On Tuesday 12th March, in place of our normal Tuesday night Training session, we’ve arranged for Juniors and Seniors to come together for a special event featuring Hanna Irwin, professional long-distance runner.
The event, which will be held from 6.30 to 7.30pm at the Samuel Ward Academy, will include a 15-min inspirational talk from Hannah with an opportunity for questions, followed by sports day fun and games led by our fabulous Junior team.
A little bit about Hannah…
“My name is Hannah Irwin. I am a professional long-distance runner for Mizuno, and I represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
I first represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland over 10,000m in 2022 at the European Cup. I then went on to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham for Northern Ireland in the 10,000m final.
My journey was then put on hold as I came out of the race with a broken foot. I was unable to run for 4 months and did not compete for 8 months. I worked hard on all my weakness in that time and came back stronger than ever and have since run for Great Britain again over 10,000m and set national records for Northern Ireland over the 10,000m and half marathon.
My personal bests include 15.40 for 5,000m, 32.25 for 10,000m and 71.04 for the half marathon.
At the start of this year, I was struck with another injury and have just started to gradually reintroduce running into my training schedule. I hope to improve significantly on all of my personal bests this year as I strongly believe that injuries and setbacks offer us an opportunity to come back stronger and faster than ever before”.
This is a great opportunity for Seniors and Juniors to come together for what promises to be an enjoyable evening, so it would be great to see as many members there as possible. Best of all, it takes place indoors, so you won’t run the risk of getting wet if it rains!