This morning saw Andrew Newell taking part in this year's iconic and record breaking Berlin Marathon.
Andrew made his way around the route in a controlled 2:56:25 ⏱️
Well done Andrew, brilliant running! Enjoy the rest of your trip. #BerlinMarathon2023
Outstanding running from our members this morning at the Belfast Half Marathon.
Gavin Corey 1.11.06 4th PB
Shane Donnelly 1.12.58 PB
Pete Tuohey 1.14.43
Aidan O'Hagan 1.15.06
Enda McKaigue 1.15.59 PB
Martin Loughan 1.21.46 PB
Well done men 👏👏
Well done to club member Michael Crawley who finished second overall 🥈 at the Tattyreagh 5 mile road race with a strong 27.22⏱️
Great running Michael ◾️◽️
Yesterday we had 2 members partaking in the It’s all about the weans 5k in Maghera ☀️
In warm conditions we had Enda Mckaigue home in first place 🥇 🏆 with a time of 16:52⏱️ Closely following for second place we had Tommy Hughes crossing the line in 18:08 ⏱️🥈.
Great running!
Our founder Tommy Hughes continued his return from injury with an impressive 1.15.32 in the half winning the M60 category in the process.
It's promising to be a great year for our members with strong running across the board over a variety of distances
#strive#getthemilesin
A great morning for Strive. Two 🥇 secured in Omagh this morning.
Gary Hegarty had a really impressive run in the Half winning with a great time of 1.06.50secs.
@petejjtuohey won the 5k in 16.21
#podium
Brilliant performances by Matthew Neill (64.36) and Gary Hegarty (69.15) this morning at @CoastHalf . Matthew was eighth overall, first Irish man home and bagged himself a two minute PB. Gary showed his preparations for Berlin marathon is going very well. Congrats men!
Massive congratulations to Matthew Neill on becoming Irish National Champion in the 10,000m. What an achievement. Two national titles in a row after last week's U23 5000 gold #champ
An incredible time of 2.30.05 for 62 year old Tommy in the @Marathon_Mcr this morning breaking the over 60s world record. The Marrakesh Express keeps on delivering. Well done Tommy! @Cathal_Dennehy
Tommy Hughes continues to astonish - a 2:30:05 (unofficial) marathon in Manchester today.
That's 5:44 a mile - for 26.2 miles.
He's 62.
📸@Kmcclurephoto
Good luck to our founder Tommy Hughes running @Marathon_Mcr tomorrow! He fine tuned this morning winning south Manchester parkrun with 17.10 breaking it's age graded record in the process! #marrakeshexpress
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Well done to all Strive members racing Seeley 10k yesterday. Great performances all round.
Matthew Neill secured a podium place (second) with a very impressive time of 30.19. #strivetobeyourbest
Matthew Neill 2nd 30.19
Gavin Corey 31.00
Tommy Hughes 33.33
Amsterdam Half Marathon
Congratulations to Matthew Neill who yesterday ran a brilliant time of 66:43 at Amsterdam half marathon. The time was good enough for 3rd place in a field of over 10,000.
What makes this more impressive is this was Matthew's debut at the half marathon!