Well done to the SGR team of Barry Mccarroll, Colm Murphy and Robbie Marsh who ran at the Mourne Seven Sevens Challenge on Saturday. The Seven Sevens which is a 18 mile, 8100ft test of endurance and mountain skills tested the  men to their limits but these guys are use to this gruelling mountain running and over came both the weather and the mountains. This event was the last training run for our Robbie Marsh who  had great support from SGR teammates Barry and Colm . Robbie  who is taking on the world famous UTMB Mont-Blanc in 2 weeks with over 20,000 runners in Chamonix  on a tough route that will see Robbie take on the French, Italian and Swiss mountain range in a unique experience. Well done to all the SGR team in the Mourne’s this weekend ,great to see our members take on these kind of events and encourage others members to give it ago someday. Safe travels to Robbie and Good Luck from all your SGR teammates .

Results

Barry McCarroll : 06:37:53

SGR duo of Ronan  Halpenny and Cathal O’Brien travelled to Dublin for the Rock n Roll Half Marathon on Sunday. This event has always seen SGR take part over the years and great to see the lads keep this going. The two men did the club proud and represented the club with flying colours as always, with both men coming in with great times on the day. Ronan Halpenny ran an excellent 01:40:40 and had an overall position 679th  out of 5495 finishers ,like wise Cathal ran an outstanding  01:46:48 and an overall position of 1121th  place out of 5495, Well done to both men from everyone at SGR .

Sunday saw two of our SGR Tina Crawley and Nuala Higgins run at the Monaghan 10 Miler around the streets of Monaghan town in a large field of runners. Tina and Nuala ran excellent times at the event in the SGR colours.This race is a great test of were you are in the season and both ladies have shown with their times that they are both right on target with their training. Well done to Tina and Nuala  and to our good friends at the Monaghon Town Runners on a another great event.

Results

Tina Crawley 01:27:46

Nuala Higgins 01:35:36

We have updated times for all our runners for the  Mullaghbawn 10k /5k from last  weeks report , which saw 3 SGR on the podium with Joe McKevitt in 1st place  in the 10K , Aisling Martin  3rd  placed Female in the 10K and young Josh Muckian  3rd Place in the 5K event who also ran with his brother James and young sister Freya and young Niall Martin the future stars of running in our area.

Results

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Joe McKevitt :  00:37:51   1st Place
Ronan Halpenny : 00:44:23  4th Place
Hugh Morgan : 00:44:54   5th Place
Keelan McCabe: 00:48:14
Aisling Martin: 00:50:42   3rd  placed Female
Stephen McCabe : 01:00:42
Martin Mc Shane : 01:02:22
5K
Josh Muckian : 00:23:53   3rd Place
Niall Martin 00:33:44
James Muckian :00:42:09
Freya Muckian : 00:42:09

SIGNED UP FOR G819 YET ? ……..

The G819 8k  /8 Mile run and 8K Walk is back for 2019 and will take place at the Slieve Gullion Forest Park on Sunday 3rd November ,online registration is now open at www.eventbrite.co.uk just type G819 on search bar and please sign up,  help us celebrate our clubs 5th birthday celebrations in style  by taking on the G819. More details to come on the event leading up to the G819. We would like to thank our Main sponsor Mulkerns EUROSPAR for their continued support and we will also be helping to support the Fight-For-Alfie at the event. Thank you to eb gas services ltd for supporting the 2nd Mile in the G819 8 Mile event.