Over the past weekend Glendalough AC had three runners competing in different Half Marathon distance races as well as one tackling a very steep ultra.
First in Dublin, Colm Kenna and William Belton raced the Half Marathon in Phoenix Park, the next step of the Dublin Race Series. Colm edged ahead with a finishing time of 1hr 47min, William followed up shortly after at 1hr 56min. The training continues as the Dublin Marathon now quickly approaches.
Meanwhile abroad Bruce Phillips participated in the Oslo Half Marathon. On a warm day in Norway, Bruce completed the hilly course (almost 200m vertical) in 1hr 48 mins.
Finally closer to home, Dave Lawless battled the awesome Ben Nevis Ultra marathon, an intimidating 52km race with over 4,000m of climbing. While he didn’t manage to complete the course (only 119 our of 335 actually did..), he ran 31km of tough terrain, with 2,200m of up, up up!
Congrats to all the runners for some inspiring efforts this weekend!
Looking forward we now have several athletes focusing on preparations for the Eco Trail Wicklow (Sept 28th) as well as the Dublin City Marathon (Oct 27th).
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