With the Cork City Marathon now out of the way, it’s time to have a look back at some of the Eagle AC numbers in the event. This is a breakdown of members in 2014 compared to last year…
In 2013, a total of 19 Eagle AC members took part in the full marathon. The number in 2014 was up one to 20. This meant that Eagle AC was the largest athletic club by numbers in the full marathon with Watergrasshill AC second with 15 and St.Finbarrs AC third with 14. Both Clonmel AC and Marathon Club Ireland had 9 each.
In the half-marathon, the club had 26 members in 2013. That was up 54% this year with 40 members taking part in the half. In terms of numbers, Eagle AC was the largest club in the half with St.Finbarr’s AC second with 34, Watergrasshill AC third with 19, Youghal AC fourth with 18 and Leevale AC fifth with 14.
In the relay event, the club had one official team of 5 members in 2013. In 2014, the club had 5 teams of 5 which is a huge jump. Although it’s hard to know exactly how many athletic clubs were taking part due to the team names chosen, Eagle AC was the highest with 5. Togher AC had two, Leevale AC had two, CIT AC had two with others like East Cork AC with one team taking first place.
All told, some 86 members of Eagle AC took part in this years Cork City Marathon event. That represents roughly half of the current membership.
IMRA Carrauntoohil Mountain Race : On Saturday the 31st of May, both Killian O’Connor and Gerard Down took part in the IMRA race up Ireland’s highest mountain. Unfortunately Killian arrived too late to register so doesn’t appear in the official results but still ran the course in about 1h 48m. Gerard’s time was 2h 19m 44s
Gerard Down…up and down Ireland’s highet mountain in 2h 19m. Pic: Méabh Ní Cearnaigh
57 Gerard Down M50 2:19:44 Eagle AC Cork
Belle of Ballincollig 5k : Ten Eagle AC members took part in the Belle of Ballincollig 5k on Thursday 5th of June 2014
6 0:17:05 BOUSE, Ciaran Eagle AC
21 0:18:49 O’MAHONY, Roger Eagle AC M40
29 0:19:17 O’CONNOR, Pat Eagle AC M40
34 0:19:41 O’CALLAGHAN, David Eagle AC M40
61 0:21:04 MURPHY, Joe Eagle AC M50
62 0:21:09 MOORE, Gregg Eagle AC M40
63 0:21:10 O’DRISCOLL, John Rising Sun AC M50
64 0:21:11 DOOLEY, Michael Eagle AC M40
72 0:21:40 TWOMEY, Cathal Eagle AC
111 0:24:20 MORLEY, Gearoid Eagle AC
Mick Dooley and Cathal Twomey at the Belle of Ballincollig 5k. Pic : Doug Minihane
The Cork City Marathon is one of the main races of the year with at least 87 members taking part in either the full marathon, half-marathon or the relay. In both the full and half-marathon events, Eagle AC was the largest club by numbers taking part.
Marathon : 20 members took part in the full marathon…
Tony Cambridge Eagle AC M45 2:58:50
51 Ken Mulcahy Eagle AC M45 (3:02:48) 3:02:48
64 Gearoid O Leary Eagle AC MS (3:06:53) 3:07:02
Gearoid O’Leary…3:06:53 in the full
109 Neil Mackay Eagle AC M40 (3:17:23) 3:17:30
113 Denis Carroll Eagle AC M50 (3:18:21) 3:18:35
160 Kevin Sievewright Eagle AC M45 (3:26:26) 3:26:49
202 Ronan Boland MS (3:29:28) 3:29:50…Pacer
