Blackrock A.C. members collected Bank Holiday Miles taking part in marathons over the weekend. Congratulations to everyone and a special mention to all those who came out to support the runners. We had some wonderful performances by many club members.
Rotterdam Marathon
- Patricia Forde 4.05.25 (pb)
Dublin Virtual Marathon
- Barry Thornton 3.15.58 (Cabinteely Park)
- Ger O’Toole 3.18.40, 20th Marathon
- Ted Burke 3.23 (Cabinteely Park)
- Grainne Grennan 3.42.39
- Pat O’Brien 4.10.45, 1st Marathon
- Gerry Flaherty 4.11.38
- Jamie Kennedy 4.12
- Seamus MacGiolla Phádraig 4.13.50
- Ayse Aksoy 4.19.36, 1st Marathon
- Dermot Hughes 4.22
- Bryan Sheils 5.21.03
- Rob Asher
5th Thoroughbred Marathon Kildare
- Paul McDonnell 2.54.35, 8th
- Mark Kilcoyne 3.23.13 (pb)
- Emma McGrane 3.35.43 (pb), 10th lady
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Fit4life Virtual Event – 10km Challenge
From now until the end of the October, we are going to continue the series and have a 10km virtual challenge. Just log a 10km each week for any of your runs or even enter an average over a longer run. This is a good opportunity to do a weekly tempo run with a recommended pace of half marathon pace or a 10km race time +5 minutes. You can log your results here: 10km Virtual run
Upcoming Events
The following are some other races recommenced for Blackrock A.C. members:
| Date | Event | Link |
| 28th October 2021 | Dublin Airport Central 5k | Website |
| 31st October 2021 | Dublin Senior Cross Country, location TBC | TBC |
| 7th November 2021 | ‘Fastlane’ 10k and Half Marathon, Clondalkin | Website |
| 14th November 2021 | Tallaght 5k (Dublin Novice championship event) | Website |
| 19th & 20th November 2021 | Mountain Trail Running Festival – various trail runs, 10k to 100k (!) | Website |
| 20th November 2021 | Run The Line (13k and 26k mountain run, Glencullen) | Website |
| 27th November 2021 | Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon (Half and Full) | Website |
| 27th November 2021 | Clontarf 5 mile and Half Marathon – SOLD OUT | Website |
| 4th December 2021 | Jingle Bells | Website |
| 9th January 2022 | Dublin Masters Cross Country, location TBC | TBC |
| 15th January 2022 | World Half Marathon Festival | Website |
| 6th February 2022 | Trim 10 Mile | Website |
| 12th February 2022 | Donadea 50k (back in the forest!) – nearly sold out | Website |
| 20th February 2022 | Seville marathon | Website |
| 13th March 2021 | Bohermeen Half Marathon | Website |
| 24th April 2022 | Connemarathon 2022 | Website |
Check out www.myrunresults.com or www.imra.ie for other races coming up soon.
Blackrock A.C. Tip of the week
Did you know that you can become a better runner if you speak to yourself in the second person during a race (virtual or real)? Research in Bangor University in Wales found that those that used the second person performed better in a 10km time trial. So instead of saying ‘I can do this’ say ‘you can do this’!
Training Reminder
Training continues as normal this week and great to see good numbers at each session. Members are required to wear a high viz vest from now on at training.
Anyone who had not completed the Covid-19 survey can do so at the following link (Covid19 form link). If anyone is not feeling well in any way or injured you should not come to training. For those currently on trial, if you want to join the club and become a member you can register now. Membership prices are reduced as it is past August.
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