Our result round-up begins at one of the most well-loved trail runs among our club members: the Devil’s Glen.
DEVIL’S GLEN
Paul Duffy led us home continuing his strong comeback – he also got the covetted ‘sub-40’ blue ribbon performance (the fifth club runner to do so in our colours and the 8th current member to have done so).
Less than 2 minutes behind was Diarmuid with Colm Kenna and Barry O’Neill arriving just around the 50th position (a feat they’d repeat a week later).
RESULT
1. Matthew McConnell () 0:34:15
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
8. Paul Duffy 0:39:07
18. Diarmuid Kavanagh 0:40:59
47. Colm Kenna 0:46:27
51. Barry O’Neill 0:47:13
WICKLOW WAY RACE
48 hours later Duncan Barrett set out on another Wicklow Way Race. Without his 2021 training volume he couldn’t quite replicate his best run over the course in Autumn but he still put in a strong and experienced showing with 12th position and a time of 17 hours 2 minutes for the 127 km.
RESULT
1. Mickie Brennan () 13:45:13
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
12. Duncan Barrett 17:02:18
CAMADERRY ‘DEVIL’S CLIMB’
While Duncan was still running, a small field of four competed in the 5th round of our Club Championship – the 5 km Uphill only run from the Upper Lake to Camaderry East. Club coach René took the win with Donna Quinn beating Aoife in the ladies. After a slight dip in attendance in the recent Club Champs, we expect them to pick up as the next counter is the Wicklow Road Championship.
RESULT
1. René Borg 0:40:16 (1st M40)
2. Graeme Warren 0:43:24 (1st M45)
3. Donna Quinn 0:43:55 (1st F40)
4. Aoife Joyce 0:51:01 (2nd F40)
ZUIDERBERG PARKRUN
That same morning in The Haag, Richard Costelloe returned to action finishing 4th in the Zuiderberg ParkRun in 20:46.
RESULT
1. Matthew Russell (Kovsie AC) 0:18:06
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
4. Richard Costelloe 0:20:46 (1st M45)
BROCKAGH LL
The Leinster continued this Wednesday and the ‘yellow wave’ again swept over a local hill – the new 11.3 km Brockagh course. Young guns Aran and Diarmuid led our men out on the ascent but were overtaken late on the climb by René who led the troops home in 12th followed by Aran in 15th. With two men in the top-20, Loraine put more gloss on the evening when she finished 3rd lady and first F40.
Graeme Warren had overtaken Diarmuid late on the climb and he and our next three packed very tightly coming in 26th, 29th, 31st and 32nd all within just over a minute.
Colm Kenna came next well inside the top half of the field with a strong run and Barry O’Neill – still managing himself back from knee injury closed out our pack.
It was a good day for Sli Cualann as well with Parnell’s Derek Crammond winning – David and Cormac Conroy in 8th and 10th and Hugh Kinsella winning the M60. For good measure Kilcoole AC’s Peter Bell was 2nd.
RESULT
1. Derek Crammond (Parnell AC) 0:49:40
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
12. René Borg 0:59:20
15. Aran Lynham 1:00:24
26. Graeme Warren 1:02:58
29. Diarmuid Kavanagh 1:03:44
31. Eoin Kennedy 1:04:09
32. Loraine Creane 1:04:21 (3rd lady, 1st F40)
51. Colm Kenna 1:09:43
56. Barry O’Neill 1:11:55
Glendalough AC 