Long overdue report on several reports as our Club Championship continued at Lug na Coille and Angus Tyner wraps up the ‘M55 prize’ in the Leinster League….
TROOPERSTOWN SUMMER
The Leinster League finished on the familiar slopes of Trooperstown Hil where Eoin Syron led the team home ahead of Torben. Diarmuid Kavanagh was going well but had to pull up with a muscle cramp early on the climb.
Eoin was our highest finisher in the League overall in 18th spot for the whole league (counted best 7 out of 13 races) followed by Angus Tyner in 23rd who narrowly took the over-55 ‘title’ ahead of Alan Kennedy in 27th. James Heggie was the fourth and final Glendalough AC runner in 66th out of the 73 runners who achieved 7 races (a total of 504 runners ran 1 race or more).
| RESULT |
| 1. Enda Cloake (Slaney Olympic) 0:40:01 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 29. Eoin Syron 0:50:00 |
| 56. Torben Dahl 0:54:04 |
| 62. Alan Kennedy 0:55:46 |
| 95. Ben Lewis 1:01:48 |
| 122. Eoin Phelan 1:09:11 |
| 129. James Heggie 1:16:09 |
| 151. Diarmuid Kavanagh 0:00:00 |
SD SCP 6K (BHAA)
| RESULT |
| 1. Sean doran (Harrier Products) 0:20:36 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 31. Eoin Kennedy 0:28:48 |
| 35. Mark Willoughby 0:29:23 |
LUG NA COILLE
At the super-traditional Lug na Coille route runners had to brave the wet and mist. Slaney’s Enda Cloake won his 10th race in 11 outings this season and the fact his winning time was the slowest since 1999 spoke more to the conditions than Enda’s performance!
Eoin Syron detached himself early to finish first man home as he had at Trooperstown leaving the trio of Rene, Kevin, and Diarmuid to battle it out for further Club Championship points. Rene made his move late on Camarahill but Kevin would keep returning and trying to ‘drop’ the club coach before Rene eventually got a gap on the flat plateau which he extended on the descent. Diarmuid closed in significantly on the downhill – closing to within 8 seconds of Kevin. Alan Kennedy took a detour into the valley adding 2 km and plenty of time (but not as bad as two other runners who were lost for 4.5 hours!).
| RESULT |
| 1. Enda Cloake (Slaney Olympic) 0:58:02 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 12. Eoin Syron 1:09:33 |
| 14. René Borg 1:11:50 |
| 20. Kevin Ferguson 1:16:17 |
| 21. Diarmuid Kavanagh 1:16:25 |
| 32. Alan Kennedy 1:40:00 (3rd M55) |
Sliabh Daeane – Ox Mountains
While our quintet battled on Lug na Coille Eric Kelly had his IMRA debut in Sligo in the North-West League finishing 39th and having a good time by all accounts.
| RESULT |
| 1. Aiden McMoreland () 0:43:08 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 39. Eric Kelly 1:24:54 |
BLUESTACK WAY 50 KM
This weekend John Conway finished 2nd in the inaugural Bluestack Way 50 km – a fairly speedy trail route that includes several road sections in County Donegal. John had crossed the finish line in 3rd spot but a time penalty for the runner-up saw him promoted to 2nd behind Irish international Cillian Fleming. John’s wife Laura won the women’s race.
| RESULT |
| 1. Cillian Fleming () 4:05:41 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 2. John Conway 4:37:00 (2nd overall, 1st M40) |
Glendalough AC 