Orange marking, orange branding and orange weather warning was the theme of this year’s Glendalough Trail Run in aid of Fighting Blindness.
Club coach Rene Borg had taken over as Race Director ably assisted by several locals including club members Derek Cullen at the upland water station and Yvonne Brennan keeping an eye on affairs in the Upper Lake while Graeme Warren got in his very long run in preparation for Tollymore by first running the long cousre as ‘course checker’ and then sweeping behind the last racers later!
GLENDALOUGH TRAIL 8.5 K AND 15K
The two fields were reduced to 50% of the entry – a very high figure likely driven in huge part by the heavy rain and orange weather warning the night before. The course was still wet but very runnable by the time a glorious Saturday morning dawned on the valley.
| RESULT |
| 1. Fran Morales (Corriendo el Fondo) 1:04:47 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 2. Diarmuid Kavanagh 1:10:25 (2nd MS) |
| 28. Nora Butler 1:30:01 |
Diarmuid Kavanagh and Nora Butler were first in action with Diarmuid finishing 2nd behind runaway winner Fran Morales of Costa Rica (who broke six local Strava records as he rampaged around the course). Nora Butler also ran well finishing 28th overall and 5th woman.
Siobhan Brennan ran in the smaller 8.5 km race where she was not only first woman but also 2nd overall!
| RESULT |
| 1. Darragh Hulgraine () 0:49:17 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 2. Siobhan Brennan 0:50:14 (1st F50) |
Glendalough AC 