A Good start means the rest are already playing catch up!

As the title says we are off to a good start hopefully leaving our competitors already chasing! We are into the full flow of training now with most athletes training a minimum of 3 days a week with some already upto their full quota of 4/5 sessions depending on their events.

  On Tuesday nights we are in Ardfert hall from 7.45-9.15pm doing circuits,speed and agility which is attracting 2/3 new athletes every week so far.Coach Artur Novak is currently assisting me here but will take over fully in the next few weeks when everything has fully settled.Each week the session is getting slightly more difficult but at present everybody is managing it even if they are feeling it the next day!
Wednesday and Thursdays sees the experienced athletes do their own sessions outside of club time with a fartlek session during lunch at school on Wednesday and weights Thursday evenings at their local gyms.The distance runners switch weights on a Thursday for a steady run.
Sandylane,Banna is the venue for our toughest session on a Saturday from 1-2.30pm.Attendance at this session is suprisingly close to 100% even though it is the toughest session with some athletes running upto 5x400m hill repititions followed by lactic acid filled muscles hill sprints.
Sunday morning from 9.45-11.15am we have Tralee sports complex gym booked out and have our group weights session.This session really shows how quickly the athletes are coming on especially in terms of technique and body flexibility/mobility.For a bit of crack we always have a pull up competition after this session which is starting to get a bit competitive.The most improved this week i think was Katie O Riordan going from 3 to 6;i reckon shel be upto 15-20 by the end of the year!

Every weekend there is also some Kerry squads in Castleisland;it kicked off last weekend with high jump.pole vault,middle distance and all throws,next weekend sees long jump/triple jump Saturday and Sprints Sunday at times to be confirmed.I will post the full winter schedule tommorow.
So to repeat the first line a good start everybody,keep it up and we will stay ahead of the rest which will lead to a fantastic season again this year.

In previous years International selection would have gained top billing here but as we have spoiled ourselves this season ive relegated Eoghan Courtneys selection on the Irish schools multi events team to the bottom as it guarantees everybody will read to the end,ha ha.Eoghan finished 5th at the All Irelands last weekend in the junior category but when they discounted the high jump result as there is none in the international competition he finished 3rd easily making the team of four with Sam Healy Belgooly,Mark Rodgers St Peters and Owen Scully Carlow.Eoghan had PB's in the long jump with 5.50m and the 800m with 2.28 with good results in the 80m hurdles 12.2,200m 24.4 and average results of 1.45m high jump and 9.45 in the shot putt.Eoghan will

now travel to Glasgow on December 11th to compete against the English,Scottish and Welsh in Kelvin indoor track where he has had previous success.Well done Eoghan.

Important dates-

Fri Oct 1st-Club AGM-Kate Brownes-8pm
Sun Oct 3rd-Kerry Even Age & Novice XC-Killarney demense-12pm
Sun Oct 10th-Kerry Uneven Age & Inter XC-Beaufort-12pm
Tue Oct 26th/27th-October Camp-Nenagh-9am leaving time