203 Alan O’Brien MS (3:29:29) 3:29:50…Pacer
251 Trevor O’Sullivan Eagle AC M40 (3:35:58) 3:36:23
303 Linda Cussen Eagle AC Marathon Club of Ireland FS (3:42:53) 3:43:17
323 Brian McGuire Eagle AC M45 (3:44:25) 3:44:38
347 Grellan McGrath MS (3:44:40) 3:45:26…Pacer
453 Alan Foley Eagle AC M40 (3:55:32) 3:56:18
506 Martin O Leary Eagle AC MS (3:59:41) 4:00:14
517 Denis Looney MS (3:59:29) 4:00:32…Pacer
575 Derek Costello Eagle AC M45 (4:08:25) 4:09:31
586 Pat King Eagle AC M40 (4:09:46) 4:10:29
790 Patrick Walsh Eagle AC MS (4:31:22) 4:33:18
Pat King and Patrick Walsh…4:09:46 and 4:33:18 in the full marathon respectively
818 JoJo Hennessy Eagle AC FS (4:34:50) 4:36:38
866 Karen Bevan Eagle AC F35 (4:41:02) 4:42:10
(L) Karen Bevan in the full…4:42:10
Half-Marathon : 40 members took part in the Half-Marathon…
43 » Pat O’Connor Eagle AC M M45 4791 (1:26:43) 1:26:43
44 » Donnacha Lehane Eagle AC M M35 4038 (1:26:45) 1:26:45
50 » Simone Rodigari Eagle AC M MS 3202 (1:27:08) 1:27:08
66 » Deirdre Nagle Eagle AC F F35 4541 (1:29:05) 1:29:06…4th woman
Deirdre Nagle and Simone Rodigari in the half
74 Martin Leahy MS (1:29:36) 1:29:38…Pacer
75 Vivian Foley MS (1:29:36) 1:29:39…Pacer
122 » Sandra Manning Eagle AC F FS 4575 (1:34:59) 1:34:59
125 » Damian Kenneally Eagle AC M MS 3954 (1:35:11) 1:35:18
139 » Elaine Guinane Eagle AC F F35 4381 (1:36:48) 1:36:48
167 » Ruairi Egan Eagle AC M M45 3972 (1:38:33) 1:38:44
189 » John McCarthy Eagle AC M M35 4001 (1:39:07) 1:39:18
203 » Phil Corcoran Eagle AC M M45 4249 (1:39:16) 1:39:28
207 » June O’Shea Eagle AC F F35 3665 (1:39:33) 1:39:43
244 » Declan Daly Eagle AC M M45 3737 (1:41:34) 1:41:41
269 » Kevin O Connor Eagle AC M M40 4489 (1:42:31) 1:42:52
281 » Gregg Moore Eagle AC M M40 4824 (1:42:38) 1:43:13
400 » Frances O’Connor Eagle AC F F55 4353 (1:46:58) 1:47:22
437 » Deirdre O’Callaghan Eagle AC F F40 3884 (1:48:04) 1:48:26
478 » yvonne Bennett Eagle AC F F50 3748 (1:48:37) 1:49:24
547 » Patrick O Gorman Eagle AC M M40 4666 (1:50:29) 1:51:11
Patrick O’Gorman in the half…1:51:11
549 » Ed Fitzgerald Eagle AC M M40 4047 (1:50:46) 1:51:15
614 » Trish Bruton Eagle AC F F45 3766 (1:52:44) 1:53:19
621 » Seamus Bruton Eagle AC M M45 3765 (1:52:52) 1:53:27
635 » Tracy Cotter Eagle AC F FS 4668 (1:52:58) 1:53:53
Tracey Cotter…1:53:53 in the Half
724 » Donal Kelleher Eagle AC M M40 4486 (1:55:35) 1:55:47
732 » Sunita Corcoran Eagle AC F F40 4248 (1:55:29) 1:55:55
799 » Bernadette Looney Eagle AC F F40 3875 (1:56:52) 1:57:37
835 » Grace O’ Leary Eagle AC F FS 3309 (1:58:30) 1:58:30
929 » John Dunleavy Eagle AC M M45 3848 (1:59:08) 2:00:13…Pacer
1040 » Irene Keohane Eagle AC F F40 3964 (2:03:01) 2:04:16
1061 » Kevin Moore Eagle AC M M40 5144 (2:04:56) 2:04:56
1113 » Betty Mc Kenzie Eagle AC F F50 4793 (2:05:00) 2:06:36
1152 » Karen Hennessy Eagle AC F FS 3560 (2:06:57) 2:08:02
1159 » Hazel O’Sullivan Eagle AC F F40 3872 (2:07:14) 2:08:27
1231 » Jim Costello Eagle AC M M50 4970 (2:09:10) 2:10:34
1317 » Ann Hayesmacsweeney Eagle AC F F55 4481 (2:12:23) 2:14:00
