Letterkenny Athletic Club Notes:
Club members would like to send warm wishes to Teresa McDaid as she departs with Team Ireland to compete in the Olympics in Paris in her role as team manager.
LAC would like to wish Erin Friel the very best in her endeavours in Slovakia as she competes in the European U18 championships.
Congratulations to Danny Mooney and Niamh McDaid on the birth of their baby boy last weekend.
The Divers Hyundai 10km road race saw LAC’s Philip McHugh cross the line in first place in an excellent time of 33:41.
Michael Black ran 34:48, Ciaran McGonigle ran 35:09, Michael Harkin ran 36:37, Kieran Crawford ran 37:16, Enda McLaughlin ran 37:34, Cian Friel ran 38:19, Stephen Woods ran 38:42, Barry Mackey ran 39:13, Sean McFadden ran 40:56, Mark Nee ran 41:28, Craig Ross ran 42:10, Azpeitia Alvaro ran 42:22, Adrian Callaghan ran 42:53, Stephen Shiels ran 43:32, Paul McMonagle ran 43:43, Robert Kavanagh ran 44:03, Gary Price ran 46:00, Graeme Michie ran 47:31, Ray McDermott ran 48:37, Margaret Shiels 50:26, Liam Wiseman 53:05, Con Duffy ran 53:42, Kevin Lynch 57:40, Claire Price 57:57 and Linda Cronin ran 1:09:49.
At the Rathmullan 5km LAC athletes produced some fine performances.
John McCallion ran a superb time of 15:25, Mark McPaul ran 15:31, Philip McHugh ran 15:38, John Foley ran 16:49, Kieran Crawford ran 17:20, Liam Tinney ran 18:00, Barry Mackey ran 18:23, Patrick Brennan 19:04, Eimear Gormley 19:16, Peter Gallagher ran 19:39, Georgina Reid 21:46, Margaret Shields 23:11, Con Duffy 23:26 and Alicia McNulty 24:09.
The Station House Hotel Danny McDaid 15km will take place on the 28th July 2024 starting at 10.30am and will be based at the Aura Leisure Centre and all runners and walkers are welcome.
Station House Hotel Danny McDaid 15km
LAC meets at the Aura on Tuesday at 5.15pm and at 6.30pm for an interval running session, Thursday evening for a hill run at 6pm, Saturday morning at 9.30am for a tempo run and Sunday morning at 8am for a long run.
Fit 4 Life which is run by LAC in conjunction with the Donegal Sports Partnership takes place every Monday at 6pm on the track at the Aura Leisure Centre Letterkenny.
The new start time of 6pm has attracted a large numbers of participants many of whom are now regular runners in 5km road races taking place across the county.
The aim of the programme is to reach out to those who wish to improve their fitness and all are most welcome any Monday they choose to attend.
Fit 4 Life is not about speed but fitness and the coaches from LAC particularly welcome newcomers.
