Mark takes silver at Forest Series

Mark McKinstry – pictured right – continued his fantastic form when he was in action last Tuesday evening as East Antrim Harriers staged the final event in their four-race forest series at Woodburn.
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Jul 2013, 12:31 BST
Pictured is Fit N Running athlete Mark McKinstry who fionished 2nd in the forest race series.Pictured is Fit N Running athlete Mark McKinstry who fionished 2nd in the forest race series.
Pictured is Fit N Running athlete Mark McKinstry who fionished 2nd in the forest race series.

The Fit N Running athlete claimed second place on the night and second overall in the final standings.

This is just reward for Mark’s efforts over the forest campaign where he took two second places, a third and fourth place in the series.

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It continues what to date has been a great season for the gifted Glenwherry man, who took up running seven years ago.

It was, however, 12 months ago when Mark joined Fit N Running that his athletics career took an upward curve, which has seen him put together a year-long string of personal best performances at all distances from 5k to the marathon.

Mark has made a seamless transition in adapting to the Ballymena club’s modern training methods and has a positive attitude which brings the best out of his club mates on training nights.

IRISH NATIONAL JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Another gifted Fit N Running athlete Connor McQuillan is busy preparing for the Irish National Championships at Tullamore. The 15 year old who took up running 15months ago has pitted himself against top quality opposition from the start of his career. This baptism of fire has saw Connor learn his trade quickly with big performances which have saw him qualify for all the National Championships and major finals.

CLUB TRAINING

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Fit N Running are based at the Michelin Athletic Club in Ballymena. They train on Tuesday evenings at 6.15pm. There is also a session on Saturday mornings at 9.15am.

The club caters for the full range of runners from beginners, juniors though to intermediate and advanced.

For further information, club coach Gregory Walsh can be contacted on 07952 168016 or email [email protected]. Follow Fit N Running on their Facebook page facebook.com/fitnrunning

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