30th March 2009 - Results and Fixtures

Spring League Win for In Form Adrian Curley
The first leg of the Spring League was run off on Tuesday of last week. It was run over 3000 metres on the tarmac circuit on a cool breezy night. Thirty six runners competed and right from the start Adrian Curley went to the front but was followed closely by Mick Murphy and Jody O’Reilly. At the half way stage O’Reilly began to lose ground on the leading pair.Adrian Curley kept pushing the pace and with 1000 metres to go started to open up a gap on Murphy. It was a gap that Curley increased and he came home a clear winner, seven seconds ahead of Mick Murphy. Jody O’Reilly finished in third position while Anthony Rickard had a fine run to finish fourth.

In the team standings Fra Mollen’s team B with 239 points have a clear lead over team A led by Martina Conlon on 205 points with Larry Rigney’s team C further adrift on 186 points.
On Tuesday of this week the second leg was run over a mile on the track and the third and final leg will take place on April 7th with a 5000 metre race on the tarmac circuit.

Results
1 Adrian Curley 9.42 ; 2 Mick Murphy 9.49 ; 3 Jody O’Reilly 10.03 ; 4 Anthony Rickard 10.10 ; 5 Declan Madden 10.21 ; 6 Johnny Feery 10.29 ; 7 Luke Mitchell 10.34 ; 8 Tony McCormack 10.41 ; 9 Vinny Conlon 10.54 ; 10 Maire Triona Keane 10.56 ; 11 Liz Cuskelly 11.00 ; 12 Adrian Martin 11.01 ; 13 Darren Butler 11.06 ; 14 Nick Devery 11.08 ; 15 Liam Dunne 11.14 ; 16 Rosemarie Masterson 11.24 ; 17 Maurice Fitzgearld 11.36 ; 18 Joe Wrafter 11.39 ; 19 Pat Conlon 11.41 ; 20 John O’Connell 11.43 ; 21 Mary Daly 11.44 ; 22 Sinead Rigney 12.38 ; 23 Brendan Kennedy 12.38 ; 24 Una Mullen 12.45 ; 25 Martina Conlon 12.48 ; 26 Jim Langan 12.49 ; 27 Larry Rigney 12.55 ; 28 Ger Kavanagh 12.58 ; 29 James Grogan 13.00 ; 30 Anthony McCormack 13.17 ; 31 Mary Walsh 13.50 ; 32 Jim Dolan 13.59 ; 33 Pauline Curley 15.13 ; 34 John Cronin 15.13 ; 35 Catch Grennan 15.14 ; 36 Tom Feery 15.44.

Waterford AC. 4 miles.
Pauline Curley made the long trip to Waterford last Sunday for the Waterford AC 4 mile road race and was rewarded with a good win in a time of 22.52.

Boston Scientific Road Run
The annual Boston Scientific 4 mile road run takes place this year on Sunday 3rd of May. This is a charity run that attracts a huge number of walkers, joggers and runners and is a great fun event for everyone. For entry forms or more details contact Boston Scientific on 057 93 27500.

Fixtures
April 5th Bupa 10k, Dublin.
Tuesday April 7th: Final Leg, Spring League: 5,000 metres at 7pm.
April 19th National road Relays in Raheny, Dublin
April 26th National 10k Road Championships. Navan.
May 3rd Boston Scientific 4 Mile Road Race at 11.30 am.
May 4th Leinster Novice and Masters Road Race.

Training: Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30pm, Sunday morning at 8.30am (except on a Race day). New members always welcome.