Meath Even Ages- Cross Country Teams

The following athletes have been selected for the Meath Even Ages Cross Country in Greenanstown, Stamullen on Sunday October 5th. We will be meeting at our track at 10:30am to travel to the venue. 

  

GIRLS			BOYS
Hannah Bailey	U10		Sam Carey	U10
Roisin Flynn	U10		Liam Doyle	U10
Amy Forde	U10		Eoin Kane	U10
Sophie Greene	U10		John O' Connell	U10
Laura Kelly	U10		Harry O' Connor	U10
Ellie Mahon	U10		Mark Wallace	U10
Niamh Murray	U10		Stephen Walsh	U10
Lily Nannery	U10		Oiliver Walter	U10
Sophie Quinn	U10		Aaron Conway
Aisling Strarford	U10		Jack Conway
Lauren Fewer	U10		Kevin Walsh
Ciara Coroner	U10
Caoimhe Fitzsimons	U10
Lili O Connor	U12		Tom Kilgannon	U12
Aimee Doherty	U12		Fionn Drummond	U12
Aoife Rutherford	U12		Kyle Witter	U12
Ella Healy	U12		Oisin Kelly	U12
Eabha Toole	U12		Nathan O' Connor	U12
Grace Mahon	U12		Matthew Hayes	U12
Laura Smith	U12		Matthew Flemming	U12
Molly Keane	U12
Amelia Campbell
Karen Hayes	U14		Daragh Casey	U14
Sophie O' Connor	U14		Harry Haskins	U14
Rachel Doherty	U14		Fergal Kilgannon	U14
Aoife Kelly	U14		Cian Maher	U14
Maria Rogers	U14		Matthew Buckley	U14
Zara Kane	U14
Kate Smith	U14
Aine O' Connor	U16		Alex Hunter	U16
Lauren Kelly	U16		Ben Mahon	U16
Hannah Dooley	U16		Harry Bailey	U16
Katie Lewis	U16		Brian Kiernan	U16
Jennifer Bradley	U16		Ciaran Barry	U16
Kate Byrne	U16
Sophie Dunne	U16
Niamh Gannon	U16
Aoife Rennolds	U16
Deirdre Healy	U18		Ciaran McCarty	U18
Amber Roche	U18		Philip Marron	U18
			Ryan O' Connor	U18
			Earle Doyle	Novice
			Ian Marron	Novice
			Ian Phelan	Novice
			Alan Phelan	Novice
			Hugh Kelly	Novice
			Henry Flemming	Novice
			Conor Duncan	Novice
			Keith Heffernan	Novice

Star of the Sea Cross Country Report

The annual Star of the Sea cross country took place today at Greenanstown, Stamullen. The weather was great and the course was in great shape. We had a great turnout from the club with over 25 athletes competing on the day. Our girl’s teams were particular strong winning bronze in the girl’s u9 event with great individual performances from Caoimhe Fitzsimons 4^th and Ciara Coroner 5^th. Our u10, 11 and 12 girls’ teams took gold with standout individual performances from Sophie Quinn who was 1^st in the girls’ u10 race with Laura Kelly 5^th and Niamh Murray 12^th.  Aimee Doherty had a strong run to win the girls u11 event, with Elbha Toole 5^th, Molly Keane 11^th and Aoife Casey 20^th. Our u12 girls Ella Healy, Lili O’ Connor and Aoife Rutherford all ran well finishing 3^rd, 8^th and 10^th respectively to take the girls title. Harry O’ Connor had a great run finishing 3^rd in the u10 500m leading the boys’ home to bronze in the team event. James Kelly, Fionn Heffernan and Gavin Witter running out of their age were very strong in the u9 boys’ event finishing 7th,10th and 20th.

Well done to all athletes who made the trip today for our first cross country of the season and a reminder that the Meath even ages cross country championships will take place at the same venue this Sunday October 5^th.

Thanks to Star of the Sea Ac for another terrific event.

Adult Training Session - From Monday 22th September

Well done to all those who took part in the Dublin Half Marathon in the Phoenix park last Saturday. It was a beautiful day. There was a few Ratoath Singlet’s on display

Fit4Life group

Warm Up/ Drills / Cool down as normal

Training : 6 laps without stopping or Join main adult Group

Adult Group 

Monday Speed Session 

(Cautionary note to those who did the Dublin Half Marathon at the weekend. Your muscles are probably a little sore. If so do the warm up and a few laps and stay within your comfort zone)

4 lap warm up
Dynamic Stretching Session
Pyramid Session 2-3-4-5-4-3-2 with 1 minute recovery
3 x flying 60m sprints
Warm Down Static Stretching
2 x Cool Down Laps

Wednesday Tempo Session
4 lap warm up
1 x 8 minutes
2 minutes recovery
1 x 6 minutes
2 lap cool down

Long Runs - Saturday
if you were training for the half – you’ve done it, Well done – don’t sit back now – keep it ticking over – 10 miles this Saturday

Those training for Dublin Marathon – you have 4 weeks left – you need to be starting to taper soon so this week or next week you should be looking at completing your last big run. Depending on where you are in your schedule you should be 16-18+ miles this week

British and Irish Hill Running Championships

Alex Hunter did his club proud yesterday in his first international hill running competition. Alex competed in the u17 event at the British and Irish Hill running championships at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Over a very tough 5600m course with a climb of 314m, Alex ran a great race finishing 7th overall and was the first Irish man home in the u17 event, this despite taking a heavy fall on the descent. Our coach Gerry Finnegan was also part of the Irish Coaching and Management team for the event. This we hope will be the first of many international vests for Alex.

Adult Training Session - From Monday 15th September

Fit4Life group

Warm Up/ Drills / Cool down as normal

Training : 5-6 laps without stopping

Adult Group 

Monday Speed Session 

(Cautionary note to those who did the 5k yesterday that your muscles may be feeling stiff - if so, you shouldn't push yourself too hard this evening - stay within your comfort zone)

4 lap warm up
Dynamic Stretching Session
10 x 1 minute with 1 minute recovery
3 x flying 60m sprints
Warm Down Static Stretching
2 x Cool Down Laps

Wednesday Tempo Session
4 lap warm up
1 x 8 minutes
2 minutes recovery
1 x 5 minutes
2 lap cool down

Long Runs - Saturday
This weekend coming is the Dublin Half Marathon in the Phoenix Park - Best of luck to those taking part. 

Long runs as a result wont be offered for this week

We would like to advise you of upcoming road restrictions which will be in place on September 14^th, during our annual 5k road race.

These restrictions will be in place from approx. 10:30 to 12:00 on the day.

We would request that houses on the route that have dogs or other pets, keep them inside during this period to save them from being stressed as the runners pass by

There is signage around the course advising of the restrictions

The course starts and finishes at the GAA club and follows the route below

This year we are trying to get as many of the community involved in the event as possible with special team events and prizes for male, female and mixed teams.

The RAC committee would like to thank you in advance for your continued support of our main fundraising event

Little Athletics

Little Athletics returns tonight (2^nd of September) outdoors on grass area next to car park

U6/U7 (2009/2008)     6:15pm-7pm 

U8       (2007)              7pm-7:45pm

**Please take great care in car park at all times**