A quick-fire report from boardwalks, trail and road as we pass by 250 races this year from our members. Eoin Phelan – in action this weekend – leads our ‘Most Prolific’ competition with 19 races followed by James Heggie (14) and Alan Kennedy (10). Most prolific woman so far is Aoife Joyce (with 8) – a tally she shares with husband Rene Borg and the current club champion Paul Duffy.
TOWER SPRINT – BEYOND THE TREES (AVONDALE)
Our first runner in action this weekend was club coach Rene Borg who lined up for the penultimate May ‘Tower Challenge’ at Beyond the Trees in Avondale starting at 8 am. One by one runners were sent off to complete the 775m run from the bottom to the top of the wooden tower – a climb with an average incline of 6%.
Rene finished 1st on the day (2:43) and fourth fastest so far. the best regular competitor has set a time of 2:36 so far with the masked mystery runner ‘The Twig’ setting a stupendous 2:03.96 on the run.
| RESULT |
| 1. Rene Borg (Glendalough AC) 0:02:43 (4th overall for the month) |
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ParkRun Shanganagh
Colm and Donna continued Wicklow Road Race preparations at the Shanganagh ParkRun where Donna was first woman home in 21:03.
| RESULT |
| 1. Noel Mannion () 0:18:07 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 13. Donna Quinn 0:21:03 (1st woman) |
| 29. Colm Kenna 0:22:35 |
STUWWALOOP
In Holland, Catherine Devitt notched up yet another victory on a cross-country style course of 21 km . Results are currently not available .
CLARE BURREN HALF AND FULL MARATHON
Nora Butler and Eoin Phelan took on the Clare Burren challenge over the half and full marathon distances respectively. While some sections are on road most are on the challenging terrain of the Burren but both came away with a very memorable experience.
| RESULT – marathon |
| 1. Dylan Kehoe () 3:13:35 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 48. Eoin Phelan 4:23:54 |
| RESULT – HALF |
| 1. Barry Hartnett (DSD AC) 1:26:21 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 86. Nora Butler 2:05:11 |
CIRCUIT OF AVONBEG
At the Circuit of Avonbeg a select crew of 30 runners set off on the 26 km traverse (if you hit the shortest route) over much of the rougher terrain on offer in the area with Graham Bush narrowly edging out fellow M55 Angus Tyner for the last spot on that particular category ‘virtual podium’.
| RESULT |
| 1. Peter Bell (Kilcoole AC) 2:59:05 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 13. Graham Bushe 3:37:54 (3rd M55) |
| 14. Angus Tyner 3:43:53 |
IN OTHER NEWS…
Also in running-related matters congratulations to club captain Marcus Murphy who finished 3rd in his age category at the Castle Series Olympic triathlon.
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