Ger Heery returns to defend his Fore 5K

Gerard Heery from St. Brigids Athletic Club ha confirmed in the last week that he will defend his title at the upcoming "Fore Village 5 KM Road Race" which takes place on Wednesday evening 26 th June in Fore, Castlepollard.

The well-known and award winning dairy farmer from Mullaghmeen, is a modest and popular athlete confirmed his entry this week. It was feared that he would miss this high profile north Westmeath 5k after a year struggling with a few persistent and niggling injuries.
Ger was very forthcoming in his praise for the manner in which the race was held last year and remarked that the organisation, the stewarding, the refreshments and the prizes were top notch and he is looking forward to another good event this year on what has to be one of the most scenic courses in the country.
Competition will be high this year in each section and with prizes being awarded in 1st, 2nd, 3rd Overall,1st and 2nd in O'40,50,60,70 and 80, Juvenile(U 16), Junior(U19) .-Male and Female and 1st Male and 1st Female Club Member, you can see that we really have catered for everyone. Entry is still open at www.precisiontiming.net and www.runireland.ie and online entry is €12 for runners, € 5 for walkers or juveniles and registration on the evening will be € 15 for runners, € 10 for walkers and juveniles. Entry is open to everyone regardless of fitness levels and all that any person requires is the will to finish. A limited number of souvenir T-shirts are available and more information can be obtained by contacting Ray @ 087-2264205 before Thursday 20th June.
Cavan's Catherina Mc Kiernan, one of Irish Athletics most gifted long distance runners has also indicated that she may join us and we would be delighted if she does. Catherina has numerous international titles to her credit notably the Berlin Marathon in 1997 and London and Berlin in 1998,not forgetting how she represented us in the Olympics. Catherina really enjoys taking part runs such as ours and we hope that she can find time in her busy schedule to fit our date in. This year we are taking our race up a level in that we have organised a child-minding facility for a situation whereby parents either both would like to take part in the run or have no babysitter at home, they can drop their child or children of at our designated child safe area for the duration of the event. It is imperative that this service is pre-booked, so as to allow us to make the appropriate preparations for whatever number that may avail of this service. To pre-book please contact Paula @087-6293791. On a final note we are strongly advising everyone to pre-register as soon as possible and for any further information regarding any aspect of the event, please contact Ray@ 087-2264205. Tweet

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