Sport Ireland Campus Parkrun Our Saturday morning training session yesterday, 4th November, was the Sport Ireland Campus parkrun which takes place at the national cross country course in Abbotstown.

A hardy group of 9 from the club took part in less than ideal conditions as heavy overnight rain had turned the grass course into a mudbath.  Hopefully these are the worst conditions we’ll encounter during this cross country season.

We had a sizeable contingent racing in the National 5k on Sunday which took place in the familiar surrounds of the Phoenix Park. It wasn’t the easiest of courses with a tough climb out of the Furry Glen before the finishing stretch on Furze road.

We had a different kind of race this weekend with three teams toeing the line for the National Road Relays which took place on a 1 mile loop along the roads of Raheny. We had three teams in the mix – Masters O50 Men (Sean Ryan, Padraig Creed, Nick Devery), Senior Women (Deirdre McCarthy, Laura Cullen, Claire Shanahan) and Senior Men (Patrick O’Reilly, Declan Cassells, Brian Walls, Aaron Mullen).

Sunday 28th November saw a return to cross country championship action for the club with the Intermediate races in Tymon Park.

The Dublin Novice Cross Country 2021 saw our club members back racing and doing us all proud.

5K Club Race 2020 By ORLA COX On Saturday July 25 we had the inaugural Club “Covid” 5k. I say inaugural, but let’s hope we’ll