He will be there, as usual, on Thursday night, taking entries, and
inputting them into the laptop, making sure the results are correct.
Last week he was at the CIT track, for the Graded Leagues, he again
oversaw operations. Just as he did last Saturday, and on each of the
two previous weeks, at the Munster Schools T&F Championships.
....And then there’s the Cork City Sports, on June 28th, where Liam
has, for many years, been an outstanding Technical Director.
For a man who achieved so much, all the way to an Olympic semi-final,
he now gives back equally, if not more, to the sport that has been
enriched by his involvement for close on half a century. In case
you didn’t know (and he won’t tell you), the following are his
achievements in this particular race.
LIAM O’BRIEN & THE
BALLYANDREEN ‘5’
1981: 24:25
First
1982: 24:19
First
1983: 24:24
First
1984: 24:36
First
1985: 24:28
First
1986: 24:21
First
1987: 24:17
First
1988: 24:13
First
1989: 24:23
First
1990: 24:15
First
1991: 24:23
First
1992: 24:26
First
1993: 24:14
First
1994: 24:00 (course
record) First
1995: 25:15 (M40
course rec) First
1996: DNF
1997: 25:17
First
1998:
25:49
Third
Total number of Summer Series
5-mile races ran by Liam
from 1977 to 1998: 67
Total number won: 59
That winning record is the
equivalent of wining every single Ballycotton 5 race for nearly fifteen
years in a row!!....and almost all were sub 25 Minutes!!!!
