Two wins, two club records, and three PBs in the sunny weather around Ireland and in Holland – such is the summary of the June Bank Holiday efforts…
ZUIDERPARKRUN
Richard Costelloe took a one second victory in his local ‘Zuiderpark’ ParkRun in The Hague in 18:03 ahead of 179 other runners continuing his good form post-marathon.
| RESULT |
1. Richard Costelloe, Glendalough AC 0:18:03 (1st M45) |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
The Skinbar Driedorpenloop
The next day things really heated up in the Netherlands where Catherine Devitt set a new half-marathon PB of 1:25:49 (beating her old mark by 4 minutes) whilst finishing 2nd overall and winning the ladies race by a 16 minute margin (!). This also erased Rachel Wisdom’s 1:28 half-marathon from her Clonliffe Harriers days from our club ‘All-Time Best’ list.
| RESULT |
| 1. Lucas Lefel (Niversum) 1:22:18 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 2. Catherine Devitt 1:25:49 (1st lady, PB, Club Record, F40 PB) |
FRAUGHEN ROCK GLEN
The Leinster Championships continued on the route that arguably holds the most testing up and downhill of the summer – Fraughen Rock Glen which was won for the 7th time in a row by SBR man Bernard Fortune. Graham Bush took his race tally to 3 races in 8 days (Drumgoff and the Wicklow Road preceding this) and ran well. Not having enough he ventured off for a 9 km cooldown!
We still await final results from this race
WOMEN’S MINI-MARATHON
Next Sarah Foster took her second PB in 5 days when lowering her 10 km time to 44:38 after her 20:36 5k on Wednesday at the County Championship.
| RESULT |
| 1. Nakita Burke (Letterkenny AC) 0:34:27 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 73. Sarah Foster 0:44:38 (PB) |
CORK CITY MARATHON
Last but not least Aran Lynham had his first crack at the marathon distance on the sweltering streets of Cork and was going well for his 3:17 target until his quad gave up on him at around 28 km. But Aran gritted through and secured a sub-3:30 time in his first attempt: not a bad foundation for future marathon ventures. He also beat John Conway’s club marathon record for the Male under-35 category which he can now claim.
| RESULT |
| 1. Pawel Kosek (Poland) 2:28:24 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 302. Aran Lynham 3:29:38 (PB, MS PB, Club MS record) |
Glendalough AC 