A new running trail has just opened in Blarney with a choice of 1.5km and 3km off road loops. Mike McGrath had a look at this new facility and wrote this short report…

New Castleview Running Trail at Blarney Driving Range

Whilst I normally go to Blarney to hit balls at the range , recently I have been able to pursue both my love of running and golf with the opening of the Castleview Running Trail alongside the Driving Range on the Cork side of the village. Set in stunning rolling terrain amongst beautiful trees and grassy fields this purpose built trail is a must see and will prove to be extremely popular with runners and walkers.

As probably the first person to run the course ( there are two laps of varying distances, the large lap is 3km and the smaller one is 1.5km ) I marvelled at the lovely grassy turf under foot and the rolling hills that lay before me. Not happy with doing one loop I quickly set out and did another one enjoying the second one even more than the first knowing that whatever time I ran would be the course record at least for a few weeks !!!

Running some cross country events here in time would be awesome, not to mention doing your Sunday morning long run ! The course is marked every 100m and also has mile markers so perfect for tempo or Fartlek sessions also, and with ” The Tea Box” at the entrance no better place than to enjoy a coffee afterwards.

For €3 this is great value and will bring a whole new dimension to your running diary should you decide to try it !!

…Golfer & runner, Mike McGrath…Eagle AC

More info about the new range can be found HERE

The inaugural Glen of Aherlow Trail Race was held on Saturday the 20th of September in Tipperary. The course consisted of a 13.1 mile loop through paths in the mountains with contestants doing one, two or three laps.

Two Eagle AC members took part. In the 26.2 mile event, Gerard Down completed the two hilly laps in an impressive 4h 10m finishing 9th out of 39 finishers. In the 39.3 mile 3 lap ultra event, Grellan McGrath finished in 6h 25m taking two tumbles in the process….see the legs in the photo! Grellan finished 9th out of 28 finishers.

39.3 mile Ultra…9 Grellan McGrath 336 M40 6:25:44 Eagle AC
26.2 mile marathon…9 Gerard Down 1814 M50 4:10:40 Eagle AC Cork

At least 28 Eagle AC members took part in the 2014 Charleville Half-Marathon on Sunday the 21st of September 2014. Organised by North Cork AC, this half has gained a well deserved reputation for being a fast course and several members recorded new personal bests for the half on it today.

The race also doubled up as the Munster Half-Marathon Championships. In the mens team event, the Eagle team finished in 4th place, just one point outside the medals.

Men’s Club Team Name
1) Leevale A.C…13
2) St Finbarr’s AC…32
3) Clonmel Ac…55
4) Eagle AC…56
5) West Limerick AC…103
6) BMOH AC…117
7) An Bru Ac…137
8) West Waterford AC…142
9) Mallow AC…145
10) Kilmallock Ac…161
11) Midleton AC…168
12) Grange Fermoy AC…180
13) Templemore Ac…217
14) North Cork Ac…221
15) Watergrasshill Ac…221
16) Bilboa Ac…255
17) Dooneen Ac…276

In the womens competition, the Eagle AC team of Sandra Manning, Elaine Guinane and Adelle O’Connor finished in second place to take silver!

Silver medalists in the Munster Half-Marathon Championships…Sandra Manning, Elaine Guinane & Adelle O’Connor

Women’s Club Team
1) St Finbarrs Ac…13
2) Eagle AC…37
3) West Limerick AC…56
4) Mallow AC…73
5) Watergrasshill AC…79
6) An Bru AC…115
7) North Cork AC…134
8) Kilmallock AC…142
9) Clonmel AC…144

It’s also important to note that while the first 3 are the medal winners, all the members of the team play a part. Those that were 4th, 5th, 6th and so on on the team help push the members of other clubs further back. It’s all about a combined team effort to help the club secure medals.

