Mayo AC at World Half Marathon Day – Attymass

Some Mayo AC members were out in New Year action today celebrating World Half marathon day at Attymass nr Ballina. The event was open to runners/joggers/walkers of all abilities.

The event was held on 4.4m tarmac looped course around a lake with three full laps to be completed to achieve half marathon distance.

There was also a marathon over the same area (6 loops) which was won by John Gordon (Mayo AC) in 3:15.59.

John Byrne was also a Mayo AC winner coming home first in the half in 1:20.00. Our other runners were Eamon Joyce who finished in 1:27.56, Brendan Murphy 1:30.23, Andy Neary in an excellent new pb 1:34.50, Padraic McVann,1:39.34  Eugene McCartan 1:49.25, Angela McVann 1:59.42.

Well done to race winners John Gordon and John Byrne and all of our finishers today – a great start to 2020.

Thanks and well done to Cezary Lubinski who organised the event.

Results: whmd2020_results