Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes
Fionnuala Diver travelled to the beautiful surroundings of Lurgan Park, Co Armagh on Saturday to run in the Ulster and Northern Ireland senior cross country championship. The journey was worthwhile for in-form Fionnuala, who stormed to a 6th place finish in a highly competitive race. Also, on Saturday, another in-form…
Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes
Several Letterkenny Athletic Club runners ran in Saturday’s Milford AC 5K. The earlier rain had gone when the race started, leaving excellent conditions for runners. Liam Doherty was the 1st LAC finisher, coming home in 17.25, which gave him 3rd place. Kieran Crawford was 4 seconds behind, in 4th place.…
Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes
Only a small number of Letterkenny Athletic Club runners were in competitive action at the weekend. With a large number of important cross country, road and indoor track races due to take place in late winter and early spring, club runners took the opportunity to get in crucial training runs.…
Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes
Annmarie McGlynn took part in the ‘Lough 5’ race on Saturday in the village of Loughmacrory, near Omagh, Co Tyrone. Annmarie had an excellent run in the 5 mile race. She was 2nd in the women’s race, and 7th overall, in a time of 28.21. The 1st woman was City…
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…