Trim 10 Mile 2022 (6th Feb)

Plenty of Mullingar cheer at the Trim 10 Mile

While many from the Club were staying indoors and keeping warm and dry in Athlone at the Leinster Juvenile Indoors, a large group of 27 adult members were among the more than 1,500 hardy folk that braved the elements at the Trim 10 Mile road race on Saturday 6th February. It was cool and very gusty, so not ideal for such a long race, but buoyed up by the pent up enthusiasm at being able to run such a race after so long away, any negative thoughts were quickly put to the back of everyone’s mind before the start. This race continues to go from strength to strength and has become a favourite race fixture for runners of all abilities. All the Mullingar group performed brilliantly, winning individual and team prizes, and some running best times for the distance.

Leading them home was the very much in-form James Keegan in 18th place with an excellent 56:27. Following him in was Eddie Newman (58:40) 1st in his master category, then came Alan Crowley (60:24), Evan McCormack (61:14), James Cribbin (63:36), James Tierney (63:39), Joan Flynn (63:57) 14th woman overall, Susan Glennon (64:23), Kieran Nolan (65:52), Richard Ferris (69:14) with a big improvement, Mary Stuart (69:17) 2nd in her master category, Martin Fitzpatrick (74:22), Anna Broderick (75:33), Emer O’Hanlon (76:15), Tommy Byrne (77:14), Siobhan McCarthy (77:44), Criona Reid (77:50), Shaun Mills (78:42), John McNamara (78:43), Nuala Moran (81:14), Gordon Ward (82:07), Gemma Kelly (83:08), Terri Greene (85:08), Richie Kelly (87:08), Mervyn Kennedy (87:38), Marna Groenewald (90:53) and Ger Langtry (92:01), all pleased with their efforts.

In the team standings, Joan, Susan, Mary and Anna combined to place 2nd women Club and James, Eddie, Alan and Evan were 3rd men Club. It was great to see so many from the Club competing and running so well, giving everyone plenty to cheer about.