The Weekly News from Slieve Gullion

KEVIN AT THE RUN IN THE DARK CORK CITY
SGR Kevin McSherry took on the very cold night and hailstones in Cork City last Wednesday evening in the Run in the Dark 10K in the city. Kevin battled on to a great time of 00:50.50 on a 4 lapped course. Well done Kevin from #teamSGR  
 
 SGR GETTING FASTER AT  PARKRUNS ………
Well done to Nuala Higgins and Lawrence Malone who proudly represented the club at two local Parkruns on Saturday,with Nuala once again running at the Dundalk event and getting faster each time coming in with a great time of 00:26:46 beating last weeks result of  00:27:32. Lawrence took to the Castlewellan parkrun a course he also knows well and also came away with a great finishing time of 00:21.42 .We would encourage our SGR members to give a Parkrun ago ,as you can see from Nuala and Lawrence they help with times each week….
TOLLYMORE TRAIL HALF MARATHON ………
SGR Kevin McSherry had a very active week in running terms while running in Cork City midweek he then ran at the Tollymore trail half marathon on Saturday.
In a very gruelling course Kevin came away with a great of 01.58.30 so not affected by travelling in anyway with that great time.
 
FORKHILL 10K /5K 
 
Five SGR ran at both the 10k and 5K events at Forkhill on Sunday as part of the Forkhill 10K/5K. Seamus Loughran finished in a great 7th place in the 10K and young Joshua Muckian finishing strong in the 5K with an outstanding time of 20 mins. Well done to all our SGR team of Seamus Loughran ,Brian Muckian, Ciaran Savage ,Eugene McCrink and Joshua Muckian on what is a very tough course.
10K
Seamus Loughran 00:42:29
Brian Muckian 00:47:09
Ciaran Savage 00:55:36
Eugene McCrink 01:03:01
5K
Josh Muckian 00:20:00
 
SGR  CLUB RUNS ON MONDAY & WEDNESDAY  ……
 
MONDAY CLUB RUN from Lidl Dundalk ( across from St. Helena’s playground)
Meeting for 6:30pm out for 6:45pm )  (3 & 4 miles)….WEDNESDAY CLUB RUN from Lidl Dundalk ( across from St. Helena’s playground) Meeting  for 6:30pm out for 6:45pm  (3,4 & 5 miles)
 
UPCOMING EVENTS …..
You can check all details on upcoming events both near and far on the SGR Online Events Guide 2019/20 ,this is updated daily ,a click away from your next run here https://www.tockify.com/sgr09/pinboard  . Please support our many running events in your area. #supportrunningevents
 
SGR MEMBERS RESULTS  ……
Please fill in our new SGR members events time form ,the form is to record all members race times from all events as well as to upload photos,so we can record not only your time but event  and photos. Form here https://form.jotformeu.com/92770545049362 or please PM us at SGR Facebook page.
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