NiRunning Mile

On a cold and blustery Friday evening at the Mary Peters’ Track a considerable number of Orangegrove’s speedier runners gathered to take part in the Active Financial and NiRunning mile sprints in association with the British Milers Club. Essentially you could turn up at the track to run in a mile ‘race’ (about four laps) with a group of other runners who could roughly run the same time for that distance as yourself. All for £3! While this involved a ‘race’ as such you were really running against the clock to achieve your best possible time. There were ‘races’ for both children and adults. One or two others had intended to take part, but the rigours of Slieve Martin the previous evening had taken a considerable toll on both their legs and spirit!

The following times were recorded by members of Orangegrove A.C.

Tom Smith MU14 6.19.95
Iseult Fahy FU12 7.02.84
Paul Tyro MO 5.19.84
Joe Craney MO 5.25.51
Desmond Fahy V45 5.33.10
Chris Downey V35 5.33.62
Raymond Leitch V40 5.41.65
Stephen Hamilton V35 5.58.75
Lyndsey Pronger FO 5.45.77
Leann Gibson V35 5.46.65
Joy McAleer V50 6.38.13

Particular congratulations to Lyndsey Pronger who was third fastest lady on the night, closely followed by Leann Gibson. Pity the two ladies had not been in the same race. Had they been, they would undoubtedly have knocked a few seconds off each other’s time and it would have been likely that both of them would have made the podium.

Great to see Raymond Leitch getting back to full fitness. Very well done also to Paul Tyro on the fastest Orangegrove mile of the evening… and to everybody else who turned up to pit their wits against the track.

The fastest mile recorded at the meeting was 4.33.61 by James Hamilton of Ballymena Runners. Kelly Neely (V35) of City of Lisburn A.C. recorded 4.58.93 to take the ‘fastest lady’ title.