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On Tuesday 15th January Born to Run were delighted to welcome 120 new members to our club as they take on the couch to 5k programme. It was a phenomenal turn out and we wish them all the best over the coming weeks hoping they will enjoy themselves, achieve their fitness goals, make friends and remain with us long after the programme finishes.

The Born to Run couch to 5k programme is a slowly progressive one where we begin with our mentors taking the participants through our walk/run routine that begins with  predominantly walking interspersed with very brief periods of jogging. The jogging periods increase slightly over the course of the programme until our participants can comfortable run for a full 5k (3 miles aprox).

Although our mentors do not profess to be experts or trained coaches, they all have been through the BTR Couch to 5k previously and are delighted to be able to share their experience with our newest members.

BTR is 9 years old this year and 545 people have successfully completed the couch to 5k and many going on to 10k, half-marathon, marathon and beyond. Remember if you are looking for a healthy start to 2019 and you think our club can help you it’s not too late to join us on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6:30pm from the Aqua Dome car park.

On Tuesday 20 November, Born To Run Tralee Marathon Club held its AGM at The Rose Hotel in Tralee, which saw the election of a new committee for 2019.

This will consist of JJ O’Connell as chair, Ann O’Shea as vice-chair, Rose Brosnan as secretary, Martin Moore as treasurer, Liam Horan as fundraising officer, Jack Moriarty as registrar, Marilyn O’Shea as social officer, Maria Moynihan as PRO and William Brick as minutes officer.

Born to Run were delighted to hand over a check for €2,058 to St. Ita’s and St. Joseph’s School of special education this week having raised it at this years Born to Run 40 Mile Ultra Marathon and Relay. See full story in Tralee Today

The forth annual Born to Run Tralee 40 Mile Ultra and Relay took place on the 28th July with both the individual and 4 person relay events selling out, while the 2 person tag team had only one place left unfilled.

It was a mixed day weather wise with everything from glorious sunshine to torrential down pours. But even the heaviest of rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of our participants as they went through mile after mile to collect that medal waiting at the finish line.

The men’s event was won by Alex O’Shea in a course record of 4:29:20, with Keith Whyte in second and David O’Keeffe finishing in 3rd. Meanwhile Catherine Guthrie was first home in the ladies event with Jill McCann and Liz Leonard finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively. The 2 person tag was taken by David Toomey and Catherine Hannon, with John and Nickolas Liddane coming second and Tina Curtin and William Brick finishing 3rd.  The 4 person relay was won by ‘The Relics and the Dream Team’ with ‘Team O’Shea’ finishing 2nd and ‘Scrambled Legs’ finishing 3rd.

Thanks to all our participants who combined to make this such a memorable event and to all our superb volunteers who once again have been singled out for special mention in the feedback we received from the runners.

Hears looking forward to next year.

Born to Run are please to welcome the Rose Hotel’s support of our 40 Mile Ultra and Relay event on July 28th. The Rose is a beautiful 4 star hotel that has been refurbished recently and is conveniently located near the start finish line. So if you intend to spend a little time in Tralee we would be delighted to recommend the Rose. Visit   https://www.therosehotel.com for more.

We were delighted with huge interest in the 2018 couch to 5k programme, a total of 45 new members registered and started their journey to running five kilometers nonstop. New members are always welcome at BTR and are essential in keeping our club as strong as inclusive as we always have been Over the next few weeks the mentors will run alongside them sharing their experience and encouraging and cajoling them along the way. We wish each and everyone of them success in achieving their goals and hope they enjoy their experience with our club. We look forward to having them with us for many years to come.

Well in the modern world of distance running strength training is pretty much a given so in an attempt to keep up with modern best practice BTR has partnered with Achieve Fittness to bring you a 8 week programme of Strength and conditioning classes every Monday night in their Gum on Monavally Industrial est. With the club subsidising  the classes the 8 week programme is only costing our members €15. There was great interest in the initiative and the classes filled up within 25 minutes. We had our first taste on Mondat 15th of May and I for one really enjoyed it (even if I struggled to move for 2 days after). Big thanks to Mairead and Deirdre for the welcome and the great work out. Were looking forward to the coming weeks now.