Overall Eagle results…

L-R Eric Browne, Donnacha Lehane, Pat O’Connor, Kieran Mulcahy & Don Keohane

33 Alan O’BRIEN (671) 01:16:44 01:16:41 Ages 18-39 (27) Male (31)
45 Don KEOHANE (509) 01:18:40 01:18:37 Ages 45 – 49 (3) Male (42)
59 Eric BROWNE (239) 01:19:50 01:19:48 Ages 18-39 (41) Male (55)
81 Donnacha LEHANE (318) 01:23:49 01:23:44 Ages 18-39 (50) Male (76)
90 Pat O’CONNOR (564) 01:24:42 01:24:37 Ages 45 – 49 (8) Male (84)
134 Kieran MULCAHY (502) 01:28:03 01:27:55 Ages 45 – 49 (18) Male (124)
144 Roger O’MAHONY (465) 01:29:01 01:28:54 Ages 40 – 44 (32) Male (133)
166 Denis CARROLL (197) 01:30:41 01:30:34 Ages 55 – 59 (5) Male (150)
179 John SCANNELL (341) 01:31:28 01:31:22 Ages 45 – 49 (23) Male (161)
202 Sandra MANNING (331) 01:33:33 01:33:25 Ages 18-39 (15) Female (21)
211 Elaine GUINANE (261) 01:34:27 01:34:19 Ages 18-39 (16) Female (22)
216 Gearoid O’LEARY (50) 01:34:41 01:34:33 Ages 18-39 (103) Male (194)
283 Keith SEXTON (51) 01:39:49 01:39:36 Ages 45 – 49 (34) Male (248)
284 Adelle O’CONNOR (84) 01:39:50 01:39:41 Ages 40 – 44 (3) Female (36)
322 June O’SHEA (777) 01:43:57 01:43:43 Ages 18-39 (36) Female (48)
329 Cathal TWOMEY (667) 01:44:18 01:44:01 Ages 18-39 (151) Male (280)
336 Frances O’CONNOR (496) 01:44:35 01:44:20 Ages 55 – 59 (1) Female (52)…1st F55
343 John DESMOND (715) 01:44:51 01:44:35 Ages 50 – 54 (11) Male (288)…Pacer
376 Trish BRUTON (599) 01:48:39 01:48:18 Ages 45 – 49 (9) Female (62)
401 Paul SCANNELL (716) 01:49:49 01:49:30 Ages 18-39 (171) Male (325)
403 Tracy COTTER (287) 01:49:53 01:49:36 Ages 18-39 (52) Female (77)
470 Seamus BRUTON (598) 01:55:14 01:54:53 Ages 45 – 49 (52) Male (367)
514 Karen BEVAN (718) 01:59:15 01:58:48 Ages 18-39 (77) Female (129)
521 Fiona O’RIORDAN (342) 01:59:42 01:59:21 Ages 45 – 49 (23) Female (135)

Noella Carroll pacing 2:00 hours

536 Noella CARROLL (712) 02:00:15 01:59:49 Ages 40 – 44 (27) Female (145)…Pacer
579 Joe MURPHY (64) 02:04:37 02:04:07 Ages 55 – 59 (14) Male (405)…Pacer
582 Ed FITZGERALD (713) 02:04:41 02:04:11 Ages 40 – 44 (102) Male (408)…Pacer

Ed Fitzgerald & Joe Murphy of Eagle AC…2:05 pacers

657 Sarah DUFFY (717) 02:22:14 02:21:35 Ages 18-39 (141) Female (234)

Overall Results      Munster Half-Marathon Results     Photos of Eagle AC members

A total of 31 Eagle AC members took part in the inaugural John Buckley Sports Cork City 10 Miler on Sunday the 14th of Sept 2014.

20 Ciaran Bouse Eagle AC MSenior (1:00:41) 1:00:44
28 Eric Browne Eagle AC MSenior (1:01:29) 1:01:32
29 Ronan BOLAND Eagle AC M50+ (1:01:42) 1:01:43…1st M50

Ronan Boland…1st M50

57 Killian OCONNOR Eagle AC MSenior (1:04:49) 1:04:52
58 Pat OCONNOR Eagle AC M45+ (1:04:51) 1:04:55
65 Paul COTTER Eagle AC M35+ (1:05:34) 1:05:37
75 David O Callaghan Eagle ACM45+ (1:07:16) 1:07:20
87 Kevin GEARY Eagle ACM35+ (1:08:32) 1:08:39
99 John SCANNELL Eagle AC M45+ (1:09:28) 1:09:33
118 Shane OSHAUGHNESSY Eagle AC M35+ (1:11:20) 1:11:25
130 Charlie BYRD Eagle A.C. M50+ (1:12:35) 1:12:40
144 Trevor O Sullivan Eagle AC M40+ (1:13:47) 1:14:01
151 Linda CUSSEN Eagle AC FSenior (1:14:34) 1:14:41
193 John DUNLEAVY Eagle AC M45+ (1:17:22) 1:17:36
210 Laurence COURTNEY Eagle AC M50+ (1:18:10) 1:18:17
218 John QUIGLEY Eagle AC M60+ (1:18:42) 1:18:50
230 Cathal TWOMEY Eagle AC MSenior (1:19:08) 1:19:16
232 Elaine GUINANE Eagle AC F35+ (1:19:11) 1:19:23
233 Frances OCONNOR Eagle AC F55+ (1:19:24) 1:19:24…1st F55

