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Race Results
Well done to everyone who participated in today’s race.
Regardless of your finishing position it was without doubt a great day. The weather was kind to us, the backdrop of Drogheda, the Boyne and the Oldbridge Estate was spectacular.
Volunteers Needed!
We urgently require volunteers and stewards to assist on the day. We require assistance in 3 main areas:
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Ready, Steady……
You will now be at the final stages of your preparations and reaching the peak of athletic fitness, ready to run like the wind, or walk like our silver medalist Olive Loughnane! …….Or maybe you have a bit to go.
The entry forms are still flying in as people are getting their running shoes on for the good weather.
The response from the people of Drogheda has been fantastic and it looks like the event could have a permanent fixture in the local sporting calendar. Local businesses have put their shoulder to the wheel and have assisted in many ways with sponsorship or work. This is greatly appreciated. The success of this event is very much dependent on everyone’s support.
Thank you to all the participants who have entered. Your entry money is sponsorship – 100% of which will be going directly to GOAL – the humanatarian aid organisation, who are doing legendary work on the coalface throughout the world.
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Practice Run
Drogheda and District Athletics Club are organising a practice Club run on Sunday Morning 25 April at 10:00am.
The run will start at Oldbridge and run the route of the race. You can park in Oldbridge and meet up with everyone at the entrance to the Battle of the Boyne site. It will be a good warmer upper, and a great opportunity to meet other runners and walkers in Drogheda. Come along and enjoy the day!!
Thank You to All Our Supporters in LabFitness
Thank you to Laura and all the people at LabFitness for your support. Over 75 participants from the LabFitness Club will be lining up on the start line, raising over E2,600 for GOAL. A mix of runners and walkers will be putting all the weeks of training to the test. We look forward to cheering on all the Labfitness team.
Well done and thank you.
Entry Date Extended – Enter before April 23rd
Closing Date now extended to Friday 23 April 2010.
Entry forms are available (click here).
For further details contact gfitz@boyne10k.ie.
Borough Councillors Get in Shape for 10K
Drogheda Borough Councillors are getting in shape for the start line on 2nd May 2010. Come along and cheer on your councillors on Sunday Morning at 10:00am 2nd May.
Drogheda Borough Councillors Support the Boyne 10k Run
Thanks to Jimmy Weldon for this photo.
A Catalan on a mission to get Drogheda fit!
Laura Armada Buch is on a mission to get Drogheda fit. A Catalan from Barcelona, she moved to Drogheda in 1998. She came to Ireland to work as a translator, but soon abandoned this profession for the sweat and pain of fitness training.
Laura and the Boyne 10k runners at Labfitness
Working in gyms and leisure centres, she soon identified a niche in the market for good quality training classes. Laura explained “I quickly realised that most women came to gyms for the classes and were not really interested in exercise machines.”
Louth Engineer Gets the Call in Haiti
Louth Engineer Paul Kelly with Boyne 10k organiser Geoff Fitzpatrick
Chartered Civil Engineer Paul Kelly was part of an emergency response team in Haiti when he heard about the GOAL Boyne Valley 10k. A GOAL volunteer since 2001, he has assisted in humanitarian emergencies in Kosovo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Sri Lanka and Haiti.
Training Tips – 8 weeks to go
Here are 8 hot tips for your training for the GOAL Boyne Valley 10k on Sunday 2nd March 10:00am.