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Last Saturday saw an unseasonably mild day for the 4th annual running of this local mountain race, the 1st round of the NI Mountain Running Grand Prix Series.  The race course provided a mixture of terrain over a challenging 7.1 mile course which involved negotiating 530m of up-hill climbing.  42 entrants ensured there would be competition throughout the field, with Pegasus having Stephen O’Hara running in his debut mountain race (the home club missing NI Grand Prix age group winners Peter Bell and Jason Wilson due to injury).

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Saturday 9th February will see the 4th annual running of this quite unique race to the local area, with the bonus of officially being the season opener in the Northern Ireland Mountain Running Grand Prix series. 

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The A-Hutchinson Pegasus AC/UUC Cross Country Promotion saw well over 100 runners in action over arguably one of the best cross country courses in Northern Ireland over last weekend. 

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The past month has saw a fine blend of results for the club’s runners with a trip to Poland and championship age group wins and more worthy of a mention!

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The annual Hutchinson Tiles Pegasus AC Cross Country Promotion is set to be run on Saturday 3rd November at University of Ulster, Coleraine and it promises to be a cracker!

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Pegasus AC runners obtained a number of classy results over the past couple of weekends with a number of prizes being taken back to the Ballymoney / Coleraine boroughs!

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It’s been a hectic few weeks for all members of Pegasus AC, with our annual Bell’s Conservatories 10k Forest race held at Springwell forest taking precedence.

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Jason Wilson, an 18 year old Ballymoney runner for Pegasus AC has made it onto the Northern Ireland Under 20 squad for the World Mountain Running Trophy at Ovronnaz in Switzerland!

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Ballymoney runner Jason Wilson has pulled off a major success at Rostrevor, Co Down over the weekend with selection for the Northern Ireland mountain running team heading to Ovrannaz in Switzerland for the World Mountain Running Trophy!

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Pegasus athletes made up a good number of the 144 strong field taking part in the Springwell AC promoted Riada 5 mile road race based at the Joey Dunlop Leisure Centre on July 27th.

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As reported in the previous weeks, Pegasus AC’s junior mountain runner Jason Wilson was selected to run for Ireland Under 20s at the European Mountain Running Championships for the very first time.

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Last Thursday saw the highly competitive Jude Gallagher Memorial 10 mile road race take place along the roads in the Limavady area. 

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Ballymoney’s Jason Wilson has managed to achieve the standard to run for Ireland Under 20s at the European Mountain Running Championships which are being held in the Pyrenees, France!

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A number of Pegasus members have been competing over various terrains over the past 2 weeks with no less than 12 members out over the Maghera 10km and ‘Hill and Dale’ race down in the heart of the Mournes.

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Bank holiday Monday saw the biggest ever ‘Deep RiverRock’ Belfast City Marathon, with over 14,000 participants turning up to this great occasion.

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Last Saturday saw the 15th edition of the P&O sponsored Knockdhu International Mountain race held at Cairncastle just outside of Larne.

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The previous few weeks have seen Pegasus AC notch up a number of marvellous results; with our runners far and wide over no less than TWO continents! 

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Last Thursday night saw the ever popular ‘Hill and Dale’ mountain series kick off in Castlewellan Forest Park with the traditional opener – the McVeigh Classic.

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Last weekend saw 3 Pegasus members at THREE different events across Ireland with Chris Denton (along with an unexpected entry), Linda Gillen and Jason Wilson upholding club honour!

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This week will see Paul Gray and Peter Bell leave for the once in a life time adventure to the North Pole to compete in a marathon with a difference!

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Last Saturday saw Pegasus AC junior Jason Wilson attempt the Ballymena Runners promoted Glenariff Mountain race held in the picturesque Waterfoot village near Cushundall.  The race is famous for giving away a bag of ‘Glens of Antrim’ potatoes for all those who enter the race, which led to record numbers this year of 71 brave souls!

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Last Saturday saw 4 Pegasus athletes make the fairly long trip to Belfast for the Albertville 5, traditionally the 1st road race of the year to mark the new season.

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Last Saturday saw Pegasus AC run another successful Binevenagh Mountain with 55 runners; with some as far a field as the Mournes turning up for the NI Mountain Association (NIMRA) Grand Prix event, the curtain raiser in the Mountain running season.

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On Saturday 17.02.2007 a good contingent of finely tuned athletes from Pegasus AC travelled up to Limavady for the Springwell runners forest race.

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With the light evenings on the horizon it's time for the ladies in the local area to get out of the gym, have some fun and burn some serious calories all at the same time!

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The NI / Ulster Senior Cross Country Championships were held at its traditional venue around the University of Ulster (Coleraine) course.  Conditions were near perfect for the big event, with the ground conditions nothing to be complained about at this time of year.  Runners from over 11 clubs were competing.  This is one of the longest cross country races in the UK, with a gruelling 6 LAPS of a 2km undulating course to challenge the best runners in Ulster to their maximum!

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On Saturday 13th January five Pegasus athletes made the trip from Coleraine to Moria for the Lisburn AC cross-country promotion.

With strong headwinds mixed with a bit of rain and boggy conditions underfoot it was ideal conditions for the mud lovers.

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Local athletes didn’t have to wait long for their first race of 2007 when Ballymena runners hosted their annual Race over the glens on new years day.

A tough and challenging course set off from glenarriff forest park at noon when most of the population were still recovering from the night before.

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