Frances O’Connor…1st in the F55 category

255 Patrick OGORMAN Eagle AC M40+ (1:21:00) 1:21:15
255 Paul Scannell Eagle AC MSenior (1:21:01) 1:21:15
272 Yvonne BENNETT Eagle F50+ (1:22:08) 1:22:32
278 Dympna Connolly Eagle AC F35+ (1:22:44) 1:22:55
285 Donal Mc Grath Eagle A.C M50+ (1:23:06) 1:23:27
342 Nora CORCORAN Eagle A.C F35+ (1:26:43) 1:27:04
379 Fiona ORIORDAN Eagle AC F45+ (1:28:53) 1:29:13
391 Sunita Corcoran Eagle AC F40+ (1:29:17) 1:29:48
418 Karen Bevan Eagle A.C F35+ (1:32:26) 1:32:55
420 Jane Mc Grath Eagle AC F50+ (1:33:10) 1:33:31
440 Grace O Leary Eagle AC F35+ (1:36:30) 1:36:30
486 Ann Hayes Eagle AC F55+ (1:42:29) 1:42:56
Full Results

Photos on the club Flickr page

As the evenings begin to close in, the midweek races are beginning to thin out. Here are some of the races that Eagle AC members were in over the last week…

Glounthaune Community 4 mile race: This was held on Wed 3rd Sept 2014
10 Ciaran Bouse Eagle ac M MS 57 23:57
20 Roger O’Mahony Eagle ac M M40 136 25:07
31 Denis Carroll Eagle AC M M50 167 26:30
34 Eddie Byrne Eagle AC M M40 133 26:37

Eddie Byrne #133

83 Philip Corcoran Eagle ac M M40 187 28:58
104 Frances O Connor Eagle ac F F50 186 30:10
219 Ann Hayes Eagle ac F F50 257 37:14
242 Sunita Corcoran eagle F F40 180 38:41
Full Results

Kinsale 5m road race: This was on Sunday 7th September on what was a lovely sunny morning.

Gregg Moore #691 at the Kinsale 5 mile

10 775 00:29:29 Ciaran Bouse M Open Eagle AC
47 691 00:36:31 Greg Moore M40 Eagle Ath
79 536 00:39:23 Donal Kelleher M40 Eagles AC
Full results   Photos

Great North Run Half-Marathon: Well done to Mike McGrath who went to the UK last weekend to take part in the famous Great North Run Half-Marathon in the North-East of England. In a field of over 57,000 participants, Mike completed the race in 1:33:50 and was 70th in his category, 1309th overall. Mike’s opinion on the race: ‘A great event and highly recommended for all, would be a great weekend away for Eagles in the future!’

Dingle Half-Marathon: This was on Sat 6th Sept and we had two Eagle finishers…
37 Shane OSHAUGHNESSY Eagle AC M35 (1:29:03) 1:31:27
149 John MCCARTHY Eagle AC M35 (1:41:22) 1:42:43

Almost 40 Eagle AC club members turned out for this mornings ‘Coffee Run’ with several groups taking in the usual ‘Raffeen Hill’ loop while others were doing a specialised marathon training session with a tempo run in the middle for good measure.

All the various groups met up later for a well deserved coffee which not only serves as a social occasion but helps support a small local business.

There are a few photos from the run up on the Eagle AC Facebook page. Our next planned ‘Coffee Run’ is on Saturday the 18th of October, one week before the Dublin Marathon.

A total of 38 Eagle AC members turned out for the 4th and final race in the Ballycotton Summer Series…two more than last year! :o)
20 0:29:13 O’CALLAGHAN, John Eagle AC M40 05:50.5
29 0:29:42 BOUSE, Ciaran Eagle AC M 05:56.3
30 0:29:45 BOLAND, Ronan Eagle AC M50 05:56.9
44 0:30:30 COTTER, Paul Eagle AC M 06:05.9
51 0:30:48 LEHANE, Donnacha Eagle AC M 06:09.5
52 0:30:49 MULCAHY, Kieran Eagle AC M45 06:09.7

