Tara AC 5k 2018 Race Report (2018)

RACE REPORT

Tara AC hosted another superb event for both adults and children in the grounds of Skryne GFC in Co. Meath. Over 250 adults and over 100 kids arrived to take part for the Friday evening event. Numbers were up on the last 2 years, indicating that the success of these years had attracted a large increase to this years event. The kids 3k went off at 6.30 while the adults race went off at 7.30pm.

The kids races provided loads of entertainment and excitement for the adults who were supporting their kids. The pressure was then on for the adults to perform.

The winner of the adults race was David Flynn of Clonliffe Harriers who is performing extremely well over that last number of weeks. This was another part of his programme towards to his first Dublin Marathon. Many other runners were also using this race as preparation for Dublin.

The female winner was Jane Bandila of Dunboyne AC and Emila Dan also of Dunboyne AC was 2nd. . The usual names were appearing in the age cat results from local Meath races, Linda Fahy, Mary Hanley, Mary Watters, Rose Healy and in the men's Tom O'Connor, Chris Keeling and Micheal Hegarty. All have been great supporters on of Meath races.