Valentia HM & The Human Race - 4/5 October 2014

On the busy weekend in October we had 2 St.Brendan's AC athletes taking parts in road races.
On Saturday 4 October there was an annual Valentia Island Half Marathon and our only club member in action was Tom Scanlon, finishing in 34 position in time of 1:47:28.

Numbers was a bit low but with many events in Kerry on that weekend it was a major challenge to try to attract more participant for race organisers.

Full results HERE. 

On Sunday we had Derek Griffin running The Human Race in Limerick at 30K distance. Unfortunately this race was not chip timed so there is only a list of starting numbers with finishing time.

Derek finished in 12th position in time of 2:05:17 (organisers time).

Results of 30K HERE. 

Weekend action 12-13 October 2013

Another busy weekend of action for St.Brendan's AC members, which saw athletes taking part in 4 events over Saturday & Sunday. 

Brandon Mountain Marathon

First on the starting line on Saturday morning was Artur Nowak, taking part in the first mountain marathon in Dingle. With Mount Brandon in the first half and  then the Conor Pass to conquer and time limits in place, it was hard going. All of the 34 runners finishing Full Marathon managed to complete course in under the  9hrs time limit. Conditions on Brandon peak were challenging with low visibility in places, making navigating rocky trail that much more difficult.
Artur Nowak finished in time of 5:33.14 in 18th position overall.

Few short clips from mountain stages on our FB page HERE.
Results HERE.

Valentia Half Marathon

Second event on a busy Saturday took place in south Kerry on Valentia Island.
We had Pat Sheehy and Tom Scanlon representing St.Brendan's AC in the annual half marathon and both runners did very well on the scenic but difficult half marathon. 
Pat Sheehy clocked 1:50.45 in 50th overall position and 2nd in over 55 age group category and  shortly after we had Tom Scanlon in time of 1:53.35 in 61st overall.
Results HERE

Tralee Carers Association 10K

Annual Tralee Carers Association road race/walk had its starting line and route changed from usual. Well over 200 people ran through the streets of Tralee in this fundraising event.

A large number of St.Brendan's AC athletes took part and participation rather then results was the main objective of this fundraising effort.

Well done to all St.Brendan's members in supporting this good cause.
Full results HERE.

Derek Griffin                             Ann McGlynn
Cormac Leen                             Chris O'Shea
David McElligott                        Catherine Burke
John O'Shea                              Sarah Daly
Dermot Dillane
Pat Sheehy
Kieran Behan
Gallery of photos on our FB page HERE

Nenagh 10K

The Inaugural Nenagh.ie 10k took place last Sunday, 13th October. A larger than anticipated crowd of over 330 participants took part in the event both running and walking. The event was run in Aid of Áras Mhuire Day Care Centre, Nenagh.
St.Brendan's AC was represented by John Lynch, who travelled all the way to Tipperary in pursuit of a fast course to break the 40min goal he set himself for this year.
Congratulation to John who managed to finish in 39:09 in 11th position overall.
Results HERE