The 26th/27th December tends to be a busy time for racing and nine of our runners continued this tradition first at the super-traditional Streets of Wicklow 5k and then at the equally tradition-bound Djouce Remembrance Race over the Earl’s Drive course.
With 9 runners in action in the two races our club’s tally for the year stands at 380 races – only four short of the all-time record of 384 in 2017, although discounting club races we are well short with 277 this year to 336 that year).
STREETS OF WICKLOW 5K
Richard Costelloe was back for the holidays from his regular hunting grounds in Den Haag and promptly recorded the second fastest time over 5 km this season by one of our runners (beaten only by Aran Lynham’s 18:11). He was followed home by Marcus Murphy continuing a good ‘comeback season’ by taking 27 seconds off his time from earlier in the year (and running within 26 seconds of his PB from 2018).
Diarmuid Kavanagh saying he was ‘feeling the pints’ got around in 21:03 and Colm Kenna recorded his first road race since the Dublin Marathon and first since the Dublin Marathon. Aoife Joyce returned with her first road race since September (and first 5 km since last year) while Donna Quinn jogged around with daughter Lily to complete a fast year in sedate fashion.
| RESULT |
| 1. Jonas Stafford (Ashford AC) 0:15:06 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 27. Richard Costelloe 0:18:30 |
| 42. Marcus Murphy 0:18:58 |
| 71. Diarmuid Kavanagh 0:21:03 |
| 88. Colm Kenna 0:22:05 |
| 106. Aoife Joyce 0:23:22 |
| 190. Donna Quinn 0:27:20 |
DJOUCE REMEMBRANCE RACE (EARL’S DRIVE)
At the Djouce Remembrance race Gavin Kennedy led a hill running contingent of three home – Alan Kennedy and David Clancy (two of our Wicklow Wolf Run Club ‘recruits’) made up the other two of three musketeers.
| RESULT |
| 1. Derek Crammond (Parnell AC) 0:32:40 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 37. Gavin Kennedy 0:40:46 |
| 77. Alan Kennedy 0:45:28 |
| 111. David Clancy 0:50:30 |
Glendalough AC 