Raheny 5 mile Road Race

On Sunday afternoon saw the 40th running of the Raheny Shamrocks Athletics club 5 mile road race. This popular race has a number of junior, wheelchair and senior competitions, and always draws a big crowd and a high standard of athletes. EDAC had three runners on the start line. Neil Curran was the first past the post in 97th position in a time 27 min 58 sec. Catherine O Connor was next in, Catherine has had a great season and had a great run coming in 119th place, 8th Female in a time 28 min 08 sec. Barrie Atkinson was the last red and yellow vest across the line in 538 spot in 31 min 42 sec, which was good going with over 4000 finishers.