Barcelona Ironman
We all look to challenge ourselves with fitness challenges. Some climb mountains, run 1/2 marathons or marathons or even building up to a triathlon. However some are not content with that and take on something much more challenging - an Iron-man.
Club member Tony Harpur headed off to Barcelona to take tackle the tough distance involved, a sensible shortened swim due to tough sea conditions, 180km cycle into strong headwinds for large sections and finishing with 'just' a marathon as the run section of the event.
A challenging event but he was well up for it.
Congratulations Tony and his equally mad brother Mark on the superb achievement and now you can be called true Iron-men.
Enjoy the recovery
Mr.Oil Even Age Cross Country
Mr. Oil Even Age Cross Country
Cross Country season started today on a good course kindly hosted by D.M.P. on a bright and sunny Sunday. Another well organised event by Wexford Athletics in conjunction with other helping clubs held within the current guidlines.
In the girls U12 Aoibheann Farrell ran a good steady race in her first CC race and finished a creditable 8th place.
In the ladies U19 race Ciara Dolan added to her collection of medals winning gold.
Also winning gold to add to her collection was Roisín O'Reilly in the Junior Ladies race.
Sunday next sees the Juvenile Uneven ages and also Intermediate races taking place in the same venue. Intermediate Ladies @ 11am followed by mens then Juveniles.
Can all entering Intermediate please let John know & anyone available to steward please notify Catherine thanks in advance.
Galway 10km
When Galway 10k called up stepped Sinead Ryan & Oliver Stack. They made the long trip over to Galway to run the 10k around Salthill hugging the seafront. A lovely course by all accounts. After some dedicated training Sinead pushed hard and broke her PB for the distance, great to see Oliver back running well after his recent injury.
Well done folks.
St.Senans Open Cross Country
St Senans held their every popular Open Cross Country meet at the weekend. A nice sunny day making it warmer than expected but an enjoyable day for our three athletes Catherine O'Connor, Roisín O'Reilly & Mary Gaynor. Catherine and Mary had great runs finishing 4th & 3rd respectivly in the Masters. Roisín had a excellent run in the Senior event winning the race showing great confidence by taking the lead at the start and holding 1st place all the way through the race.
Well done ladies.
Parkrun
Shout out to our parkrun runners this weekend. The 2nd running since covid and another good turnout at the event in Wexford Racecoure with 91 this week showing the popularity of running and of parkrun
Club members Paul Donovan (4th finisher), EndaO'Sullivan, Louise Henderson, Rory Henderson & Sharron Dier all completed the weekly free 5k this weekend.
Good to see so many out exercising and taking part.
Belfast Invitational Meet
Athletes from across Northern Ireland, Ireland, UK and Europe took part in the Belfast International Meet at the Mary Peters Track on Saturday 11th September, as a fitting end to the track and field season for many.
Leon Reid represented us proudly wearing his club vest as he competed in the 100m event finishing in 10.47 seconds clinching 2nd place to Danish athlete Fredrik Schou-Nielsen by a hundredth of a second.
He commented afterwards “I wanted to come here though it’s very late in the season. I missed my plane here because of a train fatality in London. I really enjoyed the Olympics though I would have liked more preparation time. I’m aiming for the Birmingham Games “
A fitting end to his season after the highs of reaching the semi final of the 200m at the Toyko Olympics.
National Masters Championships 2021
Sunday is normally a day of rest but not for our Martin Kelly who today won a silver in m65 1500m today at the Irish Life Health National Masters Championships.
When I grow up I want to be Martin Kelly
