Cork Association for Autism held their first Fun Run last Sunday here in Cork City.
It was a great event for all calibre of runners, walkers and cheer leaders with blue balloons highlighting the way. The route itself started at Pairc Ui Chaoimh (the main Gaelic Sports ground in Cork) and finished at Blackrock Castle.
This post is to say not just well done to all those runners who took part, but to also highlight the sterling work of all the hardworking volunteers. We salute you.
Leading Trio
The Home Straight
Wibbly Wobblies
Blue Halo
Looking Lean
Fresh as a Daisy
Cooling Off
Signing Up
The Sign Up
Ladies of Action
A Wave and a Smile
Done it!
Fun at the Start
All Smiles
The Start
Three of the Best
Nearly There
Preparing the Finish
Ready to Run
Calling Runners Under Order
Smiling Through
Flying the Flag
Keep an eye out for more events at Cork Association for Autism’s Facebook Page.
Meticulous Mick 
Fantastic! Great that the event has been such a success, and I love the many beautiful faces and emotions you captured. Every day I’m more convinced that mental health and capacity and the social ills and graces that accompany them are a much subtler and yet broader spectrum than we yet understand, and that each of us has his or her challenges, differences, needs, desires and gifts as a result. It’s cheering to me to recognize any of these aspects and support those who deal with them on a daily basis with acknowledgement, encouragement and the embrace of fellow-travelers.
That’s one of the finest aspects of having such a community event, the bringing together of a whole family of caring and cheering people. Thanks for sharing it, John!
Kathryn
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Completely agree. It is also times like these that helps to restore one’s faith in humanity, particularly when we get such a bombardment of negative stories from around the world…Syria, Israel, Gaza, Ukraine…………
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Great event for such a worthy cause. Very nice photos, too, John. Looks like it was a lot of fun.
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Thank you Debbie, the only gripe was the finishing line could not have been in a worse place as far as shadow / sun etc was concerned. Nightmare….
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Aw. I think running/walking on any trail in Ireland must be divine. 😉
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Well done to all involved!!
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