Last weekend saw Paul Esler tackle the Walled City Marathon on what proved to be the hottest day of the year so far. As if a marathon wasn’t tough enough! The heat didn’t stop Paul getting a PB!! Brilliant running Paul! Meanwhile in Ballymena, Hall Booth achieved a PB at the Ernie Magwood Super 6…
Last weekend saw the ever youthful Chuck Russell take on the Liam Ball Triathlon, hosted by the North West Triathlon Club. Elsewhere Clive Robinson and Neil Ramsbottom raced at the Manchester half marathon in some truly hot conditions. Well, hot for us Co. Antrim folk. This weekend.Today……Easy like Sunday morning ???? Nope, not for A…
Riada triathlon club members went to WAAR!!!! On Saturday 12th May, Riada club members Jim Blee, Ben Goode, Gareth and Sonia Knox, took part in the very scenic Wild Atlantic Adventure Race in Mullaghderg, Co.Donegal. Rachel Blee and Ursula Goode also competed. Yes, it may be in a beautiful part of Ireland but it is…
On Saturday 28th April,Paul Esler and Johnny Graham took part in the annual 5k Swimathon at the Joey Dunlop Centre. Also participating was Johnny’s son, Stuart, a Riada Minnow member, who completed his first ever 400 m Swimathon! Well done. Meanwhile, on Sunday 29th, Nigel Mcknight travelled to Letterkenny where he completed the Super sprint…
On Saturday 21st April Charles Russell and Kyle Leckey showed their support for the 1st Ballymoney Church sportive to raise funds for the Zimbabwe school project. Then, up on Sunday we had Janine Gordon in action at the Mid Ulster GP, with no mechanicals this time and a great, well-earned 6th placed female! Also in…
A busy week, started off with Karen Neill and Donna McConkey at the Ballymena Belle’s 5 mile road race on Tuesday evening. Well done both of you and a special mention for Karen getting a cracking 42:07 PB! Wednesday night saw team members, Janine Gordon, Eddie Hampton, Chris Millar, Rob Lawrence and Hall Booth, in…
Over the Easter holidays, we had 7 members racing in Ballyliffin, Killinchy, Omagh (2), Manchester (2) and Titanic quarters,Belfast. On Saturday 31st, Rhona Laverty completed the very scenic Ballyliffin Coastal challenge. On Saturday the 7th, Heidi Clarke and Kyle Leckey completed the Omagh half marathon, while in Killinchy, Janine Gordon raced in the women’s GP…
Eddie Hampton celebrated St Patrick’s day by competing in the Spar craic 10k, while Janine Gordon braved the women’s race at the McCann cup GP in Omagh on the 18th. Both Eddie and Janine were back in action again yesterday at the Larne half marathon, joined by fellow team members, Hall Booth, Simon Daly, William…
Weekend round-up Riada team members turned out at 4 different races this weekend. First up, we had Eddie Hampton and Mark Allison in action at the Glenariff mountain race, aka The Potato race. Looks like a great off road race, with a staggeringly steep climb, carrying a potato to the top! Well done! A hard…
Congratulations to Janine Gordon and Hall Booth who took part in East Coast AC 10 mile club championship. Hall ran a pb and was 10th overall in a time of 1:14:39. Janine ran a great race achieving 2nd female, in a time of 1:22:25, narrowly missing out on 1st place by just over 1 minute.…