1381 » Nicola Egan Eagle AC F F40 3974 (2:14:24) 2:16:03
1401 » Jo Fearon FS (2:14:54) 2:16:31…Pacer
1558 » Josephine Looney Reeves Eagle AC F F40 3516 (2:24:46) 2:24:47
1600 » Charlie Byrd Eagle AC M M45 4089 (2:25:12) 2:27:10
Roger O’Mahony in the Relay event
Marathon Relay : In the Marathon Relay event, our men’s team were 6th team home, claiming first all men’s team outside the top 5 overall finishers. Our second team home were also second mixed team. In total, we had 5 teams of 5…
6th Eagle AC Men (2:36:47) …John O’ Callaghan, Derek O’ Keefe, Killian O’Connor, Colin O’Herlihy, Ciaran Bouse
14th Eagle AC [A] (2:49:08)… Pat Murphy, Rhona Lynch, Kevin Geary, Tim McCarthy, Colm Glavin
24th Eagle Comets (3:03:40)…44 Noella Carroll, Eugene O’Connor, Roger O’Mahony, Adelle O’Connor, Paul Cotter
44th Eagle Bullets (3:20:08)…Dympna Connolly, Annemarie Power Donal Cronin, Paul Conway, Helena Slattery
50th Cool Runnings (3:24:40)… Lisa Boland, Nora Corcoran, Edwina Boyce, Cathal Twomey, Maighread Evans
Derek O’Keeffe, Rhona Lynch and Adelle O’Connor in the 1st leg of the relay
Eagle AC members John Quigley and Sean Twomey also competed as part of the Cancer Survivors ‘C-Team’ which finished in 3:23:29.
Old Abbey 5k : This 5k road race organised by Old Abbey AC was held on Thursday evening the 29th of May. Our only representative was Fidlema Kirwin who finished second woman.
32 FIDELMA KIRWIN o40W EAGLE AC 24.15
Kilcredan 5k : In East Cork, Ken Wyman took part in the Kilcredan 5k on Friday evening the 30th of May.
28 Ken Wynman Eagle AC M M45 1261 19:19
Doneraile 5k : Also on Friday evening, the Dan Byrne Memorial 5k was held in Doneraile Park in North Cork.
22 19:08 RYAN, James EAGLE AC M M45 06:10
50 20:32 MURPHY, Pat EAGLE AC M M55 06:37
84 21:41 MURPHY, Joe EAGLE AC M M55 07:00
116 23:11 CARROLL, Denis EAGLE AC M M50 07:29
146 24:35 COTTER, Mary EAGLE AC F F50 07:56
214 27:21 QUIGLEY, John EAGLE AC M M60 08:49
Eagle AC members Mary Cotter & Pat Murphy with former member Tim Smith who now lives in Canada
Just as the Giro d’Italia is a succesion of cycle races over a fixed number of days, there are also similar multi-day running events in Italy. One such multi-day race is the Giro Podistico on the Italian island of Elba which is a series of off road/mountain and street runs on the island of Elba off the Italian coast.
Fresh from breaking 24 minutes for the 4 mile race in Fota, Eagle AC member Simone Rodigari participated in the 5 day GIRO PODISTICO recently where he was the 23rd out of 240 finishers in a time of 3 hours 18 minutes
To put it in perspective the winner in a time of 2:46 was the 2010 Italian Junior Mountain Running Championships and has a half marathon PB of 1:08 and a 10K PB of marathon PB of 31:58. (Certificate)
Ballyandreen 5 mile road race : A total of 40 Eagle AC members turned out for the Ballyandreen 5 mile road race last Thursday evening, the first race in the 2014 Ballycotton Summer Series. Congratulations to Deirdre Nagle, who once again took a podium position, finishing in second place.
