A few snaps from the magic mile last Thurs. Was a great night out! Big thanks to Athenry AC. Some of us got to recapture some of our youth with trying the shot put and long jump too. Looking forward to the next one!!!

http://www.galwaycityharriers.com/albums/dangan-mile-april-09

Pat Burkitt has been good enough to forego his warm-up at the last couple of Fit4Life sessions to take some snaps of the group in action. See the results in the following online album:

http://www.galwaycityharriers.com/albums/fit4life-2009

As Bernie Kelly says, "aren't we a fine looking bunch" - enjoy!

With the increase in interest in running in the last year as seen in the increased numbers taking part in road races throughout the county, Galway City Library Service has put together a collection of books on running, runners and related matters such as injury prevention, nutrition for athletes, marathon training etc. This collection is located in Ballybane Library on Castlepark Road in Ballybane.

On a lovely crisp Feb morning several members of GCH fit4life hit the country roads around Craughwell for the third 5km time trial. As usual organisation was spot on, lots of water and pacers for every level. So a big thanks to Craughwell AC! I must be jinked as this was the second 5km I have missed due to injury so rather than being a lazy sausage with the Sunday paper I said I would head out and take some photos.
So here you go.

http://www.galwaycityharriers.com/albums/craughwell-fit4life-5km-09

Sunday 20th September 2009 may seem a long way away right now, but for some club members, it won't be long before that day dawns bright and early for them and they toe the line in Berlin to compete in their first marathon. Joe, Nicola and Don among others, who are familiar faces in GCH and Fit4Life, will be among the huge crowd who will be pounding the streets that day in the capital city of the former east Germany, and to this end, they are now actively fund-raising for their chosen charity "Western Alzheimers", who will be the beneficiaries of their efforts.

Kick off the New Year with a resolution that will improve your health while meeting new people.Galway City Sports Partnership (GCSP),in conjunction with Health Promotion Services, HSE West, are looking for the women of Galway to get up, get out and start strolling. The "Eastside Strollers", is a women's only group starting on the 14th January at 7.30pm costing €2. People can sign up on the night at Renmore Community Centre with walks starting at Renmore Church. Jason Craughwell, City Sports Partnership Coordinator explained "We want to encourage and support women in physical activity.

They are a strange breed these runners. We’ve all seen them, usually while sitting in traffic listening to the whirr of the window wipers and waiting for the car’s central heating to kick in. You are in the middle of wondering if you’ll stay awake long enough for the second episode of Corrie that evening, when a flock of high viz jackets and running tights pass you by. You shiver involuntarily at the thoughts of trotting around Westside on a dark Tuesday evening and wonder what these poor souls have done to deserve such a punishment.

...you can see forever apparently and indeed, despite it being just seven days from the shortest day of the year, it was easy to believe this saying such were the blue skies and bright sunshine that greeted the GCH/Fit4Life troops as we descended on Kilmurry-McMahon earlier today for the local St Mary's Athletic Club annual running of the Bernie Meaney memorial 5K road-race.

The excitement has been building at Fit4Life for weeks now, the tension is almost unbearable - no, it's not the imminent arrival of Santa Claus next month, but rather the next official GCH/Fit4Life outing, this time to Co. Clare for the 34th annual Bernie Meaney memorial 5K road-race on Sunday December 14th. Full details of this event are as below: