Whelan and Hession shine in Hollymount

The first woman home for Mayo AC and finishing in second place overall in the recent Hollymount fit4life 8k was Colette Whelan in a personal best time of 36.45. Colette has been steadily improving and is one of the Mayo AC Fit4life leaders. Brendan Hession was first fit4life man home in a time of 33.04.

Brendan started running this year and has recently joined Mayo AC. He has run races this year from 5k to half marathons. John Timothy finished in thirs place in a time of 37.15 and Tony Gleeson finished first in the Over 40 age category in a time of 38.32 with Pauline Joyce first in her category in an excellent finishing time of 40.53. Pauline from Ballinrobe is new to running and is a fit4life leader with the Ballinrobe group.

Over 45 walkers/runners took part in Hollymount. This is the second annual Fit4life event held there.