Kieran Mulcahy & Donnacha Lehane

59 0:31:15 GLAVIN, Colm Eagle AC M40 06:14.9
65 0:31:31 GEARY, Kevin Eagle AC M 06:18.1
67 0:31:38 O’CONNOR, Pat Eagle AC M45 06:19.5
73 0:31:43 KENNEALLY, Damien Eagle AC M 06:20.5
81 0:32:00 O’MAHONY, Roger Eagle AC M40 06:23.9
89 0:32:11 WATSON, Dave Eagle AC M 06:26.1
99 0:32:43 SIEVEWRIGHT, Kevin Eagle AC M45 06:32.5
117 0:33:19 CARROLL, Denis Eagle AC M50 06:39.7
147 0:34:11 O’CALLAGHAN, David Eagle AC M45 06:50.1
153 0:34:21 DESMOND, John Eagle AC M50 06:52.1
175 0:34:53 GUINANE, Elaine Eagle AC F35 06:58.5
209 0:35:41 O’CONNOR, Kevin Eagle AC M40 07:08.0
210 0:35:42 MCCARTHY, John Eagle AC M 07:08.2

The King of Cool…John McCarthy…35:42

215 0:36:00 TWOMEY, Cathal Eagle AC M 07:11.8
223 0:36:16 EGAN, Conor Eagle AC M40 07:15.0
224 0:36:16 CUSSEN, Linda Eagle AC F 07:15.0

Linda Cussen…36:16…fastest time of the 4 races and 10th overall in the series

239 0:36:45 QUIGLEY, John Eagle AC M60 07:20.8
246 0:37:04 GALLAGHER, Mark Eagle AC M40 07:24.6
251 0:37:15 FITZGERALD, Ed Eagle AC M40 07:26.8
253 0:37:17 BOLAND, Lisa Eagle AC F45 07:27.2
255 0:37:19 EVANS, Mairead Eagle AC F 07:27.6
301 0:38:22 KIRWAN, Ita Eagle AC F45 07:40.2
306 0:38:27 SCANNELL, Paul Eagle AC M 07:41.2
307 0:38:28 KELLEHER, Donal Eagle AC M40 07:41.4
309 0:38:31 BRUTON, Patricia Eagle AC F45 07:42.0
312 0:38:34 MCGRATH, Donal Eagle AC M50 07:42.6
349 0:39:28 BRUTON, Seamus Eagle AC M45 07:53.4
375 0:40:33 HALL, Ray Eagle AC M45 08:06.4
393 0:41:20 O’DRISCOLL, Kevin Eagle AC M60 08:15.8
416 0:42:14 CORCORAN, Nora Eagle AC F35 08:26.6
451 0:43:40 O’RIORDAN, Fiona Eagle AC F45 08:43.8
477 0:44:59 KEOHANE, Irene Eagle AC F40 08:59.6
Full results & photos

Overall standings….In the overall standings, we had 28 members who did all 4 races in the series. 7 men made it into the top 50 while 4 women made it into the top 30. In 2013, we had only 14 members doing all 4 races with 5 men in the top 50 and 3 women in the top 20.

10 O’CALLAGHAN, John Eagle AC M40…28:45…29:00…28:46…29:13…1:55:44
22 MULCAHY, Kieran Eagle AC M45…30:23…30:42…30:39…30:49…2:02:33
24 LEHANE, Donnacha Eagle AC M…30:37…31:09…30:39…30:48…2:03:13
25 COTTER, Paul Eagle AC M…31:11…31:20…30:35…30:30…2:03:36
35 GLAVIN, Colm Eagle AC M40…32:02…31:22…31:06…31:15…2:05:45
40 GEARY, Kevin Eagle AC M…31:27…31:23…32:23…31:31…2:06:44
46 KENNEALLY, Damien Eagle AC M…31:44…32:25…32:03…31:43…2:07:55
55 O’MAHONY, Roger Eagle AC M40…32:41…32:05…32:34…32:00…2:09:20
56 SIEVEWRIGHT, Kevin Eagle AC M45…32:18…32:29…31:53…32:43…2:09:23
62 WATSON, Dave Eagle AC M…33:37…32:47…32:40…32:11…2:11:15
67 DESMOND, John Eagle AC M50…32:04…33:13…32:27…34:21…2:12:05
70 CARROLL, Denis Eagle AC M50…32:59…33:37…33:20…33:19…2:13:15
130 MCCARTHY, John Eagle AC M…37:34…36:37…36:49…35:42…2:26:42
139 QUIGLEY, John Eagle AC M60…37:55…37:00…36:56…36:45…2:28:36
142 TWOMEY, Cathal Eagle AC M…39:29…37:42…36:35…36:00…2:29:46
146 GALLAGHER, Mark Eagle AC M40…38:38…37:44…37:22…37:04…2:30:48
151 KELLEHER, Donal Eagle AC M40…37:07…37:42…39:25…38:28…2:32:42
167 MCGRATH, Donal Eagle AC M50…39:19…39:16…39:01…38:34…2:36:10
174 SCANNELL, Paul Eagle AC M…36:33…37:21…45:27…38:27…2:37:48
199 O’DRISCOLL, Kevin Eagle AC M60…42:44…41:23…40:41…41:20…2:46:08

