The Marathon season is in full swing and some Blackrock A.C. members travelled to Belfast this weekend to take part in the Belfast Marathon and National Marathon Championships.
Belfast Marathon and National Marathon Championships
The 2021 Belfast marathon, incorporating the National Championship, took place on October 3rd, 2021. Among the 5000+ participants were 12 members of Blackrock A.C. and all performed really well on the hilly course with some amazing times. Congratulations to everyone. We await the national marathon results.
Results
| Position | Name | Time |
| 1 | Fergus Collins | 2.45.45 |
| 2 | Colm Cunningham | 2.56.57 |
| 3 | Mark Kilcoyne | 3.23.37 |
| 4 | Grainne Grennan | 3.38.26 |
| 5 | Seamus Mac Giolla Phádraig | 3.42.25 (pb) |
| 6 | Arik Warshager | 3.48.35 |
| 7 | Patricia O’Neill | 4.01.10 |
| 8 | James Curran | 4.07.39 |
| 9 | Jamie Kennedy | 4.14.22 |
| 10 | Dermot Hughes | 4.19.38 |
| 11 | James Dowling | 4.28.55 |
| 12 | Bryan Sheils |
News
Parkrun
Well done to Kevin O’Hagan who completed his 100 parkrun milestone today in Cabinteely with almost 20 taking part from the club and a win by Ted. Please ensure you include Blackrock A.C. on your profile if you are a member.
Galway Bay Marathon 2021
Congratulations to Gerry for finishing the Galway Bay Marathon in 3.45 on Saturday in perfectly sunny conditions.
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 |
| 9th October 2021 | Wicklow Hospice Marathon and Half Marathon | Website |
| 17th October 2021 | Spar Autumn Open Cross-Country, Abbotstown | |
| 17th & 18th October 2021 | Great Pink Virtual run | Website |
| 24th October 2021 | Thoroughbred Marathon Kildare | Website |
| 23rd – 25th October 2021 | Dublin Virtual Marathon | Website |
| 31st October 2021 | Dublin Senior Cross Country, location TBC | 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 | Website |
| 9th January 2022 | Dublin Masters Cross Country, location TBC | |
| 12th February 2022 | Donadea 50k (back in the forest!) | |
| 20th February 2022 | Seville 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
Running easy days after hard training days (tempo run, long run) can help prolong your running career. Also, the last run before and the first run after a long run or a race should be easy. Easy runs should be at talking pace and not necessarily be slow runs. Tempo runs which are faster but not flat out can really help improve your running.
Training Reminder
Training continues as normal this week. 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, you can do so below:
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