MTS Athletes do well at Gael Force 6

Colm Staunton, Padraig Marrey, Mary Mulchrone, Brendan Butler, Miceal, Eoin, and James Brady all performed very well at the GF6 adventure race event held recently in the Mayo Galway area.

The event started at Glassin Beach near Killary Forde, Leenane Co Galway at 7.30am on Saturday August 23rd.

The event involves running, kayaking, cycling and climbing Croagh Patrick these just some of the obstacles before the gruelling event finishes at Westport house some 65k later.

Colm Staunton put in a savage performance to get 3rd overall in the GF6 event with a great time of 3hrs 36mins and 52seconds beating his previous best by nearly 60 minutes which is huge improvement.

Mary Mulchrone dropped one place from last year results to finish 2nd lady overall but still bettered her time by 20 minutes to finish in a time of 4 hrs 18mins and 14seconds. She was piped by 2004 Olympian (MTB)Jenny Mc Cauley from Bray who completed the course in 4hrs 11mins at 53 seconds.

Padraig on the other hand was having great race until 4 miles to go, while leading the race he punctured and had to rim it to the line after wasting valuable minutes trying to fix the puncture with a broken aerosol pump. He still managed to finish 4th as 3 competitors passed him close to the finish. He still bettered his time of last year with 3hrs 37mins and 5 seconds.

Eoin Brady finished 1st in the junior category and 8th overall, to do a time of 3hrs 52mins and 3 seconds

Brendan Butler finished 2nd in the Junior Category and 9th overall, to do a time of 3hrs 59mins and 17seconds

James Brady finished 3rd in the junior Category and 11th overall, to do a time of 4hrs 3mins and 43seconds

Miceal Brady finished 31st overall and 7th in the over 40 section, in a time of 4hrs 18mins and 23seconds.

Both Padraig and Mary would like to thank Pat Jennings proprietor of Days Hotel Castlebar for sponsoring them for the event.

830 participants took part in this gruelling event and it looks like numbers will double for 2009

Gael Force 6 full results here.......