Ellen Muprhy 5th Overall and Aoife Reilly currently 2nd in overall in the National Duathlon Series.
This weekend saw Belpark’s first chance to take home some National Age Group medals and the clubs representatives seized that opportunity with 100% success.
Two athletes,
Ellen Murphy and
Aoife Reilly, travelled to Letterkenny to compete at the National Duathlon Championships on Sunday last.
Both women had strong Results with
Ellen closing out the Top 5 showing she is coming into strong form ahead of the season,
Ellen also took Silver in her age group behind overall winner Heather Foley
. Aoife continued her string of Duathlon National Series AG podiums with Bronze in the 24-29AG.
To score in the overall Duathlon National Series athletes must compete in the National Championships and 2 other National Series races.
Aoife’s results have put her in 2nd overall in the Series and 2nd in her AG. However there are still 5 races to go including the Belpark Duathlon in Phoenix Park on April 21st.
Both Ellen and Aoife can carry a lot of confidence into the season knowing they will be heading to the Triathlon Ireland Awards dinner in November to pick up some medals.
The Triathlon National Series and Super Series kick off in May. Click
here for more info in which races Belpark are targeting to maximise your chance of joining Ellen and Aoife in picking up some National silverware next November.