On Friday, Athletics Ireland released the entry list by club for the 2015 Dublin City Marathon. The event also doubles up as the National Marathon Championships and the stats show that Eagle AC has the largest number of entries from the county of Cork…

In terms of national entries, Eagle AC is the 10th largest.

Last March, several members made the trip to Barcelona in Spain for the marathon. See Tim McCarthy’s report HERE.

Several members are planning to return again this year. The race website is http://www.zurichmaratobarcelona.es/eng/

Any members interested should check out the Wednesday e-mail for more details.

Cork to Cobh: At least 30 members took part in the Cork to Cobh 15 mile road race on Sunday the 4th of October, the longest BHAA race on the calendar. As clubs are not listed, there are probably some names missing, but among those running were:
8 Alan O’Brien 01:29:19
25 Tony Cambridge 0/45B 01:36:17
33 Vivian Foley 0/45B 01:37:41
37 Derek O’Keeffe 0/40A 01:38:23
38 Ronan Boland 0/50C 01:38:28…2nd M50
45 Martin Leahy 0/50C 01:39:49
63 Colin O’Herlihy 0/40A 01:41:53
71 Paul Cotter 0/40A 01:43:02
88 KEN MULCAHY 0/45B 01:45:02
118 James Ryan 0/50C 01:49:40
128 Elaine Guinane 0/35H 01:50:17…2nd F35
145 Ian Roche 01:52:06
154 Eugene O’Connor 0/45B 01:52:47
197 Grellan McGrath 0/45B 01:55:44
224 David O’Callaghan0/50C 01:57:11
239 FINBARR LEHANE 0/40A 01:58:07
296 Ita Kirwan 0/45J 02:00:57
319 Tim McCarthy 02:02:26
320 DAMIAN KENNEALLY 02:02:27
333 Derek Costello 0/45B 02:03:08
371 John Dunleavy 0/50C 02:05:03
385 Frances O’Connor 0/55L 02:06:24…3rd F55
430 Jonathan Kenneally 02:08:47
478 Olive Dooley 0/40I 02:12:05
480 DYMPNA CONNOLLY 0/35H 02:12:14
481 Niamh Lehane 0/40I 02:12:15

Dympna Connolly & Niamh Lehane

557 Ber Looney 0/45J 02:17:35
565 Betty McKenzie 0/50K 02:18:19
568 Nora Corcoran 02:18:50
569 TRACY COTTER 02:18:50

Club album on Flickr

Nora Corcoran, Tracy Cotter & Betty McKenzie

On Wednesday the 7th of October, almost 40 club members attended a talk titled ‘Training for Running’ which was presented by Trevor Woods who is the Exercise Physiologist with the UCC Department of Sport and Physical Activity, and also one of Ireland’s leading Tri-Athletes.

The topics covered on the evening were as follows………physiological traits and determinants, blood lactate levels, oxygen requirements, running form and efficiency, endurance, intensity of training, strength training, training plan overview, periodisation of training, running programmes and injury prevention. This was followed by an interesting Q&A session which covered even more material.

Thanks to Joe Roche for organising what was an informative evening for Eagle AC club members. Plans are in the pipeline for another talk over the Winter months.

Alan Foley & Maura Regan on the last lap

Rathpeacon 5km: Well done to Damian Kenneally, winner of the Rathpeacon 5km race last weekend! Damian won the race in a time of 19:03, over a minute ahead of second place. Monica and Flor Twohig also took part, finishing in just over 32 minutes.

The Charleville Half-Marathon was held back on the 20th of September and it also doubled up as the 2015 Munster Half-Marathon Championships. While the individual and category results were released almost straight away, the results for the Munster Championships took a while longer longer to compile. They were released in the last week and they show that the Eagle AC mens O40 team took bronze in that category! Well done to Frank Hill, Colin O’Herlihy and Pat O’Connor who made up the team.

o40 Mens Team Medallists
Team Posn Points Club
1 54 Mallow AC
2 55 Clonmel AC
3 66 Eagle AC

In total, 30 Eagle AC members took part in the Charleville Half-Marathon with 9 of those taking on duties as pacers, about one third of the total pacing team.

