Well done Hugo Blair (Pictured with Dad above) on coming 3rd in the Juvenile race of the Annual Baldy man run in Tramore on Monday and pictured also are Conor Quinn and Ethan Robinson who weathered the bad weather and tough conditions.

Happy Christmas

Waterford AC wish all our Juvenile members and their parents and families a very Happy Christmas and look forward to welcoming you all back at training on Tuesday Jan 4th at 7pm and Friday Jan 7th at 6:30pm both at the RSC.

Christmas Training

Training will finish after tonight's session (Tues) at the RSC and resume on Tues Jan 4th and Friday Jan 7th.

Goodie bag packing for the half marathon will be on Thursday afternoon on Jan 6th from 2pm in the far stand at the RSC. Anyone wishing to help out come along and wear warm clothing.

All Ireland Cross Country POSTPONED

The all Ireland cross country scheduled for this coming Sunday have just been postponed, so no bus trip away this weekend. A new date will be advised later.

For those interested David McCarthy of West Waterford will be on the Late Late show tonight (Friday) but obviously thats too late for our Juvenile members other than the Junior squad so watch it online from tomorrow on the rteplayer through the rte website.

Training update and National Cross Country this Sunday

Due to the number of Friday nights missed due to the inclement weather we would like to see as many Waterford AC members at training between now and Christmas. ALL Members from age 5 to age 19 are asked to come to training tonight Tuesday, Friday night at 6:30 and next Tuesday at 7pm to finish our 2010 year and battle the weather..........that means lots of clothes; hats, gloves, scarves and anything else to keep you warm!

13 athletes have qualified to run on Sunday next in Tullamore at the National Cross country finals and we are running a bus pulling away from the RSC at 8am. The Athletes are Hugo Blair, Fergus O'Brien, Conor Quinn, Jamie McCarthy, Luke O'Brien, Saoirse Casey Power, Emma O'Brien, Nicole Rowe, Niamh Tebay, Kate Nolan, Siobhain Heylin, Caroine Farrelly, Claire Grant and Andy Linares. If you would like to travel on the bus please let Tom or Albert know or text 086 3787051 and be at the RSC ready to pull away at 8am on Sunday morning.

Bring warm clothing and a packed lunch. Cost of the bus is 5 euro or 15 per family and a goody bag will be provided.

No training this week

Unfortunately, while the snow is nice to play in, the RSC track is not available so, for our evening sessions, its a non-runner!

Hopefully, we will be back next week: on Monday at Cilbarra for our indoor session at 6pm or Tuesday at 7pm and Friday at 6:30pm both at the RSC.

In the meantime, have a look at the following warm up routine from Runnersworld magazine. It is important for every athlete to have a warm up and cool down routine that they are familiar with, particularly during the track and field season..both indoor and outdoor!