Eoin Phelan toughed it out in sweltering conditions at the Viking Waterford Marathon where our Lap of the Gap winner Tudor Moldovan from Clonliffe claimed another marathon win in a memorable season. Eoin didn’t paint a rosy picture but did well to get through:
“Finished with a bad time of 4hrs 41mins. the heat and humidity was awful and the gels were making me sick. glad to have just got through it.“
| RESULT |
| 1. Tudor Moldovan (Clonliffe Harriers) 2:30:55 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 215. Eoin Phelan 4:40:51 |
WOBBLY BRIDGE
On to the Club Championship and Trail League counter at Wobbly Bridge in Clara Vale – a new route brought to life by club man Barry O’Neill and finally allowing Clara Vale to be used for an IMRA race. This favourite training spot – used often by our club during the Winter League – has been out bounds due to lack of parking but now connected via the not-so eponymous ‘Wobbly Bridge’ (actually the ‘Samuel Hayes’ bridge) to Rathdrum and the great facilities of Hidden Valley, a race could finally be held.
155 runners celebrated this by taking on the ins and outs of the long course. Paul Duffy lead us home again and nine of our runners were out competing with Barry directing and Yvonne and Alan marshalling.
Sarah Foster unfortunately fell foul of the ‘no jacket = DNF’ rule which was a pity as her time of 46:15 would have placed her 10th woman and 2nd FS.
There was also misfortune for Diarmuid Kavanagh – sitting in 2nd ‘club man’ position just ahead of Aran, he went 400m wrong in the last kilometer losing about 2-3 minutes as he climbed up towards Ballygannon Wood. Aran and Angus took full advantage of this error and nipped in well ahead (Angus taking his near-customary 1st M55 placing).
Aoife Joyce continued her IMRA return season with her umpteenth podium finish (3rd woman overall) and 19th category win (winning the F45).
| RESULT |
| 1. Enda Cloake (Slaney Olympic) 0:29:24 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 15. Paul Duffy 0:34:16 |
| 17. Aran Lynham 0:35:07 |
| 21. Angus Tyner 0:37:12 (1st M55) |
| 27. Diarmuid Kavanagh 0:38:02 |
| 35. Derek Cullen 0:39:18 |
| 45. Aoife Joyce 0:40:37 (2nd woman, 1st F45) |
| 69. Colm Kenna 0:44:33 |
| 78 (DNF). Sarah Foster 0:46:15 (2nd FS) |
| 88. Mark Willoughby 0:46:57 |
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP – ROUND 6
Wobbly Bridge was the sixth of ten counters in the 2023 Club Championship and Paul Duffy’s win moves him up into 1st position – 4.2 points ahead of Rene. Diarmuid moves up to third and Sarah cements her lead in the women’s.
Glendalough AC 