Clonmel Half Marathon / Kilmore Cross Country Winter League / Oylegate Half Marathon & 10k / Very Pink Run

Written By Menapians AC

Clonmel Half Marathon

A great run from Brian Smyth on Sunday morning as he completed the Clonmel Half Marathon In a time if 1 hour 29 minutes.

All the training runs in the warm weather paid off as he took 7 minutes of his time from last year at the same event.

Congratulations Brian.

Kilmore Cross Country Winter League

A lovely evening saw Kilmore AC host night 1 of their Winter League. The Burrow in Kilmore saw lots of athletes running back and forth on the out and back loop.

A crew of club members made their way to run the 3k race with some hitting cross country for the first time.

Ryan was first in the men's race and Kirsty 2nd and Casey was 3rdin the women's

Well done to all our athletes who ran:

Ryan Ellard, Conor Casey, Dave Percival, Casey Jordan, Kirsty Hynds, Helen Sinnott, Conor MacAogáin and Pat Gallagher.

Next event is Thursday Sept 10th in DMP grounds.

Oylegate Half Marathon & 10k.

After a blazing hot Summer the weather changed with a bang as everyone prepared for the Olyegate race series.

Warming up on a damp morning hits differently as your feet get wet and dirty.

A popular event among our club members over the yeats and this year 15 took part across the 2 races.

In the Half Marathon 3 ran and Tony was 3rd in the M50 category.

The 10k saw another 12 run with Kirsty 3rd in the women's race, Lisa 1st junior girl, Michael 3rd in M60 and Helen 2nd in F70 and a few grabbed a PB to add to the buzz.

The gang reported a lovely buzz around the event and were grateful for the refreshments afterwards.

Well done to all involved I organising the event and congratulations to a club members proudly wearing our colurs today.

Half Marathon:

  • Tony Harpur 1:30:44 (3rd M50)

  • Conor MacAogain 1:47:22

  • Jesse Kielthy 1:52:47

10k:

  • Eamonn Foley 45:53

  • Kirsty Hynds 46:30 (3rd place F)

  • Pat Gallagher 46:57

  • Casey Jordan 48:30

  • Lisa Foley 48:37 (1st Jnr Girl)

  • Dermot Foley 48:38

  • Gareth Lloyd 51:59

  • Michael Flaherty 52:17 (3rd M60)

  • Ollie Stack 53:46

  • John Dier 55:40

  • Jonathan Cody 56:19

  • Helen Burrell 1:08:28 (2nd F70)

Very Pink Run

The historic Kilkenny Castle overlooked the course for the Very Pink Run earlier today. A run that's not officially timed but aimed more as an awareness and fundraiser for Cancer research.

Samantha Donegan and Ryan Ellard both ran the 8ish km route decked out in their finest Pink attire in weather which can only be described as challenging

Well done to you both.

Menapians AC

Established in 2001, Menapians AC is a club for all - all ages and all abilities. With strong links to the local community, the club provides a welcoming, highly sociable expert-led base for its members. The club is part of the Athletics Wexford countywide network and is affiliated to the Athletics Association of Ireland (AAI). In broad terms, our aim is to instil in our members a love of athletics in all its forms and to help each and every one become the best that they can be.

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