The year came to a close with 9 more race results bringing the 2023 tally up to 530 races breaking our record of 345 races in 2017 by a significant margin. We also recorded the first five results of 2024 as we look forward to a very busy January with a triple header of weekend races coming up: the Wicklow Masters (7th), Wicklow Indoors (14th) and Leinster Masters and Intermediate (21st).
Uithof Cross-country
Richard Costello had started his December with a solid 18:44 5 km run at the Zuiderparkrun (2nd Dec) and the following week he finished 10th overall and 2nd in the M45 category at the large cross-country race in Uithof on a 7 km course around a mountain bike track.
| RESULT |
| 1. Dominic Bersee (Olympus ’70) 0:26:47 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 10. Richard Costelloe 0:30:49 (2nd M45) |
DJOUCE REMEMBRANCE RUN
Five runners did the post-Xmas run in remembrance of deceased IMRA stalwarts on December 27th in extremely wet and sloppy conditions and as usual both Angus and Alan were in the M55 podium spots with Angus in the top-20.
James Heggie secured his title as our ‘Most Prolific’ racer of the year with 28 races ahead of Angus Tyner (27) and Alan Kennedy (24). Catherine Devitt was our most prolific female runner for the year with 19 races.
| RESULT |
| 1. Ruairi Long (UCD AC) 0:27:22 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 18. Angus Tyner 0:33:37 (1st M55) |
| 50. Alan Kennedy 0:39:09 (3rd M55) |
| 71. Eoin Phelan 0:42:34 |
| 84. James Heggie 0:45:34 |
| 101. Mark Willoughby 0:50:05 |
PARKRUN – IN SUMMARY
Angus had gotten close to pipping James Heggie late partly courtesy of two ParkRuns in 3 days on the 23rd and 25th December at Hartstown and Ardgillan. he ran a very solid 18:45 in Hartstown for 2nd overall and 1st M55 and then held back a bit with a 20:43 in Ardgillan.
MJ Bolton Memorial Run
Another Remembrance run kicked off 2024 as we had five runners paying their respects to the Parnell junior coach MJ Bolton in an event that used the Avondale Parkrun 5 km course. Richard Costelloe was our first man home in 12th position. 99 runners attended the senior events with lots of participation in the 200m and 1 mile junior races as well.
| RESULT |
| 1. Noah Harris (Parnell AC) 0:16:27 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 12. Richard Costelloe 0:19:43 |
| 24. René Borg 0:21:14 |
| 25. Donna Quinn 0:21:17 |
| 36. Aoife Joyce 0:22:12 |
| 61. Colm Kenna 0:25:25 |
Glendalough AC 