Crusaders AGM

Thursday October 18th, 8pm

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Pre race preparation and Race recovery ... of a different kind!!

With the Dublin Novice race just finished and some great performances by Crusaders teams some tips on Pre race preparation and Race recovery are always good to take on board for the next test.

Breandan Carrigan Crusaders second man home recommends asparagus and muscles. These are excellent sources of nourishment for the brain. They help stimulate memory cells and information storage cells. When a team warms up together ...as a team should.....
they normally jog, stretch, stride and tog out together. This, in this day and age, normally means leaving the gear in one member of the teams' car. After the race everyone can head back "as a team" to the car and tog out together again and cool down together discussing the race, the tactice, fitness levels and the course, thus learning from the experience.

In Brenadans case, at the Dublin Novice on Saturday, he forgot to take his pre race asparagus and muscles and managed to loose his car key. The team waited for an hour and a half before Bren remembered he had given his key to 'trigger happy' photographer, Karl Fahy, who was now up in Santry... Good man!

Anyway Karl came back , the car was opened and everyone was able to cool down and get back to a normal Saturday... UNTIL ... Karl broke down. This meant a further wait unti lKarl coudl get the aul Subaru Impretza going again.

TIP: Make sure you keep the brain well hydrated, topped up. Don't go near Brendan's car before a race and don't give your car key to Karl to mind.

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Dublin Novice

The Dublin Novice Cross Country Championship will take place on Saturday, 6th October. Crusaders have 3 teams entered. The venue is Phoenix park at the Magazine fort.
Ladies 1.00pm 4,000m
Men 1.30pm 6,000m

The Women have 2 teams from the following:
Aoife Joyce
Sarah Chamney
Sinead Roche
Bronnagh Gavigan
Racel Walters
Niamh Ni Cholmain
Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill
Sarah Heal
Orla McEvoy
Sharlene Bell

The Men have 1 team consisting of:

Don Ryan ('Daddy')
Brendan Carrigan ('Happy')
Rob Cross ('Angry')
Sean Curran ('Cur-ly')
Michael Williams ('Baby')
Simon Kenny ('Pretty')

Karl Fahy (Ronnie) has volunteered to be on photo duty so we hope to have some good pics up by Monday evening along with a full race report and results.

Will keep you posted!!

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Circuits Begin !!

It's that time of year again, circuits is starting tonight,

Wednesday October 3rd

The venue this year will be Clan na Gael Hall.
It is a 5 minute walk from Irishtown.

Time: 6.30pm to 7.30pm

Instructor: Colleen

All are welcome. This year has been moved due to ...
increased numbers. Bring your own, Mat , towel and water. Meet at Irishtown at 6.20pm and jog across for the session. Alternatively some members are trying to meet earlier to get in a 40 minute run. It will start with 10 minutes in the park to give everyone that wants to run with a group a chance to get there on time. So 5.45 to 5.55 in the park then out the beach and back

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Junior Chris Morahan Takes home his First Title!

The Paddy O'Dwyer took place on Saturday morning in the Phoenix park. The morning was drizzle rain but humid, not a breath of wind... PERFECT for racing. The officials had varied versions of the route this year as the original 10k lap had been cut to 5k. After much discussion the twists, turns, hills and bends were decided. Handicaps were secretly calculated and the runners got ready to roll.

The chasing handicap put Emma McAuley off first. She lead through the first mile and held the lead until 3k. Colin Kirkham was the lead bike making sure the racers had a clear path and took no detours. Susan McGovern (guesting from Donore) came through next, followed closely by Chris Morahan who had stormed off to try to get away from teh chasing 3-pack of Michael, Brendan and Sean. Next was Rene followed by Scratch man Ivan.

The hill coming out of the Fury Glen took it toll on some of the athletes and positions changed. Chris had moved into second and began to chase down Emma. Brendan had broken away and began chasing hard. Ivan the scratch man had not passed anyone yet ut he later told us that he knew he could use his speed over the last 400 metres, "All I had to do was get myself within striking distance". Into teh last half mile and Chris had taken a big lead, Brendan had moved up to 2nd and there was a ferocious battle between Coach and athlete, Michael and Ivan. Ivan just pipped Michael in the last few strides. Sean followed in quickly with a strong run followed by Susan, Emma and Rene.

A Great morning for Crusaders nad a superb first title for Chris. A big thank you to the stewards, Karl, Jimmy and Eugene, Lead Bike Colin, Starter and official time keeper John and our club GPS Lindie (with the maps).

See you next time!

Place Name Race Time. Running Time.

1 Chris Morahan 27m 58 22.58
2 Brendan Corrigan 28.23 20.23
3 Ivan Kinahan 28.57 18.57
4 Michael McGovern 29.03 21.03
5 Sean Curran 29.28 21.28
6 Susan Walsh 29.46 26.46
7 Emma McAulay 29.48 29.48
8 Rene Borg 31.05 22.05

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