Another golden day for Dundrum AC at Tipperary Senior Road Championships

Photo above: Dundrum ACs men who won Gold in Section A, Gold and Silver in Section B in the team events at the County Senior Road Championships in Templemore.

Back row L-R: Darren Allison, Jim Halley, Patrick Ryan, Colm Bradshaw, Paudie Coen, Derek Breen and Gerry O'Neill.

Front row L-R: Tom O'Connell, Kevin Moore (Individual Gold), Jimmy Boland, Eamonn Morrissey (Individual Bronze) and John Ryan.

COUNTY SENIOR ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The County Senior Road Championships were held on Sunday, March 26 in Templemore. It was a lovely spring day with the sun shining. We had 15 athletes competing.

The women raced over 5km. Dymphna Ryan had a superb race to retain her title of Senior Champion in 17:26, 1 min 6 secs ahead of 2nd place.  Next we had 5th Linda Grogan 19:43, Catherine Fogarty 20:33 and Mairead Julian 21:54. Dymphna, Linda and Catherine won Silver in the team event.

The men raced over 10km. Kevin Moore had a fantastic run to claim Gold in 32:12 with a 57 secs lead on 2nd place. Next we had Eamonn Morrissey claiming Bronze in 34:35. Making their debuts for the club in a fantastic 5th was Tom O'Connell in a PB of 36:09 and 11th Jimmy Boland 37:03. These 4 combined to win Gold in the team event.

Next we had 18th Colm Bradshaw 38:37, 20th Darren Allison 38:48 and 21st Gerry O'Neill 39:03. These 3 combined to win Gold in Section B of the team event.

Next we had 25th Paudie Coen 39:56, 26th Patrick Ryan 40:22 and 27th John Ryan 40:47. These 3 combined to win Silver in Section B of the team event.

Jim Halley was 32nd in 45:27.

Huge well done to all. Great to see new club members with Tom and Jimmy. It was also a debut to this championship for Darren, Gerry and John.

COUCH 2 5K

Our Couch 2 5k started on Monday, February 13.  It's a 9 week programme. Training by coaches on Monday and Thursday at 7pm, at the track at Dundrum Community Centre (former Scouts Hall). Club group runs on Saturday and Sundays at 9am at the Duck Pond, Marlbog.

You need to complete 3 runs per week. Club registration will need to be completed once you start with us for insurance purposes. No other charge. You will be added to the Fit4Life WhatsApp group where the week ahead plan will be shared in case you can't make any of the organised runs.

The Fit4Life group are the most welcoming group to start on this journey. If you can already run 5k and want to improve your time this programme will still be suitable. Our Fit4Life is similar to Couch 2 5k throughout the year it just depends on the effort put in whether that's for beginners or consistent runners wanting to improve.

SPEED SESSIONS
A speed session is held every Tuesday at 7pm at the track in the Canon Hayes Recreational Centre in Tipp Town. Suitable for those already consistently running and want to gain that speed. Details of what the session will be are shared on group WhatsApp.

SLOW / LONG RUNS
Group slow and or long runs are held every Saturday at 8:30am and Sunday at 9am in the Duck Pond, Marlbog.  There is a 2km and 3km route, so suitable for whatever distance you want to complete. We go anticlockwise to the right from the car park. So go clockwise to the left of the car park if running late to catch up.

JUVENILE TRAINING

Juvenile training is held every Tuesday and Friday at 7pm at the track at Dundrum Community Centre. Children have to turn 9 years old by end of this year to be able to take part.