Round Up 7 April

Another great weekend for the club with particular focus on two racing events;  Johnny Park ran into 2 place in the Decathlon Half Marathon and recorded a new OAC best time for this distance.

The new club half marathon stands at  1:17:08 Other OAC vests took part in the Decathlon10k race, including Sharon Dickenson, Rachael Farrell, Sharon Corken, AlanMontgomery, Desmond Fahy, Jonathan Stewart and Peter Scullion. Further afield in Galway,Thomas Leitch was the first Northern Ireland person home in the Connemara Ultra (39.3mi) in a time of 5:16:54.

Thomas finished in 12th place overall. Darren Houston also took part in the Ultra and was the 4th Northern Ireland competitor across the finish line in a time of 7:56:20. In the same event, Carole Bell competed in the Marathon Walk and finished in 7:25:14.