Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon, Half Marathon and 10k.

There was a good turn out of Bandon AC members in the Clonakilty , half marathon and 10K on Saturday 7th of December in somewhat ideal running conditions with the rain stopping just before the start. Pride of place goes to Shane O’Rourke who finished 4th in the half marathon in 1hr 23.35. John Donegan, Dolores Gibbons, Andrea Kelleher and Mari Burke also competed well on the day. 385 competed in this race.

In the 10k there was a very large turnout with 913 runners. First Bandon athlete home was Paddy Murphy who ran a great race to finish 4th in 37.03 closely followed by David Craig of Bandon AC 5th in 37.26. The following also ran well on the day – Killian Burke, Pauline Callan, Michelle Lynch, Michael McKeon, Margaret Coughlan, Liz Kelly, Mags Looney and Maria Burke.

Report by David Craig