Lusk Athletic Club

🔹 𝗟𝘂𝘀𝗸 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀

📅 Sun 12th July
🌍 The Hub, Rathmore Road, Lusk

🌞 All welcome to come along and support it.

The 𝗟𝘂𝘀𝗸 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀 is back!
Take part in Weight for Height, Weight for Distance & Shot Put.

Please note: Registered AAI members only.

Register here: https://eventmaster.ie/event/52B6sQvsEz

🔹 𝗟𝘂𝘀𝗸 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀

📅 Sun 12th July
🌍 The Hub, Rathmore Road, Lusk

The 𝗟𝘂𝘀𝗸 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀 is back!
Take part in Weight for Height, Weight for Distance & Shot Put.

Please note: Registered AAI members only.

Register here: https://eventmaster.ie/event/52B6sQvsEz

🔹𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝟓𝐤 & 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟🔹

Some midweek action from tonight and one that missed last weekend's roundup.

𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝟓𝐤
A warm Thursday evening in Dublin saw two Lusk athletes in race action at the Docklands 5k. Gerry Byrne (18:51) and Aidan Langley (19:56) finished 3rd and 5th respectively in the M50 category in an event that attracted almost 2,000 participants. Well done guys.

𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧
Peter Doyle sent in this report last Sunday towards the end of himself and Siobhan's fabulous sounding trip.

As our African odyssey comes to an end what better way to go out than with the Victoria Falls half marathon this morning. What a great experience in a spectacular part of the world.
Route starts in town on Zimbabwe side before crossing the iconic Victoria Falls bridge to Zambia, then back across again, then loops around outskirts of town including parts of the Zambezi national park so have guards with rifles along the route in case of wild animals!
A unique event as we got covered in cooling mist from the Falls we crossed the bridge & definitely wasn't about running a time as too many stops for photos!
Official results show us with 2hr.44 finishing time.

🔹 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐩 𝐰.𝐞. 𝟓/𝟕/𝟐𝟔

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝟐𝟎 & 𝐔𝟐𝟑 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬
Tullamore was the venue for the National U20 &U23 Track and Field Championships this weekend where Lusk had 3 athletes competing. On Saturday, Robyn Carey finished 5th in the 800m with a time of 2:16.87. Nessa Donoghue then threw 7.09m in the Weight for Distance for 2nd place. On Sunday, Eimear McBride cleared 2.75m in the Pole Vault. Well done to all.

𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝟓𝐤
Well done to Dave Cannon who ran the Bettystown 5k on Friday evening. Dave finished in 24.22.

𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧
Well done to Liam McGavisk who completed the Clontarf Half Marathon on a breezy Saturday in 2:09.25.

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐮𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝟑 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞
Erica Casey took the opportunity on a trip to San Francisco to take part in the Marina Run Club 3 mile on Saturday. There was a great atmosphere with it being the 4th July celebrations.

𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐫𝐮𝐧
Not the usual numbers at parkrun on Saturday with Newbridge House being unavailable. Gavin Gleeson went to the inaugural event at Ballymount and secured a top 10 crossing the line in 19.34. Aidan Langley (21:35) travelled to Claremorris, Co Mayo and finished in 7th spot. We also had participants at Ardgillan, Bushy, Laytown Beach, Malahide and Father Collins.

The link to the parkrun club consolidated results is below.

https://www.parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=20839

🔹 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀

Congratulations to all our athletes who competed over the weekend at the Nationals.
Saorlaith, Meabh, Sarah, Ava, Nessa, Eimear, Reuben, Emmet, Diarmuid, Eoin and Conor.

Well done to our medal winners:
Eoin McGuirk U17 Steeplechase - Silver
Nessa Donoghue U17 Pole Vault - Silver
Eimear McBride U19 Pole Vault - Bronze
Reuben Nolan U16 Pole Vault - Gold

Brilliant performance by Lusk pole vaulters Ava Lewis and Sarah Rigney beginning the weekend with Rueben Nolan having an early start on Sunday. Then we had some family affairs with Meabh and Nessa O’Donoghue and almost all of the McBride family taking part, while Emmet and Eimear jumped, Eamon had to live off his nerves as he coached and officated over both days.

Well done to Saorlaith finishing 6th in the discus and taking 6th in the hammer with a PB of 33.22. Diarmuid was 9th in the hurdles just missing the final by 0.01 seconds!
Well done to Eoin who had a fantastic race in the steeplechase securing silver. 👊🏻

Best of luck to Nessa, Eoin and Conor who compete again next weekend at Day 3 of the Nationals.

🔹 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝟱 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀 🧡

Well done to our club members for pacing the recent 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝟱 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲. 👏🏻

🔹𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐩 - 𝐰.𝐞. 𝟐𝟖/𝟎𝟔/𝟐𝟔🔹

There were a few summer evening races to choose from as well as a change of scenery for the Thursday training session and weekend long run. Quite a large contingent headed over to Rush on Thursday and enjoyed a dip in the sea after a warm one. A few groups moved Sunday's long run to the Phoenix park for a change of scenery and to familiarise themselves with some of the routes.

𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝟏𝟎𝐤
Well done to Jimmy Beattie who was in Co Meath on a hot Thursday evening for the Clonee 10k. Jimmy finished in 48:36.

𝐒𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐂 𝟓𝐤
The club had two athletes in Kilcock, Co Kildare on Friday night for the St Cocas 5k. Another steamy summer evening and a very competitive race where both from Lusk ran well. Dylan Cody-Foy secured a PB with great time of 18:09 while Deirdre Deegan came home in 20:45. Well done to both.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬
Ryan O'Driscoll took the opportunity to take in a race during his trip to Co Sligo. The Coney Island Adventure Run involved water up to knee level at one stage and some elevation in the last 3km. Ryan finished in 8th place in a time of 1:05:00.

𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐫𝐮𝐧
There were 31 club members in parkrun action on Saturday morning.

6 venues were visited and it's probably safe to say that Peter and Siobhan Doyle win the prize again for most exotic. This week's South African adventure was to Mbabane in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) for a mainly grassy route. Peter was delighted that there was a decent hill to remind them of Ardgillan. Speaking of Ardgillan, Gavin Gleeson (21:07) finished in 2nd place with a PB.

Over in Donabate, Sean Greensit completed his 300th parkrun with 196 of them being at the Newbridge House event. The remaining 104 have been spread across 38 other locations. Susan Fanning (27:38) achieved a PB.

There was also Lusk participation at Father Collins, Malahide and Tubbercurry Trail, Co Sligo. Well done to all. Just a reminder that Donabate parkrun is cancelled on Saturday 4th July so there's an opportunity to try out a different location.

The link to the parkrun consolidated club report is below.

https://www.parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=20839

🔹𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟔🔹

Dublin Graded meeting 6 saw four Lusk athletes compete in the warmth of Morton stadium.

Maria Ferguson was out first in the women's 1500m finishing second in the Grade D race in a time of 5:40.50.

Conor McGrath was next out in a big men's 1,500m race finishing in 5:05.13.

Colm Ó Donnchadha was next up in the hammer, throwing well with a best of 34.92m.

Nessa Donoghue finished the evening in the Triple Jump setting a new club record of 10.04m

Well done to all. Next meeting is scheduled for Lucan on 15th July.