Pictured: LAC members who ran today’s Lifford 5k.
Letterkenny Athletic Club Notes – 16th February 2025
On the 13th February the Armagh International 5km race drew participants from many countries competing in what is reputed to be one of the fastest 5km road races in the world. The Armagh 3km race also took place.
L.A.C. had a delegation of five runners participating in the evening meet.
In the 5km race Danny Mooney competed in a stacked field and performed superbly to finish in 14:38.
In the 3km race John McCallion ran 9:11, Mark McPaul ran 9:18, Philip McHugh ran 9:19 while Brian McBride ran a fantastic time of 13:48 in the M70 category.
The Lifford 5km race drew a large crowd and four out of the first seven runners to cross the finish line were L.A.C. members.
Danny Mooney displayed his dominance when he crossed the line in first place in a time of 14:59. Mark McPaul ran 16:12, Philip McHugh 16:14, Eoghan McGinley 16:18, John Foley 17:09, Christopher McMenamin 23:26, Con Duffy 24:31 and Kevin Lynch ran 25:24.
In conjunction with St. Eunans L.A.C. will host The Black & Amber 4 Mile event on Sunday the 23rd February 2025 and the club would like to invite all levels of runners and walkers to join us in celebrating the memory of the late Aidan McGlynn who passed away in 2024.
The course will be flat, fast and chip timed.
LAC host running sessions from the Aura Leisure Centre on a Tuesday at 5.15pm and 6.30pm for interval running sessions, a Thursday evening hill run at 6pm, Saturday mornings at 9.30am for a tempo run and Sunday mornings at 8am for a long run.
Fit 4 Life which is run by LAC in conjunction with the Donegal Sports Partnership takes place every Monday at 6pm on the track at the Aura Leisure Centre Letterkenny.
Notes prepared by Letterkenny Athletic Club P.R.O.