4 GUINANE, Elaine Eagle AC F35…35:22…34:53…34:51…34:53…2:19:59
10 CUSSEN, Linda Eagle AC F…36:38…37:34…37:18…36:16…2:27:46
16 BOLAND, Lisa Eagle AC F45…38:31…37:12…37:07…37:17…2:30:07
23 EVANS, Mairead Eagle AC F…37:29…38:43…39:53…37:19…2:33:24
31 BRUTON, Patricia Eagle AC F45…39:56…39:01…40:08…38:31…2:37:36
53 CORCORAN, Nora Eagle AC F…41:48 00:42:06…42:28…42:14…2:48:36
65 O’RIORDAN, Fiona Eagle AC F45…43:57…43:51…44:29…43:40…2:55:57
76 KEOHANE, Irene Eagle AC F40…45:42…44:10…44:34…44:59…2:59:25

Photos: Tim McCarthy

Club member Paul Scannell will be holding a series of Strength & Conditioning classes during the month of October 2014. His classes will focus on helping members improve their running economy and to help reduce injuries.

Specifically, the purpose of the strength and conditioning sessions are…
a) Reduce your risk of injury by strengthening the connective tissue , including tendons and ligaments.
b) As well as strengthening the propulsive muscles, it also helps build those which aid stability. Specifically, it improves the abdominal, hip, lower back and glute muscles.
c) Improves your running economy so that you will run more efficiently using less oxygen at a given pace.
d) Having a stronger core allows you to maintain proper running form which is an important feature in some of the longer events when fatigue begins to set in.

An e-mail will be sent out to members with more details closer to the date.

Even though the evenings are beginning to draw in, there are plenty of Eagle results from the last few days.

Cill na Martra 5k: This 5k run near Macroom was held on Wed 20th Aug 2014. Two members took part in this out and back course…
6 8 Kevin Sievewright Ballincollig 19:44
22 54 Donal Cronin Eagle AC 22:51
Results

Ed Fitgerald, Eric Browne, Kieran Mulcahy & Tim McCarthy at the Midleton Run Half-Marathon

Doneraile 5k: This Couch to 5k race organised by North Cork AC was held on Friday 22nd of August. Derek O’Keeffe was on pacing duties for this one with his wife Mariko finishing in 29:43.
95 29:43:00 Mariko O’Keeffe-Takishita F
96 29:45:00 Derek O’Keeffe Eagle AC M
Results

Skibbereen 10k road race: The heavens opened up for this one on Sunday 24th of August resulting in some very wet conditions. Ken Wyman and Mary Cotter were in action there…
15 41:39 WYNMAN, Ken Eagle AC M45 06:42.0
54 52:26 COTTER, Mary Eagle AC F50 08:26.1
Results

Midleton Run Marathon, Half-Marathon, 10k & 5k: We had a number of members taking part in this charity run in Midleton on Sunday 24th Aug. There are no club names given in the results. These are the few we picked out. If you are not listed then let us know.
10k
11 Mike MC GRATH M 395 42:08
14 Damian KENNEALLY M 408 42:54

Mike McGrath finishing the Midleton Run 10k

Half-Marathon….Bit of a boo boo in this one. Eric Browne was the clear leader in the half from early on but was sent the wrong way by one of the race stewards which added about 1.5 miles on to his race.
3 Kieran MULCAHY M 156 1:25:12
8 James RYAN M 1:30:21
11 Eric Browne M 286 1:31:48
14 Tim MC CARTHY M 226 1:33:05
41 Mairead EVANS F 163 1:43:13
59 Ed FITZGERALD M 200 1:47:10
Results

Cobh 3k : The Sonia O’Sullivan 3000m race was held on Monday 25th Aug 2014. Two members took part…
65 » Paul Scannell Eagle AC 78 13:02
88 » John Quigley Eagle AC 65 14:33
Results