Eyes on the Peg Now.

Peg '08, at an early, and extremely uncompetitive stage.  I didn't run that year due to a bout of flu brought on by  'over indulgence' the night before... a problem I won't have this year!

It all comes down to this...  The sweat, strain, strange diet and sleepless nights were all for Peg.  For six years now Christmas in Conamara has meant one thing only:  a race to avoid humiliation, a gathering of the unfit to do fit things, a call to reach above ourselves between the beer and the turkey.  A call to Peg.  Yes, the Peg Run, now entering it's seventh year has seen but a few winners:  the ever youthful Richie, the ever injured Mícheál (winning on one knee), the surprising surge of LMD and, of course, the Con Man.  Never have I won - but this year, as always, I dream... Our international field includes Boston's greatest redneck, Mur T-Party Donnell, Scotland's Michael 'Kilt' Casey and hopefully a special guest competitor from Cologne this year, Jorn.  Senior citizens will be represented by Kevin 'Joycian Rambler' O Hara, and Mark 'Twin Peaks' O Connell.  The Carroll ladies have also signed up, and of course the youthful dash of Conán and Fionn could still upset the odds. 

Proof that it got competitive at some stage...the lads are joined by young guns C & F.  We are hoping for a more athletic bunch of competitors this year... 

 

A date has yet to be announced, although Cormac 'One-Mile-Dash' O hEadhra, has introduced a 'late debate' as to the length of the run....?  I, for one, feel we should keep the old 3.5mile route. And of course, I will continue to spread the gospel of the Peg by also running a leg of the peg in the wee county....!