Senior athlete is the winner in Limerick
Club members Darren Flynn, Brian O’Hagan and Richie O’Brien were recently competing at two different venues. Darren has diversified into triathlon this year and last Sunday he took part in the Tri a Try event in Limerick and won the race! Congratulations Darren! Fabulous stuff!
Brian competed in the Sprint triathlon in Limerick too, and came 18th overall. Great stuff Brian! Richie was in Clonakilty for the West Cork Duathlon and came 7th overall! Well done Richie!
KILLARNEY OPEN MOUNTAIN RAIL
On Sunday, 23rd April, Liam Sheehey was back running with IMRA Munster in Kerry. It was the Killarney Open mountain race, running up and down the Tomies and the Purple Mountain. The climb was 867m and the total distance of the race was 12.5k, scoring 9 out of 10 for difficulty! Liam did very well as usual and was 10th overall in a time of 1.41.03 and was first in his category. Congratulations Liam!
LONDON MARATHON
Sunday 23rd April was the date of the prestigious London Marathon. Angela O’Mahony, who travels regularly all over Ireland and the world even for races, secured a place in this coveted marathon! Congratulations Angela on an amazing run! Here are her thoughts about it: “An amazing experience in London. So different from any other marathon. The amount of people taking part and all the support is huge. The weather was mixed, it rained heavily before my start time, but eased off.
"Coming up to the half marathon point is Tower Bridge and the atmosphere is just electric.... so many people are there and the noise and emotion completely overwhelming. The sun came out around the Mall, and it’s after this that the finish line beckons. Going over the last timing mat before the finish at 40km is the last marker I saw. It's onto Buckingham Palace and round the corner to the finish line. My husband Don was lucky to get into one of the few stands just before the finish, and so was able to watch me crossing the line.”
Well done Angela! Your next marathon is just around the corner!
KAREN FENTON MEMORIAL 5K ROAD RACE
The annual Karen Fenton Memorial Run was hosted in Ballinora, Waterfall on April 23rd, 2023. This event was organised and hosted by the Fenton Family, in association with St Finbarr's AC, in memory of Karen Fenton, who passed away from ovarian cancer, on the 30th of April 2017, aged 43. Grange Fermoy athlete Frances Howard and her daughter, our juvenile athlete Jess Howard, both competed in the race on what was a beautiful sunny day. Frances said that this took the sting out of the hilly course, and of course post-race refreshments and music by Cork’s Red FM created a great atmosphere for the family-friendly event and it was well supported with over 300 entries. Well done to Frances and Jess!
ANNUAL BARLEMY SCHOOL FUN RUN AND WALK
It was a fun afternoon in Bartlemy last Sunday for the annual Barlemy School fun run and walk on 23rd April. A lot of children from the school were out in force either running or walking this tough course. Ciarán and
John Keating and Liam and Aiden Carr were among them! We also had another juvenile from the club, Henry Bagnall. Henry ran brilliantly and was the first juvenile to cross the line! Congratulations Henry!
We also had some of our senior athletes in evidence, and Clo Fitzgibbon was the first lady home, closely followed by Marina Seymour in second place in the women’s race. Gary Clerkin was third overall in the men’s race. Maggie Dunne and Judi Baker entered as runners, but actually walked the course, taking time to admire the stunning scenery all around Bar
tlemy.
Congratulations to all for the great effort in raising much appreciated funds for the school playground. Gary Clerkin 21.49, Clotilde Fitzgibbon 26.21, Henry Bagnall 26.40, Marina Seymour 27.58, Brian O’Connor 27.55, Claire Lomasney was entered as a walker so we didn’t get her time, Judi Baker and Maggie Dunne finished together in 64 minutes.
Refreshments afterwards were served outside in glorious weather and were much appreci
ated by everyone. TRAINING RUNS MEETING
Training goes on all through the week, with Tuesday at Colaiste track, Wednesday 7pm speed sessions at Colaiste track, Thursday 7pm also at Colaiste track. Sunday at 9am the training run commences at Texaco garage. On Monday and Friday our couch to 5k meetings are at Colaiste track also. Details are available from Clotilde Fitzgibbon on 086-3162145.