Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes
Several Letterkenny AC runners made the short journey to Gransha, Derry for Saturday’s North West Cross Country Championship. In ideal running conditions, Annmarie McGlynn emerged as the winner of the women’s race. She ran 20.32 for the 6KM course, which gave her an emphatic victory as she was well over…
Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes
Almost 100 runners took part in Sunday’s annual Letterkenny AC Turkey Trot, which was run in excellent conditions. Normally, prizes go to the fastest runners. However, in the Turkey Trot, prizes go to those runners who can achieve the most accurate correlation between their pre race prediction and their actual…
Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes
Over 150 runners braved the temperature of minus 5 degrees to take part in Thursday night’s ‘Winter Woolie Warmer 5K.’ The freezing conditions didn’t prevent race winner, Letterkenny AC man, Pauric Breslin, from chalking about yet another sub 16 minute 5K. Pauric’s time of 15.59 left him 39 seconds clear…
Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes
Letterkenny Athletic Club’s annual Awards Night was held on Friday night at Arena 7, one of the club’s generous sponsors. The club has had a highly successful year, which made the task of choosing winners so difficult. The list of winners is detailed below: Male Cross Country- Ciaran…
Letterkenny AC Club Notes
In ideal running conditions, 16,825 runners lined up for Sunday’s Dublin City Marathon. The event, after being run for 36 consecutive years on October Bank Holiday Monday, was this year moved to Sunday. This had a positive effect, with 5700 international runners taking part. The Dublin Marathon is now the…
Letterkenny AC Club Notes
Letterkenny Athletic Club’s ‘Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure’ New Mills 10K was run in fine autumnal weather on Sunday morning. The race attracted 159 runners, of which more than a quarter were from the host club. First across the line was Eoghain McGinley in an excellent time of 33.05. This…