Congratulations to Paul Moran who won a Bronze medal on the Irish M55 half marathon team at the World Masters athletics Championships in Malaga. He just missed out on an individual medal, coming 4th overall in a super time of 78:28. Congrats Paul, building nicely!
We had three Rathfarnham WSAF athletes competing in the 2018 World Mountain Running Championships in Andorra. Two thirds of the senior Irish team was from Rathfarnham WSAF AC. The course was a brutal 11km, mostly vertical, up to the finish line in the thin air at 2450m. Our own Mark Ryan and Eoin Flynn finished 50th and 51st respectively with Zach Hannan in 47th making up the Irish team.
Ruairi Long was 44th in the Junior mens race and on the Irish team that finished 11th overall.
Well done to the Irish team and congratulations to Mark,Eoin and Ruairi on yet more Irish Caps!
The 10th Lakes 10k in Blessington, Co. Wicklow took place on Saturday 8th September. Well done to Louis McCarthy who came 2nd in a speedy 32:36 followed by Paul Stephenson 4th in 33:19. Gael Hernandez was 20th in 37:45 and Eric Cullen 33rd in 42:42
Well done to Ruari Long who was competing for Ireland in the U20 2018 British and Irish Mountain running Championships held this year in Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. He finished 10th overall and Ireland were 4th.
Great running by Rathfarnham WSAF AC’s Ronan Kearns who was on the silver medal winning Irish M40 8k cross country team in Torremolinos, Malaga on Wednesday 5th September. Another international medal for the collection!