14 0:28:36 CREEDON, Daithi Eagle AC M 05:43.1
16 0:28:45 O’CALLAGHAN, John Eagle AC M40 05:44.9
36 0:30:23 MULCAHY, Kieran Eagle AC M45 06:04.5
38 0:30:36 O’HERLIHY, Colin Eagle AC M40 06:07.1
39 0:30:37 LEHANE, Donnacha Eagle AC M 06:07.3
52 0:31:11 COTTER, Paul Eagle AC M 06:14.1
61 0:31:27 GEARY, Kevin Eagle AC M 06:17.3
68 0:31:44 KENNEALLY, Damien Eagle AC M 06:20.7
71 0:31:55 NAGLE, Deirdre Eagle AC F35 06:22.9…2nd woman
75 0:32:02 GLAVIN, Colm Eagle AC M40 06:24.3
78 0:32:04 DESMOND, John Eagle AC M50 06:24.7
88 0:32:18 SIEVEWRIGHT, Kevin Eagle AC M45 06:27.5
92 0:32:28 MCCARTHY, Tim Eagle AC M 06:29.5
94 0:32:31 O’CALLAGHAN, David Eagle AC M45 06:30.1
101 0:32:41 O’MAHONY, Roger Eagle AC M40 06:32.1
116 0:32:59 CARROLL, Denis Eagle AC M50 06:35.7
139 0:33:37 WATSON, Dave Eagle AC M 06:43.3
155 0:34:12 MULDOWNEY, David Eagle AC M40 06:50.3
158 0:34:16 TWOMEY, Pat Eagle AC M60 06:51.1 …2nd M60
160 0:34:22 MANNING, Sandra Eagle AC F 06:52.3
196 0:35:22 GUINANE, Elaine Eagle AC F35 07:04.2
232 0:36:33 SCANNELL, Paul Eagle AC M 07:18.4
238 0:36:38 CUSSEN, Linda Eagle AC F 07:19.4
261 0:37:07 KELLEHER, Donal Eagle AC M40 07:25.2
281 0:37:34 MCCARTHY, John Eagle AC M 07:30.6
295 0:37:53 FITZGERALD, Ed Eagle AC M40 07:34.4
296 0:37:55 QUIGLEY, John Eagle AC M60 07:34.8
314 0:38:31 BOLAND, Lisa Eagle AC F45 07:42.0
319 0:38:38 GALLAGHER, Mark Eagle AC M40 07:43.4
334 0:39:00 CONNOLLY, Dympna Eagle AC F35 07:47.8
345 0:39:19 MCGRATH, Donal Eagle AC M50 07:51.6
353 0:39:29 TWOMEY, Cathal Eagle AC M 07:53.6
365 0:39:48 BOYCE, Edwina Eagle AC F 07:57.4
370 0:39:56 BRUTON, Patricia Eagle AC F45 07:59.0
372 0:39:59 O’LEARY, Andrew Eagle AC M 07:59.6
396 0:41:02 FERRITER, Gearoid Eagle AC M 08:12.2
414 0:41:48 CORCORAN, Nora Eagle AC F 08:21.4
452 0:42:44 O’DRISCOLL, Kevin Eagle AC M60 08:32.6
483 0:43:57 O’RIORDAN, Fiona Eagle AC F45 08:47.2
524 0:45:42 KEOHANE, Irene Eagle AC F40 09:08.2
Wicklow Way Solo Run: Well done to Grellan McGrath who undertook the arduous task of a solo run across the Wicklow Way last weekend. Covering almost 82 miles in 16hrs 51 minutes, Grellan finished in joint 5th/6th place, out of a field of 19 Finishers!
Grellan McGrath of Eagle AC completing the 82 miles of the Wicklow Way in 16h 51m
West Cork Run: Two eagles took part in the 10 mile race in Cill na Martra last weekend:
7 » Joe Murphy M 1185 1:12:05
17 » Donal Cronin M 1157 1:19:43
In an effort to add more of a social aspect to some of the training runs, the club held its first ‘Coffee Run’ on Saturday morning the 24th of May. With temperatures down around 8 deg C with a cool northerly wind, it felt at times as if it was more like January than the end of May. Despite the chilly conditions, 25 members still turned out for the run which was an 11 mile loop taking in Passage West and Monkstown. There were 4 different pace groups which meant that everyone was catered for.
Post run, members went for a coffee and a chat where some of the medals won at the recent County Novice Road Championships were presented. Photos on the club Facebook Page.
Cheetah Run : The big race in the last week was of course the Cheetah Run in Fota Wildlife Park. With so many club members involved in the organisation of the race itself, it’s not suprising that we only had a few members taking part. Well done to Deirdre who managed to take 3rd place in the womens race.
