May, June and July 2015 update – Great performances by Blackrock A.C.
Blackrock A.C. continues to go from strength to strength with great performances and many personal bests by runners in the Fit4life Section and Men’s Section in May, June and July over distances from 5km to 50km. Among the highlights were the Women’s Mini Marathon with 18 from the group taking part and many running their best 10km ever, Bryan running 2 marathons, many top 5 finishes in Parkruns by Men and Ladies, a 2nd team placing in the Clonee 10km by the ladies team and the annual Teddy’s Ice Cream run. The following list details the main event times over the 3 months.
July
July 25 Shanganagh Parkrun Michael Carty 17-59 (2nd pb)
July 25 Westport Parkrun Barry Thornton 17-27 (2nd w–pb)
July 25 Cabinteely Parkrun Des Fitzgerald 21-22 (4th), Sarah Rose Moran 24-04 (3rd lady & cab-pb), Aedemar Cooke 25-29, Dee Carlin 27-35 and John Carlin 28-31
July 25 Marlay Parkrun Emer Kelly 28-24, Ciara O’Dwyer 29-22
July 18 Roscommon Harriers 10miles Linda Clarke 1-40-33
July 19 Fingal 10km Des Fitzgerald 42-53, Patricia Forde 49-34
July 18 Cabinteely Parkrun Barry Thornton 18-22 (1st), Sarah Rose Moran 24-35 (3rd lady), Aedemar Cooke 26-29, Alison Clarke 26-36 (cab-pb), Fiona Murphy 28-26
July 18 Shanganagh Parkrun Dee Carlin 25-39, John Carlin 26-12
June 11 Cabinteely Parkrun Sarah Kelly 23-57 (3rd lady)
July 6 Marlay Parkrun Fiona Murphy 27-17, Ciara O’Dwyer 31-02
July 9 Blackrock A.C. nominated by Athletics Ireland as Fit4Life Club of the Week
July 4 Achill Half Marathon Sarah Kelly 1-41-27 (pb-20th lady), Daniel Kelly 1-50-01
July 4 Clontarf Half Marathon Avril Lambe 1-48-03, Sarah Rose Moran 1-59-17 (pb), Patricia Forde 2-00-04, Alison Clarke 2-06-21 (pb), Ciara O’Shea 2-16-32 9pb), Laura Cooper (pb) 2-25-40
June
June 27 Waterford Viking Marathon Bryan Shields 4-58-44
June 27 Cabinteely Parkrun Sarah Kelly 22-52 (1st lady & pb), Michael O’Brien 24-33, Aedemar Cooke 25-22, Alison Clarke 27-11, Fiona Murphy 28-19, Steven Flaherty 28-51, Sarah Flaherty 28-51, Carmel Flaherty 31-59
June 27 Shanganagh Parkrun Dee Carlin 25-00, John Carlin 26-03
June 27 Johnstown Parkrun Niamh Bolger 24-12
June 25 Clonee 10km Gerry Flaherty 38-46 (1st O-45), Patricia Forde 48-51 (pb and 2nd O-45), Niamh Bolger 50-42 (pb), Alison Clarke 53-04 (pb) and Stephen Mulligan 53-08. Ladies team 2nd overall.
July 23 BHAA IPS Phoenix Park 5km Trail Sarah Rose Moran 23-11 (pb)
June 20 Cabinteely Parkrun Barry Thornton 18-31 2nd, Gerry Flaherty 20-11 4th, Sarah Kelly 22-55 3rd lady, Stephen Mulligan 25-02, Sarah Flaherty 25-28, Dervla Batt 26-48, Alison Clarke 27-05 (pb), Fiona Murphy 28-26, Steven Flaherty 29-34, Leonie Lawler 30-30, Claire McGoldrick 31-22, Carmel Flaherty 32-19
June 20 Johnstown Parkrun Niamh Bolger 24-02
June 13 Portumna 50km Gerry Flaherty 4-07-42 (9th overall)
June 13 Sonia 5km Niamh Bolger 23-39 (pb), Dominque Brindley 27-56, Eithne Linnane 30-02
June 13 Cabinteely Parkrun Barry Thornton 18-12 1st, Sarah Rose Moran 24-17 cab-pb, Aedemar Cooke 25-09, Michael O’Brien 25-20,
June 6 Cabinteely Parkrun Barry Thornton 18-59 1st, Gerry Flaherty, 20-19 4th, Des Fitzgerald 21-09 5th, Sarah Rose Moran 24-23 cab-pb, Aedemar Cooke 26-07, Denise Teehan 26-56 pb, Fiona Murphy 28-47, Carmel Flaherty 31-26
June 6 Shanganagh Parkrun Lynne Walshe 29-18
June 9th Teddy’s Ice Cream Training Run
June 1 VHI Women’s Mini Marathon 2015 Sarah-Rose Moran 49-02 (pb), Patricia Forde 49-56 (pb), Niamh Bolger 51-31 (pb), Aedemar Cooke 51-49 (pb), Dee Carlin 52-07(pb), ,Dervla Batt 52-58, Alison Clarke 54-36, Fiona Murphy 55-03, Ciara O’Shea 55-07, Clare Manning 57-21, Dominque Brindley 57-39, Laura Cooper 58-26, Leonie Lawler 60-09, Penny Prendergast 60-15, Claire McGoldrick 66-41, Maribé Fallon 68-37, Lynne Walshe 70-50, Aedín O’Leary 73-44.
