Letterkenny Athletic Club Notes
A very strong Letterkenny AC Male Masters M35-49 team, comprising Raymond Birch, Karol Duggan and Ciaran Doherty, returned from the National Road Relays in Raheny, Dublin with silver medals on Sunday. They were deprived of gold by only a fraction of a second. Club Captain, Raymond Birch, got the team off…
Letterkenny Athletic Club Notes
Following on from Ann-marie McGlynn and Nakita Burke’s exploits of the previous weekend, Maria Ni Mhaollagain was the latest of Letterkenny AC’s hugely talented group of women runners to show outstanding form. In the space of slightly more than 36 hours, Maria notched up 2 victories and, in the process,…
Letterkenny Athletic Club Notes
The all conquering women of Letterkenny Athletic Club took Omagh by storm on Saturday. They achieved outstanding individual and team results in the Omagh Half Marathon. Annmarie McGlynn was an impressive winner of the women’s race in 1.14.28. In the process, she eclipsed the course record which had stood for 18…
Letterkenny Athletic Club Notes
Nakita Burke’s phenomenal improvement continued on Wednesday evening in Belfast in the Deep River Rock Queen’s 5K. Nakita earned a new PB of almost 20 seconds and her first sub 17 minute 5K in an excellent time of 16.45. She was the 2nd woman with only Newcastle and District AC’s…
Letterkenny Athletic Club Notes
Letterkenny Athletic Club runners were in action on St Patrick’s Day in 4 different venues in 3 different counties. Letterkenny AC’s annual St Patrick Day’s 5K went through the town in temperatures more associated with Christmas Day than St Patrick’s Day. It was 1-2-3 for LAC, with Danny Mooney first…
Letterkenny Athletic Club Notes
The recent extreme weather meant that very few Letterkenny Athletic Club runners were able to find competitive action over the weekend. One of the many victims of the weather was the Glaslough 5K in Co Monaghan. The race had been chosen by LAC as an event which we were going…
Letterkenny Athletic Club Notes
Thursday night’s Brooks’ International 5K in Armagh again enhanced its reputation as Europe’s top 5K. 94 runners achieved times of sub 15 minutes, with a further 99 running sub 16 minutes, so the first 193 runners all clocked sub 16. Letterkenny AC’s Danny Mooney was one of those who crossed the…