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Saturday 1st September – Dingle Marathon
Ronan Mynes travelled west to take on the challenge of the Dingle Marathon. This challenging marathon begins and ends in Dingle Town, Co. Kerry, taking in the scenic Slea Head and the Dingle Pennisula on its route. Ronan completed the marathon in 4:31:01.
Sunday 2nd September – Laganside 10k
John McCaffrey and Ciara Coffey joined over a thousand runners to take part in the Laganside 10k in Belfast on Sunday.
Ahead of the race, there was large interest in special visiting guest and former sports personality of the year, Paula Radcliffe. Paula Radcliffe took time to speak with fans and run alongside the competitors during the race. John McCaffrey was chuffed to get to meet and chat with Paula and this encouraged him to a good run completing it in a time of 39:13 and a 65th overall placing.
Ciara Coffey ran a good race in a field of top local runners, completing it in 40:50, finishing 10th Female, 114th overall and 3rd in the F35 category.