May
May 30th Cabinteely Parkrun Des Fitzgerald 20-31 (5th)
May 27th Irishtown Meet and Train Sarah Rose Moran, Patricia Forde, Alison Clarke
May 26th BHAA Dunboyne 5mile RR Gerry Flaherty 30-46, Patricia Forde 38-32 (pb), Sarah Rose Moran 38-53 (pb), Alison Clarke 42.
May 26 BHAA ESB Beach race Gerry Flaherty 19.37 Alison Clarke 26.05
May 25 Rith Beo 10km Kilkenny Geraldine Lacey 50-51
May 23rd Cabinteely Parkrun Gerry Flaherty 20-23 (4th), Sarah Rose Moran 24-33 (4th lady), Sarah Flaherty 25-01, Patricia Forde 25-14, Denise Teehan 27-39 pb, Alison Clarke 27-43, Fiona Murphy 28-26, Carmel Flaherty 30-34
May 17 Terenure 5 Emer Kelly 45-34 ( 1st 5mile race ever)
May 17 Raven Trail 10km Joe Byrne 56-10
May 16 Tymon 5km Parkrun Gerry Flaherty 19-37 (1st)
May 16 Cabinteely 5km Parkrun Michael O’Brien 25-13, Dervla Batt 25-34, Aedemar Cooke 25-39 (4th and 5th ladies)
May 16 Shanganagh 5km Parkrun Patricia Forde 23-50 (3rd lady), Dee Carlin 24-49, John Carlin 26-17, Lynne Walsh 28-49, Fiona Black 37-10
May 17 Marlay 5km Parkrun Ciara O’Dwyer 29-43
May 10 Cherryfield Meet and Train 5km Sarah Rose 23-47 (7th Individual (non-team)), Niamh Bolger 23-54 (pb), Alison Clarke 25-37
May 9 Cabinteely 5km Parkrun Gerry Flaherty 20-02 (1st O45 +7th), Dervla Batt 25-26 Aedemar Cooke 26-51, Fiona Murphy 28-23 (+Liz), Carmel Flaherty 31-43
May 9 Shanganagh 5km Parkrun Ciara O’Shea 27-12, Claire McGoldrick 30-31
May 9 Springburn 5km Parkrun, Glasgow John Carlin 28-12, Dee Carlin 28-13
May 4th Wings for Life, Dún Laoghaire Ciara O’Shea 14.22km (203rd in Ireland)
May 3 Limerick Marathon Bryan Sheils 4-42-45
May 3 Belclare 7km, Galway Sarah Flaherty 35-54 (5th lady), Carmel Flaherty 43-18
May 2 Westport 5km Parkrun Barry Thornton 17.48 (ahead of John Treacy and Sonia O’Sullivan)
May 2 Cabinteely 5km Parkrun Des Fitzgerald 21-04, Michael O’Brien 26-09, Dervla Batt 26-34 (3rd lady), John Carlin 29-14
May 2 Shangangh Group 5km Parkrun Patricia Forde 24-14 (2nd lady).
May 1 Rock 5km Dervla Batt 4th
Training
Training continues Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm and long runs on Saturday or Sunday at 9am (times may vary on Sunday – check out Blackrock A.C. Group Facebook page) and all abilities are catered for from total beginners to those who are training for a marathon.
Gerry Flaherty 0872331346 bacfit4life@gmail.com
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