Charity/Fun Runs...

[Katy]

Now I know many if not all the Guys on site enjoy sport.....ahh!! 'Football' well has anyone from Cobh......and that includes the lasses as well. Ever taken part in a Charity or Fun Run of say over ten miles.
Or has anyone done the walk or run around the Great Island?.....cheers Katy:) :)

[Firefly]

I do the Mini Marathon every year which is 5 miles and sometimes the Ballycotton 10, a ten mile run. have to admit to not running wither one tho, I like to take it in my stride!

[Ned Kelly]

Done the walk around the island many moons ago, katy, i was 11 I fink. Was knackered for a week after!

[Katy]

(((((Hugs)))))))) Firefly...and Ned...ahh!! you two are super fit.....while Katy loves walking....(very slow lol)
I always wanted to do the cross-country runs at school, but because of operations on my knees :( they would not let me do it..Yet the same teachers wanted me to go in Netball Team:eek: ....re me being tall.....ahh!!....

That walk around the Island Ned......wow!! how far was it...maybe sometime I will hire a bike and do it..that way I would get lots of great photos.....cheers..and thank you both for sharing.....:) Katy

[Ned Kelly]

20K's I think

[Katy]

Ahh!! Ned .....I think I would need a bike....lol....20k........cheers Katy:)

[Kieran]

The Island is 9 miles long by 4 1/2 wide. I used to run the dublin marathon about 10 years ago. Myself and another guy used run home from work at Little island every Friday and then do a 1/2 lap of the Island to round it off. One day while we were passing the water pump on the Tay Road, we found it was out of action. As we had already passed the 20 K mark without water, dehydratrion started to kick in. While we were out around the back of the Island, my body started to go cold and into shock. I had to call it a day then and walk home.

[Firefly]

Run home from Little island?:eek: Wow, I'm impressed!!

[Ned Kelly]

Cheapskate was to mean to pay the train fare!:rolleyes: and the newtown pump had probable emigrated to russells field???

[Kieran]

I remember the second year I ran the Dub marathon, Charlie Bird the news journalist was also running for some charity. I decided to latch on to him for a laugh as i knew that the TV cameras would be on him at some stage and i wanted to whind him and my SF colleagues up when it would turn up on TV. I chatted away with him for about the first 12 miles miles and could see that he hadnt a clue who I was or my background. When we went this small bridge Bryan Dobson the newsreader was there with a camera crew shouting him on, I put my fist in the air and left out a huge roar for a laugh. Didnt the feckers edit me out of it for the news that evening. I guess someone figured out who the mad Cork fella was after all!

[Katy]

Thanks for the Island info Kieran....truly I have a lot more photos to take around Cobh and the Great Island......magic......cheers Katy:)