25 Alan O’BRIEN (168) 01:14:41 Ages 18-39 (15) Male (24)
56 Frank HILL (480) 01:20:48 Ages 50 – 54 (2) Male (54)…2nd M50
80 Colin O’HERLIHY (163) 01:24:47 Ages 40 – 44 (20) Male (77)
96 Kevin GEARY (507) 01:25:15 Ages 18-39 (55) Male (91)
158 Pat O’CONNOR (PACER) (33) 01:29:44 Ages 45 – 49 (14) Male (145)
167 Brian MCGUIRE (122) 01:30:40 Ages 45 – 49 (19) Male (153)
173 Donal DOWLING (3233) 01:31:10 Ages 18-39 (89) Male (158)
212 Gearoid O’LEARY (PACER) (36) 01:34:43 Ages 18-39 (107) Male (193)
218 Tony CAMBRIDGE (PACER) (35) 01:34:47 Ages 45 – 49 (25) Male (199)
221 Ruairi EGAN (3238) 01:34:59 Ages 45 – 49 (26) Male (202)
283 John JOHN MCCARTHY (116) 01:39:40 Ages 18-39 (128) Male (248)
304 Ed FITZGERALD (729) 01:40:50 Ages 40 – 44 (60) Male (263)
316 Tim MCCARTHY (785) 01:42:16 Ages 18-39 (140) Male (274)
317 Cathal TWOMEY (624) 01:42:27 Ages 18-39 (141) Male (275)
389 Dympna CONNOLLY (492) 01:46:57 Ages 18-39 (34) Female (67)
400 Frances O’CONNOR (270) 01:47:20 Ages 55 – 59 (1) Female (70)…1st F55
410 Niamh LEHANE (112) 01:48:00 Ages 40 – 44 (22) Female (77)
411 John SCANNELL (516) 01:47:58 Ages 45 – 49 (55) Male (334)
419 Olive DOOLEY (88) 01:48:39 Ages 40 – 44 (24) Female (80)
431 David O’DONOVAN (PACER) (42) 01:49:05 Ages 18-39 (158) Male (345)
455 Maeve HEALY (254) 01:51:13 Ages 40 – 44 (30) Female (100)
520 Elaine GUINANE (PACER) (43) 01:54:43 Ages 18-39 (72) Female (137)
522 John DESMOND (PACER) (44) 01:54:50 Ages 50 – 54 (32) Male (384)
524 Grainne SHEEHAN (735) 01:54:50 Ages 18-39 (73) Female (139)
535 Karen BEVAN (736) 01:56:10 Ages 18-39 (76) Female (145)
594 John DUNLEAVY (PACER) (46) 01:59:35 Ages 50 – 54 (34) Male (406)
596 Joe MURPHY (PACER) (45) 01:59:36 Ages 60 – 64 (6) Male (407)
607 Irene KEOHANE (690) 02:00:02 Ages 40 – 44 (53) Female (197)
660 Fiona O’RIORDAN (515) 02:04:18 Ages 45 – 49 (35) Female (234)
672 Tracy COTTER (PACER) (47) 02:04:37 Ages 18-39 (129) Female (244)

Alan O’Brien…an impressive 1:14:41 in the half

Taking a well earned break after their pacing duties…Tracy Cotter and John Dunleavy

Mick Dooley with the 2nd man home…Ian Kiprono. Ian works as a coach with Br.Colm O’Connell at the famous Iten training camp in Kenya which has produced some of the worlds greatest athletes including David Rudisha, the 2012 Olympic champion and world record holder in the 800m.

More photos can be seen on the club’s Flickr page.

Full results on the Charleville Half-Marathon website.

Photos courtesy of Mick Dooley and Gearóid Ó Laoi

The Sonia 5km road race in Cobh was held on Saturday the 19th of September and 5 members took part.
41 DENIS LOONEY Eagle A.C. Male 199 (19:48) 19:53
63 RICHARD HAWKINS Eagle A.C. Male 150 (20:54) 21:01
111 PAUL SCANNELL EAGLE Male 459 (22:23) 22:29
135 MICK DOOLEY Eagle A.C. Female 610 (23:02) 23:09
161 BER LOONEY Eagle A.C. Female 198 (23:59) 24:05

Results

Club Photos

There will be a training workshop for club members on Wed 7th Oct 2015 which will cover training principles, programme design, periodisation, etc…..all material relevant to the average club runner.

It will be held in a venue in Cork City and is likely to last about 90 minutes. There are places for 40-50 and it will be on a first come first served basis.

More details will be provided by e-mail to members.

Well done to club member Grellan McGrath on completing the recent Ironman Wales.

Ironman Wales is recognised as one of the tougher courses in Europe.

Grellan completed the 3.9km swim in 1h 17m for the first leg. The second 180km stage on the bike was plagued with some mechanical issues and the time to complete that was 7h 16m. The final run over the 42km marathon distance took 4h 08m giving a total finishing time of just over 13 hours.

A total of 26 club members took part in this years John Buckley Sports Cork City 10 Miler organised by St.Finbarr’s AC. The women’s team picked up 3rd place with several members getting category prizes.

32 Pat O’Connor Eagle AC M M45 283 1:02:39… 3rd M45
36 Damien Kenneally Eagle AC M MO 635 1:05:02
52 Paul Cotter Eagle AC M M40 61 1:07:00
60 Colin O’Herlihy Eagle AC M M40 293 1:07:47
74 Kieran Mulcahy Eagle ac M M45 225 1:08:43
81 Mike McGrath Eagle AC M M55 527 1:09:07… 3rd M55

Pat O’Connor 3rd M45 and Mike McGrath 3rd M55

85 James Ryan Eagle AC M M50 513 1:09:15
89 Denis Carroll Eagle ac M M55 528 1:09:20
90 Eddie Byrne Eagle ac M M45 367 1:09:21
123 Elaine Guinane Eagle AC F F35 130 1:11:52… 2nd F35
128 Tim McCarthy Eagle AC M MO 212 1:12:04
133 Derek Costello Eagle AC M M45 57 1:12:17
137 David Speight Eagle ac M M45 340 1:12:26
142 Joe Murphy Eagle ac M M60 231 1:12:46… 2nd M60
154 Sinead Kiernan Eagle AC F F35 176 1:13:54
156 Shane O’Shaughnessy Eagle AC M MO 303 1:13:55
160 Catherine Murphy Eagle AC F F35 232 1:14:05
167 Bernadette Lee Eagle AC F F40 693 1:14:36
266 Ed Fitzgerald Eagle AC M M40 105 1:21:08
268 Frances O’Connor Eagle AC F F55 281 1:21:14… 1st F55

Elaine Guinane 2nd F35 and Frances O’Connor 1st F55

282 John Dunleavy Eagle AC M M50 85 1:22:05
283 Tracy Cotter Eagle AC F FO 60 1:22:06
308 Martin O’Leary Eagle ac M MO 564 1:24:59
338 Karen Bevan Eagle AC F F35 16 1:27:15
420 Sean Twomey Eagle ac M M45 344 1:33:43
451 Deirdre O’Callaghan Eagle ac F F45 276 1:37:43

10 Mile Female Team…
# Team name Result
1. Youghal AC 3:19:23…Ann Marie Holland 1:02:34, Aoife Cooke 1:04:58, Deirdre Ansbro 1:11:51
2. St Finbarrs AC 3:39:38… Mary Sweeney 1:08:34, Ali O Connor 1:14:40, Linda O Connor 1:16:24
3. Eagle AC 3:39:51… Elaine Guinane 1:11:52, Sinead Kiernan 1:13:54, Catherine Murphy 1:14:05

Results & Photos

Ed Fitzgerald on the Marina