Fast Times in Belfast

The final IMC venture of the 2010 season saw us team up with Athletics Northern Ireland to organise the holding of a BMC Grand Prix in the Mary Peters Track in Belfast.

The final IMC venture of the 2010 season saw us team up with Athletics Northern Ireland to organise the holding of a BMC Grand Prix in the Mary Peters Track in Belfast.

The event was superbly set up by the well oiled machine that is the BMC and hosted in a splendid manner by Athletics Northern Ireland and all ably supported by the IMC

For those who came to compete and indeed to spectate, this was a truly magnificent event which saw many personal bests. For the 800 metres the men and women events set the fastest times of the BMC season with a 1.47.49 run by Gareth Warburton and two 2.01 ‘s run by Emma Jacskon and Stacey Smith.

For the Irish athletes pbs were set by many including Alan O’Brien, Sean Connolly, Tom Fitzpatrick, Pat McCartan, Eoin Flynn, Patrick Brennan and Hazel Murphy to name but a few .

Full results at the link below.

And now I am off to Barcelona for the Europeans BUT hook up with our Facebook and keep in touch as we may have news soon of some new ventures over the Winter months!!!

I hope that all our athletes enjoyed the IMC races this summer.

Finally, I would like to thank my fellow IMC Committee members, Crusaders AC, CLonliffe Harriers, Irish Schools Athletics Association, the BMC and Athletics Northern Ireland for their terrific co-operation as well as the support of the participating athletes, pace makers, coaches, supporters and our growing army of volunteers.

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Season Finale with IMC- Belfast 24th July

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In what will be the biggest and best meet in Ireland for many years, the IMC has joined forces with The BMC and Athletics Northern Ireland to put on a BMC Grand Prix in Belfast on 24th July 2010.
So finish the season with a PB

As you know The IMC with Athletics Northern Ireland have joined with the BMC to lay on one of the biggest and best meet in the whole of Ireland for many years. Do not miss this opportunity. Enter NOW. We want the largest contingent of Irish athletes to compete in this meet. Races will be graded so enter and you will get a very competitive race.

Leading Irish Entries are Alan O’Brien, Sean Connolly, Tom Fitzpatrick, Anthony Leghio, Noel COllins, Emmet Dunleavy, Joe Warne, James McIlroy,Conor Healy, Ritchie Corcoran and many more.

Leading IRISH females Hazel Murphy, Lauren Scott, SInead Denny.

Also top athletes from UK, USA, Finland, Canada and Australia.

These all indicate race target times of 800M 1.46, 800W 2.01, 1500M 3.38, 1500W 4.08, 3000M 7.55, 3000W 9.00.

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Season Finale with IMC- Belfast 24th July

IRISH MILERS CLUB- MILES BETTER

THE IMC WISH ALL THEIR ATHLETES WELL IN THE NATIONALS THIS WEEKEND

However do not let this be the end of your season. In what will be the biggest and best meet in Ireland for many years, the IMC has joined forces with The BMC and Northern Ireland athletics to put on a BMC Grand Prix in Belfast on 24th July 2010.

So finish the season with a PB

What:
The IMC in association with the BMC and Athletics Northern Ireland have joined forces to organise a BMC Grand Prix Meet.

When:
Saturday 24th July, races start at 5.30

Where:
The Mary Peters Track, Belfast

Events:
The usual middle Distance 800, 1500 and 5,000.

Entries:
Through the BMC website (link below) http://www.britishmilersclub.com/

Social:
Athletics Northern Ireland are kindly laying on a buffet meal trackside immediately after the finish of the meet.

Why not avail of the meal, stay the night at a subsidised rate in the Premier Inn, City Centre and celebrate the end of the season with your fellow athletes?

Accommodation: A special rate £55 per room has been arranged with the Premier Inn, Waring Street. (please follow link below)

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Clonliffe Hireco/IMC Grand Prix

Results and Report from Morton Stadium 1st July

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Euro Qualifiers on the cards at Hireco Clonliffe Harriers/IMC Grand Prix

The weather is getting hotter, you can smell the freshly cut grass from the infield, the warm sun on your back, the track spikes are out and the shades are on – this can all only mean one thing – Irish Milers Club meetings and PBs!! Entries have been flooding in over the past two weeks for our next meeting on Ireland’s fastest track in Morton Stadium on July 1st. Owing to the quality of the entries and the times run by Irish athletes in IMC and BMC races this year, we are going BIG TIME at this meeting – by this we mean that we want as many athletes as possible to run PB’s the week before Nationals and also want athletes to qualify for the European Championships in Barcelona. There are meetings in Europe that weekend but why bother when you can now run fast at home in top quality events… just to remind you or in case you didn’t hear; 19 guys ran sub 4 minutes in Tullamore with 7 of them sub 3.48, two ran World Junior Qualifiers and one ran a Euro Qualifier. I can’t remember the last time an Irish distance athlete ran a qualifier for any outdoor event on Irish soil before this.

As previously advertised we are hosting two 800m races (A race – sub 1.55, B race – 1.55 – 2.00) and also two top class 1500m races (A race 3.40 – 3.50, B race 3.50 – 4.00). The A 800m and 1500m races are been paced for Euro qualifying standards. We are going for a 3k for the men (8.00 – 8.40) and both a 800m (2.00 – 2.16) and 1500m (4.15 – 4.45) for the women (Note: If there are not more than 8 entries in the women’s 800m and 1500m we will only be in a position to host one race). We already have the best pacemakers (including the one-piece maestro himself!!) in Ireland and from abroad signed up for the night so what have you got to loose – get your entries in NOW as they close in 10 days time and like our last meeting we expect to be oversubscribed. Entries will only be accepted if the following information is provided: Name, Club, Age, Personal Best, Seasons Best and can be forwarded to Garrett Coughlan (garrett.coughlan@ucd.ie). Entries close the weekend before the event (Sunday 27th June) and no late entries will be accepted.

If you’re not in you can’t win, so get those fingers typing, train hard over the next few weeks, support IMC races at home, run the race, get a PB, watch other athletes run PBs, enjoy the night!!

Contact: garrett.coughlan@ucd.ie