Wherever there’s a road race, Mullingar athletes are sure to be found, and Saturday morning 21st August at the Frank Duffy 10 mile road race in the Phoenix Park was no exception. The 10 mile course through the Phoenix Park is not an easy one, with a few difficult hills to negotiate, but Eddie Newman was very pleased to break the hour mark, finishing in 59:40 and leading the Mullingar contingent home in 56th place overall out of over 6,000 competitors, and was 6th in his master age-category.

Following closely behind was Patrick Muldoon (Junior) in 61:16, then Mark Carroll in 61:58, with Pat Muldoon (Senior) next in 64:35. JP O’Brien was pleased with his time of 67:28 and also competing and enjoying the atmosphere generated by such a large number of athletes running on a beautiful sunny Saturday morning in the Phoenix Park was Marie-Louise Johnston.

This 10 mile race was the second in a series building up to the Dublin City Marathon in October and no doubt we’ll see Mullingar athletes in action in the third race in the series, a half marathon on 18th September.