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AND so it’s over for another year. You came, you took part and you ate the Mars bars. Some of you raced against each other, some raced against the clock. Novices to the sport ran some, walked some, ran some, walked some, while seasoned walkers cruised around the course.
Whatever way covered the distance, congratulations. Ten kilometres is no easy distance. Hopefully by now, you have stopped walking like John Wayne and you can start to contemplate climb- ing the stairs again.
While you were counting the cost of your efforts around the course, we were counting the money raised for charity. Over 1500 competitors showed up on
Saturday morning and this converts to well over €15,000 raised for charity. A resounding success yet again.
This year our numbers rose again and I would urge all of you who intended taking part but didn’t get around to it, to put it in your diary for next June.
The organising committee would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who helped out in any way with The Clare 10k.
The list is long and they will be thanked individually at a later date, but for now all that remains is to say thanks for all your help and we hope to see you all again next year.