Glendalough Trail Run
Posted by on 23 November 2018
On Saturday 17 November 14 runners from Trim AC took part in the Fighting Blindness GLENDALOUGH TRAIL RUNS. There are two distance options (15.5km and 8.6km) on this event which takes place against the impressive backdrop of the Glendalough valley in its autumnal glory. Many of our runners have a particular affinity with the Fighting Blindness charity.
Ellen Vitting won the womens long course with a really strong performance completing the course in 75 mins and a margin of 3 mins. over her nearest rival. She rushed off before the prizegiving to get ready for the Triathlon Ireland awards later that evening . Next Trim woman was mountain debutante Heather Carty coming home an impressive 3rd and mountain veteran Ann Tobin 6th. In the mens long course Quinton Bourke scored an M40 win and was unfortunate to miss out on overall podium when slipping on the descent onto the Green Road. Laura Cotter raised a tidy sum of sponsorship for one of her favourite causes and enjoyed the vistas. Each year more members of the club travel to this event to get a taste of the mountain experience. This time it was the turn of Claire Smith, Avril O'Neill Winters, Darlene Reilly, Valerie Cronin, Karen Westphal and Tatyana Feeney to scale the heights. It was a mostly positive experience for them and plans are being made for a return visit.
Darlene Reilly, Karen Westphal and Valerie Cronin are already planning a return visit for 2019. Mightily impressed with the run and the challenge
Fighting Blindness is an Irish patient-led charity with a vision to cure, support and empower. Funding world-leading research into treatments and cures for blindness, while caring for people and families through counselling and peer to peer support services. Through education and advocacy working tirelessly to empower the 246,773 people in Ireland living with blindness or vision impairment. Thanks to wonderful donors they have invested over €17 million in over 90 research projects since1983.
Back;Heather Carty. Shane Parkinson,Ann Tobin,Brian Cully,Valerie Cronin,Darlene Reilly,Karen Westphal,Tatyana Feeney,Fionn Feeney.
Front; Ciaran Tobin,Laura Cotter,Avril O'Neill Winters,Claire Smith,Quinton Bourke and sons Cillian,Conor and Eoin.
