Good Luck Ray !!!!!

Ray O'Connor begins the biggest athletic challenge of his life today when he sets off on the first leg of the "Brathay Challenge - 10 Marathons in 10 Days" (http://www.brathaychallenge.com/). Ray is the first Irishman to undertake this mindblowing task and so will be attempting to set an Irish record for the feat. We want to send all of our very best wishes to Ray for today and every day during the next ten days. When you're going about your daily routine between now and next Sunday week Ray will be hoping to clock up 260 miles of road running.

Provisional results of 2008 Galway May 5KM Series Race 2 - Tuam

Another great night out in Tuam last Tuesday as the second in the Galway May 5km Series for 2008 took place. Local organiser Brendan Monaghan and his dedicated crew of Tuam AC volunteers put on a great show and the race went off very well. At the very front of the field our very own Brian O'Connor crossed the line first and he had 263 enthusiastic souls trailing in his wake.

Sports Medics To The Resuce

Ian & Wayne at the AAI national 10k in Athenry

Many of you will know that we've employed some extra help at races like the AAI National 10k and the Galway Series to cover medical emergencies. This service has been provided to us at very attractive rates by Sports Medics Ireland. We've been highly impressed with the service that they've been able to provide and it's reassuring for organisers and athletes alike to have such assistance at our events should the need arise.

Craughwell leg of Galway May 5KM series

May 13 , 2008 - 8:00 pm

Series Details Here.
http://www.athenryac.com/galway-5km-series-2008-–-details-announced

Venue: St Michael's Hall
Note: Race start is approx 1km from Village

Carramore 10km (Mayo)

May 17 , 2008 - 6:00 pm

Roscommon Carers Association 10km Results

The inaugural Roscommon Carers Association 10km Mini-Marathon got off to the best possible start this past bank holiday Monday with beautiful May sunshine and a larger than expected crowd, with 456 finishers. Results attached.

Chase for the 5KM Series T-shirt - After two legs

The situation after two races - Athenry and Tuam.

If you feel that there are mistakes in this data, please let me know at jameslundon @ yahoo . co . uk.

Two Races

Allen, Sharon
Armstrong, Noreen
Arrigan, Louise
Beatty, Maire Treasa
Beatty, TJ
Beirne, Barry
Brady, Irene
Brannigan, Carmel
Breen, Elva
Breen, Grainne
Breen, Mark
Burke, Annette
Burke, Enda
Byrne, Fergal
Cahalan, Niamh
Callanan, Niall
Cannon, James
Cannon, Sheila
Carey, Adrain
Carter, Ann
Casey, Regina
Clancy, Caroline
Clancy, Joseph
Clarke, Maurice
Collins, Caitriona

Champion Sports - Cork City Marathon - Entries Closing

You know the way it is. You say to yourself, "I'm going to do that race. I'm definitely doing that race". Then, a couple of weeks later you talk with someone who tells you they've actually entered the race and you realise that you haven't, and that you're too late now.

Well.....! The closing date for the Champion Sports Cork City Marathon is tomorrow Friday the 9th of May

Two Wonderful Collections of Photographs

Many of you will be familiar with the work of photographer John O'Connor who has documented so may of our adventures over the last number of years. John is a talented cameraman with an eye for the perfect picture. His photographs preserve the action from our races in such a wonderful way and allows us to look back at all the good times we've had running all around the county and further afield. As a former elite runner himself John can recognise all of the hard work put in by all of those who take part in our races and in return we very much appreciate and admire his photographic talent.

Brian O Connor finishes 3rd in Luxembourg Half Marathon

In a cracking time of 1:16:04, Brian O Connor followed up on his fast time in the Newcastle 5km by repeating his performance of 2 years ago by coming 3rd in the ING luxembourg half marathon.

Brian's brother Fintan also produced a creditable perfomance, clocking 1:43:41.

Well done to both!

Gear left unclaimed after National 10K

Anyone missing gear after the National 10K im Athenry last Sunday week?

The following bits and pieces were culled from the men's dressing room in the HQ that evening.

Please contact me to claim same etc.

* 2001 Ballycotton Top-100 T-shirt.

* 2005 Prague Marathon singlet.

* Mitre Sports hoodie.

* Blue hat.

* Ron Hill running pants.

* Craft running jacket.

* NY Yankees hoodie.

Woodies AAI National 10k Championships of Ireland Finish Line Video

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7172037378352665542

(18 minutes 50 seconds - all runners who finished under 48 minutes should be viewable)

Sincere thanks to Mick Tobin of Craughwell AC for holding the camera for its duration.

P.S. The constant humming in the background was from the engine to keep the finish line inflatable in place.

Athenry Community Games and Parish Sports 2008 Results

Event First Second Third

3000m Men Alan Burke Peter Delmer Eoin Curran
1500m Women Aileen McNamara Irene Brady Maeve Burke

Under 8 80m Boys Cathal Hynes Nathan Healy Michael Coleman
Under 8 80m Girls Alanna Kennedy Rachel Duane Saoirse Whelan
Under 10 100m Boys Oisin Cooley Oisin Doyle Aron Creggett
Under 10 100m Girls Niamh Keane Niamh Hannon Eimear Keane
Under 12 100m Boys Stephen Coleman Killian Johnson Gavin O Toole
Under 12 100m Girls Eilish Hynes Steaphine Moloney Grace Cahill
Under 14 100m Boys Cian Kelly Patrick Hannon Simon Brody/Darren Kelly

*Provisional* results of 2008 Galway May 5KM Series Race 1 - Athenry

Please let me know if you see any problems with the result posted below, and attached, specifically regarding people who are not included in any form therein.

2008 Galway May 5KM Series - Athenry 080429
Pos Series ID Time Name
1 390 16:23 Brian O'Connor
2 389 16:29 Conor Maloney
3 67 16:39 Mark Davis
4 91 16:54 Ian Egan
5 75 17:20 Peter Delmer
6 194 17:29 Johnny Lane
7 372 17:49 Tommy Joe Whyte
8 294 17:52 Dan O'Rourke
9 386 17:53 Martin McEvilly
10 268 17:57 Tony Nevin
11 393 17:58 Maurice Clarke
12 164 18:00 Patrick Holohan
13 27 18:01 Noel Burke

Caption Competition No. 2 - Athenry Community Games

Following the astounding success of our first caption competition (http://www.athenryac.com/ballycotton-2008-caption-competition) we'll have another go. I'm not sure whay Peter Delmer has featured in both pics. Perhaps he's just unlucky or perhaps he's an attention junkie. Judge for yourselves

Add your suggested caption below in a comment.

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