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Spring/Early Summer round up

𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 & 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 for St Peter’sJack Dee smashed a PB of 9:25 in the steeplechase to take 2nd place moving into the UK U23 top 10Lisburn was a huge night for the club with a strong turnout and excellent results: Adam Smyth – 2nd  Ronan O’Hara – 3rd  Gillian McCrory – 3rdTrack success at LVAC Super Six: Tom O’Hagan – 1st place (600m)Lorcán Grimes – 1st place (800m)  Jake Montgomery – 2nd (100m) and 3rd (Long Jump) Fantastic to see such a strong turnout of young athletes and some great performances across the board.

𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 – 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥’𝐬 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭An absolutely phenomenal performance from Paul Silcock, representing Ireland at the Last Man Standing event in Florence Court.This is a brutal endurance race format where runners must complete a loop every hour on the hour, continuing until only one remains. It’s as much a test of mental strength as physical endurance.Paul dug incredibly deep, lasting an outstanding 15 hours and covering 62 miles, battling fatigue, darkness, and relentless repetition. To keep going at that level through the night in such a demanding format is simply exceptional – a seriously inspiring effort and one the whole club can be proud of

Well done to Coach Dwyer who ran Lisburn on Wednesday night 40 years after taking part in his first Lisburn run and on Saturday celebrated 300 parkruns – amazing.his week’s action kicked off at the Craigavon Lakes with the Get Active ABC’s Lake Run.In the 5k, James Monaghan made his long-awaited return to racing and stormed to an impressive podium spot. Great to see you back, James! There were plenty of other amazing performances too, including sub-19s from Harley and Tomasz, and brilliant PBs from Patrick and Jake (who is still only 8 years old!).

Another eagerly awaited return to racing came from Adam Smyth in the 10k. Adam blew the field away in the second half of the race, turning the screw to come home in first place overall!It was a very familiar sight seeing Gillian McCrory take top spot on the podium in the ladies’ race. She has been in unstoppable form this year! Her latest victory follows a win at the Newell’s 10k, a spectacular 2:57 Belfast Marathon, podium finishes at both the Portadown and Newry Half Marathons, and a collection of first-place tokens from local Parkruns.Belfast Marathon day delivering huge performances, personal bests, first time finishes and an incredible team spirit across the city. From the sharp end of the field to those digging deep over the final miles, there was plenty to celebrate. Added to that were strong relay showings, parkruns right across the country, brilliant junior performances and track success, all supported by the most fantastic group of cheerleaders in the country who gave everyone a lift when it mattered most.spot!

Congratulations to coach 𝗗𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗢’𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗿 who completed the European Super Half series in BerlinDwyer completed his 60th half marathon in his 60th year, 40 years after completing his first. Dwyer not only completed the Super Half series, but is the first Irishman his age category to complete the series and adds this achievement to his existing Abbot World Major 6 star achievement. Some man for one manCloser to home the club had a great turnout at the Omagh Half Marathon.Despite the wet and wild conditions, we had no less than 10 runners run PBs on a tough course.

Huge congratulations to 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 and 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝗳𝘁 who ran PBs to break the 80 minute barrier and to 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗠𝗰𝗔𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗻𝗲𝘆 for taking 8 minutes off his previous PB to run 1:20 a day after finishing 1st at Craigavon Citypark ParkrunSpecial mention also to 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 who completed his first Half today, running a strong 1:38 – only 59 more to go to catch up with Dwyer!

Finally on the senior front, 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗾𝘂𝗵𝗮𝗿 took to the Hills of Donegal to run the Donegal Half Marathon, clocking a comfortable 1:50

 

 

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