SHARLENE Mawdsley shared a snap from a session at UCD as she gears up for next week’s European Indoor Athletics Championships.
The sprint ace will soon be flying out to the Netherlands ahead of the major meet beginning on Thursday.
Amid her training snaps, she shared one glamorous shot where she got dressed up for the evening[/caption]
Her ‘new training location for the day’ was University College Dublin if our eyesight is up to scratch[/caption]
The 26-year-old also shared some food envy while there[/caption]
‘This morning’s breakfast’[/caption]
On Friday, the 2024 European Championships gold medallist had confirmed that she’ll be back representing Ireland in the 400m relay as well as the individual.
In an Instagram post, she promised: “See you next week at the European Indoors. I’ve been selected for the 400m and the relays.”
The Tipperary native is heading into the showpiece – which will be held in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands – in fine form.
Last weekend she retained her national title with 51.91 at a sold-out Sport Ireland Arena at the National Indoor Athletics Championships.
Phil Healy came second with a time of 53.25 — edging Rachel McCann for the silver.
And Mawdsley, who moved to London in November to join a new training team, said: “I felt strong out there and I avoided traffic at the break.
“I’ll reset but my focus is on the European indoors and I’m excited for that.”
Sarah Healy was probably the standout performer overall as she set a new national record in the 1500m.
The Dubliner — who runs out of UCD AC — blitzed her old championship time by four seconds in a time of 4:08.74.
Lucy Holmes took silver in 4:23.10, with Amy O’Donoghue on the podium in third after clocking 4:23.74.
And Healy said: “It felt pretty good out there. But it was weird to run out there on my own and I’m happy with the time.
“I don’t get to race at home too much so it’s fun to get to see everyone and for my mum to get to see me race.”
There was drama in the short sprints with Bori Akinola getting the better of Israel Olatunde in the men’s 60m.
Max O’Reilly split the pair for silver with 6.69 after Akinola claimed gold inside 6.61. Olatunde had to settle for bronze in 6.72.
Clonliffe’s Cathal Doyle retained his national 1500m title in 3:58.10. Lughaidh Mallon was second, with Brhane Gebrebrhan third.
But the rising stars of 400m running stole the show in the men’s final.
Teenager Conor Kelly, 17, clocked a new Under-20 national record to take gold in 46.54.
David Bosch was second with a time of 47.54 with Sean Doggett just behind.
The women’s 60m final saw Sarah Leahy regain the sprint title in 7.39.
She finished ahead of a resurgent Ciara Neville who looked to be returning to the form that saw her claim the 2020 title on the back of an injury-plagued few seasons.
Sive O’Toole rounded out the podium in third in 7.52.
Sean Tobin and James Gormley produced one of the finishes of the day in the men’s 3,000m.
Tobin was first to make his move and held on superbly to cross in a winning time of 8:09. 18 from Gormley in second in 8:09.19.
Calum Morgan completed the podium in third in 8:11.27.
Roisin Flanagan ran away from the field to take the women’s 3,000m title in a winning time of 9:13.51.
Ide Ni Dhomhaill came second with 9:21.45, as last year’s silver medallist Niamh Kearney took bronze in 9:27.95.
