A great day out for these three #BlackrockAC gents at the Maurice Mullins 50k , it was wet, windy, warm, sunny with a touch of snow ….
Results:
Ger O Toole 5:47:22 (M55-3rd)
Ted Burke 5:52:07
Daniel Burke 06:22:10
What a run in Ghent for these two #blackrockac men. Phenomenal times for the marathon. George Callery came in at 2:34, we love a good family support team! and Mark Kilcoyne 2:52 !! Fantastic achievement by both.
#BlackrockAC are very proud of Sarah Flaherty, who ran her first half marathon in Amsterdam in 1:54:21.
The apple truly doesn’t fall far from the tree!😊 Mum Carmel Brennan ran the 10km in 54:50, while dad Gerry Flaherty completed the half alongside Sarah in 1:54:54 🫶 Congrats all!!
Huge congrats to #BlackrockAC Mick Quirke 24:57 (1st M50) and Pat McCavana 25:15 (1st M65) at the 6k BHAA Central Bank of Ireland 👏
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh ☘️
A brilliant weekend for #blackrockac with members racing across Ireland and Europe, alongside our training sessions from Blackrock. Congrats to the ladies who completed the Malaga Half Marathon — the away race fast becoming a brilliant annual tradition! 💃🏽🏃♀️
Carlingford Half Marathon
Well done to our Mr & Mrs Team of Kevin O’Hagan & Monica Keane who took part in the Carlingford Half Marathon on Saturday last.
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BAC was well represented at the Paris Half Marathon on Sunday.
Well done to Billy Byrne (01:38:52), & Martin Conlon (02:29:10)
Great times in the City of Light 🇫🇷
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There was a strong BAC presence at this year’s Bohermeen AC Half Marathon, with some excellent times recorded across the board.
Kieran LITTLE (01:12:50)
Darren EGAN (01:17:02)
Joe DUIGNAN (01:22:30)
Kevin COSTELLO (01:41:53)
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Fantastic to see #BlackrockAC represented in Indonesia, with Devon Nair running the 🇮🇩 Bali Charity 10km in 48:37 — brilliant run Devon! 🌴🌞
Great running by #BlackrockAC Leo Weldon for his 1:53 at the 🇪🇸 Barcelona Half Marathon — well done Leo! 👏
Brilliant running in the sunshine at the 🇪🇸 Seville Marathon, with all four #BlackrockAC athletes comfortably under the 3-hour mark:
• Michael O’Connor – 2:34:12
• Fergus Collis – 2:34:12
• Brian Caulfield – 2:45:45
• Miguel Flores – 2:47:28
Superb performances all round 💪🔥
🌲 Brilliant effort from our #BlackrockAC crew at the 50km National Champs in Donadea!
Ted Burke 3:49:26
Rob Asher 4:14:17
Cormac Ryan 4:47:30
Eoin Murray 4:48:52
Aonghus Butler 5:58:29
Ted first club finisher 👏
Huge effort by all over a tough 50km 💪
Below are a selection of photos from a great night celebrating a special milestone. For the first time in the history of #BlackrockAC, membership has passed 1,000 athletes, something that reflects years of commitment from volunteers, coaches, athletes and families across all sections.
A great shot of Ger O Toole, Ted Burke and Helen Maher at the AON challenge overnight Friday. What an achievement 👏👏 congrats to Ger Fitzgerald who also completed the challenge (not in photo) #blackrockac
Congratulations Helen Collins for bringing home a medal for #blackrockac at the XC Masters Championships last weekend. What a way to start the year!!
Well done to George (16.52), Patrick, Alan, Colin, Darren and Pat at the New Year’s Day Tom Brennan 5km. What a way to start the year! #blackrockac
More mild weather at the Cittadella where Daniel Tronca completed his first #HalfMarathon in an impressive time of 1:38. #BlackrockAC 🖤
Congrats to #BlackrockAC members Brian and Dervla who completed the Ayia Napa #HalfMarathon recently in 1:56 and 2:02 respectively. 🖤
What a fantastic #BlackrockAC Christmas 🎄 club run to Grafton Street yesterday! All signs suggest it was the biggest turnout for a club run ever. Our very own Gerry kicked off a brilliant sing-song outside Brown Thomas, leading us through a medley of much-loved Christmas songs ✨🎶🎅🎄🧑🎄✨
Big shout-out to Devon Nair on completing the Chiang Mai Half Marathon 🇹🇭
Run in challenging humid conditions, on a flat course in PAO Park at the base of the Chiang Mai Hills. Great running Devon and congratulations from everyone at Blackrock AC 👏🖤💛 #blackrockac
conditions during the #marathon with temperatures ranging from 12 - 24 degrees and even more for those finishing in 4:30 or later. Still the atmosphere before during and after was amazing with the race coming highly recommended from all #BlackrockAC who attended. More pics on our Facebook.
Well done to Kieran Little as first #BlackrockAC man home in a very impressive 15:44 and Katherine Duff as the first woman in 20:26 at the Jingle Bells 5k in the Phoenix Park on Saturday.
Kieran LITTLE 0:15:44
Conor MURPHY 0:17:11
Michael SLEVIN 0:18:26
Owen KELLY 0:19:06
Great morning at cross country for the first session of the ladies meet and train in the Curragh - very hilly challenging couse with a few sheep 🐑 as well!! #blackrockac
Last Saturday, the Dublin Mountains were the backdrop for the much-anticipated Run the Line, the annual fundraising race in support of the Dublin Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team. Congratulations to all the brave #BlackrockAC runners who took part!
Congratulations to #BlackrockAC Fiona Slattery, who completed the San Sebastian 10k in Northern Spain in 57:42 💛🖤 🏃♀️
Huge congrats to Gráinne Grennan who was part of the Irish F65 team that stormed to 3rd place at the Home Nations Cross Country in Leeds (last week), edging out Wales. Brilliant running as ever Grainne! 🇮🇪🏃♀️💨 #BlackrockAC #blackrockac
Throwback to last weekend when a few #BlackrockAC members hit the road for the Aran Islands to Inis Meain parkrun. A unique and very wholesome experience by all accounts. Wishing everyone a great weekend!
Not a lot in the way of races this weekend but plenty of fun runs and even some training for the upcoming #RunTheLine and #ValenciaMarathon. Beautiful conditions yesterday too! #BlackrockAC
This time last week, 5 #BlackrockAC members ran the NYC marathon. Brilliant times all round. Well done all!
Tommy Gavin: 2:43:32
Brian Caulfield: 2:50:40
Antonio Porcu: 2:55:10
Owen Kelly: 2:56:22
Cora O’Donnell: 4:14:13
