
Grellan McGrath (3:40 pacer)….3:39:37
Damian Kenneally…..3:41:55

Damian Kenneally working the crowds…and a marathon PB as well!

Tim McCarthy…..3:44:47
John McCarthy….3:48:24
Dympna Connolly…3:51:42

New marathon PB for Dympna Connolly

Eddie Trindle….3:56:10
Niamh Lehane….3:57:29
Cathal Twomey….3:58:04

3:58 for Cathal Twomey in his first marathon

Olive Dooley……3:58:29
Maeve Healy…..3:59:04
Tracy Cotter….4:02:50

Marathon debut for Tracy Cotter

Frank Cotter….4:12:05
Liam O Riain….4:57:00
Jim Costello….4:57:01

A number of members took part in this years Lee Fields 4 mile road race which started near the County Hall on the Carrigrohane Straight.

Michael Forde

13 Ciaran BOUSE (201) 00:23:36 Male (13)
23 Michael FORDE (53) 00:25:20 Male (22)
34 Ruairi EGAN (49) 00:25:50 Male (32)
37 Richard PIOTROWSKI (174) 00:26:01 Male (35)
49 Stephen CHRYSANTHOU (29) 00:26:49 Male (46)
67 Paul COTTER (34) 00:28:18 Male (64)
93 Frances OCONNNOR (327) 00:30:18 00:30:08 All Ages (9) Female (9)
116 Gráinne SHEEHAN (184) 00:31:29 Female (14)

Results & Photos

Ruairi Egan

The Cork County Novice B Cross Country Championships were held near Macroom on Sunday the 18th of October 2015 in dry and overcast conditions. After the recent dry spell of weather, the ground was nice and firm underfoot which made for some fast running.

In contrast to the mens Intermediate Cross Country race with just 19 turning out, the the mens Novice B race proved to be a lot more popular with 52 taking part. The 6km course consisted of four 1.5km loops with a mixture of flat running and short hills.

With the initial charge in the first lap, Alan O’Brien stayed tucked in about 8th place waiting for the pace to settle. In the second lap, he slowly moved up into 2nd place. In the third lap, he moved into the lead and built up a lead of about 50 metres which he held to the finish line to take first place!!

1 Alan O’Brien Eagle
2 Mark Walsh Leevale
3 Liam Tracey Watergrasshill

Alan’s first place finish also helped the Eagle AC team secure second place for Silver!

Novice ‘B’ Mens Teams
Pos Club Positions Points
1 Leevale 2, 5, 11, 12… 30
2 Eagle 1, 15, 19, 26… 61
3 Watergrasshill 3, 4, 27, 31… 65
4 Midleton 9, 13, 22, 29… 73
5 St. Catherine’s 10, 17, 21, 30… 78
6 St. Finbarr’s 7, 14, 20, 43… 84
7 West Muskerry 18, 32, 35, 36… 121

The Eagle AC team was….
1 Alan O’Brien Eagle
15 Gearoid O’Leary Eagle
19 John O’Callaghan Eagle
26 Kevin Geary Eagle
33 Eddie Byrne Eagle
38 David Levy Eagle

Photos

L-R…Pat Murphy (Competition Secretary), Gearóid O’Leary, Eddie Byrne, Alan O’Brien, Kevin Geary, David Levy & John O’Callaghan (Men’s Team Captain)