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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Grellan McGrath from Cork wins Belfast 12 hour race

The Energia 12 and 24 hour race was held at the Mary Peters track in Belfast last weekend, the 18th and 19th of July. Starting at 6:45pm on Friday evening, contestants had to run multiple laps of the 400m track with the 12 hour runners finishing at 6:45am on Saturday morning and the 24 hour runners finishing on Saturday evening.

Grellan McGrath of Eagle AC in Cork won the 12 hour race when he completed 315 laps which is equal to 81.25 miles or 130.7kms.

Grellan, who lives in Ballincollig is no stranger to Ultra races having won the Connemara 100 mile back in July 2013.

More details can be seen on the Eagle AC website.

1 comment:

  1. The man is a legend. Not bad for a guy who took up running when he was 40. His blog is well worth reading

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