Deirdre Nagle of Eagle AC…3rd in the Fota Cheetah Run. Photo : Gearóid Ó Laoi
22 Simone RODIGARI Eagle AC 23:59
33 Deirdre NAGLE Eagle AC 24:56…3rd woman
135 Mick DOOLEY Eagle AC 29:00
138 Ed FITZGERALD Eagle AC 29:01
156 John QUIGLEY Eagle AC 29:18
Galbally 5 mile road race : The Ballyhoura Limerick race series kicked off last Friday evening the 16th of May with the Gallybally 5 mile road race. Gerard Down was our only representative in the race and was the 2nd M55 home.
4 56 Gerard Down Eagle AC Men 0/55 34:29
Lakes of Killarney Marathon : Well done to Nora Corcoran who was the 4th woman home in the Lakes of Killarney Marathon last Saturday.
48 Nora CORCORAN 4:11:39 Senior Female (4)
In the Half-Marathon, we had several club members taking part with Ronan Boland being 1st M50 and Pat O’Connor 3rd M40…
7 Ronan BOLAND 1:26:49 Ages 50 – 59 (1) Male (7)
12 Pat O’CONNOR 1:31:08 Ages 40 – 49 (3) Male (12)
23 Kevin GEARY 1:35:50 Senior (16) Male (22)
James Ryan
Emer Casey 10k race, Youghal : This popular 10k race was held last Sunday in Youghal over a new route and 10 members took part…
10 35:52 BOUSE, Ciaran Eagle AC M 05:46.2
40 39:09 LYNCH, Rhona Eagle AC F35 06:17.9
58 40:11 CARROLL, Denis Eagle AC M50 06:27.9
59 40:14 O’MAHONY, Roger Eagle AC M40 06:28.4
63 40:55 RYAN, James Eagle AC M45 06:35.0
78 41:45 MANNING, Sandra Eagle AC F 06:43.0
139 44:53 O’GORMAN, Patrick Eagle AC M40 07:13.3
192 46:55 DUNLEAVY, John Eagle AC M45 07:32.9
236 48:54 CORCORAN, Sunita Eagle AC F40 07:52.0
258 49:44 COTTER, Tracy Eagle AC F 08:00.1
320 52:43 BUCKLEY, Aidan Eagle AC M50 08:28.9
This years Cheetah Run 4 mile race in Fota Wildlife Park attracted a field of about 800 runners on the night. In terms of the weather, things couldn’t have gone any better with the park looking superb in the evening sunshine.
In the mens race a group of four broke away early on but in the sprint for the finish line, Colm Sheahan of Leevale AC just managed to stay ahead finishing in a time of 20:03 with fellow club member James Grufferty just one second behind.
Colm Sheahan (L)…winner of the 2014 Cheetah Run receiving his prize from Joe Roche of Eagle AC
In the womens race, Orla Drumm was the winner in a time of 22:53. Ann Marie Holland of St.Finbarr’s AC was second with 24:19 while our own Deirdre Nagle of Eagle AC finished third in 24:55.
L to R…Stephen Ryan of Fota Wildlife Park, Orla Drumm…first woman, Elaine Guinane of Eagle AC and Mike Byrne of Laya Healthcare…one of the sponsors of the 2014 Cheetah Run
Ciaran Bouse…59:59 in the Castleisland 10 mile road race
9th May…Kilworth Camp 5 mile road race…Four Eagle AC members took part in the Kilworth Camp 5 mile road race last Friday the 9th of May 2014…
15 30:06 O’KEEFFE, Derek EAGLE AC MS 06:01
46 32:50 CARROLL, Denis EAGLE AC M50 06:34…2nd M50
64 34:36 DOWN, Ger EAGLE AC M55 06:55…2nd M55
166 43:28 O’RIORDAN, Fiona EAGLE AC F45 08:42
11th May…Castleisland 10 mile…Well done to club member Ciaran Bouse who finished in 6th place in the Castleisland 10 mile road race in Kerry on Sunday. Ciaran just broke the one hour barrier by one second!
6 Ciaran Bouse MS 59:59
11th May…Ballincollig 10k fun run/walk…Pat O’Connor finished 2nd at a 10k fun run in Ballincollig organised by Dolphin Rugby Club.
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