Weekly News – 31st July

Results

Ciara Mageean won the 1500m Senior Women’s race at last year’s GloHealth Senior. The UCD Athletics Club athlete produced a commanding performance to take top spot on the podium in a time of 4:15.35.

Fionnuala Britton of Kilcoole AC finished second in 4:18.33 with Kerry O’Flaherty (Newcastle & District AC) in bronze medal position. The strong field lead to a quick race, with many of these athletes returning for the race this year we are sure to see a close race on the 8th and 9th of August.

Upcoming Events

Athletics Wicklow Adult Only, “Have a go” Track Event
10:30AM SATURDAY AUG. 15TH 2015
SHORELINE TRACK, GREYSTONES
€10 ENTRY FEE
ATHLETES MUST PRE-REGISTER ONLINE

TRACK EVENT ORDER SIMULTANEOUS FIELD EVENTS
1500M SHOT
200M JAVELIN
800M LONG JUMP
100M HIGH JUMP
MEDLEY RELAY 400M,200M,800M,200M
MEDLEY IS MADE UP OF 4 RUNNERS FROM ANY AGE CATEGORY. TEAMS MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE FEMALE AND ONE RUNNER OVER 40

Athletes must pre-register. An entry form will be sent to all clubs. All entries to be made through your competition/club secretary. The fee of €10 is payable on the day.
Categories are: – Male 20-39/ Male 40 +/ Female 20-39/ Female 40+
Athletes can choose 3 events. At least one of these should be a field event.
In addition to the 3 chosen events, athletes can run the relay. Relay teams can be formed on the day.
The aim is to score the most points in your category.
For every event: The Winner scores 5 points, 2nd scores 4, 3rd scores 3, 4th scores 2 and every finishing athlete after this, scores 1 point. If there are more than 10 competitors in any 1500m or field event, 2 points will be awarded to those in 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th place.
Novelty prizes will be awarded to those who finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each Category and to the Club with the highest average score

OPEN ONLY TO AAI MEMBERS AGED 20 OR OVER

In addition to the 3 chosen events, athletes can run the relay. Relay teams can be formed on the day.
The aim is to score the most points in your category.
For every event: The Winner scores 5 points, 2nd scores 4, 3rd scores 3, 4th scores 2 and every finishing athlete after this, scores 1 point. If there are more than 10 competitors in any 1500m or field event, 2 points will be awarded to those in 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th place.
Novelty prizes will be awarded to those who finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each Category and to the Club with the highest average score.

Leg it For Lakers 10km Saturday 5th September 2015
This year we have a different route! It is a beautiful flat 10km route around The Roundwood Reservoir, Roundwood, Co.Wicklow. – (this is the same route we did the other night in Roundwood)

Date: Saturday 5th September 2015
Time: 10.30am. Registration on day from 9am-10am at Roundwood Parish Hall.
Cost: €20 including a technical t-shirt or €25 on the day with no guarantee of a t-shirt. There is a FREE BBQ and refreshments post-race!

To register go to: www.athleticstiming.com or www.active.com
For more information on Lakers please visit www.lakers.ie

Dublin City SSE Airtricity Marathon 26th October – Only 86 days to go
So I’m sure everyone signed up for the Dublin Marathon is now in full swing getting to grips with their training! Hope you found the July plan usefulJ. Please see link below for the August schedule.

http://kilcooleac.com/marathon-training-plan/

Dun Laoghaire 10km 3rd August
A big thank you to all who have committed their time on Monday to assist stewarding with the DLR Bay 10k race. Our plan for the morning of the race is to meet in the South beach car park in Greystones at 8.30am and depart soon after. We will meet up at the Sandycove car park (opposite the original Teddy’s ice cream) at 9am where we will sign in, get our t-shirts and instructions. Please get your coffee before arriving at the car park!!!!!

We will look after the water station at the start, organising the start line, start pens and the distribution of medals at the finish. If you have any problems on the day give Susan a shout.
All going well we hope to be finished by 12-12.30

Next Monday & Wednesday Training Sessions
Each week I will include what the KAC sessions are for the following week as not everyone has access to the forum! So next week’s plan is:

Monday – Track Closed (Bank Holiday Monday)

Wednesday – all below at 10km race pace
200m 30 sec recovery
400m 45 sec recovery
800m 60 sec recovery
1200 90 sec recovery
800m 60 sec recovery
400m 45 sec recovery
200m 3 minute recovery and repeat